I bought my first bottle of chili sauce yesterday. The store brand (Food Club) was a dollar less ($1.99 vs 2.99) but I splashed out for the Heinz. I just tried it and am overall pleased with this sauce. It seems vastly less sweet and more tomato-y with maybe a touch less vinegar than the Hunt’s ketchup I have on hand. However, the label tells a different story.
Each is on a condiment portion basis of 1 Tbsp (17 grams) and has the very same amount of sugar: 3 grams. Sodium is quite a bit higher in the chili sauce (230 vs 180 mg) though I’d have guessed the other way around. The chili sauce is thicker though the ketchup seems stickier and makes a smoother mound. The chili sauce lists vinegar before the sweeteners but I detect less of that distinctive flavor. The chili sauce really does taste like a seafood cocktail sauce without the horseradish. While the chili sauce has a more interesting & complex seasoning profile, there’s nothing spicy about it. As mentioned upthread, it would make a good meatloaf glaze base.
Ingredients:
Heinz Chili Sauce
Hunt’s ketchup
Excuse me, I believe dat’s da Jewel’s.