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Sauces with an ingredient focus

May 2017

Table sauces, dressings and other condiments are becoming increasingly gourmet via the incorporation of specific ingredients to convey a more premium style product. Ingredient provenance is also a popular claims angle. Consumers can only benefit from this trend, with every day sauces bringing greater depths of flavor.  

Guinness Barbecue Sauce (UK)
Wish Bone Avocado Oil Garden Herb Vinaigrette Dressing (US).
De Nigris Ketchup All Aceto Balsamico Di Modena I.G.P: Ketchup With Balsamic Vinegar P.G.I (Spain).
Marks And Spencer Seafood Sauce (UK).
Roundy's Dijon Mustard (US).
Kuhne Made For Meat Bacon Jalapeno: Spicy Chili Sauce With Smoked Bacon And Jalapeno (Germany).
Heinz Seriously Good Creamy Chive Sauce (UK).
Bulls Eye Tomato Ketchup With Dried Tomato (Germany).
Oil And Vinegar Marc De Champagne Dressing (Belgium).
Tesco Mayo With Pesto (UK).

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Tesco Mayo With Pesto (UK). Mayonnaise with pesto made of basil, garlic and cheese. Made with free range eggs.

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