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Best and Worst Picks for Ketchup

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Ketchup is a crowd pleaser when it comes to sauces and spreads, but it’s typically filled with salt and sugar. That said, there are a few better-for-you bets out there. Read on for our top picks for ketchup, along with a list of brands that pack in almost a day’s worth of added sugar and should be avoided.

LOVE IT!

Noble Made Carrot Ketchup

  • Per tablespoon: 5 calories, 85 milligrams sodium, 1 gram carbs, less than 1 gram of sugar (0 added sugar)
  • All-organic ingredients include carrots, apple juice, tapioca starch, apple cider vinegar
  • Vegan and gluten-free

Primal Kitchen Organic and Unsweetened Ketchup

  • Per tablespoon: 10 calories, 105 milligrams sodium, 2 grams carbs, 1 gram sugar (0 added sugar)
  • All-organic ingredients include tomato concentrate, balsamic vinegar, onion and garlic powder, spices
  • Vegan and gluten-free

LIKE IT!

Heinz Tomato Ketchup No Salt Added

  • · Per tablespoon: 25 calories, 0 grams sodium, 5 grams carbs, 5 grams sugar (4 grams added sugar)
  • · Ingredients include high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, potassium chloride, distilled white vinegar, onion powder, spices
  • Vegan and gluten-free

Hunt’s 100% Natural Tomato Ketchup

  • Per tablespoon: 20 calories, 150 milligrams sodium, 5 grams carbs, 3 grams sugar (3 grams added sugar)
  • Ingredients include tomato concentrate, cane sugar, distilled vinegar, salt, onion powder
  • Vegan

Heinz Tomato Ketchup

  • Per tablespoon: 20 calories, 180 milligrams sodium, 5 grams carbs, 4 grams sugar (4 grams added sugar)
  • Ingredients include high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, concentrate from red ripe tomatoes, distilled vinegar, spices

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HATE IT!

Walden Farms Ketchup

  • Per tablespoon: 0 calories, 170 milligrams sodium, 0 carbs, 1 gram sugar (0 added sugar)
  • · Ingredients include crushed tomatoes, onion powder, celery seed, rosemary extract, spices, red #40, sucralose
  • · Vegan, gluten-free

Editor’s note: Registered dietitian Molly Kimball offers brand-name products as a consumer guide; she does not solicit product samples nor is she paid to recommend items. This originally appeared on WGNO’s “Get the Skinny” segment.

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