🐎 Arby's Bronco Berry Sauce #18

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nicholas merged 1 commits from arbys-bronco-berry-sauce into master 2025-12-17 22:22:45 -06:00
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## 📋 Ingredient List
Surpringly, the sauce contains absolutely no berries. In fact, it looks a lot like a basic sweet and sour sauce:
Surpringly, the sauce contains absolutely no berries. In fact, it looks a lot like a basic **sweet and sour sauce**:
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High Fructose Corn Syrup, Water, Bell Pepper, Distilled Vinegar, Modified Corn Starch, Jalapeno Pepper, Vegetable Juice Concentrate (color), Potassium Sorbate and Sodium Benzoate (preservatives), Onion (dehydrated), Salt, Spice, Xanthan Gum, Citric Acid, Acetic Acid.
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Compare this to *La Choy Sweet and Sour Sauce*. Curious....
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Water, Sugar, Distilled Vinegar, Modified Corn Starch, LESS THAN 2% OF: Salt, Pineapple Juice Concentrate, Dried Red Bell Peppers, Oleoresin Paprika.
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Just look at the overlap. It's essence is a sweet and sour sauce:
✅ Done.
| Ingredient | Arby's Bronco Berry | La Choy Sweet and Sour Sauce |
|---|---|---|
| Water | ✅ | ✅ |
| Distilled Vinegar | ✅ | ✅ |
| Modified Corn Starch | ✅ | ✅ |
| Salt | ✅ | ✅ |
| HFCS / Sugar | ✅ | ✅ |
| Bell Pepper | ✅ | ✅ |
| Jalapeno Pepper | ✅ | |
| Pineapple Juice Concentrate | ✅ | |
| Onion (dehydrated) | ✅ | |
| Xanthan Gum | ✅ | |
| Citric Acid | ✅ | |
| Acetic Acid | ✅ | |
| Spice / Oleoresin Paprika | ✅ | ✅ |
✅ Good enough.