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+++ categories = ["food"] tags = ["reverse-engineer","arbys","sauce"] date = 2025-10-04T13:00:00-05:00 description = "" draft = false slug = "arbys-bronco-berry-sauce" title = "🐎 Arby's Bronco Berry Sauce" author = "nicholas" +++

In this fast food reverse engineering post, I reference two documents:

• Arby's Ingredients
• Arby's Nutrition

📋 Ingredient List

Surpringly, the sauce contains absolutely no berries. In fact, it looks a lot like a basic sweet and sour sauce:

{{< image src="images/arbys-bronco-berry-sauce-ingredient-list.png" caption="Arby's bronco berry sauce ingredient list" >}}

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.

Compare this to La Choy Sweet and Sour Sauce. Curious....

{{< image src="images/La-Choy-Sweet-and-Sour-Stir-Fry-Sauce.avif" caption="La Choy Sweet and Sour Sauce" >}}

Water, Sugar, Distilled Vinegar, Modified Corn Starch, LESS THAN 2% OF: Salt, Pineapple Juice Concentrate, Dried Red Bell Peppers, Oleoresin Paprika.

Just look at the overlap. It's essence is a sweet and sour sauce:

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.