BUFFALO SAUCES — CLOSEST TO HOMEMADE®

Information updated February 2024

Buffalo Sauce is the perfect accompaniment to not only wings but so many things! You can use it to make an awesome spicy spread for sandwiches, a marinade or use it in chicken salad . . . yum!!

BEGIN AT HOME: Homemade Buffalo Sauce is simple >> Water, Vinegar, Cayenne Peppers + possibly other Peppers, Butter and/or Oil, Garlic, Salt and Pepper. Similar to homemade Chili, everyone has their own signature twist to these basic ingredients.

With this recipe in mind, let’s look at some of the most popular manufactured Buffalo Sauces and identify which ingredients would never be in our home kitchens if we were making Buffalo Sauce at home from scratch. (Sources: Brand Web sites 2/24)

Many Buffalo Sauces contain ingredients which are Not In Kitchen™ >> we are paying for them but they don’t need to be there and include items such as Caramel Color, Soybean Oil, Artificial Flavors, Hydrogenated Oils and Calcium Disodium EDTA.

Calcium Disodium EDTA is what the Ingredient Inspector calls an Acronym Ingredient >> seemingly innocuous letters which stand for — in this case — a laboratory chemical preservative.

EDTA stands for Ethylenediaminetetraacetic Acid but it appears on the ingredient label as simply EDTA. It is banned at Whole Foods who cites it as “Unacceptable in food”. (Source: Amazon Whole Foods Web site 2/24)

CLOSEST TO HOMEMADE: Below are some Buffalo Sauces and Dairy-Free Buffalo Sauces which are Closest To Homemade with no Artificial Colors, Flavors, Chemical Preservatives, Corn Syrups, Soybean Oil or Canola Oil. These include Yo Mama’s Original Buffalo Sauce with no added sweeteners made with Dehydrated Butter and Whole Foods 365 Organic Buffalo Wing Sauce with no added sweeteners made with Organic Expeller Pressed Sunflower Seed Oil and Organic Butter. (Sources: Brand Web sites 2/24)

*Neither money nor products are ever accepted to appear on the Closest To Homemade list*

CLOSEST TO HOMEMADE DAIRY-FREE BUFFALO SAUCES: Primal Kitchen certified Gluten-Free and Non-GMO Project Verified Buffalo Sauces made with Avocado Oil and Noble Made certified Gluten-Free Buffalo Sauces made with Extra Virgin Olive Oil in Mild (with Pineapple Juice Concentrate), Medium with no added sweeteners and Hot with no added sweeteners. (Sources: Brand Web sites 2/24)