Sweet Baby Ray’s Barbecue Sauce, in any flavor, is my wife’s favorite brand of barbecue sauce. With the summer grilling season upon us we hit the pantry and were ready to slather it all over some slow cooked ribs only to see “Modified Foodstarch” with no qualifiers. Heartbroken, it was back to the cabinet to see what else we could find. Thankfully there was a bottle of a lesser brand waiting in the wings and dinner was not ruined, simply not as tasty. So this didn’t happen again I left a message with SBR’s customer service folks to see if they could expand on what exactly that food starch was.
The next day, earlier in the morning than I expected, I received a call back. What sweet words they were to hear that they use modified cornstarch and those of us with gluten issues are safe to eat it. The representative also followed up by saying that they use cornstarch in all of their products and at the moment all are gluten free. When asked when they would update their labeling to say so, she didn’t know but wished they would do so soon.
Another mysterious modified foodstarch mystery solved. Enjoy Sweet Baby Ray’s products with your next cookout.
