Household Ingredients Compared › Sweet Chilli and Sriracha (Singapore)

Sweet chilli and sriracha: what's actually in it?

Sweet chilli sauce and sriracha share a bottle shape and almost nothing else. Sweet chilli is sugar first — Mae Ploy is 46% sugar — with chilli second. Sriracha is chilli first — Flying Goose Original is 61% chilli, Huy Fong is about 85% chilli by estimate — with sugar as a minor ingredient. The Singapore shelf is Thai (Mae Ploy, Flying Goose) plus the American Huy Fong rooster bottle, the Malaysian Lingham's, and Healthy Boy. The chilli percentage on the label is the single most useful number on this page.

This page does not give a health score or a "best" pick. It shows the ingredient list as printed and flags added sugar, salt and allergens.

The headline, in 30 seconds

Sweet chilli is sugar first. Mae Ploy is sugar 46%, water 21%, pickled red chilli 19% — and 63.3g sugars per 100g, the highest tabled on this page.
Sriracha is chilli first. Flying Goose Original is chilli 61%; Huy Fong is chilli, sugar, salt, garlic, vinegar — about 85% chilli by OFF estimate — with 20g sugars per 100g, a third of Mae Ploy's.
Flying Goose has three different sweet chillis. The 455ml bottle is sugar first with 22% chilli; the 725ml 'for chicken' bottle is water first with 11% chilli. Same brand, same shelf, different recipes.
Lingham's is the garlic outlier. Its sriracha is 14% garlic against 10% chillies — more garlic than chilli, and the mildest chilli share panelled here.
Huy Fong's list is the shortest. Chilli, sugar, salt, garlic, distilled vinegar, potassium sorbate, sodium bisulfite, xanthan gum — eight items, no water, no flavour enhancer.

At a glance

Product	Pack size (as printed)	Country of manufacture (as printed)	First ingredient	Chilli %	Sugars per 100g	Flavour enhancer?
Mae Ploy Sweet Chilli	not stated	Thailand	Sugar 46%	19%	63.3 g	No
Flying Goose Sweet Chilli, 455ml	455ml	not stated	Sugar	22%	Not stated	No
Flying Goose Sweet Chilli for Chicken, 725ml	725ml	not stated	Water	11%	Not stated	No
Flying Goose Sriracha Original	not stated	not stated	Chilli 61%	61%	Not stated	Yes — E621
Flying Goose Sriracha Blackout	455ml	not stated	Chilli 70%	70%	Not stated	Yes — E621
Huy Fong Sriracha	not stated	not stated	Chilli	~85% (est.)	20 g	No
Lingham's Sriracha	285g	Malaysia (brand)	Chillies 10%	10%	Not stated	No
Healthy Boy Sriracha	300ml	not stated	Water	14%	Not stated	Yes — MSG E621

Panelled with verbatim lists: 8 products. Seen but not verified: 9 products. Checked 12 November 2026. No prices are shown here: they change weekly and would go stale.

Panelled products

Mae Ploy Sweet Chilli Sauce

Pack size: not stated · Made in: Thailand (as printed)

Ingredients (Open Food Facts (UK/French listings) + Asda/Hannaford retailer lists (same list) + Wai Yee Hong (UK Asian grocer)): Sugar (46.0%), Water (21.0%), Pickled Red Chilli (19.0%) (Fresh Chilli 76.0%, Salt 16.0%, Vinegar 8.0%), Distilled Vinegar (6.8%), Garlic (6.0%), Salt (1.0%), Stabiliser (Xanthan Gum (E415)) (0.2%)

Origin: Thailand (Hannaford/Asda; manufacturer Theppadungporn Coconut Co.). No preservative and no colouring added (brand). Per-100g nutrition from OFF: 266 kcal, fat 0g, carbs 66.7g, sugars 63.3g (added sugars 46.7g), protein 0g, sodium 1767mg (salt 4.42g). Note the OFF French entry garbles the pickled-chilli sub-list ('faris piment rouge', 'Sel 10%'); the English list above is the panelled one. A Wai Yee Hong listing for the 350g bottle gives pickled red chilli as 1.09% — that reads as a transcription error against the 19% on every other listing, and is flagged here, not used. Origin: Thailand Halal Via: OFF + retailers

Flying Goose Sweet Chilli Sauce, 455ml

Pack size: 455ml · Made in: not stated (as printed)

Ingredients (Wai Yee Hong (UK Asian grocer — secondary)): Sugar, Chilli (22%), Water, Garlic (8.5%), Distilled Vinegar, Salt, Modified Tapioca Starch, Acidity Regulators (Citric Acid, Acetic Acid), Stabiliser (Xanthan Gum), Preservative (Potassium Sorbate)

Sugar first, chilli 22% — sweeter and hotter than Mae Ploy in chilli share but the same sugar-first pattern. Unlike Mae Ploy it uses a preservative (potassium sorbate) and modified tapioca starch. SG pack not verified. Via: UK retailer SG pack unverified

Flying Goose Sweet Chilli Sauce for Chicken, 725ml

Pack size: 725ml · Made in: not stated (as printed)

Ingredients (Wai Yee Hong (UK Asian grocer — secondary)): Water, Sugar, Chilli (11%), Garlic, Salt, Acidity regulator (Acetic Acid), Modified Tapioca Starch

Water first, chilli only 11% — half the chilli of the 455ml bottle and a different ingredient order. Same brand, different recipe; the two are panelled separately and must not be merged. Keep refrigerated after opening, consume within 4 weeks (retailer). SG pack not verified. Via: UK retailer SG pack unverified

Flying Goose Sriracha Sauce — Original

Pack size: not stated · Made in: not stated (as printed)

Ingredients (Wai Yee Hong (UK Asian grocer — secondary)): Chilli (61%), Sugar, Water, Salt, Garlic, Flavour Enhancer (E621), Stabiliser (E415), Acidity Regulator (E260, E330), Preservative (E202)

Chilli 61% — the defining number. Flavour enhancer E621 (MSG) and preservative E202 (potassium sorbate) both present, unlike Huy Fong which uses no flavour enhancer. SG pack not verified. Allergen: none stated Via: UK retailer SG pack unverified

Flying Goose Sriracha Blackout Chilli Sauce, 455ml

Pack size: 455ml · Made in: not stated (as printed)

Ingredients (Wai Yee Hong (UK Asian grocer — secondary)): Chilli (70%), Sugar, Salt, Garlic, Water, Acidity Regulators (E260), Flavour Enhancer (E621), Stabiliser (E415), Preservative (E202)

The hottest panelled sriracha by chilli share (70%). Same additive pattern as the Original (E621, E415, E202) with a single acidity regulator. SG pack not verified. Via: UK retailer SG pack unverified

Huy Fong Sriracha Hot Chili Sauce (Rooster)

Pack size: not stated · Made in: not stated (as printed)

Ingredients (Open Food Facts (French listing) + brand (Huy Fong Foods)): Chili, Sugar, Salt, Garlic, Distilled Vinegar, Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Bisulfite as preservatives, and Xanthan Gum

Per-100g nutrition from OFF: 100 kcal, fat 0g, carbs 20g, sugars 20g, protein 0g, sodium 640mg (salt 1.6g). No water in the list and no flavour enhancer — the cleanest sriracha list here. Contains sulphites (sodium bisulfite). SG pack not verified; Huy Fong is sold in Singapore via import channels. Contains sulphites Via: OFF SG pack unverified

Lingham's Sriracha Chilli Sauce, 285g

Pack size: 285g · Made in: Malaysia (brand) (as printed)

Ingredients (Wai Yee Hong (UK Asian grocer — secondary)): Chillies (10%), Garlic (14%), Cane Sugar, Salt, Vinegar, Xanthan Gum (E415)

Malaysian brand. Garlic (14%) exceeds chillies (10%) — the only panelled sriracha where garlic outranks chilli. No preservative, no flavour enhancer listed. SG pack not verified. Origin: Malaysia (brand) Via: UK retailer SG pack unverified

Healthy Boy (Dek Som Boon) Sriracha Hot Chilli Sauce, 300ml

Pack size: 300ml · Made in: not stated (as printed)

Ingredients (Wai Yee Hong (UK Asian grocer — secondary)): Water, Sugar, Chilli (14.0%), Vinegar, Garlic, Thickener (E1422), Salt, Flavour Enhancer (Monosodium Glutamate E621)

Water and sugar first, chilli 14% — closer to a sweet chilli in structure than to Huy Fong's chilli-first sriracha, and it uses thickener E1422 (acetylated distarch adipate) plus MSG. SG pack not verified. Via: UK retailer SG pack unverified

Seen but not verified — do not panel until checked

Flying Goose Sriracha with Ginger, 455ml — OFF German-market list retrieved (chilli 55%, sugar, ginger 15%, salt, water, acidity regulators, xanthan, MSG, potassium sorbate); SG availability unconfirmed; not panelled.
Flying Goose Sriracha Soju and Sriracha Satay variants — retailer lists retrieved (Soju: chilli 61%, sugar syrup, water, salt, garlic, flavouring, E330, E621, E415, E202; Satay: chilli 40%, sugar, satay sauce 9%); SG availability unconfirmed; not panelled.
Flying Goose Sriracha Spicy Garlic Mayo — retailer list retrieved (water, yellow chilli 20%, soybean oil, sugar, garlic 8%...); a mayo, not a sriracha sauce; not panelled.
Lee Kum Kee Sweet Chilli Sauce (Cantonese and Thai) — brand lists exist; no SG-verified list retrieved in this pass; not panelled.
Ayam Brand Sweet Chilli Sauce — listed in SG retail coverage; no list retrieved.
FairPrice house-brand sweet chilli sauce — listed in SG retail coverage; no list retrieved.
Tabasco Sriracha — US list retrieved (red jalapeno pepper 42.8%, water, sugar, salt, garlic 8%, distilled vinegar, xanthan gum, Tabasco pepper sauce); SG availability unconfirmed; not panelled.
ABC Sweet Chilli Sauce — Indonesian brand sold in Singapore; no SG list retrieved.
Singlong Sweet Chilli Sauce — listed in SG retail coverage; no list retrieved.

Nutrition — what the numbers say

All figures in the first table are as sold, per 100 g / 100 ml. Salt and sodium: salt = sodium × 2.5. The table shows sodium as printed (in mg) with the salt equivalent in brackets. Sodium is not presented as salt, and salt is not presented as sodium.

Total vs added sugars: most Singapore packs list total sugars, not added sugars. A total-sugars figure is never labelled here as “added sugar”. Where a source states an added-sugars figure separately, it is noted. The ingredient list remains the evidence for added sugar (sugar, glucose-fructose syrup, molasses, honey) versus naturally occurring sugars (fructose in fruit, lactose in milk).

Open Food Facts is a community database and is flagged as secondary where used: the pack and the retailer nutrition section take precedence if they disagree. Figures marked “not stated” were not in the source retrieved; they are not estimated, borrowed from another variant, or copied across flavours. No Nutri-Grade is quoted or assigned on this page: Nutri-Grade applies to drinks, and none of these products carries a printed Nutri-Grade on its Singapore pack as verified in this pass.

Product ↕	Energy ↕	Protein ↕	Total fat ↕	Saturated fat ↕	Carbohydrate ↕	Sugars ↕	Sodium (salt equiv.) ↕
Mae Ploy Sweet Chilli	266 kcal	0 g	0 g	0 g	66.7 g	63.3 g	1767 mg (salt 4.42 g)
Huy Fong Sriracha	100 kcal	0 g	0 g	0 g	20 g	20 g	640 mg (salt 1.6 g)

Click a column header to sort low to high; click again for high to low. “not stated” always sorts last — it is missing data, not zero.

Conflicts flagged, not silently resolved: Mae Ploy — the Wai Yee Hong 350g listing gives pickled red chilli as 1.09%, against 19% on the OFF, Asda, Hannaford and Henderson listings and on the 920g listing from the same retailer. 1.09% reads as a transcription error (19% with a misplaced decimal) and is not used. Mae Ploy added sugars: OFF gives 46.7g added sugars per 100g against 63.3g total sugars — the difference is the sugar inside the pickled chilli and garlic; both figures are quoted, not merged.

Seen but not verified (nutrition):

Flying Goose Sweet Chilli (both bottles), Flying Goose Sriracha Original and Blackout, Lingham's Sriracha, Healthy Boy Sriracha — no per-100g nutrition panels verified.
Lee Kum Kee, Ayam, FairPrice house brand, ABC, Singlong sweet chilli — not panelled, so no nutrition tabled.

How to read a sweet chilli and sriracha label — the jargon, in plain English

Sweet chilli sauce vs sriracha: Sweet chilli is sugar first (Mae Ploy 46% sugar) and a dipping sauce; sriracha is chilli first (61–85%) and a hot sauce. They are different products that happen to share a shelf.
Pickled red chilli: Chilli preserved in salt and vinegar before it goes into the sauce. Mae Ploy's 19% pickled red chilli is itself 76% fresh chilli, 16% salt, 8% vinegar.
E621 (monosodium glutamate, MSG): Flavour enhancer. Present in Flying Goose sriracha, Healthy Boy sriracha and the Flying Goose ginger variant; absent from Mae Ploy, Huy Fong and Lingham's.
E202 (potassium sorbate) / E211 (sodium benzoate): Preservatives. Flying Goose uses E202; Huy Fong uses potassium sorbate plus sodium bisulfite; Mae Ploy uses none.
E415 (xanthan gum): Thickener/stabiliser, used in nearly every sauce on this page to keep the texture from separating.
E1422 (acetylated distarch adipate): A modified starch thickener, used in Healthy Boy sriracha.
Blackout: Flying Goose's extra-hot sriracha (70% chilli). The name is the brand's, not a heat scale.

What this page is not

Not a health score, and not a "best" pick. This page does not rank products.
Not a taste test, and not a price comparison. Prices change weekly; ingredients change less often, but still change.
Not complete. The products in seen-but-not-verified are not yet panelled, for the verification reasons given, not hidden.

Sources and method

Checked 12 November 2026 from: Open Food Facts (Mae Ploy Sweet Chilli — ingredients and per-100g nutrition; Huy Fong Sriracha — ingredients and per-100g nutrition; Flying Goose Sriracha with Ginger — German-market list); Wai Yee Hong UK Asian grocer (Mae Ploy, Flying Goose Sweet Chilli both bottles, Flying Goose Sriracha Original and Blackout, Lingham's, Healthy Boy — ingredients); Asda, Hannaford and Henderson Foodservice (Mae Ploy list corroboration, origin Thailand); Giant Food Stores (Mae Ploy list corroboration). No SG pack was available for any panelled product in this pass; Singapore availability is from SG retail/import listings. Cold Storage publishes no ingredient list on any product page.