Rabeko Zero Calorie Sauce - Artisanal Diet Sauce

What is Rabeko zero calorie sauce?

Rabeko sauces are condiment sauces reformulated to contain very few calories. Depending on the flavour, they provide 15 to 25 kcal per 100 g, with 0 to 0.5 g of sugars and 0 to 0.5 g of fat. The usual serving is 15 to 20 g, or one to two tablespoons.

The principle is simple: a base of water and modified maize starch replaces the oil and sugar of a conventional sauce, and the sweetness comes from sucralose. An ordinary barbecue sauce sits at around 150 kcal per 100 g, a mayonnaise at around 700. That is the gap, and it is a considerable one.

The flavours in the range: Ketchup, BBQ, Curry, Samouraï, Burger, Sweet Mayo, Truffle Mayo, Teriyaki, Honey Mustard, Snack Sauce, Sriracha, Garlic Zero, Sauce César and Sweet Chili. The rest of the brand can be browsed in our Rabeko department, and the other products in this category in our zero sauce department.

What does a Rabeko sauce contain?

The figure that matters is not the one per 100 g, it is the one per serving. Nobody eats 100 g of sauce in one go. At 20 g — a generous tablespoon on a plate — you are between 3 and 5 kcal. In other words, the sauce drops out of the calculation. That is exactly what this kind of product is asked to do, and it explains why it does so well during a period of restriction.

As a guide, flavour by flavour: the Barbecue is declared at 15 kcal per 100 g, the Ketchup at 20 kcal. These are the manufacturer's labelling values. They vary slightly from one recipe to the next, and the exact table appears on the bottle you receive.

One point to know if you are following a strict diet: the Barbecue recipe includes roasted sugar syrup in its ingredients list, in quantities too small to show up in the "of which sugars" line. This is not a contradiction — the nutrition declaration and the ingredients list follow different rules — but it is better to know it than to discover it on the label.

In regulatory terms, two claims are governed and verifiable here: "no added sugars" and "low fat" rest on precise thresholds set by European regulation, which these recipes meet. No promise of an effect, on the other hand — on weight, satiety or digestion — is permitted for a sauce. This product does not support a diet: it makes a diet bearable, which is not the same thing.

Ingredients list

The composition varies with the flavour. Two representative examples:

Barbecue: water, tomato purée, modified maize starch, salt, roasted sugar syrup, onion, food acids (acetic acid, citric acid), paprika, vinegar, garlic, thickener (guar gum), smoke flavouring, chilli, preservative (potassium sorbate), parsley, sweetener (sucralose).

Ketchup: water, tomato purée, modified maize starch, salt, food acids (citric acid, acetic acid), onion, preservative (potassium sorbate), chilli, sage, nutmeg, cinnamon, sweetener (sucralose).

The allergens change from one flavour to another: you must check the label on the bottle you choose. The mayonnaise-style sauces contain EGG and MUSTARD; the Teriyaki contains SOYA and GLUTEN; some curry recipes contain LACTOSE. Most flavours are gluten free and lactose free, but not all of them.

How do you use Rabeko sauces?

Serving: 15 to 20 g depending on the dish. Preparation: shake before use; the sauce is used straight from the bottle, with no dilution. Temperature: hot or cold. Uses: alongside grilled meat, fish and vegetables; dressing salads, sandwiches and wraps; as a dipping sauce; as a marinade or the base of a cooked dish. Storage: in the fridge once opened, to be used within four weeks.

Shake the bottle properly, not for three seconds. These sauces are thickened with guar gum and starch, without a heavy emulsifier: the texture separates slightly when left to stand. A well-shaken bottle gives an even sauce; a barely shaken one gives a thin liquid first, then a thick residue at the bottom.

They hold up to cooking, and that is what they do best. A spoonful of Teriyaki or Barbecue added to a chicken breast at the end of cooking turns a cutting-phase meal into something edible. As a marinade, leave it to work for at least twenty minutes before cooking.

Refrigerating after opening is not optional. These sauces contain a great deal of water and very little sugar or fat — two natural preservatives that they have precisely been stripped of. Potassium sorbate does the rest, but four weeks refrigerated after opening is the sensible limit.

To round out a lighter kitchen, the same logic exists elsewhere: a cooking spray replaces the oil in the pan, and a zero jam does the same job on your morning toast.

Who are these sauces for, and who are they not for?

They are for anyone following a controlled diet who has had enough of plain chicken and rice. That is the number one reason people buy them, and it is a perfectly legitimate one: a diet you stick to for three months beats a perfect diet abandoned after ten days.

They are not suitable without checking if you have an allergy. This is the most important point on this page: the allergens vary with the flavour. Egg, mustard, soya, gluten and lactose may be present depending on the recipe. Do not rely on what is true of one flavour, read the label of the one you are buying.

They are not recommended for pregnant or breastfeeding women, in line with the statement carried by the manufacturer. And if you are following a strict medical diet — low salt, low residue — ask a healthcare professional for advice: the salt content varies with the flavour and is not negligible in some of them.

What you should not expect from them. They do not make you lose weight: they avoid adding calories, which is very different. They have no digestive or metabolic virtue. And the manufacturer notes a possible laxative effect if consumed to excess — meaning: if you empty a bottle in two days. At 20 g per meal, the question does not arise.

Zero sauce, or a conventional sauce in small amounts?

That is the real question, and it deserves better than a sales answer.

A teaspoon of conventional mayonnaise is around 35 kcal. That is not the end of the world. If you eat a balanced diet and have no numerical target, a small amount of a good sauce beats a product with fifteen ingredients including modified starch and sucralose. We say so freely across the counter, even if it is not what you would expect a retailer to say.

Zero sauce comes into its own when quantity is the problem. If you are one of those people who drown a plate in sauce, or if you are going through a period of restriction where every ten calories count, the gap becomes real: 5 kcal against 140 for the same amount of mayonnaise. That, and only that, is where this product changes something.

Another approach exists and costs less: seasoning with flavourings and sweeteners, spices, lemon, balsamic vinegar. It is less convenient than a bottle, but it is cooking without additives. To compare the ranges available, our Callowfit department offers another brand in the same niche, and our weight loss department brings together the products designed for this phase.

Frequently asked questions

How many calories are there in a serving?

Between 3 and 5 kcal for a 20 g serving, depending on the flavour, on the basis of 15 to 25 kcal per 100 g. That is the useful figure: nobody eats 100 g of sauce. A conventional sauce of the same volume provides between 30 and 140 kcal.

Which flavours are available?

In the range: Ketchup, BBQ, Curry, Samouraï, Burger, Sweet Mayo, Truffle Mayo, Teriyaki, Honey Mustard, Snack Sauce, Sriracha, Garlic Zero, Sauce César and Sweet Chili. The composition changes from one flavour to another, allergens included.

Do these sauces contain sugar?

The nutrition declaration gives 0 to 0.5 g of sugars per 100 g depending on the flavour, and the "no added sugars" claim is met. The Barbecue recipe does, however, include roasted sugar syrup in its ingredients list, in quantities too small to show up in the sugars line.

Which allergens should you watch out for?

That depends entirely on the flavour. The mayonnaise-style sauces contain egg and mustard, the Teriyaki soya and gluten, some curry recipes lactose. Most flavours are gluten free and lactose free, but you have to check bottle by bottle.

Can they be heated?

Yes, they can be used hot or cold. Added to meat at the end of cooking, or as a marinade twenty minutes beforehand, they hold up perfectly. This is in fact their most interesting use, more so than simply as a cold accompanying sauce.

How long do they keep once opened?

Four weeks in the fridge, with the bottle tightly closed. These recipes contain a great deal of water and very little sugar or fat, which are the natural preservatives of a conventional sauce. Refrigeration is therefore not a superfluous precaution.

Are they suitable for vegetarians?

Most of them are, but not those containing egg yolk — the mayonnaise-style recipes. As with the allergens, the answer depends on the flavour chosen and is there to be read on the bottle's label.

Where can you buy Rabeko sauces?

The bottles can be ordered from this page in the flavours available, and we ship throughout France and Europe. At the Vendargues shop, about ten minutes from Montpellier, this is the aisle customers spend the longest in front of — and our advice is always the same: take two different ones rather than the same one twice. Over a three-month cutting phase, boredom arrives faster than hunger. The rest of our selection can be browsed in the sports nutrition department.