Condiment
Plum Sauce
Plum sauce is a sweet-tart Chinese condiment of plum with sugar, vinegar, and spice—classic with duck, spring rolls, and fried snacks. Glossy and pourable to thick. Serve as a dip or glaze. Not the same as European damson cheese.
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Nutrition
Typical values per 100 g edible portion. Nutrient names open the reference page.
Nutrition Facts
Per 100 g edible portion
Amount per 100 g
- Total Fat 2.1 g
- Saturated Fat 0.29 g
- Trans Fat 0 g
- Monounsaturated Fat 0.53 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 0.77 g
- Cholesterol 0 mg
- Sodium 1880 mg
- Salt 4.73 g
- Total Carbohydrate 12.3 g
- Dietary Fibre 0.97 g
- Total Sugars 6.24 g
- Complex / starch 2.12 g
- Protein 2.83 g
- Water 74.1 g
- Energy 83.8 kcal
- Water 74.1 g
- Carbohydrates 12.3 g
- Sugars 6.24 g
- Monosaccharides 4.36 g
- Disaccharides 1.87 g
- Starch 2.12 g
- Amylose 0.53 g
- Amylopectin 1.59 g
- Digestible Starch 1.8 g
- Resistant Starch 0.21 g
- Fibre 0.97 g
- Soluble Fibre 0.34 g
- Insoluble Fibre 0.63 g
- Protein 2.83 g
- Fat 2.1 g
- Saturated Fat 0.29 g
- Monounsaturated Fat 0.53 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 0.77 g
- Vitamins 24.9 mg
- Vitamin A 20 µg
- Vitamin B1 — Thiamine 0.01 mg
- Vitamin B2 — Riboflavin 0.02 mg
- Vitamin B3 — Niacin 0.1 mg
- Vitamin B5 — Pantothenic Acid 0.05 mg
- Vitamin B6 0.02 mg
- Vitamin B7 — Biotin 0.2 µg
- Vitamin B9 — Folate 1.9 µg
- Vitamin C 2 mg
- Vitamin E 0.09 mg
- Vitamin K 0.5 µg
- Minerals 2099 mg
- Major Minerals 2092 mg
- Trace Minerals 6.5 mg
- Salt 4.73 g
- Sodium Chloride 4.73 g
Vitamins
vitamin-c: 2 · vitamin-a: 20 · vitamin-b1-thiamine: 0.01 · vitamin-b2-riboflavin: 0.02 · vitamin-b3-niacin: 0.1 · vitamin-b5-pantothenic-acid: 0.05 · vitamin-b6: 0.02 · vitamin-b7-biotin: 0.2 · vitamin-b9-folate: 1.9 · vitamin-e: 0.09 · vitamin-k: 0.5 ·
Minerals
Sodium: 1880 · Potassium: 166 · Calcium: 46 · Iron: 1.1 · Zinc: 0.4 · Iodine: 5 ·
Condiments are flavour concentrates—often high in salt or sugar relative to serving size.
In the kitchen
Culinary partners and combinations that usually underperform with Plum Sauce.
Usually avoid with
Often clash in flavour or tradition
History
Chinese sauce makers sweetened plums into table sauces for roast meats.
Bottled plum sauce accompanied Cantonese roast duck and takeaway culture.
Western Chinese restaurants made plum sauce a standard dip.