Wegmans Food — ""MOTHER SAUCE"" A SLOW-ROASTED BEEF & VEGETABLE BASED SAUCE, ""MOTHER SAUCE""

Nutrition Highlights

• Very low in calories (34 kcal per 100g), suitable for weight management.
• Very low in fat (0.9g per 100g).

About ""MOTHER SAUCE"" A SLOW-ROASTED BEEF & VEGETABLE BASED SAUCE, ""MOTHER SAUCE""

Wegmans Mother Sauce is a slow-roasted beef and vegetable cooking sauce inspired by the classical French culinary concept of fond brun, a reduced meat and vegetable stock that serves as the foundation of espagnole and demi-glace. In professional kitchens, a good fond represents hours of roasting, deglazing, straining, and reducing. This product condenses that labor into a ready-to-use bottle.

The ingredient list is unusually detailed for a jarred sauce and reflects genuine culinary technique. Onion, carrot, celery, leeks, and shallots form an aromatic vegetable base known in French cooking as a mirepoix and its variations. These are supplemented with roasted beef and beef juices, organic beef bone broth concentrate, red wine with sulfites, tomato paste, roasted garlic, and a blend of herbs including rosemary and parsley. Plum juice concentrate and grape juice concentrate provide a quiet sweetness that balances the savory roasted notes. A touch of caramel color deepens the visual richness.

At 34 calories per 59-gram serving, this is a flavoring and braising liquid rather than a sauce meant to stand alone. The concentration of ingredients means a small amount can add significant depth to a pan sauce, braise, or stew. Deglazing a roasting pan with this sauce after cooking a beef roast, then reducing it briefly with any remaining juices, produces a quick pan sauce that reads as far more complex than its preparation time would suggest.

Wegmans positions this product under their house brand as a convenience item for home cooks who want restaurant-quality results without the multi-hour process of making a proper stock from scratch. It pairs particularly well with beef tenderloin, braised short ribs, and roasted root vegetables.

Ingredients

WATER, ONION, RED WINE (CONTAINS SULFITES), ORGANIC BEEF BONE BROTH CONCENTRATED (WATER, ORGANIC BEEF BONES), CARROT, TOMATO PASTE, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: CELERY, LEEKS, SHALLOTS, SALT, PLUM JUICE CONCENTRATE, PARSLEY, ROASTED BEEF INCLUDING BEEF JUICES, ROASTED GARLIC, GRAPE JUICE CONCENTRATE, CARAMEL COLOR, CANOLA OIL, ORGANIC POTATO STARCH, POTATO FLOUR, WINE VINEGAR, ORGANIC DRIED CANE SYRUP, ROSEMARY, ORGANIC BEEF FAT, NATURAL FLAVORS, EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL, GROUND BLACK PEPPER, XANTHAN GUM, CORN OIL, CITIRIC ACID, ORGANIC CARROT JUICE CONCENTRATE, YEAST EXTRACT, PAPRIKA.

Dietary Information

""MOTHER SAUCE"" A SLOW-ROASTED BEEF & VEGETABLE BASED SAUCE, ""MOTHER SAUCE"" is considered low-fat, very low in calories, making it a suitable choice for various dietary plans.

Calorie Breakdown

At 34 calories per 100 grams, ""MOTHER SAUCE"" A SLOW-ROASTED BEEF & VEGETABLE BASED SAUCE, ""MOTHER SAUCE"" gets 20% of its calories from protein, 60% from carbohydrates, and 23% from fat. This is lower than most foods and comparable to fruits and vegetables.

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