Every sauce Burger King lists, from the new limited-time Special Savory to BBQ, Ranch, Zesty and Marinara. Calories, ingredients and allergens come only from Burger King's own documents, each with its date. Burger King hasn't published figures for the sauces it refreshed in 2026, so those say "Not published" rather than a guess.
Illustrations, not photos. Colors only tell the cups apart.
Why some sauces say "Not published"
Burger King announced refreshed sauces on August 25, 2026, but its nutrition, ingredient and allergen downloads hadn't changed when we checked. Other sites do print newer numbers, but none traces back to a Burger King document. See the comparison.
What changed
On August 25, 2026 Burger King announced new nuggets and a sauce refresh. Honey Mustard Sauce, Buffalo Sauce, Sweet & Sour Sauce got new versions, and Special Savory Sauce joined as a limited-time sauce, with guests invited to try them from September 1. No new nutrition figures came with the announcement. Below is what each source said, with its date.
Aug 25, 2026 (the release date)
Burger King (news.bk.com press release)Announces new nuggets and says Burger King "took a fresh look at its dipping sauce lineup, refining fan favorites and introducing an all-new limited-time Special Savory Sauce". It describes new versions of Honey Mustard, Buffalo and Sweet & Sour, and invites guests to try the new nuggets and sauces starting September 1. It gives no nutrition figures and no list of restaurants.
Aug 25, 2026 (the article's publication date)
Nation's Restaurant NewsSays Burger King is "updating its sauces and adding a new Special Savory Sauce", a new limited-time sauce "that combines creamy, tangy, and lightly spicy flavors with barbecue seasoning, ketchup, garlic, onion, and black pepper".
Aug 26, 2026 (the article's publication date)
DelishA writer who tasted the new lineup says Burger King is "rolling out four sauces: Special Savory, Honey Mustard, Buffalo, and Sweet & Sour" and calls Buffalo, Honey Mustard and Sweet & Sour "updated versions". The ranking is the writer's taste, not data.
What this means for the numbers. On Nov 15, 2026 we downloaded Burger King's nutrition, ingredient and allergen PDFs again, and they were identical to the copies we had archived. So Burger King's own downloads haven't been updated for the refresh, and a calorie figure for a refreshed sauce that you see elsewhere can't be traced to a Burger King document. Those sauces stay at "Not published" until Burger King says otherwise.
Nutrition
Everything here is copied from Burger King's November 2022 nutrition PDF, and every figure is per 1 oz. Burger King doesn't say how big its dip cup is, so we don't convert to a cup. "<1" is how Burger King printed a value under one gram. That PDF has figures for 5 sauces, but Burger King has since said it refreshed Honey Mustard Sauce and Buffalo Sauce, so those two show "Not published for the current recipe" instead of an old number. Special Savory Sauce, Sweet & Sour Sauce, Marinara Sauce aren't in the PDF at all.
| Sauce | Status | Calories | Total fat | Saturated fat | Cholesterol | Sodium | Carbohydrates | Sugars | Protein |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Special Savory Sauce | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Honey Mustard Sauce | Not published for the current recipe | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Buffalo Sauce | Not published for the current recipe | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Sweet & Sour Sauce | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| BBQ Sauce | Burger King figure, datedNovember 2022 | 50 | 0 g | 0 g | 0 mg | 310 mg | 12 g | 11 g | 0 g |
| Hidden Valley Ranch Sauce | Burger King figure, datedNovember 2022 | 140 | 14 g | 2.5 g | 10 mg | 200 mg | 1 g | <1 g | <1 g |
| Zesty Sauce | Burger King figure, datedNovember 2022 | 150 | 16 g | 2.5 g | 15 mg | 230 mg | 3 g | 1 g | 0 g |
| Marinara Sauce | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published |
These are for comparing one sauce with another, not a health rating. A cup may hold more or less than 1 oz, so treat the totals as a guide.
Why sources disagree
Look up a Burger King sauce's calories and you'll get different answers depending on the site. Here they are side by side. The first column is Burger King's own figure from its November 2022 PDF, with "Not published" where there isn't one. The other four columns are what other websites print, as we read them on Nov 15, 2026. We cannot trace those to a Burger King document, so we do not use them as data. Where a site shows two numbers, it printed two different figures for the same sauce on the same page.
| Sauce | Burger King (November 2022 PDF) | burgerkingmenu.us | ChainMenus | bk-menus.com | bkmenus.com |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Special Savory Sauce | Not published | 116 | 116 | Not listed | Not listed |
| Honey Mustard Sauce | Not published for the current recipe | 110 | 110 | 90 | 89 and 90 |
| Buffalo Sauce | Not published for the current recipe | 70 | 70 | 80 | 82 and 60 |
| Sweet & Sour Sauce | Not published | 70 | 70 | 45 | 46 and 45 |
| BBQ Sauce | 50 | 35 | 35 | 50 | 50 and 45 |
| Hidden Valley Ranch Sauce | 140 | 110 | 110 | 110 and 140 | 135 and 140 |
| Zesty Sauce | 150 | 140 | 140 | 150 | 152 and 150 |
| Marinara Sauce | Not published | 25 | 25 | Not listed | 25 |
What we can and can't say. Two of the sites agree with each other on every sauce, and their numbers differ from Burger King's PDF for all five sauces the PDF covers. Either Burger King changed the recipes without updating its downloads, or one of the documents is wrong. We can't tell which, so we don't pick. The other two sites print numbers close to the older PDF, and each prints two different figures for at least one sauce on the same page. Until Burger King publishes figures for the current recipes, the honest answer for a refreshed sauce is "not published".
Allergens
Copied from Burger King's June 2025 allergen PDF, which is older than the September 2026 refresh. C means Burger King lists that allergen for the sauce. A dash means it doesn't, which isn't a promise the sauce is free of it, and kitchens share equipment. ? means the sauce isn't in the PDF, so there's nothing to report. If you have a serious allergy, ask the restaurant and read the ingredient statement below. Open the full allergen guide.
| Sauce | Milk | Wheat | Egg | Soy | Fish | Peanuts | Tree nuts | Sesame |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Special Savory Sauce | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Honey Mustard Sauce | - | - | C | - | - | - | - | - |
| Buffalo Sauce | C | - | C | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sweet & Sour Sauce | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| BBQ Sauce | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hidden Valley Ranch Sauce | C | - | C | - | - | - | - | - |
| Zesty Sauce | - | - | C | C | - | - | - | - |
| Marinara Sauce | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
An ingredient statement can name an allergen the grid doesn't mark, so read both. Where they differ, we show each as Burger King printed it and don't try to reconcile them.
Ingredients
Burger King's August 2025 ingredient PDF, copied word for word. It's older than the September 2026 refresh, so the statement for a refreshed sauce may no longer match what's in your cup. Special Savory Sauce isn't in the PDF, so there's nothing to show for it. The PDF uses its own names, shown under each heading. Burger King doesn't say whether a renamed entry (Ranch versus Hidden Valley Ranch, for example) is the same recipe.
Listed in the PDF as: Honey Mustard Dipping Sauce
Water, Soybean Oil, Sugar, Prepared Mustard (Distilled Vinegar, Water, Mustard Seed, Salt, Turmeric, Paprika, Natural Flavor, Garlic*, Spice), Honey, Distilled Vinegar, Egg Yolks, Hot Sauce (Aged Red Cayenne Pepper, Distilled Vinegar, Salt), Contains Less than 2% of Salt, Lemon Juice Concentrate, Xanthan Gum, Propylene Glycol Alginate, Spices, Celery Seed, Fruit & Vegetable Juice (Color), Natural Flavors, Garlic*, Onion*, Mustard Seed * Dehydrated
Listed in the PDF as: Buffalo Dipping Sauce
Water, Soybean Oil, Cayenne Pepper Sauce (Aged Cayenne Red Pepper, Distilled Vinegar, Water Salt, Garlic*), Distilled Vinegar, Brown Sugar, Egg Yolks, Contains Less than 2% of Food Starch-Modified, Salt, Cultured Dextrose, Garlic*, Onion, Paprika, Xanthan Gum, Spices, Natural Flavor (Includes Milk), Oleoresin Paprika (color), Celery Seed *Dehydrated
Listed in the PDF as: Sweet & Sour Dipping Sauce
Water, Sugar, Distilled Vinegar, Pineapple Juice Concentrate, Food Starch-Modified, Molasses, Pineapple Puree (Pineapple, Pineapple Juice), Apricot Puree, Contains Less than 2% of Soybean Oil, Salt, Xanthan Gum, Red Bell Pepper*, Garlic*, Spices, Tamarind Concentrate, Natural Flavors, Oleoresin Paprika (color), Celery Seed. *Dehydrated
Listed in the PDF as: BBQ Dipping Sauce
Sugar, Water, Tomato Paste, Distilled Vinegar, Salt, Food Starch-Modified, Contains less than 2% of Pineapple Juice Concentrate, Fruit & Vegetable Juice (Color), Natural Flavors, Spices, Molasses, Garlic*, Tamarind Concentrate, Celery Seed *Dehydrated
Listed in the PDF as: Hidden Valley Ranch Dipping Sauce
Soybean Oil, Water, Ranch Seasoning & Spices (Sugar, Buttermilk, Spices [includes mustard], Garlic*, Monosodium Glutamate, Onion*, Xanthan Gum, Natural & Artificial Flavors (Includes Soybean), Food Starch-Modified, Disodium Phosphate, Disodium Inosinate and Guanylate), Egg Yolks, Distilled Vinegar, Contains Less than 2% of Salt, Phosphoric Acid, Sorbic Acid (A Preservative), Calcium Disodium EDTA added to protect flavor. *Dehydrated
Listed in the PDF as: Zesty Dipping Sauce
Soybean oil, Water, Prepared Horseradish (Horseradish, Water, Distilled Vinegar, Salt, Soybean Oil), Corn Syrup, Egg Yolk, Distilled Vinegar, Tomato Paste, Contains Less than 2% of Salt, Sugar, Spice, Natural Flavors (Includes Mustard), Xanthan Gum, Rosemary Extract, Propylene Glycol Alginate, Lemon Juice Concentrate, Beet*, Annatto Extract (Color). *Dehydrated
Listed in the PDF as: Marinara Dipping Sauce
Tomato Puree (Tomato Paste, Water), Distilled White Vinegar, Sugar, Corn Syrup, Cultured Cane Sugar, Contains less than 2% of Salt, Dried Garlic, Spice, Citric Acid, Natural Flavor, Inactive Nutritional Yeast, Tapioca Maltodextrin, Rice Concentrate, Phosphoric Acid, Potassium Chloride, Yeast Extract
Pairing guide
Burger King publishes no pairing guide, so these aren't our picks. Each card shows what Burger King's delivery-menu text says about the item (as copied by a menu-price site) and what named food writers pair with it, with each source's date. Most of those writers tasted the sauces before the September 2026 refresh, so read their picks as opinions about the earlier recipes. The calories shown are for the item on its own, from Burger King's Nutrition Explorer. To see what a sauce adds, use the order calculator.
210 to 1,030 calories across 4 sizes, no sauce
Burger King menu text
A bundle lists "8 Pc. Nuggets (Comes with choice of up to two sauces)". Via fastfoodmenuprices.com (Burger King delivery menu text), Aug 28, 2026.
What reviewers pair with it
110 to 340 calories across 3 sizes, no sauce
Burger King menu text
Delivery-menu text for 4 Pc. and 8 Pc. Chicken Fries: "Comes with choice of up to one sauce", and "perfect for dipping in any of our delicious dipping sauces". Via fastfoodmenuprices.com (Burger King delivery menu text), Aug 28, 2026.
What reviewers pair with it
170 to 430 calories across 4 sizes, no sauce
Burger King menu text
A bundle lists "Medium Onion Rings (Comes with one Zesty dipping sauce)". Via fastfoodmenuprices.com (Burger King delivery menu text), Aug 28, 2026.
What reviewers pair with it
230 to 440 calories across 4 sizes, no sauce
Burger King menu text
We found no Burger King menu text that names a sauce for this item.
What reviewers pair with it
220 to 660 calories across 3 sizes, no sauce
Burger King menu text
"Served with a marinara dip cup." Via fastfoodmenuprices.com (Burger King delivery menu text), Aug 28, 2026.
What reviewers pair with it
None of the reviewers we read name a sauce for this item.
230 to 460 calories across 2 sizes, no sauce
Burger King menu text
We found no Burger King menu text that names a sauce for this item.
What reviewers pair with it
There's no right answer and no data behind these. Each list is one writer's taste, best first, for the recipes that existed on that date.
| Writer and date | Order, best first |
|---|---|
| Shopfood, April 2026 (before the refresh) |
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| Cheapism, updated October 2025 (before the refresh) |
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| Delish, August 2026 (the new lineup, four sauces) |
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Order calculator
Pick something to dip and its size, then add sauces. The item's numbers come from Burger King's Nutrition Explorer. The sauce numbers come from Burger King's November 2022 PDF, which is per 1 oz and covers only some sauces. If you add a sauce Burger King has no current figure for, it's listed but not counted, so your total is a floor, not an exact number.
| Per order | Item | Sauce adds | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calories | 210 | - | 210 |
| Total fat | 13 g | - | 13 g |
| Sodium | 360 mg | - | 360 mg |
| Carbohydrates | 12 g | - | 12 g |
Add a sauce to see what it does to the total.
Nothing here is a health rating or advice. Burger King does not publish serving sizes for items, so item figures are per item as listed. Restaurants differ in how much sauce a cup holds.
Prices
Burger King publishes no national price list, and we found nothing from Burger King on how many sauces come with an item or what an extra one costs. Prices only show up after you pick a restaurant on bk.com or in the BK app, and franchisees set their own. 3 websites print a price anyway.
For each sauce we show the lowest and highest figure any page printed, and how many pages printed one. A range needs at least 2 different pages, and 7 of 8 sauces get one. No range: Special Savory Sauce. Each page prints a single figure for every sauce and doesn't say how it got it, and these three disagree widely, so the honest reading is that we don't know what an extra sauce costs.
| Sauce | Reported price (estimate) | Pages that priced it |
|---|---|---|
| Special Savory Sauce | Price not reportedFewer than two pages gave a figure, so we show none. | None |
| Honey Mustard Sauce | Estimate$0.15 to $0.40 Reported by 3 pages. Varies by restaurant. | burgerkingmenu.us, bkmenus.com, bk-menus.com |
| Buffalo Sauce | Estimate$0.15 to $0.40 Reported by 3 pages. Varies by restaurant. | burgerkingmenu.us, bkmenus.com, bk-menus.com |
| Sweet & Sour Sauce | Estimate$0.15 to $0.40 Reported by 3 pages. Varies by restaurant. | burgerkingmenu.us, bkmenus.com, bk-menus.com |
| BBQ Sauce | Estimate$0.15 to $0.40 Reported by 3 pages. Varies by restaurant. | burgerkingmenu.us, bkmenus.com, bk-menus.com |
| Hidden Valley Ranch Sauce | Estimate$0.15 to $0.40 Reported by 2 pages. Varies by restaurant. | bkmenus.com, bk-menus.com |
| Zesty Sauce | Estimate$0.15 to $0.40 Reported by 3 pages. Varies by restaurant. | burgerkingmenu.us, bkmenus.com, bk-menus.com |
| Marinara Sauce | Estimate$0.50 Reported by 2 pages. Varies by restaurant. | burgerkingmenu.us, bkmenus.com |
Want a number you can rely on? Type the price shown at your restaurant into the order calculator. Tell us if a figure here is out of date.
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Calories, allergens, ingredients, prices and what changed in 2026, with what Burger King publishes and what it does not.
Burger King's August 25, 2026 release names four dipping sauces for its new nuggets: a limited-time Special Savory Sauce, and refreshed Honey Mustard, Buffalo and Sweet & Sour. Its downloadable ingredient document also lists BBQ Sauce, Zesty Sauce, Hidden Valley Ranch Sauce, Marinara Sauce, so this page covers all 8. We can't confirm which sauces a given restaurant has, because Burger King publishes no sauce list by restaurant.
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Items, recipes, sizes and availability can vary by restaurant, and Burger King can change them at any time. Burger King Menu is an independent nutritional directory and calculator tool and is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Burger King Company LLC or Restaurant Brands International. Values are shown as Burger King publishes them. This is not medical, dietary or allergy advice.
