List of condiments

A condiment is a supplemental food (such as a sauce or powder) that is added to some foods to impart a particular flavor, enhance their flavor,^[1] or, in some cultures, to complement the dish, but that cannot stand alone as a dish. The term condiment originally described pickled or preserved foods, but now includes a great variety of flavorings.^[2] Many diverse condiments exist in various countries, regions and cultures. This list includes notable worldwide condiments.

Condiments

Mostarda is an Italian condiment made of candied fruit and a mustard-flavored syrup.

Aioli – West Mediterranean sauce of garlic and oil
Ajvar – Balkan condiment
Amba – Mango pickle condiment
Alfredo sauce – Creamy pasta dish with butter and cheese
Au jus – Meat gravy made from cooking juices
Barbecue sauce – Sauce used as a marinade, basting, topping, or condiment
Béarnaise sauce – Sauce made of clarified butter and egg yolk
Béchamel sauce – French white sauce based on roux and milk
Black pepper – Ground fruit of the family Piperaceae
Biber salçası – Paste made from peppers or tomato and salt, originating in Turkey
Butter – Dairy product
Chili peppers – Genus of flowering plants
Caramel – Confectionery product made by heating sugars
Cheese – Curdled milk food product
Chili oil – Condiment made from chili peppers
Chili sauce – Condiment prepared with chili peppers
Chimichurri – Uncooked sauce for meat
Cranberry sauce – Sauce made from cranberries
Cream – Dairy product
Chocolate spread – Sweet chocolate-flavored paste
Chocolate syrup – Chocolate-flavored condiment used as a topping or ingredient
Chrain – Horseradish paste
Chutney – South Asian condiment
Cocktail sauce – Condiment served usually with seafoods
Coleslaw – Salad consisting primarily of finely-shredded raw cabbage
Compote – Dessert of fruit cooked in syrup
Crushed red pepper – Condiment or spice made from red chilli peppers
Dip – Type of condiment
- List of common dips – Type of condiment
Disodium inosinate – umami paste
Fish paste – Paste made of fish meat
- List of fish pastes – Paste made of fish meat
Fish sauce – Condiment made from fish
- List of fish sauces
Fritessaus – Dutch condiment, usually served with French fries
Fruit preserves – Preparations of fruits, sugar, and sometimes acid , jams, and jellies
Fry sauce – Condiment for French fries
Garlic sauce – Sauce with garlic as a main ingredient
Garum – Historical fermented fish sauce
Glutamate flavoring – Generic name for flavor-enhancing compounds based on glutamic acid and its salts
Gravy – Sauce made from the juices of meats
- Mushroom gravy – Type of sauce
- Onion gravy – Type of sauce
- Red-eye gravy – Type of gravy
Harissa – North African paste of roasted red peppers, hot peppers, spices, oil, and other flavor ingredients
Hoisin sauce – Sauce commonly used in Chinese cuisine
Hollandaise sauce – Sauce made of egg, butter, and lemon
Honey – Sweet and viscous substance made by bees
Honey dill – Condiment
Horseradish – Species of flowering plants in the cabbage family Brassicaceae
Hummus – Middle Eastern chickpea puree dish
Icing – Food producing method that could be applied to many sweets
Jalapeños – Hot pepper
Kachumbari – Tomato-onion salad
Karo – Syrup made from corn used as food additive
Ketchup – Sauce used as a condiment
- Banana ketchup – Sauce made from bananas
- Curry ketchup - Ketchup with curry powder
- Mushroom ketchup – Style of ketchup
- Fruit ketchup – Condiment made from fruit
Khrenovina – Spicy horseradish sauce
Kyopolou – Bulgarian-Turkish dish
Lemon – Yellow citrus fruit
Lettuce – Species of annual plant of the daisy family, most often grown as a leaf vegetable
Ljutenica – Vegetable relish or chutney in Bulgarian, Macedonian, Serbian and Turkish cuisines
Mango chutney – Indian chutney made from unripe mangoes
Maple butter – Confection made from maple syrup
Maple syrup – Syrup made from the sap of maple trees
Marinara sauce – Tomato sauce with herbs
Marmalade – Preserve made from citrus fruits
Matbucha — a North African condiment
Mayonnaise – Thick cold sauce
- List of mayonnaises – List of mayonnaises
Meringue – Type of dessert or candy
Mignonette sauce – Condiment served with oysters
Milk – Nutrient-rich liquid produced by mammals
Milkette – Name of various beverages and foods made of equally mixed parts
Miso – Traditional Japanese seasoning
Monkey gland sauce – South African sauce
Muhammara – Red pepper dip from Syrian cuisine
Murri – Arabian condiment
Mustard – Condiment made from mustard seeds
- Dijon mustard – Type of mustard
- Mostarda – Condiment from Italy made of candied fruit and mustard
- Mustard oil – Oil derived from mustard plants
- Tewkesbury mustard – Type of mustard
- Turun sinappi – Finnish mustard brand established 1926
- List of mustard brands
Nacho cheese – Tortilla chip dish
Nutritional yeast – Type of deactivated yeast
Old sour – Fermented key lime juice used in sauces
Olive oil – Liquid fat made from olives
Oyster sauce
Pepper, black – Ground fruit of the family Piperaceae
Pepper jelly – Preserve made with hot peppers
Peanut butter – Paste made from ground peanuts
Pesto – Italian food paste
Piccalilli – British relish of chopped pickled vegetables and spices
South Asian pickle – Pickled varieties of vegetable and fruit

- Mango pickle – Variety of pickles prepared using mango
- Pickled fruit – Fruit that has been preserved by anaerobic fermentation in brine or immersion in vinegar
- Pickled onion – Onions pickled in a solution of vinegar or salt
- Pickled pepper – Capsicum pepper preserved by pickling
Pico de gallo – Mexican condiment
Pinđur – Relish spread in the Balkan peninsula
Piri-piri – Cultivar of Capsicum frutescens
Popcorn seasoning – Ingredients used to flavor popcorn
Powdered sugar – Fine sugar with an anti-caking agent

Relish – Cooked, pickled, or chopped vegetable or fruit used as a condiment
- Chicago-style relish – Condiment
- Kuchela – Trinidadian relish
Remoulade – Mayonnaise-based cold sauce

Salad dressing – Condiment for salads
Salad dressing spread – Salad dressing and mayonnaise substitute
Salsa – Condiment used in Mexican cuisine
Salsa golf – Cold sauce of mayonnaise and tomatoes
Salsa verde – Spicy Mexican sauce made from tomatillos
Salt – Mineral composed of sodium chloride
Sambal – Southeast Asian spicy relish or sauce
Sauerkraut – Finely sliced and fermented cabbage
Sesame oil – Edible oil from sesame seed
Sesame seeds – Plant cultivated for its edible seeds
Skyronnes – Icelandic dipping sauces
Sour cream – Fermented dairy product

Soy sauce – East Asian liquid condiment
- Sweet soy sauce – Sweetened aromatic soy sauce, originating from Java, Indonesia
Sprinkles – Tiny multi-colored candy topping
Steak sauce – Brown sauce for seasoning of steaks
Sriracha sauce – Thai hot sauce
Sumbala – Fermented locust beans used as condiment in cooking in West Africa
Sweet chili sauce – Condiment primarily used as a dip
Syrup – Thick, viscous solution of sugar in water
Tahini – Middle Eastern condiment made from sesame
Tartar sauce – Mayonnaise-based cold sauce
Tekka – Condiment
Teriyaki sauce – Japanese marinade
Tomato paste – Paste made from tomatoes
Tomato sauce – Sauce made primarily from tomatoes
Toum – Garlic sauce common in the Levant
Truffle oil – Oil with truffles or synthetic flavouring
Tzatziki – Cold cucumber–yogurt dip, soup, or sauce
Vegenaise – American vegan food company
Velouté sauce – French sauce made from roux and light stock

Vinegar – Liquid consisting mainly of acetic acid and water
- Black vinegar – Dark-colored vinegar in Chinese cuisine
Wasabi – Species of edible plant
Watermelon rind preserves – Fruit condiment
Whipped cream – Semi-solid aerated cream
White pepper – Ground fruit of the family Piperaceae
XO sauce – Spicy seafood sauce from Hong Kong

Close-up image of za'atar, a blend of herbs, sesame, and salt

Za'atar – Levantine herb or herb blend
Zacuscă – Romanian-Moldovan dish

By country

Australia

Azerbaijan

Narsharab – pomegranate sauce

Bangladesh

Belgium

"Bicky" sauce – a commercial brand made from mayonnaise, white cabbage, tarragon, cucumber, onion, mustard and dextrose
Brasil sauce – mayonnaise with pureed pineapple, tomato and spices^[4]
Samurai sauce
Sauce "Pickles"– a yellow vinegar based sauce with turmeric, mustard and crunchy vegetable chunks, similar to Piccalilli
Sauce andalouse
Zigeuner sauce – Sauce in French cuisine – A "gypsy" sauce of tomatoes, paprika and chopped bell peppers, borrowed from Germany

Canada

Maple syrup

Chile

Ají
Pebre

China

France

Georgia

Germany

Zigeuner sauce (gypsy sauce)
Curry ketchup
Sahnemeerretich (horseradish paste with cream)
Kren (horseradish paste without cream)
süßer Senf (Bavarian mustard)
Green sauce

Ghana

Greece

India

Chammanthi podi
Chutney
Chyawanprash
Coconut chutney
Dahi chutney
Garlic chutney
Gulkand
Idli podi
Indian pickles
- Aavakaaya
- Chhundo
- Ginger pickle
- Lime pickle
- Mango pickle
- Mixed pickle
- Murabba
- Oorgai
- Pachranga
Indian relish
Kerala pachadi
Mirchi ka salan
Ouu khatta
Pachadi
Perugu Pachadi
Putnis
Raita
Sooth

Italy

Alioli – a Mediterranean sauce made of garlic and olive oil
Agliata – a garlic sauce and condiment in Italian cuisine
Traditional balsamic vinegar of Modena
Capuliato – a Sicilian condiment based upon dried tomatoes
Garum – a fermented fish sauce used as a condiment.
Gremolata
Olio extravergine d'oliva
Pesto – a sauce consisting of crushed garlic, European pine nuts, coarse salt, basil leaves, hard cheese such as Parmigiano-Reggiano (also known as Parmesan cheese) or Pecorino Sardo (cheese made from sheep's milk), all blended with olive oil.
Saba – a condiment made from boiling down must, the grape mush left over from making wine.
Salmoriglio
Vincotto

Indonesia

Acar
Bawang goreng
Colo-colo
Dabu-dabu
Kecap asin
Kecap manis
Krupuk
- Amplang
- Emping
- Krupuk ikan
- Kemplang
- Kripik
- Krupuk kulit
- Krupuk udang
- Rengginang
- Rempeyek
Palm vinegar
Peanut sauce
Petis

Iran

Japan

Black vinegar
Chili oil
Dashi
Fukujinzuke (served with Japanese curry)
Furikake
Gomashio
Karashi
Katsuobushi
Kombu
Mirin
Miso
Perilla
Perilla frutescens
Ponzu
Rice vinegar
Seasoned rice vinegar
Sesame oil
Shichimi
Shiso
Shottsuru
Sichuan pepper
Soy sauce
Tare sauce
Wafu dressing
Wasabi
Yuzukoshō
Zanthoxylum piperitum

Korea

Lebanon

Hummus

Malaysia

Kaya (jam)
Keropok Lekor
Kerepek Pisang
Pisang Salai
Budu

Mexico

Norway

Lingonberry jam

Pakistan

Palestine

Qizha

Philippines

Agre dulce
Atchara (pickled green papaya)
- Atcharang maasim (sour pickles)
- Atcharang labóng (pickled bamboo shoots)
- Atcharang dampalit (pickled sea purslane)
- Atcharang ubod (pickled palm hearts)
Bagoong
- Bagoong isda (fermented fish)
- Bagoong alamang (shrimp paste)
Banana ketchup
- Banana ketchup and mayonnaise
- UFC Catsup
Buro (tapay, fermented rice)
- Balao-balao (fermented rice with shrimp)
- Burong isda (fermented rice with fish)
- Tinapayan (fermented rice with dried fish)
Burong mangga (pickled mangoes)
Burong mustasa (pickled mustard leaves)
Chili garlic sauce (siomai sauce)
Latik (coconut caramel)
Lechon sauce (liver sauce)
Manong's sauce / Fishball sauce
Palapa
Patis (fish sauce)
Sarsang miso (miso tomato sauce)
Sarsang talong (eggplant sauce)
Sawsawan – general term for dipping sauces
Sinamak (spiced vinegar)
Suka Pinakurat (spiced vinegar)
Taba ng talangka (crab paste)
Toyomansi

Russia

Khrenovina sauce – a spicy horseradish sauce
Mayonnaise

Spain

Aioli
Salsa Romesco

Sweden

Smörgåskaviar tops a cottage cheese sandwich

Bostongurka – a relish with pickled gherkins, red bell pepper and onion with spices
Brown sauce
Dill
Gräddfil – a type of fat fermented sour cream
Hovmästarsås – a mustard dill sauce
Kalix Löjrom – vendace roe
Ketchup
Sweetened lingonberries – raw lingonberries stirred with sugar, served with main courses
Rhode Island dressing – similar to Thousand Island dressing
Skagen sauce – made with shrimp, mayonnaise, dill and lemon
Scanian mustard – with mix of yellow and brown mustard seeds
Smörgåskaviar – a fish roe spread
Vanilla sauce
Äppelmos – apple sauce, served with pork dishes and used on havregrynsgröt

Switzerland

Taiwan

Thailand

Nam chim
Nam phrik (type of chili sauce)
Nam pla (fish sauce)
Nam man hoi (oyster sauce)

Trinidad and Tobago

Kuchela
Lime pepper sauce
Mother-in-law – a pepper sauce made with scotch bonnet peppers, carrots, caralie, shado beni, garlic, onions, salt and lime juice.

United Kingdom

United States

Vietnam

Nước chấm

References

^ "Merriam-Webster: Definition of condiment". Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Retrieved October 23, 2011.
^ Smith, Andrew F. (May 1, 2007). The Oxford companion to American food and drink. Oxford University Press. pp. 144–146. ISBN 978-0-19-530796-2. Retrieved March 15, 2012.
^ Zeldes, Leah A. (November 4, 2009). "Eat this! Guacamole, a singing sauce, on its day". Dining Chicago. Chicago's Restaurant & Entertainment Guide, Inc. Retrieved November 5, 2009.
^ D&L Archived August 19, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, La William

External links

Media related to Condiments at Wikimedia Commons

[1] "Merriam-Webster: Definition of condiment". Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Retrieved October 23, 2011.

[2] Smith, Andrew F. (May 1, 2007). The Oxford companion to American food and drink. Oxford University Press. pp. 144–146. ISBN 978-0-19-530796-2. Retrieved March 15, 2012.

[zeldes-3] Zeldes, Leah A. (November 4, 2009). "Eat this! Guacamole, a singing sauce, on its day". Dining Chicago. Chicago's Restaurant & Entertainment Guide, Inc. Retrieved November 5, 2009.

[4] D&L Archived August 19, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, La William

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List of condiments List of common dips List of syrups
Sauces	Agre dulce Agrodolce Aioli Barbecue Bigarade Brown Buffalo Cheese Alfredo Caruso Cheddar Cheez Whiz Fondue Mornay Nacho cheese Chili Chimichurri Cocktail Colo-colo Crema Caruru Dabu-dabu Fish Fritessaus Fry Garum Gastrique Gravy Hot Latik Khrenovina Lechon Marie Rose Mayonnaise Kewpie Kielecki Miracle Whip Mignonette Mild Monkey gland Mujdei Mumbo Oyster Peanut Pearà Pesto Pistou Remoulade Salsa golf Salsa macha Salsa verde Satsivi Steak Tartar Tatbila Teriyaki Tiparos Tkemali Tomato Vincotto XO Zingara
Dips	Ajika Baba ghanoush Chile con queso Duck Duqqa Garlic chive flower sauce Guacamole Hogao Honey dill Hummus Muhammara Nam chim Nam phrik Nước chấm Skyronnes Sweet chili Toum Tzatziki Zhug
Pickles and preserves	Amba Atchara Cheong Chutney Green mango chutney Curtido Encurtido Fruit preserves Gari Horseradish Ljutenica Pepper jelly Piccalilli Pickled cucumber Pickled fruit Relish Chicago-style relish Sauerkraut Kimchi Sumbala Taba ng talangka Tomato jam Varenye Watermelon rind preserves
Spreads and pastes	Ajvar Anchovy paste Bagoong Biber salçası Beurre maître d'hôtel Chili paste Chrain Coconut jam Fish paste Gochujang Liver spread Kyopolou Maafe Malidzano Meat extract Bovril Murri Nut butter Palapa Pindjur Roe Caviar Sahawiq Tapai Wasabi Yeast extract Marmite Vegemite Zacuscă
Oils and liquids	Chili Halford Leicestershire Table Sauce Mustard Olive Patis Perilla Ponzu Salmoriglio Sesame Soy sauce Soup soy sauce Sweet soy sauce Toyomansi Syrup Worcestershire sauce Tonkatsu sauce
Spices and powders	Asín tibuok Chipotle Crushed red pepper Gomashio MSG Nutritional yeast Paprika Popcorn seasoning Salt and pepper Tekka Za'atar
Salads	Carolina style Coleslaw Kachumbari Kachumber Salsa Pico de gallo Salsa criolla
Dressings	Blue cheese French Ginger Green goddess Italian Louis Mayfair salad Ranch Russian Salad cream Tahini Thousand Island Vinaigrette Wafu
Ketchups	Banana Curry Fruit Mushroom Tomato
Mustards	Dijon Honey Karashi Kasundi Mostarda Spicy brown Creole Sweet Tecuci Tewkesbury Turun sinappi Yellow
Vinegars	Apple cider Balsamic Balsamic vinegar of Modena Black Kaong palm Malt Nipa palm
List articles	Accompaniments to french fries Brand name condiments Chutneys Fish pastes Fish sauces Indian condiments Indonesian condiments Japanese condiments Mayonnaises Mustard brands Hot sauces Pakistani condiments Philippine condiments Pickled foods
Accoutrements	Cruet-stand Sachet Salt and pepper shakers Soy sauce fish Squeeze bottle