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Worcestershire sauce

Also called Worcester sauce

Worcestershire sauce is a condiment sauce that may contain fish, garlic, molasses, or tamarind. Cooks use it to season food.

  • May contain fish
  • May contain soy

About the plain ingredient, not packaged products; general information, not medical advice. Details

Cooked most in
Europe
Top country
Belgium
Worcestershire sauce, prepared

Photo: Ocdp · CC0 1.0 · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use Worcestershire sauce

Typical ways to cook or use it

  • Season

Made from

Nutrition

What 100 g of Worcestershire sauce holds

Per 100 g. Averages from USDA; real values vary by variety, season and growing conditions.

Protein 0%Fat 0%Carbohydrate 100%of the macronutrients by weight

Nutrition per 100 g of Worcestershire sauce
Energy77 kcal · 321 kJ
Protein0 g
Fat0 g
of which saturated0 g
Carbohydrate19 g
of which sugars10 g
Fibre0 g
Sodium1,300 mg
Cholesterol0 mg
Nutrition per 100 g of Worcestershire sauce: minerals and vitamins
Potassium800 mg
Calcium107 mg
Iron5.3 mg
Magnesium13 mg
Zinc0.19 mg
Vitamin C13 mg
Vitamin A (RAE)5 µg
Folate8 µg

Source: USDA FoodData Central (food 171610), public domain. Minerals and vitamins are listed only where USDA measured a non-zero amount.

Around the world

Where Worcestershire sauce is cooked

1 dish in the catalogue uses Worcestershire sauce. Here is where they come from.

Dishes by continent

Countries whose dishes use it most

Counts are catalogued dishes from each country that list Worcestershire sauce among their ingredients.

Origins

  1. The 1800s · United Kingdom

    The sauce was invented in Worcester in the first half of the century.

  2. 1837

    Lea & Perrins commercialised the first sauce bearing the Worcestershire name.

  3. 1875 · United Kingdom

    Production of Holbrook's Worcestershire sauce began in Birmingham.

On the table

Dishes made with Worcestershire sauce

1 dish in the catalogue uses it.

  • Martino

    Belgium

Dish lists come from Wikidata; a dish counts when its recorded ingredients include Worcestershire sauce.

Good to know

Diet and allergens: Worcestershire sauce in detail

These notes describe the plain ingredient. Packaged and prepared products vary, so read the label; for allergies and medical diets ask a doctor or dietitian.
Allergens
Sometimes soy (only when the optional ingredient is used)Sometimes fish (only when the optional ingredient is used)
Animal origin
Sometimes fish (only when the optional ingredient is used)

Cooked together

Ingredients that go into the same catalogued dishes.
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Around the world

What Worcestershire sauce is called

Names in 46 languages, from Wikidata.

  • Spanish

    salsa Worcestershire · Salsa Worcester · Salsa de Worcestershire · Salsa inglesa

  • French

    sauce Worcestershire · Worcestershire sauce

  • Italian

    Salsa Worcestershire · Salsa Worcester · Worcestershire sauce

  • Portuguese

    Molho inglês

  • German

    Worcestershiresauce · Worcester-Sauce · Förstersauce · Worcester Sauce

  • Dutch

    Worcestersaus · Worcestershiresaus · Worcestershire saus · Worchestersaus

  • Greek

    Σάλτσα Γουορσέστερσαϊρ · Σάλτσα Γουορσέστερ

  • Turkish

    Worcestershire sosu

  • Russian

    вустерский соус · вустерширский соус · ворчестерширский соус · соус "Ворчестер"

  • Polish

    Sos Worcestershire · Sos Worcester

  • Arabic

    صلصة رسيستيرشاير

  • Persian

    سس ووسترشر

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  • Afrikaans

    Worcestersous

  • Basque

    Worcestershire saltsa

  • Belarusian

    Вустэрскі соус · Вустэршырскі соус

  • Betawi

    Kécap inggris

  • Brazilian Portuguese

    Molho Worcestershire

  • Cantonese

    喼汁

  • Catalan

    salsa Worcestershire

  • Chinese

    辣醬油 · 喼汁

  • Czech

    worcesterská omáčka · worcester · worcestr · worcesterová omáčka

  • Danish

    Worcestershire Sauce

  • Esperanto

    Vorcestera saŭco

  • Estonian

    Worcestershire'i kaste

  • Finnish

    worcesterkastike · worcestershirekastike · worcesterinkastike · worcestershirenkastike

  • Galician

    mollo Worcestershire

  • Hebrew

    רוטב ווסטרשייר · רוטב ווסטר · רוטב ורצ'סטר · רוטב וסטרשייר

  • Hindi

    वूस्टर्शर सॉस

  • Hungarian

    Worcestershire-mártás · Worcester-szósz

  • Ido

    Worcestershire-sauco

  • Indonesian

    kecap inggris · Saus uster

  • Japanese

    ウスターソース · ウースターソース · 濃厚ソース · とんかつソース

  • Javanese

    kécap inggris

  • Korean

    우스터셔 소스 · 우스터셔소스 · 우스터 소스 · 우스터소스

  • Kurdish (Latin)

    sosa Worcestershire

  • Malay

    Sos Worcestershire

  • Norwegian Bokmål

    worcestersaus · Worcestershire sauce · Worcestershire saus · Worcestershiresaus

  • Norwegian Nynorsk

    worcestersaus

  • Old English

    Ƿeogornaceasterscīrsēaƿ · Weogornaceasterscīrsēaw

  • Simplified Chinese

    辣酱油

  • Slovak

    Worcestrová omáčka

  • Slovenian

    worcesterska omaka · worčesterska omaka · worcestershirska omaka

  • Swedish

    Worcestershiresås · Worcestersås

  • Thai

    ซอสวุร์สเตอร์เชอร์

  • Traditional Chinese

    辣醬油

  • Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China)

    辣醬油

  • Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)

    伍斯特醬

  • Ukrainian

    вустерський соус

  • Vietnamese

    Sốt Worcestershire

  • Welsh

    saws Worcestershire

  • Wu Chinese

    辣酱油

Sources and credits

Data

Wikidata item: Q842618

Photos

Photo: Ocdp · CC0 1.0 · Wikimedia Commons