Hoisin Sauce, an Authentic Chinese Cooking & Dipping Sauce. Ingredients Water, sugar, white distilled vinegar, soybeans, rice, garlic, salt, sesame oil, caramel color, onions, red chili peppers, xanthan gum, spices, natural flavor, citric acid, star anise, sodium benzoate (preservative), autolyzed yeast, ginger, licorice root.