Best Cheeseburger Sauce: What Actually Belongs on a Cheeseburger

The cheeseburger is one of the most iconic foods in American history. And yet, most people ruin it with the wrong sauce.

Ketchup is too sweet. Mustard is too sharp. Most "special sauces" are just mayo mixed with ketchup and relish — and they're loaded with sugar. The best cheeseburger sauce does something different: it complements the beef and the cheese without overpowering either one.

A great cheeseburger sauce has three qualities:

1. Creamy body — it coats the bun and creates a moisture barrier so the bottom bun doesn't get soggy.

2. Tangy bite — the tang cuts through the richness of the beef and melted cheese.

3. Zero sugar — sugar in a sauce competes with the savory flavor of the beef. It doesn't belong there.

Yooze It Sauce® Original hits all three. It's creamy, tangy, bold — and it has 0g of sugar per serving.

Here's the cheeseburger build that lets the sauce do its job:

• Bun: Brioche or potato roll, toasted
• Sauce: Yooze It Sauce® Original on both buns — bottom and top
• Beef: 80/20 ground beef, smashed or formed, seasoned with salt and pepper only
• Cheese: American cheese (melted over the patty in the last 60 seconds of cooking)
• Toppings: Iceberg lettuce, beefsteak tomato, white onion, dill pickles

The sauce goes on first. Everything else stacks on top of it.

American cheese melts perfectly and has a mild, creamy flavor that doesn't compete with the sauce. Sharp cheddar is great on a steakhouse burger, but on a classic cheeseburger, American cheese and Yooze It Sauce® is the combination that works.

Read the label on most burger sauces and special sauces. You'll find:

• High fructose corn syrup
• Sugar
• Corn syrup

These ingredients add sweetness that fights the savory flavor of the beef. They also spike your blood sugar and add empty calories. Yooze It Sauce® Original has none of that. Just bold, clean flavor.

Smash burger: Apply Yooze It to both buns before the smash. The sauce caramelizes slightly on the griddle side of the bun.

Double cheeseburger: Double the sauce. Two patties need more coverage.

Bacon cheeseburger: Yooze It + bacon is a combination that doesn't need anything else.

0g sugar. Versatile Everything Sauce. You Can Yooze It On Everything™.

Order Yooze It Sauce® — $8.99