Condiments are foods that are added to other foods to enhance flavor. They include sauces, spices, and pickled or preserved foods. Common condiments include ketchup, mustard, barbecue sauce, honey, hot sauce, jam, jelly, mayonnaise, vinegar, relish, soy sauce, and Worcestershire sauce. Condiments can be used during or after cooking to complement flavors in many global cuisines. They serve purposes like improving appearance, adding nutrition, accommodating low-fat diets, and making food preparation easier and quicker.

1. Condiments

2. • A condiment is a spice, sauce or other food
preparation that is added to foods to impart a
particular flavor, enhance its flavor, or in
some cultures to complement the dish.
• The term originally described pickled or preserved
foods, but has shifted meaning over time.
• Available packaged in large bottles/can etc.
• Also single-serving Packet (containers) like mustard
or ketchup, particularly when supplied with take-
out or fast-food meals.
• The term condiment comes from the
Latin condimentum, meaning "spice, seasoning, and
sauce" and from the Latin condere, meaning
"preserve, pickle, season“

3. • Condiments are sometimes added prior to serving,
for example a sandwich made
with ketchup or mustard.
• Some condiments are used during cooking to add
flavor or texture to the food; barbecue
sauce, teriyaki sauce, soy sauce, marmite are
examples.

4. Uses of condiments
• Improve appearance
• Nutritious
• Low-fat diet
• Easy and quick to prepare food
• Add flavor

5. Basic Condiment List
• Barbecue Sauce – Barbecue sauce is a spicy tomato
based sauce that is applied on chicken and other
meats before grilling or baking and can be served as
accompaniment.
• Ketchup– Ketchup is made from tomatoes, sugar,
and spices cooked into a thick paste. It is excellent
with hamburgers, French fries, meatloaf, and
hotdogs. It has many uses.
• Honey – Honey is the sweet product that bees
make.
• Hot Sauce – Hot sauce is made from spicy peppers,
often cayenne. A few drops can add spice to almost
any dish.

6. • Jam and Jelly – What is a peanut butter and jelly
sandwich without the jelly? Sweet condiments
usually made from fruit that are used on toast and
other bread items.
• Mayonnaise – Mayonnaise is a combination of
eggs, vinegar and oil. It is the basis for many other
condiments as well as used on sandwiches and in
salads.
• Mustard – a piquant yellow or brown condiment
that can be used with most meats, as an ingredients
in many salad dressings, or in a variety of recipes.

7. • Vinegar – Vinegar is an acidic liquid that is comes
from a variety of sources.
• Balsamic - a fruity, mild vinegar
• Cider – made from apples
• Distilled – made from other vinegars, usually malt
• Malt – made from barley
• Wine – made from wine that is allowed to age and
sour
• Relish – Relish is made from a variety of finely
chopped vegetables, often cucumbers, which have
been pickled in a vinegar based sauce. It is excellent
on hamburgers, hot dogs, and is an important part
of both Thousand Island dressing and tartar sauce.

8. • Soy Sauce – Soy sauce is made from fermented soy
beans and is good as part of a marinade for many
meats. It can be used as a flavoring for rice and
oriental sauces as well.
• Tartar Sauce – Tartar sauce is a combination of
mayonnaise and relish used on fish dishes.
• Teriyaki – Teriyaki is a mixture of soy sauce in sweet
rice wine (Similar to sake). It is good in many
oriental dishes.
• Worcestershire Sauce – Worcestershire is a savory
sauce that is good on beef, game, and in a variety of
recipes.
• Aioli – Aioli is a garlic flavored mayonnaise used in
French cooking.

9. • Capers – Capers are immature buds from a
Mediterranean tree that are brined. They add a
savory flavor to many dishes.
• Chutney – Chutney is a spicy – sweet combination
of fruits, onions, and spices that goes well with
curries, meats, and many other foods.
• Harissa – Harissa is a Moroccan paste that brings a
slow burn to anything it is added to. Made of
peppers, olives, tomatoes and spices it is a must
have for people who love spice.
• Horseradish – Horseradish is a uniquely flavored
hot (very mild) herb that is ground into a paste. It is
good with roast beef and many other meats.