A-1 steak sauce can be used on cooked steaks or added to raw hamburger before cooking. Its complex taste comes from a blend of herbs, spices, sugar and vinegar that adds depth to meats and enlivens cheaper cuts of meat. Since this sauce has a fascinating taste, it's useful when creating special dishes.
Nutrition
One tablespoon of A-1 steak sauce has 15 calories and no grams of fat or dietary fiber. Therefore, A-1 can be added to steaks and burgers without undermining your efforts to maintain a healthy weight. You can also create gourmet burgers without adding needless calories. This product is beneficial for its ability to flavor food -- it doesn't offer many other nutritional benefits. It lacks vitamin A, vitamin C, iron and calcium.
Sodium
One tablespoon of A-1 steak sauce has 280 mg of sodium, which is a lot of sodium for a flavoring agent. Since the American Heart Association recommends limiting your sodium intake to 1,500 mg per day, you may want to consider preparing your own marinade from herbs, spices, vinegar and garlic. By controlling how much salt you put into your marinade, you can develop your own low-sodium variant of this sauce.
Protein
A-1 steak sauce has no protein, which isn't much of a concern, since the sauce is used on high-protein beef dishes. Consider eating these beef dishes sparingly -- the Harvard School of Public Health notes that while red meats provide significant amounts of protein, they are also high in unhealthy saturated fats.
Product Variants
As of 2011, Kraft makes seven other specially-flavored A-1 steak sauces, including Cracked Peppercorn, Sweet Hickory, Supreme Garlic and Kobe Sesame, to name a few. The nutritional value of these products varies slightly. The total calories in a tablespoon of sauce ranges from a low of 15 for Cracked Peppercorn to 30 calories for Smoky Mesquite. The sodium content ranges from 230 mg for Smoky Mesquite to 290 mg for the Thick and Hearty variety.
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