How many calories are in Sweet and Sour Sauce?

70 calories per packet with 21 g of carbs, most of it sugar. It is the highest calorie condiment on the menu.

Is Sweet and Sour Sauce gluten free?

The published flags show no wheat, which makes it one of very few items here without that flag. Cross contact in a shared kitchen still applies.

Packets come with appropriate orders at no charge in most stores, and extras are available on request.

What is it usually served with?

Cream Cheese Rangoon at 190 calories is the classic pairing, along with egg rolls and spring rolls. It also accompanies Sweet and Sour Chicken Breast as a side dip.

Is there a lower calorie dipping option?

Hot Mustard at 10 calories and Chili Sauce at 10 calories are both nearly calorie free by comparison.

Updated 14 August 2026

Panda Express Sweet & Sour Sauce

70 calSauces & Extras

Sweet & Sour Sauce is a sauces and extras item with 70 calories per serving, 0 g protein, 115 mg sodium. Panda Express does not publish a standalone price for it; it is ordered inside a Bowl, Plate or Bigger Plate.

Allergens: none of the 9 tracked allergens

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About This Dish

Sweet and Sour Sauce is the most ordered condiment at Panda Express and the heaviest packet on the menu: 70 calories per serving, free with most orders or added at the counter. It is the canonical partner to Cream Cheese Rangoon, and the reason the dipping sauce station exists.

The sauce is bright red, thick enough to cling to a wonton corner without dripping, and built on sugar and vinegar with a fruit note behind it. It reads sweeter than the orange glaze on the entrees and sharper on the finish, which is what makes it work against fried food. Nothing else at the station has this much body; the soy and vinegar based sauces are all thinner.

At 70 calories with 21 g of carbs, mostly sugar, it is worth counting rather than assuming free. Two packets across a meal adds more than a serving of Super Greens at 130 calories. Sodium is modest compared with the soy based options at 115 mg. The published flags show no wheat, which makes it one of the few items on the entire menu without that flag.

How much is Sweet and Sour Sauce? Packets are included with appropriate orders at no charge in most stores, with extras available on request.

It suits Rangoon above all, then egg rolls and spring rolls, and it is the sauce served alongside Sweet and Sour Chicken Breast at 300 calories, where keeping it on the side is the entire design of the dish. For a lower calorie dip, Hot Mustard at 10 calories or Chili Sauce at 10 calories cost almost nothing.