you're exactly right it's normal but negligible
at the restaurant it's about 40 quarts of sauce per batch and you only use a few tablespoons of sugar. I can't say exactly how many tbsp since the spices part of the recipe is secret. The boss or his brother would prep spices in a bowl and leave it for you. Fucking ridiculous krabby patty secret formula shit. But I can say from looking over his shoulder for years that it's only a few tablespoons of sugar per 40 qts. So anything more than like a teaspoon at home is too much
how much sugar does he put in?
It’s Chinese new year and they gave us a free mega care package with the holiday style fried noodles, beef, and pepper onion shrimp. My old boss isn’t even there anymore. It’s been like 10 years since I worked for them but I’m still in favor hahaha