Every once in a while, someone claims to have made ‘the hottest hot sauce in the world’. And hot sauce lovers everywhere go out, buy the product, try it and usually film their reactions and upload them to YouTube. Mad Dog is a company that prides itself on making exceedingly hot sauces. One of their […]
Close your eyes and think of hot sauce. What’s the first name that comes to mind? It’s Tabasco, isn’t it? The brand Tabasco has become synonymous with the hot sauce industry and, as a result, people often refer to hot sauce as simply ‘Tabasco’ – much like ‘Hoover’ is actually a brand of vacuum cleaner, […]
I first encountered Huy Fong Sriracha Sauce at boarding school. I went to an international boarding school, meaning there was a rich mixture of different cultures from across the world. One of my friends, who was from Vietnam, used to carry this bottle of Huy Fong Sriracha with him and he would use it with […]
Tapatio (pronounced ‘Tah-pah-tee-o’) has the type of back story that we’re used to hearing from hot sauce manufacturers. Mr. Jose-Luis Saavedra, Sr., the founder of Tapatio, started his family-run business in 1971, in a small warehouse in California. Since then, it has grown and expanded to become a very recognisable brand of hot sauce on […]
Upon looking at the label on a bottle of Louisiana Hot Sauce, with its reds, yellows and oranges, you may well be fooled into thinking that it is of Asian descent: a picture of a red sun fills the label, with the product name composed of a blocky font. But, open the bottle up and […]
I first encountered Dirty Dick’s Host Sauce when I began to experiment in speciality flavourings. I had grown tired of just the usual ‘heat-flavoured’ hot sauces and I wanted to broaden my horizons to try and find a sauce that combined heat (but not too much heat!) with flavour. From the label, you’d be led […]
The man on the rustic label of this bottle of Pain is Good Jamaican-Style Hot Sauce is screaming. I think he’s in pain. But it also says ‘Pain is Good’, so maybe it’s a good thing? Either way, I’m intrigued and I haven’t even opened the bottle yet. Suggestions of pain and screaming on the […]
If you head to Frank’s RedHot website, you are met with a vast assortment of products (from his Buffalo Wings Sauce to his Chili ‘n’ Lime Sauce and everything in between) and a load of recipes that you can make at home, which all include one or more of the sauce range. But, no amount […]
The pleasant and almost cute label of the Yellowbird Habanero Condiment features a little yellow bird (funnily enough!) breaking through the logo, presumably on its way to go pick up some hot sauce. One might be forgiven for thinking that this is a mild hot sauce, presumably aimed at those with a sensitivity to heat. […]
El Yucateco started out as a small Mexican family business in 1968, making homemade sauces from habanero peppers. Since then, the company has gone from strength to strength, and is now a pioneer in selling fiery sauces across the world. I first discovered this sauce at an authentic Mexican restaurant, where it was offered as […]