Tabasco Sauce is special because the finest peppers are matures for up to 3 years in oak barrels to develop its unique aroma and flavor. The bottle is difficult to make—the opening has to be an exact size” to ensure the drops come out just as precisely, the CEO says. Information and statements about products are not intended to be used to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease or health condition.

makes it the top US hot sauce, with its closest competitor Reckitt Benckiser PLC, maker of Frank’s RedHot, at 10. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. McIlhenny Company produces Tabasco brand products that contain pepper seasoning, including popcorn, nuts, olives, mayonnaise, mustard, steak sauce, Worcestershire sauce, soy sauce, teriyaki sauce, marinating sauce, barbecue sauce, chili sauce, pepper jelly, and Bloody Mary mix. The story actually begins in the pre-Civil War era with a New Orleans plantation owner named Maunsel White, who was famous for the food served at his sumptuous dinner parties.

Ingredients: chipotle pepper, distilled vinegar, water, salt, sugar, onion powder, garlic powder, spices, TABASCO® brand Pepper Pulp (distilled vinegar, red pepper, salt). Edward McIlhenny Simmons then ran the company as president and CEO for several years, remaining as board chairman until his death in 2012. It takes three years and three ingredients to make one of the most popular chilli sauces in the world. Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH). I add the green TABASCO brand Green Jalapeno Pepper Sauce - Gallon with anything that I make with eggs including the egg sandwich in between tortillas since this is the best with eggs.

Over time, growers were selected throughout Louisiana to accommodate demand and during the 1960s, the company established farms in various Latin American countries. While they are packaged in glass and will be 'good' for a very long time past this date, please be aware that it is likely your gallon will be 'close'. To prepare the barrel, the inside of the barrel is de-charred (top layer of wood is removed), torched, and cleaned, to minimize the presence of any residual whiskey.The 5oz bottle I used has a little plastic reducer on the top, but after using the bottle it was stained reddish and seems to have absorbed some of the hot sauce. To distribute his, Edmund McIlhenny initially obtained unused cologne bottles from a New Orleans glass supplier.

After harvesting by hand, we ferment the aromatic sharp Tabasco chillies together with Avery Island salt for three full years in oak barrels until the chilli paste has expanded its full taste. Still a managable size to keep on the dining table and big enough to last for more than a few meals.

The resulting liquid is then mixed with distilled vinegar, stirred occasionally for a month, and then bottled as a finished sauce. For its part, Tabasco is also innovating different flavors of hot sauce; it’s up to seven now with habañero the spiciest. The Australian, British and Canadian armies also issue small bottles of Tabasco sauce in their rations. In the event of any safety concerns or for any other information about a product please carefully read any instructions provided on the label or packaging and contact the manufacturer.