
New Resource…Guide To Legally Selling Hot Sauce
Starting a hot sauce business can have many legal regulations, requirements, and loopholes but everything is covered in this book. Learn the federal inspection requirements for running a manufacturing facility…

How to Age Hot Pepper Mash For Hot Sauce
To age hot pepper mash prepare a mixture of finely chopped peppers, along with some salt to inhibit the growth of unwanted microorganisms. Use a glass or ceramic, as these…

Can I Sell Hot Sauce Without FDA Approval?
To legally sell a commercially produce hot sauce in the US you will need to follow FDA regulations and have the facility where the sauce is manufactured inspected and approved.…

Best Bottles for Hot Sauce
The most common bottle shape for hot sauce is a 5 ounce bottle design called a Woozy Bottle. This comes in slightly different shapes for different brands but is recognizable…

Do All Hot Sauces Contain Preservatives?
Most commercially manufactured hot sauces contain preservatives in some form, either naturally or chemically manufactured, to keep the hot sauce shelf stable and fresh longer. Many brands use natural preservatives…

Should I Cook Hot Sauce?
Cooking a hot sauce recipe at a temperature of 165°Fahrenheit (74°Celcius) or higher will prohibit any bacterial growth in the sauce, lengthen the shelf life, and will allow for safe…

Top 20 Louisiana Style Hot Sauce’s
Classic Louisiana-style hot sauces are known for their tangy, vinegar-based flavor, bright reddish/orange color, and moderate heat. They are usually made with aged or fermented red cayenne peppers, like hot…

How To Cook With Hot Sauce
Cooking with hot sauce opens up options to use it as a topping for your favorite meal, mix it with recipes to infuse the spiciness and flavor into meals, or…

It’s Official! Pepper X – 2,693,000 SHU! Hottest Pepper in the World!
Table of Contents The Hottest Pepper in the World: Pepper X Attention, spice lovers and thrill seekers! Get ready to meet the reigning champion in the world of spiciness: Pepper…

How Hot is Lao Gan Ma Spicy Chili Crisp?
There seems to be a constant and consistent release of new hot sauces and spicy condiments. Many of them have been on the market for years or decades are only…

Hot Sauce Consumer Trends 2024
Consumers have been eating commercially available hot sauce in bottled form for almost 200 years. While hot peppers or spiciness has maintained itself as being a common ingredient in hot…

10 Best Hot Sauces on Eggs and How to Use Them
Eggs are such a great source of protein and there are so many ways to prepare them, especially when tasty and zesty hot sauce is added. Cooking with hot sauce…

What Makes Hot Sauce Shelf Stable?
Making homemade hot sauce is fun but many people would like to see their exciting hot sauce creation get produced on a commercial scale and sold in stores. Deciding on…

Best Preservatives for Hot Sauce
Hot sauce has been made with vinegar since it originally became a spicy condiment almost 200 years ago. Manufacturers are reaching for new hot sauce recipes which exclude the use…

Best Zero Calorie Hot Sauces
Table of Contents Discover the Best Zero-Calorie Hot Sauce: Spice Up Your Meals without the Guilt! Hot sauce has always been known to not include a lot of calories like…

How To Make Hot Sauce From Dried Peppers
Hot sauce can be made using many different ingredients and processes, but one common element is the spiciness that comes from a hot pepper. The form of pepper is either…

What is the SHU of Sriracha Sauce?
Table of Contents There is a common trend among hot sauce consumers and that is…how hot is it? Some classic brands of hot sauce are so commonly used that a…

How to Check the pH of Hot Sauce
Determining the pH level for hot sauce has become the focus of many people who make hot sauce. This is to ensure the product is shelf stable for weeks or…

What Is Sriracha Made Of & Why Does It Taste So Good?
Table of Contents Unless you have been living under a rock for decades…you know what sriracha is and how it tastes. The popularity of sriracha sauce is largely due to…

Best Blenders for Hot Sauce…and why!
MAKE EAT SELL I have made a lot of hot sauce and have burned through a lot of blenders doing it…literally! Some last longer than others and some seem like…

How To Preserve Hot Sauce Without Vinegar
Hot sauce can be preserved without the use of vinegar as an ingredient. While vinegar is a common ingredient used in the preservation of hot sauce due to its acidity,…

Does Drinking Water Make Hot Sauce Worse?
I eat a lot of hot sauce and I am very often still encountering sauces that are too hot for my tolerance level and I need to somehow cleans my…

How To Make Hot Sauce Thicker: without compromising quality!
Hot sauce can come in many different forms, flavors, colors, heat levels, and consistencies. Some forms are meant to be a thin consistency whereas others are thick and chunky. Some…

Exploring How Hot Sauce is Made: Origins, Traditions & Contemporary Recipes
If you’re a fan of spicy foods, then hot sauce is probably in your pantry…but have you ever wondered about the ingredients that make up this fiery condiment? In this…

How To Make Hot Sauce Without Vinegar
Using a vinegar substitute will create the need to replace three aspects of a recipe: 1) flavor, 2) acidity, & 3) consistency Vinegar as an additive to a hot sauce…

How To Bottle Hot Sauce: A Complete Resource
Making homemade hot sauce is fun and easy and when you have a great-tasting recipe, you may want to share it with other people either at gatherings or offering it…

How to Lower the pH of a Hot Sauce
Hot sauce has been known to have a long shelf life due to the preserving ingredients used to make it. As new recipes develop using fruits, vegetables, and other alkaline…

Are Hot Peppers Alkaline or Acidic? (a focus on acidity before sauce)
Many people that consume a lot of hot sauce claim the acidity from the sauce causes indigestion, acid reflux or other things to the body that may be uncomfortable. While…

What is the Shelf Life of Homemade Hot Sauce?
I have made a lot of homemade hot sauces recipes. Some of which I did not care to share with others but many that I enjoy with others at gatherings…

Is Hot Sauce Acidic or Alkaline?
Consumers have always been concerned with what they are eating, and recently hot sauce has come to the forefront with some debate. The acidity of foods helps with the preservation…

Why Did Sriracha Become So Popular?
Unless you have lived under a rock for the last decade…you probably have eaten sriracha hot sauce in some form or another. Even if you do live under a rock,…

Hot sauce endorphins: highs and lows
Hot sauce has become a common table condiment in many house holds not just for flavor but also to add spice. Many consumers appreciate the variety of hot sauces available…

Benefits of Fermented Hot Sauce
There are many processes that can be used to make hot sauce such as roasting, smoking, and fermenting. Fermenting hot pepper mash and blending it into a hot sauce is…

How Long Does Fermented Hot Sauce Last?
Fermented hot sauce has many benefits to include a unique tanginess and pungency along with certain types of probiotics. Many hot sauce recipes have a reputation for lasting a long…

How to Pasteurize a Hot Sauce
Hot sauce has come a long way since its induction as a mainstream condiment. Today, gourmet hot sauces use ingredients that may not have the acidification needed to preserve a…

Natural Preservatives For Hot Sauce Recipes
Hot sauce is such a delicious and tangy condiment that adds great flavor to any meal. From its introduction as a condiment over 200 years ago it has been thought…

My Dog Ate Hot Sauce, Are They OK?
If your dog has eaten an excessive amount of hot sauce call your veterinarian and assess the situation to determine how much and what kind of sauce they have eaten.…

What is Capsaicin?
Hot sauce is continually reaching new heights of spiciness due to the increasing heat level of the hot peppers used to create them. However, the peppers that are used in…

When Is Fermented Hot Sauce Ready?
Fermentation is a super easy hot sauce making process that produces a tangy, pungent, and district hot sauce flavor. It is a simple process that involves a simple mixture of…

Is a Hot Sauce Company Profitable?
There are many hot sauce companies just starting out and many that have been around for decades. Starting a hot sauce company can be easy and inexpensive but the profitability…

Is Sriracha Unhealthy?
Spicy food enthusiasts have indulged in Sriracha sauce for decades, making it a staple condiment in many kitchens worldwide. Its unique flavor, mild heat, and fiery kick have made sriracha…

Is Buffalo Wing Sauce Unhealthy?
I grew up in Western NY eating chicken wings on a regular basis with a sauce I now know and refer to as buffalo sauce. There are many establishments across…

Hot Sauce: Past, Present & Future
As a hot sauce expert, I appreciate the depth and complexity that hot sauce can bring to a dish. Many people from many cultures have also appreciated hot sauce over…

What is Hot Sauce pH?
Many consumers of hot sauce are now experimenting with making their own sauces because it has become an easy condiment to make. Making hot sauce at home for personal consumption…

Can Hot Sauce Induce Labor?
Hot sauce has become a condiment enjoyed by many people with many different types of food. For decades people love hot sauce through many different occasions or phases of their…

Top 4 Most Successful Hot Sauce Companies
Hot sauce has become a staple in many households around the world. From mild to spicy, hot sauce can add a kick to any dish. With the increasing demand for…

Can I Sell My Own Hot Sauce?
Selling your own hot sauce can be a great business opportunity if you have a passion for cooking and a love for spicy foods. However, before you start selling your…

Marketing Your Hot Sauce Brand: 6 Ways!
Hot sauce is a popular condiment that can be marketed in a variety of ways and it is a good marketing technique that will lead to sales. Identifying your target…

When Can Children Start Enjoying Hot Sauce?
There is no specific age at which children should start eating hot sauce, as it depends on the child’s individual tolerance and preferences. However, it is generally recommended to introduce…

This is Why You Should Start a Hot Sauce Business
The popularity of hot sauce Hot sauce is popular for several reasons. Firstly, it adds flavor and heat to food, making it more enjoyable for many people. Secondly, it can…

Complete List of Hot Ones Sauces: with SHU
If you are a hot sauce fan you are familiar with the popular show on YouTube called The Hot Ones in which celebrities eat chicken wings slathered in hot sauce…

How To Sell Hot Sauce at a Farmer’s Market
Selling hot sauce at a local farmer’s market is one of the easiest and most profitable ways to enter the hot sauce business. There are thousands of venues across the…

How To Sell Hot Sauce Online
Are you trying to get your homemade hot sauce bottled, packaged, and available for sale online? Homemade hot sauce can be sold online if you reside in a state that…

How To Start A Hot Sauce Business: The Complete Guide!
Starting a hot sauce business begins with a great recipe, applying for the proper permits needed to make it, and obtaining the funding to support the business. Manufacturing and selling…

The Hottest Sauce In The World!
Hot sauce has come a long way since it was first popularized and bottled for consumption over 200 years ago. Many varieties of flavors are available that use unique combinations…

How to Make a Christmas Hot Sauce
The holidays are a wonderful time of year to celebrate festive gatherings with family and friends among feasts of traditional and contemporary foods. Recently hot sauce has become a tasty…

Generate Income Making and Selling Hot Sauce
Many people that enter the hot sauce market do so because they have a great homemade hot sauce recipe that they would like to share with people. If you have…

Why Understanding the pH of Fermented Hot Sauce is Important
There are many methods of making or processing hot sauce that provide a unique, pungent, and tangy sauce that stands out among others. One of those unique processes is fermenting…

Making Hot Sauce With Fresh Peppers vs Dried Peppers
The main ingredient in hot sauce that gives all hot sauce its spice is hot peppers, and these can come in many varieties and forms. Many manufacturers use fresh peppers…

How To Make Hot Sauce From Dried Peppers
There are many ways to make hot sauce even with just a few ingredients. Ingredients can come in many different forms and will still become a great-tasting sauce. Fresh, dried,…

pH Of Fermented Hot Sauce
The results of what is considered a hot sauce can be achieved with many different combinations of ingredients and with many different processes that can all produce different acidic levels.…

pH Of Homemade Hot Sauce
Many people make batches of freshly made hot sauce after a season of newly grown hot peppers has been harvested. Making hot sauce is easy, fun, and a creative way…

The Science Behind Hot Sauce
Hot sauce is probably one of the easiest condiments to make. Although the combination of ingredients can be very simple some of the processes used can be very complex. Making…

Canning Hot Sauce
There are many ways to package and preserve hot sauce but one of the most conventional methods for large quantities is canning. Not all hot sauce recipes use ingredients that…

Best Emulsifiers For Hot Sauce
Hot sauce is easily made by mixing hot peppers with vinegar…I write that in almost every blog post because I want people to understand how simple making hot sauce is.…

How To Preserve Hot Sauce and Increase Shelf Life
Hot sauce is a condiment that is known for having an extended shelf life even after it has been opened. Hot sauce recipes that combine hot peppers with vinegar and…

Preserving Homemade Hot Sauce
Hot sauce is an easy condiment to make at home and can be made with many different ingredients. Many people who grow their peppers may have an overabundance of crops…

Why You Should Make Your Own Hot Sauce
Discovering the many varieties of hot sauce on the market today and trying each one of them is a fun experience for consumers, consumers, and hot sauce enthusiasts. Making hot…

4 Step Guide To Bottling Hot Sauce
A season’s crop of freshly grown hot peppers may go to waste if you cannot eat them or use them fast enough. There are methods of preservation such as refrigeration…

What Is Hot Sauce Made With?
I remember sitting in a diner and my buddy Mike stating “hot sauce is so easy to make… it’s just hot peppers and vinegar”. Ever since then I wanted to…

Homemade Hot Sauce
Making hot sauce at home is one of the easiest recipes to follow. Producing delicious and spicy sauce to enjoy at any gathering is as easy as combining blended hot…

6 Truths About The Hot Sauce Business
Before you begin wondering how to get into the hot sauce business with a shot in the dark, there are several things you just need to know. This is information…

Hot Sauce Endorphins: Is Hot Sauce Addictive?
There are many ways to describe the sensations that hot sauce causes on the body because many people may experience it differently. What is felt in the sensitive skin area…

Why Is Hot Sauce So Expensive?
Recently gourmet hot sauce has become a newly discovered condiment and is being consumed more than ever. This demand has enticed manufacturers to make new hot sauce flavors using rare…

How To Make Hot Sauce
An introduction and guide to making gourmet hot sauce Hot sauce has become a huge phenomenon in the world of condiments. Consumers are eating more hot sauce than ever and…

The Cost of Starting a Hot Sauce Business
The costs of starting a hot sauce business can be between $50 and $100 if you choose an On-Demand business model. Other methods of selling hot sauce include selling another…

Ultimate Guide To Hot Sauce Consumption
Hot sauce as a condiment has been on dinner tables for nearly 200 years. It is rapidly becoming one of the go-to condiments for a variety of different foods. Statistics…

16 Hot Sauce Flavors You Need To Explore
All hot sauce has a common experience…heat. However, many hot sauces offer other flavors as well that are tasted throughout the sauce. This is an added attraction to a spicy…

12 Standard Hot Sauce Preservatives…and How To Use Them
Not all hot sauce is created equal. Many sauces will use vinegar and citric juices as part of the ingredient combination and these ingredients will naturally allow the preservation of…

Scotch Bonnet Hot Sauce – What You Need To Know!
There are hundreds of varieties of hot peppers, and many are used to make hot sauces. Some are more common than others for their unique flavor and heat level. Scotch…

How To Make A Hot Sauce Safe For Consumption
Recently there has been an influx of individuals, entrepreneurs, and small businesses that have joined in on the excitement of the hot sauce industry and have started making and selling…

How Hot Is Nashville Hot Sauce?
A Nashville sauce has often been compared to a buffalo sauce, buffalo wing sauce, or chicken wing sauce. They are similar in contents, spiciness, and foods they are consumed with…chicken.…

How Long Does Hot Sauce Last?
Hot sauce is different from other condiments when it comes to how long it will last or how long it will stay fresh once it is opened. Not all hot…

8 Syrup Types Used In Hot Sauce
Many hot sauce recipes include many types of sugar and some of those are in the form of syrup. The sweetness balances out the spiciness of the hot peppers and…

Adding Fruit Makes An Amazing Hot Sauce!
Hot sauce has come a long way since the vinegar and hot peppers combination was introduced about 200 years ago. Recipes combine exotic spices, fruits, and vegetables more than they…

Flavor Enhancers Richen The Profile Of Hot Sauce
Flavor enhancers are used in many different food products to create a distinct flavor within the food that it is added to. Even for many hot sauce products, which can…

Understanding Hot Sauce pH
Creating hot sauce can be a science but you do not need to be a scientist to understand the importance of certain pH levels and what needs to be done…

Making Hot Sauce For Beginners in 3 Easy Steps
Making hot sauce can be as easy as mixing two ingredients: hot peppers and vinegar. Many well-known and successful hot sauce brands have sold their products for years with only…

Soy Sauce Has Many Uses In A Hot Sauce!
Soy sauce is being used more than ever as a hot sauce ingredient. A typical condiment for Asian cuisine, soy sauce has seen many adaptations and uses. Manufacturers and producers…

Read This Before Using Mustard In A Hot Sauce
Mustard is available in as many varieties and types as hot sauce products are. Some gourmet hot sauces use mustard as a base or additive in their recipes due to…

7 Ways To Keep Hot Sauce From Separating
The water that is contained in hot peppers can make even a simple hot sauce recipe seem watered down and can be watered down even more if there are other…

Why Are Carrots Used In Hot Sauce?
Believe it or not, carrots are more common in a hot sauce than you think. These are usually in the form of fresh carrots and are included in the processing…

Is Citric Acid OK In Hot Sauce?
It is not unusual for hot sauce to include preservatives as one of the ingredients, especially if the pH level is above 4.6. Citric acid is used in hundreds of…

Use Mushrooms To Create A Rich And Unique Umami Hot Sauce
Mushrooms are not often thought of as being the main ingredient in hot sauce and up until recent years have probably had never been used. As hot sauces develop and…

Discover The Many Ways To Use Garlic In Hot Sauce
Garlic is one of the tastiest and well-used ingredients in a hot sauce and many other types of sauces. The possibilities for its use as a flavoring surpass most spices…

Why Lemon Juice Works So Well In Hot Sauce
Lemon juice, lime juice, and other citrus juices are used in many hot sauce recipes. There are over a hundred successful hot sauces that use lemon juice as one of…

Top Hot Sauce Marketing Must Have Strategies
Having a delicious hot sauce recipe that pairs well with many different varieties of food is important. The ability and knowledge to market and sell the sauce are equally important.…

18 Advantages To Starting A Hot Sauce Business
In recent years the hot sauce market has taken off, increased in size, and prompted many young entrepreneurs to start their own hot sauce business. Like any business, startup can…

16 Mistakes NOT TO BE MADE creating hot sauce
1. Cheating on a recipe Usually, if someone publishes a recipe it is because it is tried, tested, and true…and tastes great. A recipe is not copywritten but the written…

Mexican Hot Sauce: Authentic or Imitation?
Chili peppers and spicy foods have been a part of Mexican cuisine in one form or another for centuries. Contemporary hot sauce has been paired with Mexican foods since its…
Loading…
Something went wrong. Please refresh the page and/or try again.

10 Secrets to Making a Great Hot Sauce
Many people love making their own homemade food products, packaging them as commercial commodities, and selling them for profit. In recent years there has been an increase in homemade small-batch…

5 Things YOU NEED Entering The Hot Sauce Business
It is kind of like the planets aligning. These five principles need to come together, in succession to be successful in selling hot sauce. Each one is of the same…

4 Important Factors To Consider When Making Hot Sauce
Making hot sauce is a simple combination of mixing hot peppers with other ingredients and blending them. However, some other processes make a difference in how the sauce tastes and…

Using Garlic In A Hot Sauce: Why Is It So Prevalent?
There are over 1000 hot sauces on the market that use garlic in some form or another as one of the ingredients. This powerful herb has many uses in foods…

What Is The Difference Between Wasabi and Hot Sauce?
Hot sauce and wasabi have a completely diffident effect on the way they deliver their spiciness during consumption. Wasabi is a quick and sudden rush of spicy vapor throughout the…

Co-Pack Your Hot Sauce…Here’s Why!
Co-Packing is becoming a standard business practice for many hot sauce companies when it comes to manufacturing and bottling their sauce. Hiring a co-packer to help develop your recipe and…

What Is Thai Style Hot Sauce?
Like many commercially manufactured hot sauces, the store-shelf bottled version will be much different than what was originally conceived. This is true of many Thai hot sauces because they were…

Gochujang: Origins and Use
Nearly every culture in the world seems to have some sort of hot sauce condiment or spiciness to complement their specialty cuisines. For some societies, hot sauces and spicy foods…

Shatta: Hot Pepper Paste
A combination of hot peppers and spices has been enjoyed by cultures in various ways around the globe for centuries and in recent years those flavors have evolved. Sometimes the…

The Importance of a Gluten-Free Label on a Hot Sauce (with 50 examples to choose!)
Traditional hot sauces have never contained wheat or wheat products in their recipes. The exploration of gourmet hot sauces over recent years has caused manufacturers to include wheat as thickening…

Why there are so many different vegan labels for hot sauce: 18 examples
Traditionally many hot sauces are vegan by the nature of what they are made with and have been vegan since the diet has been popularized over the last 75 years.…

Nashville sauce vs. Buffalo sauce…is there much difference?
It doesn’t take a genius to figure out where a Nashville sauce came from. Like many regional sauces, for lack of a better name they are distinguished by cuisine from…

Harissa: What is it and where is it from?
The hot pepper has taken many forms when used in cuisine especially when it comes to hot sauce. New sauce creations are being made every day and some newly discovered…

Is any Buffalo sauce really vegan?
Is pretty safe to say that many hot sauces are vegan but anyone who supports and practices a vegan diet may argue that. It is kind of an oxymoron to…

Chili oil: A hot sauce or not sauce?
Hot sauces and spicy condiments are getting produced, manufactured, and sold all across the globe more than they ever have. Some are new ideas in sauce creations and food pairings…

How you can enjoy a low sodium chicken wing sauce
Who doesn’t love hot and spicy chicken wings? This has become a staple snack since the mid 60’s when Buffalo sauce was invented, just an hour down the road from…

No sodium, sodium free and low sodium hot sauce…find out the difference!
Salt is a very desired flavor and spice in our diet. It has a versatile use and is very difficult to get away from because it is so prevalent in…

Is hot sauce bad for you?
Consumers are becoming more consciously aware of what they are eating than ever before. Condiments have always received scrutiny for their high fat and calorie content but they are so…

This is why you cannot duplicate Tabasco® sauce
I bought my 100th bottle of Tabasco® sauce the other day. OK, I made that up but it’s probably close. I bought it because I eat a lot of gourmet…

Scoville Scale: Then and Now
The Scoville scale is a classification system measuring the amount of concentrated capsaicin in a hot pepper and is also used to determine the heat level of hot sauce. The…

25 Most Common Peppers Used In Hot Sauce
There are many varieties of hot peppers but all of them may not be used to make hot sauce. Some of the more common peppers used for various cuisine have…

What you need to know about making a gourmet hot sauce
Gourmet hot sauces are becoming as popular if not more popular than some of the traditional and classic hot sauce flavors we have been eating for decades. They can have…

5 Ways to get a smoky flavor into a hot sauce
A smoke flavor is a strong flavor that can be used in many different food applications. This flavor fits nicely within the flavor profile of a hot sauce and this…

This is why hot sauce has become so popular!
Eating spicy food and hot sauce condiments is not a new phenomenon in dining. Spicey foods can be traced back for centuries and nearly every culture has some form of…

What is a Louisiana style hot sauce…and why has it stood the test of time?
Many styles of hot sauce are identified by their origins of where they come from either by the climate of the region where the hot peppers grow or by the…

How blender wattage affects consistency of a hot sauce
I was amazed the last time I cleaned out my kitchen cupboards and found how many slicing, dicing, chopping, mixing and, blending appliances I have. I started to clean out…

Here’s your answers to refrigerating a hot sauce
If you mass-produce hot sauce for sale it may not get shipped immediately and will have to be stored while orders are taken and it gets shipped for delivery. You…

What are the top-selling hot sauce brands…and why?
There is a difference between a popular brand of hot sauce and a bestselling brand of hot sauce, but not much. However, being a popular brand hot sauce will certainly…

How to pair a hot sauce with food
If you have created an awesome hot sauce recipe that you are super proud of and you want to share it with other people…then you need to know some foods…

You need to know these FDA requirements when labeling a hot sauce!
If you want to compete with hot sauces on store shelves and online retailers on a global or domestic level, then you need to provide a label that follows the…

Know the difference between gourmet, artisan, and craft hot sauces
Hot sauces have come a long way since a simple mixture of hot peppers and vinegar was introduced over 200 years ago. Rare and exotic ingredients are used, the sauces…

How to make a hot sauce taste better with 5 flavor profiles
Making hot sauce can be done with only a few simple ingredients of hot peppers, vinegar, and salt. If you are not using processes like fermentation or smoking, a few…

How to determine the expiration date of a hot sauce
Many types of hot sauce can have a longer expiration date than many other condiments used to enhance certain foods. This is true because of the acidity or low pH…

Want to make hot sauce?…Get these simple kitchen tools, utensils, and appliances.
Having the right high-quality kitchen utensils and appliances is essential in your long-term efforts to make a great-tasting hot sauce. Spending money upfront on durable and lasting equipment can save…

How to add a barcode to hot sauce bottles
Selling hot sauce is an easy way to break into the retail food market. The cost to produce and store the product is cheap and the market is hot. There…

The Top 50 Most Commonly Used Hot Sauce Ingredients…and Why!
The bottled hot sauces we eat today have been around for over 200 years. Some have changed dramatically by becoming increasingly hotter and some have not changed at all with…

11 Ways to Thicken Hot Sauce (that the pros use!)
Some hot sauce recipes may create a sauce that is runny, watery, or very thin if the ingredients and processes are not controlled properly. This is due to the water…

Calculate the cost of hot sauce – How much does it cost to make hot sauce?…one bottle at a time
Hot sauce is one of the cheapest and easiest condiments to make. Because of the simplicity of the manufacturing process, the production cost will remain at a minimum as well.…

The use of water in hot sauce is not always negative
There are over 500 hot sauces that use water as one of the ingredients in a hot sauce. Some may use filtered or distilled water and some name-brand hot sauces…

Get the most flavor from a roasted pepper hot sauce
Roasted peppers are delicious and if they are done right will produce a sweet, cooked flavor with a smooth texture. Using these peppers in recipes will add this enhanced flavor…

Don’t waste time removing seeds from your hot sauce…eat em!
Seeds are often removed from many fruits and vegetables before they are consumed because of their bitterness and coarse texture. Most often seeds are left in hot peppers before they…

Consider Private Label Hot Sauce Sales To Increase Your Product Line
Making hot sauce and inventing new recipes is fun…if you like eating a lot of hot sauce. Bottling and packing it for sale might not be the fun part for…

How To Use Xanthan Gum in a Hot Sauce
Creating a hot sauce recipe can be a fairly simple combination of adding hot peppers and vinegar together but when additional ingredients or processes are used the hot sauce recipe…

Enjoy Hot Sauce On Your Keto Diet…Its OK!
Dieting fads come and go but one that has stuck around the mainstream health community the past several years is the keto diet. As equally as popular in food consumption…

I’m Craving Buffalo Sauce…Is It Safe To Eat During Pregnancy?
Buffalo wing sauce has a unique flavor and an exceptional spiciness to it even among other hot sauces. Once you have it; that distinct taste can have a lasting recall…

21 Ways To Start Selling Hot Sauce…TODAY!
If you finally have an outstanding hot sauce recipe and have provided the funding and time to bottle your hot sauce under the proper state or federal regulations, then you…

The Affects and Effects of Oil in Hot Sauce
I use a lot of oil in my cooking especially when I am frying vegetables in a pan for stir fry. Oil is a great way to fry up an…

Combine smoking with fermenting for an unbelievably delicious hot sauce
I have been making fermented hot sauce for years and trying different recipes or processes to make the sauce has always been a favorite pastime of mine. Smoking meat has…

How to make fermented hot sauce from frozen peppers
Towards the end of every growing season, I have an overabundance of hot peppers from our back-yard home farm that I am usually struggling to find a use for. I…

Try This Amazing Fermented Habanero Hot Sauce Recipe Using Dried Peppers!
If you grow your own hot peppers or buy them in bulk, drying them out is an option for preservation if you cannot make hot sauce fast enough or cannot…

How to select the best method or machine to fill hot sauce bottles for your entry level business
When I began making hot sauce it was in small batches of one or two bottles at a time because I was always experimenting with different recipes. Now I have…

The Hot Sauce Market Is On The Rise For The Next Five Years
2021 Is A Great Year To Enter The Hot Sauce Business I am seeing more and more varieties and brands of hot sauce sold in stores and online than I…

Altering the pH of a hot sauce will change flavor and appearance
Measuring and altering the pH of a hot sauce is nearly a scientific experiment. The pH level of a hot sauce is important for shelf life stability and acidic levels…

The Positive and Negative Effects of Salt in Hot Sauce
It is very common for a hot sauce to use salt as one of the ingredients. It is actually very common in many condiments and prepared foods as well. Consumers…

How To LEGALLY Sell Hot Sauce! A Guide for Entering The Hot Sauce Business
If you plan on selling hot sauce in stores or on a large commercial scale than there are several things you need to know in order to follow the proper…

The Probiotic Benefits of Fermented Hot Sauce May Be False Claims
Recent trends in food consumption include fermented foods and the health benefits behind adding them to your daily diet. Many fermented hot sauces are believed to offer some of the…

18 Tips You Should Know Before Selling Hot Sauce
Hot sauce is becoming more and more popular as a condiment and continues to show as being widespread throughout the globe. New varieties of hot sauce are become available everywhere…

How To Provide a Nutritional Label for Your Hot Sauce
I have developed a hot sauce that I think is delicious and now I want to prepare to sell it through the local stores and markets. Selling hot sauce in…

5 ways to remove seeds from hot peppers
I make mild hot sauces and remove the seeds to reduce a lot of the heat. I know, it kind of nulls the point of making a hot sauce if…

9 Vinegar Substitutes for Hot Sauce!
There really are not too many authentic substitutes for vinegar in recipes that can duplicate what it will do to your hot sauce. Few ingredients will react the same way…

There is a pH Difference Between Fermented and Non Fermented Hot Sauce
I have recently experimented with fermenting hot peppers before making hot sauce to try and emulate some of the popular sauces that I enjoy. I also want to make a…

Sweet and Heat…Super Easy MILD Hot Sauce Recipe Without Burning Your Taste Buds Off!
I love hot sauce…but I really don’t. I love the tang, zip and bright flavors of hot peppers but I still cannot tolerate the heat. I have been eating hot…

Best Vinegar For Hot Sauce and Why
I make hot sauce from a simple recipe of hot peppers and vinegar. I am always exploring new flavor combinations of peppers with different types of vinegar. Many times I…

The Challenges of Preserving Hot Sauce and Controlling the pH
The addition or subtraction of certain ingredients in your hot sauce for the purpose of preservation will change the pH level. Hot peppers, by themselves are very acidic. To change…

Finally Understand the Fermented Hot Sauce Process!
The top selling brands of hot sauce that use aged hot peppers are Franks RedHot, Sriracha and Tabasco® brand as well as many others. They don’t use the same peppers,…

Choose a Bottle That Will Give Your Hot Sauce Character…To Compliment It’s Bold Flavor!
I have a unique hot sauce blend and I want the bottled packaging to be as equally unique. I have seen numerous bottle types, but I want the one that…

Is It OK To Eat Hot Sauce During Pregnancy?
When my wife was pregnant with our children, she would have unusual foods cravings as most expecting mothers do. She did not crave hot sauce or spicy food, but some…

Do You Know About These 7 Things That Sugar Does To Hot Sauce?
I love Sriracha! If you have ever read the label for the list of ingredients in Sriracha, sugar is second only after chilies. I recently made a jalapeno sauce with…

How To Invent Your Own Hot Sauce Recipe
I consistently see over and over again web sites that list hot sauce recipes mimicking or following name brand sauces. I want to make a sauce that is original and…

3 Ways to Test the Heat Level of a Hot Sauce
How hot is your homemade hot sauce? You may have spent a lot of time working on the recipe and would like some boasting rights on the heat level of…

The Difficulties of Making a High Alkaline Hot Sauce
A simple hot sauce recipe of hot peppers, vinegar and spices will be acidic in its pH level. There are ways to easily adjust these levels to either increase acids…

Blender Buying Guide
I have been making my own hot sauce and usually do it in small batches with some standard kitchen appliances. I have found a great recipe and want to make…

The Shocking Truth About Alkaline Hot Sauce!
Making a hot sauce with a high alkaline level goes against the naturally acidic ingredients of most hot sauces and will require ingredients that have a higher alkaline content to…

How To Use a pH Meter Properly to Test Hot Sauce
Accuracy and calibration are the two most important factors in testing the pH level of hot sauce. Other methods of testing are the use of inexpensive pH paper to test…

9 Foods Great With Hot Sauce!
I love hot sauce! OK so this post is largely based on opinion, but I just have to tell everyone how much I love hot sauce. Some of the best…

19 Ways to Relieve Your Hands From Hot Sauce Burn!
I never where gloves in the kitchen when I am making hot sauce. Not wearing gloves while making hot sauce is a very irresponsible thing to do. However, I seldomly…

Make Your Own Franks, Tabasco® and Sriracha!
According to IBISworld.com Franks RedHot (McCormick), Tabasco® (Mcilhenny) and Sriracha (Huy Fong) are the three top selling hot sauce brands, maybe not in that order. If you read the ingredient…

Market Analysis of the Hot Sauce Industry
I enjoy making my own hot sauce and have recently decided to research selling it both locally and globally. I know that the hot sauce industry has been growing for…

Why The pH Level of a Hot Sauce is Important
I have been bottling my own hot sauce and have discovered there are several methods of putting it into containers for the possibility of selling it. I do not use…

Should Children Eat Hot Sauce?
I love hot sauce! There I go again. I wish I had another introduction to my blog posts, but I really do LOVE hot sauce! Recently my children have started…

7 Reasons To Enjoy Hot Sauce
I have seen numerous lists of recipes that use hot sauce and so many articles on what hot sauces can do to everyday meals that I almost think the subject…

Hot Sauce! The Ultimate Condiment!
Although hot sauces can be an acquired taste to include a tolerance handed down from generation to generation, it stands apart from other condiments in dietary needs. Most condiments include…

How Many Calories Are In Hot Sauce?
I start almost every blog post with the phrase “I Love Hot Sauce”! And I do. I eat a lot and I eat a lot of antacid along with it.…

3 Ways To Protect Your Hot Sauce Recipe
I have finally come up with a delicious hot sauce recipe and I want to begin sharing it with people and possibly selling it. I understand the FDA food labeling…

Bottle and Sell Hot Sauce From Your Home
My neighbor makes some really good hot sauce from peppers he grows in his garden. I am jealous! I have dabbled in growing my own hot peppers and making my…

10 Super Effective Marketing Strategies For Your Hot Sauce Brand
If you have created a fantastic tasting hot sauce with just enough heat to attract the avid consumer and you want to sell it to a mass audience then there…

Grow Your Own Hot Peppers For Your Own Specialized Hot Sauce
I have started making my own hot sauce and have been buying the peppers from local stores and farm stands so the more I make, the more it costs. I…

Can Dogs Eat Hot Sauce?
I was making a batch of hot sauce from a new recipe I had and some splashed onto the floor. The family dog came over and started sniffing around and…

3 Ways To Dry Hot Peppers
I have grown a large crop of hot peppers in anticipation of making many varieties of hot sauce. However, I am not able to work fast enough to use all…

Don’t Get Saucy With Me! Just Eat These 7 Types Of Sauces
Consumers love condiments! Most recently hot sauce consumption has been on the rise and is giving other condiments such as ketchup and mayonnaise some competition. There are many different brands…

Who Eats Hot Sauce and Why? A Guide To Demographics
The hot sauce industry forecasts a rise in sales from now and into 2026 and has projections that the market size will reach 3.77 billion USD according to globenewwire.com. I…

The Cost of Making Hot Sauce…For Sale?
I have always had a gleam in my eye to become an entrepreneur but could never grasp a product or service that I thought would sell. Upon some research I…

How To Build A Tolerance To Hot Sauce
I have always loved the tangy kick of a well-known brand of hot sauce called Franks RedHot but no matter how much I eat it still seams hot to me…

Do I Need A Blender To Make Hot Sauce?
I have read plenty of product labels and what the ingredients for hot sauce are. Lately I’ve thought that maybe I want to start making my own. I have some…

What you need to know about purchasing peppers for hot sauce
I have recently followed through on an interest of making my own hot sauce. I have some kitchen experience, own some decent kitchen equipment and love trying new and exotic…

There is Money to be Made in the Hot Sauce Industry
I love eating the many varieties of hot sauces out there today and I love making my own special mixtures using unique ingredients to make my own signature sauce. I…

How To Reduce the Heat of a Hot Sauce or Hot Pepper
Hot sauces provide a spicy kick and a unique flavoring to many meals. For some consumers, like me, some of these peppers and sauces provide too much heat and negatively…

Don’t Waste Money Buying Hot Peppers If You Make Your Own Hot Sauce…Grow Them Instead!
I love hot sauce! That’s right I said it again, and now I have started making my own. For the small amount of hot sauces that I make in my…

9 Things You Can Do If Hot Sauce Is In Your Eye!
I make a lot of hot sauces in my kitchen, and I almost never wear gloves so there have been several occasions where I have gotten hot sauce in my…
Loading…
Something went wrong. Please refresh the page and/or try again.
Follow My Blog
Get new content delivered directly to your inbox.

Stay Hot!