Tabasco® Brand Original Red Sauce
The hot sauce that started it all. Our classic pepper sauce is beloved all over the world and sold in over 195 countries and territories. Endlessly versatile, enhance the flavor of any food with a dash of our signature sauce. Our slow, artisanal process is carefully managed from seed to sauce on Avery Island, Louisiana.
Scoville Rating: 2500 - 5000
A “Scoville Heat Unit” is a measure of capsaicin - the chemical in peppers responsible for their heat.
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per 1 tsp or 5mL
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Non-GMO
Made from ingredients that have not been genetically modified. -
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Gluten Free
Considered Gluten Free according to the definitions set forth by the FDA. -
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Kosher
Complies with the requirements of Jewish Dietary Laws and are Kosher-Pareve. -
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Halal
Produced under the supervision of the Islamic Food and Nutrition Council of America (IFANCA®).
Cooking with TABASCO® Original Red Sauce
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Shrimp and Sausage Jambalaya
Classic Bloody Mary
Oysters on the Half Shell
Easy Spicy Guacamole
Making Our Original Red Pepper Sauce
Growing Greatness
In 1868, Edmund McIlhenny mixed up his own personal pepper sauce recipe with three simple ingredients: fully aged red peppers, salt from Avery Island, Louisiana, and high-quality distilled vinegar.
Our Original Red Sauce has a uniquely pungent flavor that lets a little go a long way. For nearly 150 years, our production process has ensured only the highest quality peppers make it inside our bottles.
The Peppers
Following company tradition, all of our peppers are picked by hand. Pickers ensure ripeness by comparing the color of the peppers to a small wooden dowel, “le petit bâton rouge,” painted the preferred hue of TABASCO® Brand red.
A member of the McIlhenny family personally selects the best plants in the field during harvest. The pepper seeds from those plants are treated and dried for use in the following year’s crop.
Aged For Up To Three Years
Our pepper mash is aged and perfected in white oak barrels for up to three years. This process creates the subtle flavors unique to TABASCO® Sauce. Every batch of pepper mash is personally inspected by a McIlhenny family member to ensure the highest quality for our sauces.
