The Story Behind Tabasco: From Peppers to Bottles

🌶️Tabasco sauce is made with small red peppers that are six times hotter than jalapenos and originate from the Amazon in South America.

🌍Tabasco sauce is a global product, with peppers being shipped to farms around the world and the finished sauce being exported to many countries.

🌊The production of Tabasco sauce on Avery Island is under threat due to the island's sinking and the deterioration of the surrounding marshes.

🛢️The mash made from the peppers is aged for three years in white oak barrels, which gives the sauce its distinctive flavor.

🏭The Tabasco factory fills up to 700,000 bottles of sauce per day, with nine different flavors available.

Where do Tabasco peppers come from?

—Tabasco peppers originate from the Amazon in South America.

How long are the peppers aged in barrels?

—The mash made from the peppers is aged for three years in white oak barrels.

How many bottles of Tabasco sauce are filled per day?

—The Tabasco factory fills up to 700,000 bottles of sauce per day.

How many flavors of Tabasco sauce are available?

—There are nine different flavors of Tabasco sauce available.

What is the main threat to Tabasco production on Avery Island?

—The shrinking marshes surrounding Avery Island pose a threat to the production of Tabasco sauce.

00:00Tabasco sauce is made from locally grown red peppers.

02:00The peppers originate from the Amazon and are six times hotter than jalapenos.

03:00The mash made from the peppers is aged for three years in white oak barrels.

04:30The mash is pumped into blending tanks to be mixed with vinegar.

06:00The blended sauce is filled into bottles at the factory on Avery Island.

08:00Avery Island's shrinking marshes pose a threat to the production of Tabasco sauce.

09:30Tabasco sauce is a global product, with shipments going to farms around the world.

09:55Tabasco sauce pairs well with vanilla ice cream and peanut butter.