Bitter: ⭐✰✰✰✰ Salty: ⭐⭐⭐✰✰ Sour/Tangy: ⭐⭐⭐✰✰ Sweet: ⭐✰✰✰✰ Umami: ⭐⭐✰✰✰ Heat: ⭐⭐⭐⭐✰✰✰✰✰✰ Quick Flavor Notes: Fresh, tangy, bright, earthy, smoky Texture: Medium-thin with some seeds and garlic bits Recommended: Yes Ingredients: Chile Peppers (Cayenne, Ghost), Vinegar, Water, Sugar, Garlic, Xanthan Gum, Vitamin C Hailing from Nebraska Volcanic Peppers’ origin started way back in 2009 with…
Bitter: ⭐✰✰✰✰ Salty: ⭐⭐⭐⭐✰ Sour/Tangy: ⭐✰✰✰✰ Sweet: ⭐⭐⭐✰✰ Umami: ⭐⭐⭐✰✰ Heat: ⭐✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰ Quick Flavor Notes: Chile oil, sweet, protein, cumin Texture: Chewy and meat-like Recommended: Yes Ingredients: Soybean protein, water, vegetable oil, pepper, salt, sugar, sesame, spices, etc. Translating the names and even the identities of Chinese snacks from the Chinese market can be difficult….
Bitter: ⭐⭐⭐✰✰ Salty: ⭐⭐✰✰✰ Sour/Tangy: ⭐⭐⭐✰✰ Sweet: ⭐⭐✰✰✰ Umami: ⭐⭐⭐✰✰ Heat: ⭐✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰ Quick Flavor Notes: Tangy, rich, smoky, bitter Texture: Medium consistency with some nice pepper bits Recommended: Yes Ingredients: White vinegar, Quill Hill Farm Boldog Hungarian peppers, Honey Field Farm maple wood smoked Carmen peppers, Full Moon Farm onions, maple wood smoked eggplant, Pete’s…
Bitter: ⭐⭐⭐✰✰ Salty: ⭐⭐✰✰✰ Sour/Tangy: ✰✰✰✰✰ Sweet: ⭐✰✰✰✰ Umami: ⭐⭐⭐⭐✰ Heat: ⭐✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰ Quick Flavor Notes: Rich, dried chili, onion, umami, dark Texture: Crunchy and oily Recommended: Conditional Ingredients: Soybean Oil, Chili, Onion, Fermented Soybean (soybean, water), Monosodium Glutamate, Salt, Sugar, Pepper Powder, Sulfur Dioxide, Sodium Sulfite Founded in 1994, though with a recipe dating back…
Bitter: ⭐⭐⭐✰✰ Salty: ⭐⭐✰✰✰ Sour/Tangy: ⭐⭐⭐⭐✰ Sweet: ⭐✰✰✰✰ Umami: ⭐⭐✰✰✰ Heat: ⭐⭐⭐✰✰✰✰✰✰✰ Quick Flavor Notes: Horseradish, lemon, vegetal, astringent Texture: Thin and mostly smooth Recommended: Yes Ingredients: Habaneros, Lemon Juice, Vinegar, Water, Garlic, Fresh Horseradish, Spices I first heard about Actually Food from a post on Reddit extoling the virtues of their very hot Primotalii…
Bitter: ⭐⭐✰✰✰ Salty: ⭐✰✰✰✰ Sour/Tangy: ⭐✰✰✰✰ Sweet: ⭐⭐✰✰✰ Umami: ⭐✰✰✰✰ Heat: ⭐⭐✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰ Quick Flavor Notes: Bright, nutty, tiny bursts of tangy sweetness Texture: Oil heavy chili crunch Recommended: Yes Ingredients: Chiles de Arbol, Cranberries, Walnuts, Peanuts, Pumpkin Seeds, Sesame Seeds, Oil, Sea Salt, and Spices Salsa Macha is the Mexican equivalent of a Chinese chili…
Salty: ⭐⭐✰✰✰ Sour/Tangy: ⭐⭐⭐⭐✰ Sweet: ⭐⭐✰✰✰ Umami: ⭐✰✰✰✰ Heat: ⭐⭐⭐⭐✰✰✰✰✰✰ Quick Flavor Notes: Fresh, citrusy, tangy Texture: Medium some pepper and vegetable bits Recommended: Yes Ingredients: Jalapeno, Pineapple, Orange Juice, Distilled White Vinegar, Onion, Lime Juice, Garlic, Scorpion Pepper, Salt, Black Pepper While I’ve enjoyed the majority of Torchbearer sauces that I’ve tried thus far,…
Salty: ⭐⭐⭐✰✰ Sour/Tangy: ⭐⭐✰✰✰ Sweet: ⭐⭐✰✰✰ Umami: ⭐⭐⭐⭐✰ Heat: ⭐⭐⭐✰✰✰✰✰✰✰ Quick Flavor Notes: Chiles, oil, roasty, savory, Texture: Spongy, chewy, and oily Recommended: Yes Ingredients: What Flour, Edible Vegetable Oil, Drinking Water, Salt, Glycerin, Sugar, Chili Pepper, Spices, Sesame Seeds, MSG, Mono and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids, Sucrose Fatty Acid Esters, Food Flavors, Disodium Glutamate,…
Bitter: ⭐⭐✰✰✰ Salty: ⭐⭐⭐✰✰ Sour/Tangy: ⭐⭐⭐⭐✰ Sweet: ⭐⭐✰✰✰ Umami: ⭐⭐⭐⭐✰ Heat: ⭐⭐✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰ Quick Flavor Notes: Tangy, rich, bright, umami, funky Texture: Medium thick and somewhat chunky Recommended: Yes Ingredients: Distilled Vinegar, Habanero, Garlic, Carrot, Ginger, Guajillo, Miso, Salt I’ve been a fan of Ferm Foundations sauces since the moment I tasted my first sauce from…
Bitter: ⭐⭐✰✰✰ Salty: ⭐⭐⭐⭐✰ Sour/Tangy: ⭐⭐⭐✰✰ Sweet: ⭐✰✰✰✰ Umami: ⭐⭐⭐✰✰ Heat: ⭐⭐⭐⭐✰✰✰✰✰✰ Quick Flavor Notes: Tangy, black pepper, garlic, floral, savory, salty Texture: Medium thin and somewhat gritty Recommended: Conditional Ingredients: Louisiana Style Hot Sauce (Aged Cayenne Peppers, Distilled Vinegar, Salt, and Xanthan Gum), Distilled Vinegar, Water, Granulated Garlic, Salt, Crushed Red Pepper, Cayenne Pepper,…