Bitter: ⭐⭐✰✰✰ Salty: ⭐⭐⭐✰✰ Sour/Tangy: ⭐⭐✰✰✰ Sweet: ⭐✰✰✰✰ Umami: ⭐✰✰✰✰ Heat: ⭐✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰ Quick Flavor Notes: Dusty, harsh, dull, artificial lime Recommended: No Texture: Medium-thin and smooth Ingredients (Translated from Spanish): Water, Salt, Seasoning (Sodium Diacetate, Malic Acid, Dehydrated Vegetables, Natural Flavorings [Chile and Lime Flavoring], Gum Arabic, Blue No. 1 FD&C), Citric Acid, Dried Chiles,…
Bitter: ⭐⭐✰✰✰ Salty: ⭐⭐⭐✰✰ Sour/Tangy: ⭐⭐✰✰✰ Sweet: ⭐⭐✰✰✰ Umami: ⭐⭐⭐⭐✰ Heat: ⭐⭐✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰ Quick Flavor Notes: Umami, soy, smoky, habanero Recommended: Yes Texture: Medium and smooth Ingredients: Water, Habanero Peppers, Tomato Paste, Hydrolyzed Soy Protein, Salt, Acetic Acid (pH control agent), Citric Acid (acidulant), Xanthan Gum (stabilizer), Spices and Sodium Benzoate as a preservative. I’ve been…
Bitter: ⭐✰✰✰✰ Salty: ⭐⭐⭐✰✰ Sour/Tangy: ⭐⭐⭐⭐✰ Sweet: ⭐✰✰✰✰ Umami: ⭐✰✰✰✰ Heat: ⭐⭐✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰ Quick Flavor Notes: Tangy, fresh, vegetal, fruity, earthy Recommended: Yes Texture: Medium-thin with xanthan texture Ingredients: Water, Peppers (Poblano and Habanero), Salt, White Vinegar, Xanthan Gum, Sodium Benzoate (Preservative), Garlic, Onion, Sodium Metabisulfite (Preservative). De La Viuda, a company started by former executives…
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…
Bitter: ⭐✰✰✰✰ Salty: ⭐⭐⭐✰✰ Sour: ⭐⭐⭐⭐✰ Sweet: ⭐⭐✰✰✰ Umami: ⭐⭐✰✰✰ Heat: ⭐⭐⭐✰✰✰✰✰✰✰ Quick Flavor Notes: Habanero, cilantro, sour, fruity Texture: Medium-thin with small pepper bits Recommended: Yes Ingredients: Habanero chiles, Vinegar, Salt, Olive Oil, Spices and Aromatic Herbs, Sodium Benzoate Another sauce that I brought back from Mexico. I’ve previously reviewed the same brand’s Amarilla…
Bitter: ⭐⭐✰✰✰ Salty: ⭐⭐⭐✰✰ Sour: ⭐⭐✰✰ Sweet: ✰✰✰✰✰ Umami: ⭐✰✰✰✰ Heat: ⭐⭐✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰ Quick Flavor Notes: Habanero, vegetal, tangy Texture: Medium to Medium-Thin with a slightly unnatural conistency Recommended: Yes, Conditional Ingredients: Water, Habanero Chiles, Iodized Salt, Acetic Acid, Xanthan Gum, Modified Corn Starch, Potassium Sorbate and Sodium Benzoate as preservatives, Yellow FD&C #6. La Anita…
Bitter: ✰✰✰✰✰ Salty: ⭐⭐✰✰✰ Sour: ⭐⭐✰✰✰ Sweet: ⭐✰✰✰✰ Umami: ⭐✰✰✰✰ Heat: ⭐⭐⭐✰✰✰✰✰✰✰ Quick Flavor Notes: Sweet, fruity, savory Texture: Medium and extremely smooth, ketchup-like Ingredients: Organic Carrots, Organic Onions, Organic Habanero Peppers, Organic Distilled Vinegar, Organic Garlic, Organic Tangerine Juice Concentrate, Salt, Organic Dates, Organic Raisins, Organic Lime Juice Concentrate. Recommended: Yes This is a…
Bitter: ⭐✰✰✰✰ Salty: ⭐⭐⭐✰✰ Sour: ⭐⭐✰✰✰ Sweet: ⭐✰✰✰✰ Umami: ⭐⭐✰✰ Heat: ⭐⭐⭐✰✰✰✰✰✰✰ Quick Flavor Notes: Bright, tangy, earthy spices Texture: Medium Thin, Smooth Ingredients: Habanero peppers, Vinegar, Salt, Olive Oil, Spices and Aromatics, Sodium Benzoate Recommended: Yes Yet another one of the sauces I brought back on a trip to Mexico last year. Chimay is…
Valentina Black Label is a sauce that’s been a staple in my refrigerator for at least the past fifteen years, though I’m sure I enjoyed it at restaurants even before then. Having never looked up the history of the sauce I just discovered that it’s been around since 1960 and is made in Guadalajara, Mexico….
This is yet another sauce that I brought back from a trip to Mexico last year (and with many more to go it’s no wonder my return bag was quite overweight). I’ve previously reviewed their Habanero Xtra Picante and didn’t walk away very impressed with it, finding that it had an overwhelming chemical flavor. This…