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Where did all the Sriracha go? Sauce shortage hiking prices to $70 in online markets (www.cbsnews.com)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by nihilx7E3 to c/food
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tl;dr: sriracha is selling for ~$40-$70 a bottle due to a shortage of red jalapeño crops, caused by climate change (specifically, extremely hot, dry weather as well as landslide effects from various climate events in the previous years). huy fong says sriracha is resuming limited production but did not specify when this production began or how limited it was.

wonder how they'd be doing if they didn't try to screw over underwood ranches, who are apparently not having much trouble sourcing the peppers at all

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[–] dax 11 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I've legit been enjoying "offbrand" sriracha's way more anyway. My current go-to is https://fixhotsauce.com/

[–] Vodulas 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

They are usually so much tastier. If you like something more spicy than the huy fong, this is my favorite

https://thaiandtrue.com/products/sarachee-hot-sauce

[–] nihilx7E3 3 points 1 year ago

thanks for the recommendation (@dax@beehaw.org too), been looking for different brands to replace huy fong

[–] Seathru 3 points 1 year ago

Ohh, that looks good. Thank you my friend.

[–] snowbell 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'll have to give that a shot, the huy fong stuff has been my favorite forever. How does it compare?

[–] dax 4 points 1 year ago

A bit more liquid and a lot more garlic. It's still distinctly a chili sauce, but the garlic is way more present imo

[–] nlm 2 points 1 year ago

Haven't seen that one around.

I did find the Tabasco brand one to be surprisingly good though.

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