Tabasco sauce
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Tabasco is an American brand of hot sauce made from tabasco peppers, vinegar and salt. It is produced by McIlhenny Company of Avery Island in south Louisiana, having been created over 150 years ago by Edmund McIlhenny.[1] Although the tabasco peppers used in the sauce were initially grown only on Avery Island, they are now primarily cultivated in Central America, South America and Africa.[2] The Tabasco sauce brand also has multiple varieties including the original red sauce, habanero, chipotle, sriracha and Trinidad Moruga scorpion. Tabasco products are sold in more than 195 countries and territories, and packaged in 36 languages and dialects.
Company type | Privately held company |
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Industry | Food |
Founded | 1868; 156 years ago (1868) |
Founder | Edmund McIlhenny |
Key people | Harold Osborn, CEO |
Products | Hot sauce and other condiments |
Brands | Tabasco |
Owner | McIlhenny family |
Number of employees | About 200 (per company web site, August 2014) |
Heat | Hot |
Scoville scale | 100–35,000 SHU |
Website | tabasco.com |