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If you are a fan of Sriracha and a fan of Texas Pete Hot Sauce.. It looks like we have a new player in town...
TW Garner Food Co., the Winston-Salem-based maker of Texas Pete hot sauce, is introducing a sriracha hot sauce called CHA! by Texas Pete.
Sriracha is a chile-garlic sauce that originated in Thailand and has been popularized in this country by Huy Fong Foods, a California company.
Huy Fong's iconic "rooster" brand was once found only in Asian and other specialty markets, but now is sold in most supermarkets.
Sriracha originally was used on Asian foods, but Americans now put it on eggs, hamburgers, French fries — using it much like ketchup.
“The growth of sriracha sauce over the past few years has been fast-paced and we anticipate that CHA! by Texas Pete® will deliver the bold, balanced flavors we’re known for to a whole new audience,” said Steve DeCorte, the general manager of sales at TW Garner.
The introduction of Texas Pete CHA comes as Huy Fong has been besieged by complaints from residents of the city of Irwindale, Ca., about the chile fumes coming from Huy Fong's plant. Those complaints surfaced in a lawsuit in October. A judge ordered a partial shutdown of the plant, but only after the year's grinding of chiles was completed, so the injunction may not affect supplies.
But earlier this month, the California Department of Public Health imposed stricter guidelines on the company that entail a 30-day hold on all shipments, and sparked fears by sriracha fans of a shortage. The 30-day hold is considered a safety procedure to ensure control of any microorganisms in the product.
Sriracha typically contains chiles, garlic, salt, sugar and vinegar and little else. Garner's CHA! ingredient list is similar to that on Huy Fong's sauce. Other food companies, including Roland, also make sriracha.
Garner said that its CHA! sauce already has been shipped to local stores. Bottles should show up on local shelves in the next week or so.
Sriracha is a chile-garlic sauce that originated in Thailand and has been popularized in this country by Huy Fong Foods, a California company.
Huy Fong's iconic "rooster" brand was once found only in Asian and other specialty markets, but now is sold in most supermarkets.
Sriracha originally was used on Asian foods, but Americans now put it on eggs, hamburgers, French fries — using it much like ketchup.
“The growth of sriracha sauce over the past few years has been fast-paced and we anticipate that CHA! by Texas Pete® will deliver the bold, balanced flavors we’re known for to a whole new audience,” said Steve DeCorte, the general manager of sales at TW Garner.
The introduction of Texas Pete CHA comes as Huy Fong has been besieged by complaints from residents of the city of Irwindale, Ca., about the chile fumes coming from Huy Fong's plant. Those complaints surfaced in a lawsuit in October. A judge ordered a partial shutdown of the plant, but only after the year's grinding of chiles was completed, so the injunction may not affect supplies.
But earlier this month, the California Department of Public Health imposed stricter guidelines on the company that entail a 30-day hold on all shipments, and sparked fears by sriracha fans of a shortage. The 30-day hold is considered a safety procedure to ensure control of any microorganisms in the product.
Sriracha typically contains chiles, garlic, salt, sugar and vinegar and little else. Garner's CHA! ingredient list is similar to that on Huy Fong's sauce. Other food companies, including Roland, also make sriracha.
Garner said that its CHA! sauce already has been shipped to local stores. Bottles should show up on local shelves in the next week or so.
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