Tabasco Secretly Selling Its Own Sriracha

The time to choose between Huy Fong’s Sriracha and OG daddy Tabasco has finally come. Amidst, the constant battles between Sriracha hot sauce maker Huy Fong Foods and the city of Irwindale, the company behind Tabasco quietly rolled out their own version of Sriracha Thai chili sauce.

Sold only on its Country Store website, the 15 oz plastic bottles of Tabasco Sriracha run for $4.99 each. The company also includes a description of the product, with a cheeky reminder of who was there first:

TABASCO® Premium Sriracha Sauce is made of only the highest quality ingredients to create an authentic Thai chili sauce from the Brand who created pepper sauce in 1868.

So why the hush hush and the absence of social media hype? Grub Street reached out to the Tabasco reps and were told that the sriracha is only a limited-edition item at the moment. Meaning, they’re most likely giving the new product a test run while still working out some kinks. Still, whether Tabasco’s Sriracha ends up with a national roll-out or falls into condiment purgatory, its still a threatening move. I’d sleep with one eye open,  Huy Fong Foods.