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The Original Louisiana Brand Hot Sauce is a
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of
hot sauce Hot sauce is a type of condiment, seasoning, or salsa made from chili peppers and other ingredients. Many commercial varieties of mass-produced hot sauce exist. History Humans have used chili peppers and other hot spices for thousands of years ...
manufactured in
New Iberia, Louisiana New Iberia (french: La Nouvelle-Ibérie; es, Nueva Iberia) is the largest city in and parish seat of Iberia Parish, Louisiana, Iberia Parish in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The city of New Iberia is located approximately southeast of Lafayette, L ...
by Summit Hill Foods.
Bruce Foods Bruce Foods Corporation, founded in New Iberia, Louisiana, in 1928, is one of "America's largest privately owned food manufacturers," manufacturing many food products under five major labels, and is credited with "pioneering the canning of Mexica ...
was the previous owner and manufacturer of the brand, and sold it to Summit Hill Foods (formerly Southeastern Mills, Inc.) in April 2015.


Manufacture

The Original Louisiana Brand Hot Sauce is prepared using aged long
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s, which undergo the aging process for a minimum of one year. The product is among hot sauces manufactured in the "Louisiana style," whereby cooked and ground chili peppers are combined with vinegar and salt, and then left to
ferment Fermentation is a metabolism, metabolic process that produces chemical changes in organic Substrate (chemistry), substrates through the action of enzymes. In biochemistry, it is narrowly defined as the extraction of energy from carbohydrates in ...
during the aging process. In 2001, over 200,000 bottles of hot sauce were manufactured daily in various sizes.


History

Bruce Foods Bruce Foods Corporation, founded in New Iberia, Louisiana, in 1928, is one of "America's largest privately owned food manufacturers," manufacturing many food products under five major labels, and is credited with "pioneering the canning of Mexica ...
first marketed The Original Louisiana Brand Hot Sauce in 1928, and manufactured the product through April 2015. It started off as a family company, in which the sauce was prepared in the kitchen of a home and sold to neighbors. The Original Louisiana Brand Hot Sauce was the first sauce brand marketed using the state of Louisiana's name. The brand's slogan was "not too hot, not too mild." In April 2015, Bruce Foods sold The Original Louisiana Brand Hot Sauce brand and its assets to Summit Hill Foods, which is based in Rome, Georgia. The hot sauce continues to be made at the manufacturing plant in New Iberia, Louisiana. In 2023, The Original Louisiana Brand Hot Sauce updated their logo and released new flavors (including Garlic Lovers, Tangy Taco, Cajun Heat, Southwest Jalapeno, and Smoked Chipotle) in 6oz bottles, adding to the Original, Sweet Heat with Honey, and Hotter (made with Habanero Peppers) flavors. The Original Louisiana Brand Hot Sauce also sells Jalapeno peppers in three forms: whole, sliced and diced; as well as Tabasco Peppers in Vinegar, and their own Wing Sauce.


Distribution

The Original Louisiana Brand Hot Sauce is available at many
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s and restaurants in the United States, and was exported to over 100 countries as of 2001.


Uses

The Original Louisiana Brand Hot Sauce is used as a
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to add flavor to foods, as an ingredient in some dishes, and also as a
marinade Marinating is the process of soaking foods in a seasoned, often acidic, liquid before cooking. The origin of the word alludes to the use of brine (''aqua marina'' or sea water) in the pickling process, which led to the technique of adding flavor b ...
for some foods, such as chicken wings.


See also

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List of condiments A condiment is a supplemental food (such as a sauce or powder) that is added to some foods to impart a particular flavor, enhance their flavor, or, in some cultures, to complement the dish, but that cannot stand alone as a dish. The term ''cond ...
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List of hot sauces This is a list of commercial hot sauces. Variations on a company's base product are not necessarily common, and are not always included. Scoville heat ratings vary depending on batch. However, many companies do not disclose numeric ratings for ...
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Louisiana Creole cuisine Louisiana Creole cuisine (french: cuisine créole, lou, manjé kréyòl, es, cocina criolla) is a style of cooking originating in Louisiana, United States, which blends West African, French, Spanish, and Amerindian influences, as well as i ...


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