Tapatío hot sauce
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Tapatío is a brand of hot sauce produced in Vernon, California, that can be found at many grocery stores in the United States. It comes in four sizes: 5, 10, and 32 fl oz., and 1 gallon (148, 296, 946 ml and 3.785 liters), as well as in 7 gram packets.
The hot sauce is named "Tapatío", the name given to people from Guadalajara, Jalisco, because the company's founders come from Guadalajara. Many Mexican restaurants feature a bottle of Tapatío on the table. It is exported to Mexico, Canada, Central America and a few countries in Europe.
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[edit] History
The Tapatío Hot Sauce company was started in 1971 by Jose-Luis Saavedra Sr. in Maywood, California. The company is situated in a 7,000 square foot (650 m²) warehouse. In 1985, the company moved to a new 7,800-square-foot (720 m²) location in Vernon, California, just 5 miles (8.0 km) away from Downtown Los Angeles. The building was much bigger than the first location, but it only had a single loading dock and limited storage space, which created a new series of problems for the company. Consequently, it was time to look for a larger place that would provide enough space to meet the company's current requirements and ever-growing needs.
After a long search, a site was found where a developer could build to suit the spacious new 30,000-square-foot (2,800 m²) facility that Tapatío presently occupies. It is a brand new state-of-the-art facility with several loading docks and a fully automated production line; the company that was founded in 1971 has evolved into a modern plant. In addition, Tapatío now has added help from Mr. Saavedra's two daughters; Dolores uses her law degree to handle all of the company's legal matters while Jacquie runs the business office.
[edit] Ingredients
Water, red peppers, salt, spices, garlic, acetic acid, xanthan gum and sodium benzoate as a preservative.
[edit] Miscellanea
- Some aficionados of Tapatío will leave a bottle unopened in the sun for up to three weeks, saying that it enhances the natural flavors.
- Slogan - ES UNA SALSA ... MUY SALSA! (roughly translated as: "It's sauce that's... very saucy!")
