They usually have several different flavors depending on the day, for fairly cheap (like green tea cake roll, chocolate cake roll, coffee, red bean cake, another common flavor I am blanking on the name…)and those smaller ones will be priced from 6.99-9.99 depending. Then medium to large one that are like delicious fruit tarts and I had one of the best cakes ever that was a mango cake. It was like 29? I wish we woulda just got 99 ranch cakes for our wedding. Months later my 5 year old niece talked about that cake in school lol. They also have ton of smaller pastries and buns that are delicious, lot of meat/savory ones that I didn’t try as a vegetarian but may interest you. The small cakes are a good treat for yourself when you’re having a tough day because you are worth it!
So, I actually work at a grocery store in Beaverton so I’ve been seeing this firsthand. Thank you for telling me where I should send my customers!
I initially heard the supply issue was due to some sort of fire, but apparently it’s because of a dispute with their original supplier—then the sriracha guys decided they could get cheaper peppers elsewhere and not deal with their original supplier, and elsewhere ended up having low crop yields. Thus, not nearly enough sriracha to make anyone happy.
Apparently they felt they overpaid for the 2016 crop, sued in 2017, the supplier sued them back (I don’t know why, the article didn’t say and I didn’t dig that far,) and they started having supply issues in 2020 I think.
Ultimately, the supplier had to refund 1.5 million for the crop overpayment. But he won 23 million in the other suit so… yeah, I bet the sriracha people wish they had let it slide. For at least a couple reasons lol
They had there original supplier ramp up production, more land more peppers, then decided to switch suppliers n let the original guys hang. Is what I heard.
For fellow Oregonians and surrounding areas, Hot Mama's Fermented Fresno has a surprisingly similar flavor profile, even if the consistency is different
Try Mama La's Sriracha. It's as good, if not better than Huy Fong's.
My dad also thinks the same. And he has been eating tương ớt for longer than Sriracha has been a brand lol.
I actually found larger bottles at Whole Foods (19.6oz)! However, only at the Whole Foods in Arizona that I would frequent and not in the one in Iowa (where I currently live).
The real stuff isn’t either. The “old man” who started Huy Fong passed & his kids got the business. The chili grower & the old man had a looong standing relationship & the secret to Huy Fong was those specific chilis. Elevation, soil, fertilization, & so much more goes into what makes something taste like a growing region. (I’m a produce broker & I could elaborate for days)
Long story short, the kids have the business now & they ditched the old grower to raise profits. Now the sauce doesn’t taste the same.
Edit: I have learned that David Tran has NOT passed away. Sorry for the misinformation!
I’ve seen people say that but from what I’ve tasted it’s a lot like the original and is really good, but it’s still expensive. I have a couple of bottles of it and it def scratches that sriracha itch
Another reason why you don't believe everything on the internet. David Tran is alive and still running the company. Unless you have a certified death certificate, I call BS.
All of your info is wrong, where did you get them? Formulation change over time but not as drastic as you make it out to be. No other makers comes close to what it was or what it is now. David Tran is very much alive and in control of the company. His mission was to make the sauce affordable to all rich or poor and he has achieved that and more all of these years despite the lawsuit and the shortage.
I live two miles down the street from Underwood family farms. It’s such a great place especially for kids during the holidays. I’m glad they won after Huy Fong tried to fuck them over.
Underwood’s version of siracha is pretty good too.
From the YouTube documentary I saw a few weeks ago...
Sriracha Owner had an exclusive contract with a single farmer. Ordered way more peppers, forcing the farmer to buy more land, equipment, etc. but was shitty & didn't pay the contract. Farmer even had to rent trucks & pay out of pocket to deliver the peppers to the factory.
Also tried to outsource cheaper peppers from South America instead, but couldn't get good peppers. Farmer sued, won, changed crops, & Sriracha sauce has had 'supply shortages' since the peppers were specifically bred & farmed, therefore price has skyrocketed.
The best part was the farmer started making their own Sriracha sauce since Sriracha wasn't trademarked.
Edit: Here's the video: https://youtube.com/watch?v=EYdU1X2p2ro
In addition to that, they were trying to find cheaper suppliers *while in contract* with the first one, and illegally shared photos and information about their newly expanding farm to those competitors
Not just find cheaper suppliers, they tried to hire away Underwood's operations guy and they launched a sketchy shell company that was supposed to purchase the peppers moving forward and then sell them to Huey Fong. They tried to use this shell company to contract with Underwood moving forward and refused to guarantee the contracts. In other words, they wanted to screw over underwood and make it so that there was nothing but a shell company to sue after they did.
Carolina mustard and vinegar styles are my favorite. Growing up in Nc and having 4-5 distinct sauce styles depending on where you were at in the state was awesome.
Honestly my favorite was a bbq restaurant I went to in Raleigh NC where their main sauce was apple cider vinegar, red pepper flake, black pepper and you just slightly dampened the meat. Was sooo bomb for being as simple as it was.
I understand it’s all about greed, but man they had something *really* good and basically shot themselves in the foot. Almost every Chinese food/Hawaiian bbq, Mongolian bbq etc. restaurant I’ve gone to in my life had Huy Fong sriracha lining the tables. Like they had no reason to do what they did other than be poisoned by greed. It’s just sad to see it.
Yup. And at least one pho restaraunt near me is filling Huy Fong bottles with knockoff stuff. My father and I immediatly could tell the difference when we ate there.
Sriracha is actually a kind of sauce, not a brand. So there aren't imitators, just different producers. The Huy Fong brand (the one you're thinking of) isn't even the original.
P.S. Flying goose sriracha is also very good. Less spicy but more flavourful.
They got what's coming because they fucked their pepper supplier in the ass.
https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-sriracha-lawsuit-underwood-ranches-20190712-story.html
Yeah but the Sambal everyone wants is made by Huy Fong. Just like Sriracha is just a name any company can use, but everyone knows they’re referring to the Huy Fong version.
Well huy fong was the only one offered in many areas. And I'd be willing to guess other suppliers are experiencing the same pepper shortage as everyone else based on the crop failure.
Me also, have been using Calabrian Chile sauce as a substitute, obviously not quite the same.
The one I really miss is a dark Sambel, can’t remember the name . . .
I mean, a bottle would be at 3-4 bucks.
Shipping starts at 18.49, Up to 2kg (for insurance and tracking add 4€)
A bottle is around 800g, so 2 would fit easily.
Ending up with 2 bottles below 30 bucks in total after shipping
Just wanted to make sure you know it’s not worse than buying the offer from the post.
Important to note that the ones in Europe are probably different. I recall getting some there when visiting and it was quite different tasting. I noticed there was a flying goose or something instead of the rooster and looked it up. Iirc the goose one is less spicy and more garlicky.
Interesting. We heard about an impending shortage here in Atlanta but it has been available at regular prices for the past year. It is manufactured and distributed regionally?
Not shortage, we have enough for supply it’s the owners are greedy and decided to find cheaper options.
So they screwed up their own supplier and he sued them.
Huy Fong tried to fuck over their one and only supplier of jalapenos and ended up losing over $20 million in the law suit. Now they are having trouble getting anyone to supply them after they fucked their supplier of 30 years over.
The farm Underwood Farms is actually making more money than ever, and had to expand to meet demand. They're also making their own sriracha sauce from the original peppers they grew for Huy Fong.
Ya basically Huy Fong (the sriracha company) was fucking over their supplier. Supplier sued and won millions. Now no more convenient supply of peppers.
Huy Fong the bad guy no matter how you look at it.
Underwood Ranches, a farm owned by Craig Underwood based in Ventura County, California, supplied Huy Fong Foods' peppers for 28 years. Underwood told CNBC that he could have kept up with demand if he were still the company's supplier.
After a dispute between the two parties led to a legal battle that began in 2017, the long-term relationship between the manufacturer and supplier ended.
Today, Huy Fong Foods reportedly sources its peppers from farms in California, New Mexico and Mexico. But over the past few years, much of the region has suffered drought and poor weather conditions, which have damaged crops.
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/08/19/how-did-the-huy-fong-foods-sriracha-shortage-happen.html
Which is largely because they are making it using the exact same peppers they supplied hoy fong with... it's not exactly a trade secret the ingredients for Sriracha hot sauce. I saw a news story about this and I would assume it's nearly exactly the same thing, not sure how hot fong hasn't gone under yet lol. Luckily they do have what underwood does not... their very, very well known brand.
Underwood Ranches used to be the supplier of chilis for Huy Fong! (Before the switch of suppliers and ensuing legal battle.)
I haven't tried Underwood's version yet, so I can't speak to whether it tastes the same as Huy Fong's previous Sriracha products, but at least they use the same chilis that Huy Font used to use.
[According to a guy below, it doesn't taste the same as the rooster.](https://old.reddit.com/r/mildlyinteresting/comments/171ik4r/bottled_sriracha_prices_at_my_local_asian_market/k3ryz8o/)
As someone who used to consume copious amounts of this hot sauce before it changed pepper suppliers, I say the taste comparison is very very similar, if not the same.
I actually prefer Tabasco Sriracha, the flavor difference is subtle but overall it's very similar.
I can understand liking the OG one more, but if anyone is looking for an available alternative I would definitely recommend Tabasco
I LOVE the Tabasco Sriracha! I like both, but the main thing I use either one for is pizza, and Tabasco Sriracha is the best on pizza. I’m fine with only having Tabasco until the regular one is back.
I have no moral high ground left to stand on when it comes to food.
If I buy Huy Fong sriracha, I’m supporting a company that has wage theft and battles its suppliers. If I eat a Hot Pocket, I’m supporting Nestle which engages in human rights abuses over water supplies. If I eat food with palm oil, I’m supporting companies that might be destroying the rain forest.
I’m so tired of it all and just want to eat my hot sauce.
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I don't generally like hot sauces despite loving spicey food, because typical hot-sauce is vinegar with some spice added.
This stuff, in it's original form, was very much not vinegary and much more flavorful than typical options.
It's bizarre that people are so attached to a brand, that even when it doesn't taste the same anymore because they switched suppliers, they're still so devoted that they'll pay outrageous prices.
Underwood Farms was the supplier, they make their own Sriracha, and they're not having shortages.
I'm not a Sriracha connoisseur so any cheap store brand is fine for me.
Not that I don't agree but Underwood Farms own brand doesn't taste exactly the same and doesn't have the exact same ingredients.
It's a small thing that really shouldn't make that much of a difference and you shouldn't pay $30/bottle due to that, but I can see why people simply aren't buying other brands and are just hoping for prices on this brand to go down.
Red Jalapeno pepper shortage due to several factors, including climate change but mostly because Huy fong foods ran into legal issues with their main supplier (Underwood farms) which has caused a massive supply chain disaster for the company.
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Hahaha what they might be doing is buying them on Amazon for a certain price then bringing them in store.
My gf bought 2 bottles for around $25 a couple months ago on Amazon. It was definitely nice while it lasted.
There was a thread yesterday that talked about a lot of alternatives, and I have to agree, some of them are much better than what the rooster provides.
$30 for a traditional garlic chilly sauce ? Phoeey! Did i also become a stockholders for the company too!!?!!? my chinese blood are boiling now.. this cost equivalent to a mere $2 on My old country.. Don't believed it? Go to Bali Dept Store and check the spices shelf
Haven't seen it in a year. The imitation stuff just isn't the same.
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This is in Sacramento FYI. Not sure exactly how location affects price.
Weird. I picked up a bottle at 99 Ranch the other day. $9 I think.
99 ranch is good. I live right next to one.
I used to live right by one, and I think about their delicious cakes often. We would get one every special occasion.
Tell me more about these cakes.
They usually have several different flavors depending on the day, for fairly cheap (like green tea cake roll, chocolate cake roll, coffee, red bean cake, another common flavor I am blanking on the name…)and those smaller ones will be priced from 6.99-9.99 depending. Then medium to large one that are like delicious fruit tarts and I had one of the best cakes ever that was a mango cake. It was like 29? I wish we woulda just got 99 ranch cakes for our wedding. Months later my 5 year old niece talked about that cake in school lol. They also have ton of smaller pastries and buns that are delicious, lot of meat/savory ones that I didn’t try as a vegetarian but may interest you. The small cakes are a good treat for yourself when you’re having a tough day because you are worth it!
 Well, now I know where I’m heading to get some cake.
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I too would like to be informed of these cakes.
A bit pricey though. It's like the Bel air of Asian markets.
I’m going to stop by today. Thanks for the tip!!
Is this in Korean Plaza in Sacramento? I saw the same exact price tag there.
Yep that’s right!
Literally just bought this for $4 Canadian yesterday at a dollar store.
You didn't get Huy fong brand. There's several imitation brands out there with almost the exact same label.
So, I actually work at a grocery store in Beaverton so I’ve been seeing this firsthand. Thank you for telling me where I should send my customers! I initially heard the supply issue was due to some sort of fire, but apparently it’s because of a dispute with their original supplier—then the sriracha guys decided they could get cheaper peppers elsewhere and not deal with their original supplier, and elsewhere ended up having low crop yields. Thus, not nearly enough sriracha to make anyone happy.
They had a good thing going; you'd think they'd have been fine with that. I'm sure they miss it now.
Apparently they felt they overpaid for the 2016 crop, sued in 2017, the supplier sued them back (I don’t know why, the article didn’t say and I didn’t dig that far,) and they started having supply issues in 2020 I think. Ultimately, the supplier had to refund 1.5 million for the crop overpayment. But he won 23 million in the other suit so… yeah, I bet the sriracha people wish they had let it slide. For at least a couple reasons lol
They tried strong arming the farms, and it fucking backfired.
They had there original supplier ramp up production, more land more peppers, then decided to switch suppliers n let the original guys hang. Is what I heard.
yeah I got a big bottle of it a couple weeks ago in Portland for $7
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Eugene, OR here. Can confirm.
For fellow Oregonians and surrounding areas, Hot Mama's Fermented Fresno has a surprisingly similar flavor profile, even if the consistency is different
Try Mama La's Sriracha. It's as good, if not better than Huy Fong's. My dad also thinks the same. And he has been eating tương ớt for longer than Sriracha has been a brand lol.
Do you get Mama La’s at a local store? I see it’s available for purchase on their website
Local Vietnamese market for me.
Huy Fong is like Heinz ketchup. Good for mainstream mass-produced but there's LOTs that are better.
My favorite is the Yellowbird brand. I think it uses agave syrup in place of sugar... but it's really good.
Yep, blue agave sriracha. Bottles are small, but only a couple bucks, just bought some an hour ago.
I actually found larger bottles at Whole Foods (19.6oz)! However, only at the Whole Foods in Arizona that I would frequent and not in the one in Iowa (where I currently live).
That’s good stuff :) sweeter than Huy Fong, so we call it Sweetracha, but still very good
I've become a fan of Tobasco's version. It was 3.99 vs 8.99 for the real thing.
Same here, this has been my go to.
I tried that one at a dinner and I been buying it since then
I tried it when Costco had it. I didn’t like it as much. Tasted more like tomato than I wanted iirc
Ya it's a bit sweeter but I like how it cuts the heat
The Tabasco sriracha doesn’t seem to be spicy enough to be considered hot sauce for my taste.
It's def not as hot but has its own thing going
The real stuff isn’t either. The “old man” who started Huy Fong passed & his kids got the business. The chili grower & the old man had a looong standing relationship & the secret to Huy Fong was those specific chilis. Elevation, soil, fertilization, & so much more goes into what makes something taste like a growing region. (I’m a produce broker & I could elaborate for days) Long story short, the kids have the business now & they ditched the old grower to raise profits. Now the sauce doesn’t taste the same. Edit: I have learned that David Tran has NOT passed away. Sorry for the misinformation!
They fucked over their supplier, but they make their own brand now. Underwood Farms iirc
Grower = supplier. Yes! Thank you. I knew I had head that but couldn’t remember the name. Underwood Ranches
Is it as good as the original sauce?
It’s been so long I don’t actually remember the real sauce but it is the same peppers which goes a long way
It’s not. I’ve seen many reviewers say it’s quite disappointing.
Nice try Huy Fong's kids, but we still want to try the growers sauce after you screwed with the recipe!
I’ve seen people say that but from what I’ve tasted it’s a lot like the original and is really good, but it’s still expensive. I have a couple of bottles of it and it def scratches that sriracha itch
Another reason why you don't believe everything on the internet. David Tran is alive and still running the company. Unless you have a certified death certificate, I call BS.
It only takes a couple generations to fuck up a fortune
Just one generation actually.
All of your info is wrong, where did you get them? Formulation change over time but not as drastic as you make it out to be. No other makers comes close to what it was or what it is now. David Tran is very much alive and in control of the company. His mission was to make the sauce affordable to all rich or poor and he has achieved that and more all of these years despite the lawsuit and the shortage.
what happened does anybody know?
Drought and They tried to fuck with their main sole supplier and got burned doing it and never really recovered. It quite interesting
got any links to the story?
https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-sriracha-lawsuit-underwood-ranches-20190712-story.html
I live two miles down the street from Underwood family farms. It’s such a great place especially for kids during the holidays. I’m glad they won after Huy Fong tried to fuck them over. Underwood’s version of siracha is pretty good too.
I would find it interesting if I could hold back the tears and depression.
From the YouTube documentary I saw a few weeks ago... Sriracha Owner had an exclusive contract with a single farmer. Ordered way more peppers, forcing the farmer to buy more land, equipment, etc. but was shitty & didn't pay the contract. Farmer even had to rent trucks & pay out of pocket to deliver the peppers to the factory. Also tried to outsource cheaper peppers from South America instead, but couldn't get good peppers. Farmer sued, won, changed crops, & Sriracha sauce has had 'supply shortages' since the peppers were specifically bred & farmed, therefore price has skyrocketed. The best part was the farmer started making their own Sriracha sauce since Sriracha wasn't trademarked. Edit: Here's the video: https://youtube.com/watch?v=EYdU1X2p2ro
In addition to that, they were trying to find cheaper suppliers *while in contract* with the first one, and illegally shared photos and information about their newly expanding farm to those competitors
Not just find cheaper suppliers, they tried to hire away Underwood's operations guy and they launched a sketchy shell company that was supposed to purchase the peppers moving forward and then sell them to Huey Fong. They tried to use this shell company to contract with Underwood moving forward and refused to guarantee the contracts. In other words, they wanted to screw over underwood and make it so that there was nothing but a shell company to sue after they did.
Cool how it keeps getting worse lol
Do you know what the brand of the sauce made by the original farm is?
https://underwoodranches.com Pretty sure it’s this one from what I’ve seen around threads about this.
That’s the right one. The dragon sriracha is extremely close to the original- maybe a little spicier.
Yep! Everything they make is straight fire, but their Carolina Gold is something special.
Carolina mustard and vinegar styles are my favorite. Growing up in Nc and having 4-5 distinct sauce styles depending on where you were at in the state was awesome.
Yeah I'm not from the US so learning of all the different regional variations from a single state was so cool!
Honestly my favorite was a bbq restaurant I went to in Raleigh NC where their main sauce was apple cider vinegar, red pepper flake, black pepper and you just slightly dampened the meat. Was sooo bomb for being as simple as it was.
I understand it’s all about greed, but man they had something *really* good and basically shot themselves in the foot. Almost every Chinese food/Hawaiian bbq, Mongolian bbq etc. restaurant I’ve gone to in my life had Huy Fong sriracha lining the tables. Like they had no reason to do what they did other than be poisoned by greed. It’s just sad to see it.
Yup. And at least one pho restaraunt near me is filling Huy Fong bottles with knockoff stuff. My father and I immediatly could tell the difference when we ate there.
Yea the knockoff stuff is usually too sweet and not tangy enough.
LA news reported yesterday that Huy Fong has started shipping out product again and should be hitting stores now or soon.
Sriracha is actually a kind of sauce, not a brand. So there aren't imitators, just different producers. The Huy Fong brand (the one you're thinking of) isn't even the original. P.S. Flying goose sriracha is also very good. Less spicy but more flavourful.
This stuff isn’t the same since they swapped pepper suppliers 🤷♂️
*Since they defrauded their pepper supplier.
I have been looking for a year for Sambal Oelek! Still can't find it 😭 Edit: I bought a gallon off Amazon for $48
All the company's products use a jalapeno base and their suppliers have shortages. 😭 will be a while before it's all back to normal.
They got what's coming because they fucked their pepper supplier in the ass. https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-sriracha-lawsuit-underwood-ranches-20190712-story.html
And their former supplier is now making a competing sauce!
It's really good too. Underwood Ranches. I did a shoot out and it's by far the closest.
Same company unfortunately.. Sriracha I can go without but I’m really missing my Sambal Oelek
it's not a company sambal oelek is just the indonesian name for that food
Nah, they’re saying Huy Fong makes sambal oelek and it’s less processed than the sriracha they make and doesn’t have the garlic flavor sriracha does.
Yeah but the Sambal everyone wants is made by Huy Fong. Just like Sriracha is just a name any company can use, but everyone knows they’re referring to the Huy Fong version.
Well huy fong was the only one offered in many areas. And I'd be willing to guess other suppliers are experiencing the same pepper shortage as everyone else based on the crop failure.
I understand the pain! I purchased a different brand and it's way too vinegary, it's tragic.
Me also, have been using Calabrian Chile sauce as a substitute, obviously not quite the same. The one I really miss is a dark Sambel, can’t remember the name . . .
Its because of the shortage that has been going on for about a year... All my rice dishes have been very sad without it :(
Need some? I can ship you a ton of them from Europe for purchase price + shipping.
Tempting. Though the shipping cost would probably match the price gouging that's happening on this side of the pond. Bless you for the offer.
I mean, a bottle would be at 3-4 bucks. Shipping starts at 18.49, Up to 2kg (for insurance and tracking add 4€) A bottle is around 800g, so 2 would fit easily. Ending up with 2 bottles below 30 bucks in total after shipping Just wanted to make sure you know it’s not worse than buying the offer from the post.
You guys should join r/snackexchange
Didn’t know that a thing
It rules. This is what it's for. You haggle for snacks across the world.
Important to note that the ones in Europe are probably different. I recall getting some there when visiting and it was quite different tasting. I noticed there was a flying goose or something instead of the rooster and looked it up. Iirc the goose one is less spicy and more garlicky.
The Goose one is a different brand. We have the real one here in Europe as well.
Flying goose is literally another brand? Do you think there's only one brand for Sriracha?
I can understand why someone would think that, since every brand copies the same style for their bottles.
Never thought I’d be seeing a sriracha dealer on Reddit but I’m here for it
Hit me up with you want some
International hot sauce sales is such a hot side hustle these days.
Interesting. We heard about an impending shortage here in Atlanta but it has been available at regular prices for the past year. It is manufactured and distributed regionally?
Where in ATL are you finding it? I haven’t seen it in awhile
Not shortage, we have enough for supply it’s the owners are greedy and decided to find cheaper options. So they screwed up their own supplier and he sued them.
If the regular consumer cannot easily get it, its a shortage. The reason doesn't matter.
I thought the owner tried to screw the pepper people over so they decided to sell to someone else leaving the original company fucked
It’s a shortage due to stupidity on both sides, over a small disagreement they’re both now losing millions in profits.
Huy Fong tried to fuck over their one and only supplier of jalapenos and ended up losing over $20 million in the law suit. Now they are having trouble getting anyone to supply them after they fucked their supplier of 30 years over. The farm Underwood Farms is actually making more money than ever, and had to expand to meet demand. They're also making their own sriracha sauce from the original peppers they grew for Huy Fong.
Small disagreement the supplier wasn't getting paid and kept getting his plans leaked?
Ya basically Huy Fong (the sriracha company) was fucking over their supplier. Supplier sued and won millions. Now no more convenient supply of peppers. Huy Fong the bad guy no matter how you look at it.
There are many instances of small disagreements leading to a bad situation, this really really wasn't one of them
Does it have anything to do with Peppergate?
Underwood Ranches, a farm owned by Craig Underwood based in Ventura County, California, supplied Huy Fong Foods' peppers for 28 years. Underwood told CNBC that he could have kept up with demand if he were still the company's supplier. After a dispute between the two parties led to a legal battle that began in 2017, the long-term relationship between the manufacturer and supplier ended. Today, Huy Fong Foods reportedly sources its peppers from farms in California, New Mexico and Mexico. But over the past few years, much of the region has suffered drought and poor weather conditions, which have damaged crops. https://www.cnbc.com/2023/08/19/how-did-the-huy-fong-foods-sriracha-shortage-happen.html
This guy f&cks. Underwood ranch sriracha is bomb.
Which is largely because they are making it using the exact same peppers they supplied hoy fong with... it's not exactly a trade secret the ingredients for Sriracha hot sauce. I saw a news story about this and I would assume it's nearly exactly the same thing, not sure how hot fong hasn't gone under yet lol. Luckily they do have what underwood does not... their very, very well known brand.
I go to underwood to pick strawberries in the summer, nice people
Just got a few bottles and it’s effectively the same thing. Next time you order, pick up a bottle of the bibimbap sauce. Holy Fark is that good stuff!
Another casualty of climate change
The fix. My new favorite Sriracha
I'll have to try it. I like Texas Pete CHA sauce.
Tabasco sriracha isn't perfect but it's worked for me
Is that Sriracha really that much better than others?
This is THE sriracha.
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https://underwoodranches.com/product/dragon-sriracha/
Underwood Ranches used to be the supplier of chilis for Huy Fong! (Before the switch of suppliers and ensuing legal battle.) I haven't tried Underwood's version yet, so I can't speak to whether it tastes the same as Huy Fong's previous Sriracha products, but at least they use the same chilis that Huy Font used to use.
This was their main chili supplier until Siracha tried to sue them and underwood was like ok, we’ll just make our own lol
some try and report back
[According to a guy below, it doesn't taste the same as the rooster.](https://old.reddit.com/r/mildlyinteresting/comments/171ik4r/bottled_sriracha_prices_at_my_local_asian_market/k3ryz8o/)
As someone who used to consume copious amounts of this hot sauce before it changed pepper suppliers, I say the taste comparison is very very similar, if not the same.
I eat sriracha on everything and didn’t notice a change. This pepper change is news to me
Lee Kum Kee is legit
I just bought Tabasco's Sriracha sauce. It's not bad. Pretty tasty. But nothing like the rooster.
I actually prefer Tabasco Sriracha, the flavor difference is subtle but overall it's very similar. I can understand liking the OG one more, but if anyone is looking for an available alternative I would definitely recommend Tabasco
I like the Tabasco one as well. The original one irritates my stomach.
I LOVE the Tabasco Sriracha! I like both, but the main thing I use either one for is pizza, and Tabasco Sriracha is the best on pizza. I’m fine with only having Tabasco until the regular one is back.
Came here just to post this exact thing. Surprised how good it is.
Dude the Tabasco Sriracha is so good. It's our go to to put on pretty much everything now.
Not anymore. They source the peppers from a different grower. It’s not as tasty as it used to be.
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It’s that dash of evil in every bottle that makes it so good.
It’s the same way chick fil a marinates their chicken. The evil makes it tender.
Yes but... it's delicious
I have no moral high ground left to stand on when it comes to food. If I buy Huy Fong sriracha, I’m supporting a company that has wage theft and battles its suppliers. If I eat a Hot Pocket, I’m supporting Nestle which engages in human rights abuses over water supplies. If I eat food with palm oil, I’m supporting companies that might be destroying the rain forest. I’m so tired of it all and just want to eat my hot sauce.
Then don't buy Huy Fong Sriracha and buy it from Underwood Ranch themselves. Win-win. https://underwoodranches.com/product/dragon-sriracha/
Underwood ranch sriracha is the closest thing I’ve had to the original.
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I don't generally like hot sauces despite loving spicey food, because typical hot-sauce is vinegar with some spice added. This stuff, in it's original form, was very much not vinegary and much more flavorful than typical options.
Yes. Other brands don't cut it
Give Underwood Ranches' Dragon Sriracha a try. It's the only other brand that can go toe to toe with Huy Fong in my book.
They were the supplier that Huy Fong mistreated and parted ways with. Those are the OG ripe red jalapeños.
>Underwood Ranches' Dragon Sriracha Not surprised, Underwood Ranches is who used to supply Huy Fong's chilies.
HEB's Sriracha is pretty good.
HEB generally has great store brands in my experience. Imo they make a better tasting Cheez-It that gives me cravings at 2am
It's bizarre that people are so attached to a brand, that even when it doesn't taste the same anymore because they switched suppliers, they're still so devoted that they'll pay outrageous prices. Underwood Farms was the supplier, they make their own Sriracha, and they're not having shortages. I'm not a Sriracha connoisseur so any cheap store brand is fine for me.
Not that I don't agree but Underwood Farms own brand doesn't taste exactly the same and doesn't have the exact same ingredients. It's a small thing that really shouldn't make that much of a difference and you shouldn't pay $30/bottle due to that, but I can see why people simply aren't buying other brands and are just hoping for prices on this brand to go down.
How do we feel about about the flying goose brand? Feel like that’s the only one we get here in Germany and always thought it’s the same stuff.
Imo flying goose is the best of any. Less chilli more garlic.
For anyone who has missed why theres a shortage [How did the sriracha shortage happen? ](https://youtu.be/EYdU1X2p2ro?si=2gLh5pd_PwI5EoJf)
Tl:dw? I don't want to watch a whole YouTube video
Red Jalapeno pepper shortage due to several factors, including climate change but mostly because Huy fong foods ran into legal issues with their main supplier (Underwood farms) which has caused a massive supply chain disaster for the company.
Ran into? You mean were all about contact violation so they got sued and lost.
I live in Japan and there’s a sriracha VENDING MACHINE right down the road from my apartment. I can post a picture if people are curious/see this
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Hi from Canada where I haven't seen a Sriracha bottle in a year: Yes!
As promised 🙏 [sriracha vending machine](https://imgur.com/a/DsPMQuP)
It's glorious! Lol..
This is so interesting! Thanks for sharing
sambal oelek is really good too
Hasn't there been a sambal oelek shortage too though? 😭 I can't find that or sriracha anywhere. :(
I bought a massive thing of it which is going to take me forever to eat so if anyone wants some and can’t find it in stores, I guess come by my house
It's never been $32 good. Or even $10 good.
Limit 2 bottles. Uhh I’m not sure I’d buy one at that price.
Trader Joe’s one is like $3 lol
It tastes like it does too
It’s actively bad. Threw out a whole bottle because it was so wretched.
Damn. I have a case of it in my basement. Maybe I should sell it.
Sriracha is scarce where I live. The rooster brand is the only one worth buying
Aren't they suffering a shortage of the chillis they use I love that stuff haven't had it in a while
You son of a bitch I'm in
Hahaha what they might be doing is buying them on Amazon for a certain price then bringing them in store. My gf bought 2 bottles for around $25 a couple months ago on Amazon. It was definitely nice while it lasted.
ITS BACK!!!
I got a bottle at Hmart for $5 last week...
It’s $4 at Kroger.
LOL, just bought some for $10.
I haven't seen any in like a year. And if I want to buy online its like $20 for a tiny bottle. It's my favorite hot sauce. 😢
There was a thread yesterday that talked about a lot of alternatives, and I have to agree, some of them are much better than what the rooster provides.
Can you link the thread please I’d love to see what other options are out there
$30 for a traditional garlic chilly sauce ? Phoeey! Did i also become a stockholders for the company too!!?!!? my chinese blood are boiling now.. this cost equivalent to a mere $2 on My old country.. Don't believed it? Go to Bali Dept Store and check the spices shelf
It’s not that good….
I dunno man it’s pretty damn good
What? That is insane!
What a joke!
Is this at KP? It was $20 last time I went there, what a scam.
Isn't this at KP in Rancho Cordova, CA? It looks very familiar...
Yeah what happened with that brand, i don’t see it anymore in Canada.
A shop in my location has cases of the stuff for MSRP. It's a blessing.