What ingredients can you have in Hot Sauce?
I'm researching in doing a hot sauce company. its been a constant struggle for me to find some answers so Ill go ahead and pitch them here
- Assuming that I use a good amount of vinegar and sugar for my hot sauces, what other ingredients can I use so that I do not need to refrigerate? I.e. corn, ginger, figs, or things not at high acidity blended in
Best Answer
Food safety doesn't work that way. It is impossible to predict the safety of a finished product from the ingredients. There are a few exceptions when the ratio of preservatives is known, but they are basically a variation of a known recipe, and then it doesn't matter much what the last ingredient is. For example, if you make a jam with 1:1 sugar/fruit ratio and without pectin addition, it's known that it will be shelf stable, no matter which fruit you choose. For a random hot sauce, it does not work at all.
Whatever recipe you develop, the final product has to be tested whether it's shelf stable. If you have solid knowledge in food technology, you can do some good guesses at what to try and what not to try. This is however impossible to learn by asking one question online. You could
- just try recipes at random and have them tested
- learn about food technology yourself (note that it's a standard B. Sc. university major, not something you can pick up from a random tutorial). This will lead to fewer bad guesses before you make a recipe which passes the test
- hire a food technologist to do the development for you
In all three cases, it will be expensive. The testing process itself is likely to be legally regulated. As you are having other legal concerns, it is probably best to consult a source on legal advice, they will probably be able to tell you what are the requirements to get your sauce tested, beside telling you whether you're allowed to sell it at all.
Pictures about "What ingredients can you have in Hot Sauce?"
What can you put in hot sauce?
Some common ingredients for making hot sauce include:- Chili peppers.
- Vinegar.
- Citrus juice \u2013 lemon, lime, orange, grapefruit, pineapple, etc.
- Fruit.
- Vegetables.
- Seasonings.
- Salt.
What is the main ingredient in hot sauce?
Many recipes for hot sauces exist, but the only common ingredient is some variety of chili pepper. Many hot sauces are made by using chili peppers as the base and can be as simple as adding salt and vinegar. Other sauces use some type of fruits or vegetables as the base and add the chili peppers to make them hot.What are most hot sauces made of?
The basic premise is to lightly ferment hot peppers before blending them into a sauce, similarly to making sauerkraut and the like, then mix them up with vinegar. Most hot sauces have other seasonings like garlic, onion, and sometimes contain spices like cumin, coriander, or even mustard seeds.What supplies do you need to make hot sauce?
Of course, hot sauce bottles stick out as the one thing you likely don't have sitting around, but again you can pick these up online and they're relatively inexpensive....The kitchen tools you needHow to Make HOT SAUCE
Sources: Stack Exchange - This article follows the attribution requirements of Stack Exchange and is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.
Images: Polina Tankilevitch, Edward Eyer, Polina Tankilevitch, Mareefe