The iconic sriracha hot sauce made by California's Huy Fong Foods continues to be in short supply this summer. Huy Fong stopped production of the sauce last summer citing a shortage of red jalapeño chiles caused by climate change in Mexico. Get spice fix: There's a Sriracha Shortage. While sriracha sauce and Huy Fong Foods are synonymous in the United States, the condiment predates Huy Fong's 1980 founding by at least four decades. These days, near-countless variations of sriracha sauce exist in the U.S. market, despite the Huy Fong version's ubiquitous presence on tables and counters across the country.

Source: Forbes July 12, 2023 19:33 UTC