Hot Sauce Types and Styles

Looking at hot sauce distributors who can help you spice up your business

By Kate Esposito
You don't have to own a restaurant to want hot pepper sauce for your business. However, if you do own a restaurant, you should not be without it. Even if you sell sushi as opposed to enchiladas, customers may still want to use it to give your food some extra fire.

Hot sauce is also a great promotional item. Giving out hot sauce can help to build your reputation as a hip and modern business. It also gives customers a product they can use and keeps your logo on display in their kitchens. It's important to consider several hot sauce types and styles when choosing a hot sauce. There are so many out there there's sure to be one that will make the impression you're looking for.

1. Look at traditional hot sauces that are essential for any restaurant.

2. Check out niche hot sauces that will catch the eyes of consumers.

3. Consider promotional hot sauces that can have your logo on the label.

 

Order traditional hot sauces that are essential in any restaurant

Believe it or not, when true hot sauce lovers want their sauce, they often ask for it by name. Consequently, if you own a restaurant you will want to get familiar with these two hot sauce manufacturers: McIlhenny and Jose Cuervo S.A. de C.V.
Try: Check out McIlhenny's inventory and you will see that its big product is Tabasco brand hot sauce, the staple sauce made in Avery Island, LA. Then look at Jose Cuervo S.A. de C.V. It is the maker of Cholula hot sauce. Restaurant owners should purchase one or both of these sauces and keep them on hand. They are just your traditional red pepper sauces, yet they are so popular you can buy them by the gallon.

Look into niche hot sauce brands

Once you've satiated the true hot sauce addicts, you can start looking into niche brand sauces. These are the fun sauces that have all kinds of creative flavors as well as decorative packaging. You can get very mild to extremely hot, plus all kinds of added flavors, such as fruit, basil or even mint. There are even dozens of different bottle shapes.
Try: Check out the hundreds of hot sauces Dragons Breath sells if you want to order hot sauce online. It has them divided into 24 categories, including rum sauces and kosher sauces. This company even sells some of the hottest hot sauces judged by Scoville Rating. Another star among the hot sauce distributors is Taste The Pain. If you know which hot sauce you're looking for, you can search its alphabetical listings to find it.

Consider promotional hot sauces that can have your logo on the label

To truly customize your hot sauce, you can bottle your own private label hot sauce from an original hot sauce recipe. If you don't have the time or the inclination needed for starting a hot sauce business, the next best thing you can do is order bottles of sauce with your company logo printed on them. These make great promotional items, whether your business is a restaurant or a car dealership.
Try: PrintGlobe has four types of hot sauce available for customization. This includes green jalapeno sauce and cayenne pepper sauce in a flask. Branders has your traditional red pepper sauce in the most common hot sauce bottle size and shape. Since it has no bells and whistles, your logo really grabs the attention.


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