Tapatio vs. Sriracha

versus

tue 9/15/2009

A collage of Tapatio and Sriracha hot sauce.

food	Tapatío Hot Sauce.	Sriracha Sauce.
made in	Maywood, California, USA.	Los Angeles, California, USA.
created by	Jose Luis Saavedra in 1971.	David Tran in the early '80s.
also known as	Mexican salsa.	Thai ketchup.
marketing	Es una salsa... muy salsa.	The secret of the sauces? High quality ingredients at low prices.
logo	Ranchero who looks like Jorge Negrete.	Rooster that is about to crow with its eyes closed.
named after	People who come from Guadalajara, México.	The seaside city of Si Racha, in the Chonburi Province of central Thailand.
manufactured by	The Tapatío Hot Sauce Company.	Huy Fong Foods.
how hot?	Hot.	Very hot.
tastes like	Spicy vinegar.	Chili paste with vinegar.
reading the bottle	Water, red peppers, salt, spices, garlic, acetic acid, xanthan gum and sodium benzoate as a preservative.	Sun-ripened chili peppers, vinegar, garlic, sugar and salt also contains preservatives such as potassium sorbate, sodium bisulfite, and citric acid.
founda at	Restaurants, supermarkets, and food vendors.	Restaurants, supermarkets, and food vendors.
usually drizzled on	Tostadas and cocteles de camarón.	Phò and similar Vietnamese soups.
varieties	Just the one.	Lemon grass, ginger, galanga and sour.
other uses, not recommended	For sex.	As a psychoactive drug.
competitors	Cholula Sauce, Adelita and Tabasco Sauce.	Sambal Olek, Maesri Chili Paste and Dea Harissa Hot Sauce.
wear it	Shirts.	Shirts.
reviews	Hot Sauce Addict: "What can I say, Tapatio Hot Sauce is amazing. As you can see in my video review that I have the largest bottle you can buy in my refrigerator… this is my favorite hot sauce to put on pizza."	Hot Sauce Blog: "Sriracha the red chili sauce with a rooster on the bottle has gone mainstream. People are mixing it with ketchup for dipping fries. They’re shaking it over soups. They’re dashing it on mac-and-cheese."
online fandom	25,208 fans on Facebook.	155,835 fans on Facebook.