There are those in other review columns or online forums who have stated a preference for Tabasco over such competitors as Louisiana or Crystal hot sauce, claiming the vinegar pungency was too strong in the other sauces, and they instead favored the more mild vinegar presence of Tabasco. I can only speculate that what they are tasting is simply a more sodium-laden amplified acidic savoriness of the salt and vinegar combination that is common to those other sauces. Changing the ratio between these two components can certainly affect the perception of pungency on the palette. Though Tabasco’s competitors feature a lower ratio of vinegar in their products, they often more than make up for it by adding as much as 5 or 6 times the sodium over what is a relatively low amount found in Tabasco. By this measure, health conscious consumers looking for a Louisiana-style sauce while trying to minimize their sodium intake should consider Tabasco, even if not so much for the heat, but as a pepper infused vinegar that still gets the job done,…if that job requires a whole lot of sour and a little bit of sting. I prefer to look elsewhere for both in varied measure, but those reviews are for another time, and another blog post.

If you want to learn more about the Tabasco company and their products check out their website at: www.tabasco.com. There you’ll find a wealth of information about their fascinating company history, an excellent list of recipes to pair with their products, and their growing line of sauces ”from mild to wild” with several stops in between. Even though their traditional red pepper sauce doesn’t strike a chord with me, I’m all for giving a sauce a fair shake, and Tabasco offers several sauce variations I’m looking forward to sample. You can also follow Tabasco on Twitter at twitter.com/tabasco and stay up to date about product information or recipe ideas.

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