The food industry is undergoing a little more repackaging.

The United States spice maker McCormick & Company is making a bet on hot sauce by buying Reckitt Benckiser’s foods business, which includes the Frank’s RedHot brand, French’s Mustard and Cattlemen’s barbecue sauces, for $4.2 billion.

The acquisition may help McCormick’s effort to expand overseas.

The company had tried another British target, Premier Foods, but three informal offers were rejected, according to The Financial Times, which first reported the deal with Reckitt. The FT also reported that Unilever and Hormel had come close to bidding, but walked away.

Reckitt, for its part, can now focus on its infant nutrition unit after buying Mead Johnson, which makes baby formula, for $16.6 billion.

Reckitt, which also makes Durex condoms and Nurofen painkillers, had seen its sales growth damaged by a boycott in South Korea and the weak performance of a new Scholl product.