All of the Major Hot Sauce companies sell you the same thing....Vinegar, Salt, Hot peppers....You may find some "Spices"... and maybe an addition of some juices as an after thought to put on the bottle, but not in many. But the top Five competitors on the shelf are the same ingredients. Not much difference in heat scales and High in sodium. Some people ask me why I put so much passion into my sauces. Because I like to Eat and Enjoy my food my creations my time preparing it . And all the Major Brands are Vinegar based and some not even real vinegar they use Acetic Acid Powder (Synonyms Acetic acid
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I like Garlic. All of my products have Garlic. Not pureed.. not dried, not a few pieces but minced pieces that when you pour out you can SEE them, bite into them and get a little piece that bursts with a little garlic love in each bite. In fact I use about 9 lbs of minced garlic per 100 lb batch.. it takes over 540 cloves per batch in the Garlic Key Lime.. And just a little bit over half pound of vinegar for a 100 lb batch of sauce.. I sell you whole ingredients not flavored fermented vinegar.
Now ask yourself.. what are you paying for?... Salt, vinegar Hot Peppers. The most popular brand in the USA is only 7% solids... And sells for up to 5.39 for 5 oz bottle at just about any grocery store. They have been making the same product same bottle the same way and charging for a premium product.
Our ingredients list is considered Exotic by most industry standards and actually does not fall in the Hot Sauce classification. Do other HOT SAUCES have Honey, Maple Syrup, Molasses, Pineapple Juice, Orange Juice, Ginger, Key Lime Juice?...NONE of the major Hot Sauce Companies. Our Sauces are a Hot and Spicy.... Cooking Sauce, Grilling Sauce, Dipping Sauce, Stir Fry Sauce, Marinade and yes a Condiment.. Sauce based. And all of them start with a Base Product that is added to these sauces to bring out the best flavors you can. Then the heat is added slowly to a level that is made to make you just want that next bite of food. Our sauces are meant to be used daily, cooked with, used as a marinade and yes also as a daily condiment that stays on your family's kitchen table. California Habanero Blends wants to be part of the family part of breakfast, lunch, dinner and snack time. Who gets the last drop. Who has the best hiding place in the refrigerator or the pantry?...This is what happens in my Family my friends houses and hopefully yours.
Habanero Garlic Key Lime Pistachios - I wanted to generate some more ways to use my sauces and I live in Chico Ca and this area produces nuts.. From what I have been told up to 90% of our nations nuts come from Northern California. I was testing out Almonds first and I am still trying to find a supplier who can roast and package our recipes. I seem to find the right people at the right time. I found our current Pistachio connection while playing poker across the street from my house. I had some of my spicy almonds with me sharing for the game and he said to me Have you ever thought of coating Pistachios. I said yes but had not tried it. It turned out he manages a Pistachio Ranch called Fiddyment Farms out of Lincoln Ca and had almost 100 lbs in his truck. He was dropping off for St. Patricks day and they were dyed green. I asked if he could do it? He jumped right on it I gave him a few gallons of sauce and a week later samples were on my door! We tried all three flavors of sauces Garlic Key Lime, Sweet Smoky Chipotle and the Sweet Ginger Garlic. They were done with the shell on and just the kernels. All of them were AMAZING. We showed the for the first time at the Sunset Magazine Celebration Weekend. Instant hit! The only draw back was that two of our sauces have a high sugar content and when they are roasted they carmalize. Then when you open them they tend to draw in the moisture and get sticky and are messy to eat. The kernels on the other hand are more manageable and are an easy way to add a great kick to Salads and Stir Fry's. The other items was that they don't come across as hot as the Sauces are when out of the bottle. I decided to do a larger production with just the Garlic Key Lime in the Shell. Most people who were looking for a spicy snack were expecting a spicy snack. So the Garlic Key Lime is the hottest and was the best selling. So currently I sell the Garlic Key Lime in 1/2 lb and 1 pound resealable bags. I would like to sell to a larger audience but these are a limited run item for now and can be purchased through our website and at the Farmers Market. The mark up a store has to put on them puts the price tag kind of high. But then again these are done in Small Batches hand roasted and packaged. These are not a mass produced product sold under another name. These are proprietary using only our signature sauces and pistachios. NO SALT ADDED. 