sriracha tends to darken after it’s been opened. maybe a broken seal?
Justin_milo
Different color peppers
GILDID
It is all good to me I don’t care about the color.
AtLeastItsnotWWIII
Would be curious of the manufactured date? Do they receive different colored peppers at different times of year?
bvglv
I would think so but only one says original on the bottle, so I don’t know
AlchemicalAmigo
Different batches of harvested peppers. Same formula, same quantity, but ever since their supply contract with Underwood Ranches ended, Huy Fong has been sourcing peppers from multiple farms in that region resulting in slightly different colors.
Same product though, just slightly different variance due to natural color. They don’t use dyes so it isn’t always uniform from bottle to bottle.
implicate
Huy Fong’s color and flavor has been very inconsistent for many years now because of them fucking up their relationship with the pepper supplier.
It’s all well documented.
theallstarkid
It’s normal
Ddvmeteorist128
Either get this or underwood ranch srirarcha.
Outside-Promise-5763
It’s probably just different peppers like other people are saying, BUT I have seen Sriracha turn that color on the left when it’s old and has oxidized or whatever.
aperfectcurcle
Yes, just different color of peppers
Jimfro816
Hot sauce get brown the older they are. Go for the redder one.
-REDHOT-
They had a shortage recently which meant they had to use different colour peppers. These might be some from that batch
Sashalaska
Save yourself the trouble and just get Underwood siracha
klogdapipes
So Underwood farms was the OG supplier of red peppers for that sriracha. The story I heard when I visited underwood is that the sriracha guy wanted like a million dollars back for an alleged overpayment for peppers on a past order. The underwoods guy was insulted and stopped doing business with the sriracha guy. Now underwood farms make their own sriracha with the original pepper strain.
TLDR tuong ot sriracha gets peppers wherever they can now, batches aren’t consistent.
Ma_che_oh
They were
roosterjack77
I grabbed the Flying Goose Chili Sauce 🙁
Rossticles
I find the off brand is so much better now. It’s sad.
Gunner253
Underwood farms, the original pepper supplier, makes their own Sriracha now and it tastes exactly like the og
Fuzzy_Welcome8348
No. The color kinda gives it away
NOTPattyBarr
Huy Fong traditionally single sourced their red peppers for their sauce.
Each year, the owner of Huy Fong and the farm that supplied their peppers would essentially make a handshake deal and on what to prepay for each harvest.
Eventually, they had a dispute about whether the prepayment was fair or not and Huy Fong ended up needing to find new sources. The result is a less consistent color.
The recipe has remained unchanged and (IMO at least) the flavor is close enough to the OG product. But if you were to buy a batch each year you’d likely see a different color and notice a slightly different flavor each year.
Dee_Kay
Huy Fong fucked around and found out.
Tried to screw over the SINGLE supplier they had worked with to make their products. They signed a new deal for a bigger harvest. Underwood acquired new land to meet the quotas. And when it came time for Huy Fong to pay for the peppers, they wanted to pay a much lower price than previously agreed upon. This essentially made the deal unprofitable for the farmer. What came next is poetic justice at its finest. Got their assess handed to them in court. Now have to source peppers from many different regions which changes the color, taste, and consistency of the sauce constantly. Their output was low so couldn’t stay on store shelves and lost tons of market share. And Underwood Farms came out with their own Sriracha which now tastes pretty good (it was awful at first).
The amount of astroturfing I see online about this whole story, and trying to paint Huy Fong as anything other than idiots is unreal.
RBirkens
Huy Fong Foods’ relationship with Underwood Ranches ended in 2016 after Tran attempted to lure Underwood Ranches’ chief operations officer to work for Chilico, a company formed by Tran that would obtain and manage the peppers used by Huy Fong Foods, and tried to drastically cut payments to the ranch. Underwood Ranches claims this left them with no other option but to end the partnership. Huy Fong Foods filed a lawsuit against Underwood Ranches seeking a $1.4 million refund of payments Huy Fong Foods had made in 2016. Underwood Ranches filed a cross-complaint against Huy Fong Foods alleging breach of contract, promissory estoppel and fraud. The jury unanimously ruled in favor of Underwood on the grounds of breach of contract and fraud. Huy Fong Foods was ordered to pay Underwood Ranches $23.3 million in compensation for damages.
Beneficial-Piano-428
No
baconparadox
I just go yellowbird agave Sriracha now and haven’t looked back.
arrrValue
All I know is I miss OG rooster sauce. That shit slapped.
chromegnats
Hasn’t tasted the same since it came “back” after that first time it disappeared. Have bought it several times and got varied results, none close to what it was. Real shame because I LOVED this stuff.
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sriracha tends to darken after it’s been opened. maybe a broken seal?
Different color peppers
It is all good to me I don’t care about the color.
Would be curious of the manufactured date? Do they receive different colored peppers at different times of year?
I would think so but only one says original on the bottle, so I don’t know
Different batches of harvested peppers. Same formula, same quantity, but ever since their supply contract with Underwood Ranches ended, Huy Fong has been sourcing peppers from multiple farms in that region resulting in slightly different colors.
Same product though, just slightly different variance due to natural color. They don’t use dyes so it isn’t always uniform from bottle to bottle.
Huy Fong’s color and flavor has been very inconsistent for many years now because of them fucking up their relationship with the pepper supplier.
It’s all well documented.
It’s normal
Either get this or underwood ranch srirarcha.
It’s probably just different peppers like other people are saying, BUT I have seen Sriracha turn that color on the left when it’s old and has oxidized or whatever.
Yes, just different color of peppers
Hot sauce get brown the older they are. Go for the redder one.
They had a shortage recently which meant they had to use different colour peppers. These might be some from that batch
Save yourself the trouble and just get Underwood siracha
So Underwood farms was the OG supplier of red peppers for that sriracha. The story I heard when I visited underwood is that the sriracha guy wanted like a million dollars back for an alleged overpayment for peppers on a past order. The underwoods guy was insulted and stopped doing business with the sriracha guy. Now underwood farms make their own sriracha with the original pepper strain.
TLDR tuong ot sriracha gets peppers wherever they can now, batches aren’t consistent.
They were
I grabbed the Flying Goose Chili Sauce 🙁
I find the off brand is so much better now. It’s sad.
Underwood farms, the original pepper supplier, makes their own Sriracha now and it tastes exactly like the og
No. The color kinda gives it away
Huy Fong traditionally single sourced their red peppers for their sauce.
Each year, the owner of Huy Fong and the farm that supplied their peppers would essentially make a handshake deal and on what to prepay for each harvest.
Eventually, they had a dispute about whether the prepayment was fair or not and Huy Fong ended up needing to find new sources. The result is a less consistent color.
The recipe has remained unchanged and (IMO at least) the flavor is close enough to the OG product. But if you were to buy a batch each year you’d likely see a different color and notice a slightly different flavor each year.
Huy Fong fucked around and found out.
Tried to screw over the SINGLE supplier they had worked with to make their products. They signed a new deal for a bigger harvest. Underwood acquired new land to meet the quotas. And when it came time for Huy Fong to pay for the peppers, they wanted to pay a much lower price than previously agreed upon. This essentially made the deal unprofitable for the farmer. What came next is poetic justice at its finest. Got their assess handed to them in court. Now have to source peppers from many different regions which changes the color, taste, and consistency of the sauce constantly. Their output was low so couldn’t stay on store shelves and lost tons of market share. And Underwood Farms came out with their own Sriracha which now tastes pretty good (it was awful at first).
The amount of astroturfing I see online about this whole story, and trying to paint Huy Fong as anything other than idiots is unreal.
Huy Fong Foods’ relationship with Underwood Ranches ended in 2016 after Tran attempted to lure Underwood Ranches’ chief operations officer to work for Chilico, a company formed by Tran that would obtain and manage the peppers used by Huy Fong Foods, and tried to drastically cut payments to the ranch. Underwood Ranches claims this left them with no other option but to end the partnership. Huy Fong Foods filed a lawsuit against Underwood Ranches seeking a $1.4 million refund of payments Huy Fong Foods had made in 2016. Underwood Ranches filed a cross-complaint against Huy Fong Foods alleging breach of contract, promissory estoppel and fraud. The jury unanimously ruled in favor of Underwood on the grounds of breach of contract and fraud. Huy Fong Foods was ordered to pay Underwood Ranches $23.3 million in compensation for damages.
No
I just go yellowbird agave Sriracha now and haven’t looked back.
All I know is I miss OG rooster sauce. That shit slapped.
Hasn’t tasted the same since it came “back” after that first time it disappeared. Have bought it several times and got varied results, none close to what it was. Real shame because I LOVED this stuff.