Sriacha hot sauce is made of chiles, sugar, salt, garlic, distilled vinegar, potassium sorbate, sodium bisulfite and xanthan gum.
Apart from being a lot less chili, the flavor profile of Sriracha hot sauce is almost the same, but keep in mind that sriracha sauce is different from tabasco or any other hot sauce.
It is much thicker with a strong hint of garlic and sugar, particularly the Huy Fong variety that is most popular.
Depending on the crop of peppers used, sriracha can range from 1,000 to 2,500 Scoville units.
To put that into perspective, Tabasco sauce runs anywhere between 2,500 and 5,000, while Texas Pete hot sauce is around 750. And habanero pepper contains upwards to 350,000.
The Sriacha hot sauce is generally spicy with a tangy, sweet flavor, pungent garlic notes and a consistency similar to ketchup.
The garlic in sriracha may also be beneficial to heart health.
One study on garlic suggests that consuming the ingredient may lower cholesterol and triglyceride levels.
This effect is thought to help people who are already at risk of cardiovascular disease.
From the chilies used, you may think Tabasco is hotter by a landslide. It is hotter, but not crazily so.
Both hot sauces fall in the low-jalapeño range of heat: Tabasco at approximately 2,500 to 5,000 SHU and Sriracha at around 2,200 SHU.
Some say Sriracha got its rise from branding deals, but its popularity began surging with the emergence of “Foodie Culture,” social media, and immigration.
Back when Tran started Huy Fong, social media didn't exist, and cooking shows were limited.
Fast-forward 20 years and both are hot commodities.
Sriracha tastes so good due to the combination of sweet and spicy flavors. Salt, sugar, and garlic give this sauce its bold taste.
At the same time, the chillis give the sauce its heat, while also containing a chemical called Capsaicin.
The world's hottest sauce is called Mad Dog 357 Plutonium No. 9 and comes in at 9 million Scoville Hotness Units (SHUs).