Cholula (McCormick & Company)
Cholula Original Hot Sauce
Mexican hot sauce
arbol, piquin
Medium (maker's heat-level graphic)
Tapatío Hot Sauce
Tapatío Salsa Picante Hot Sauce
Tapatío was started in 1971 by Jose-Luis Saavedra Sr. using a recipe created by his wife, and moved to Vernon, California in 1985. The name describes someone from Guadalajara, Jalisco, and the label shows a charro. It is sold in bottles from 5 oz up to a gallon, plus quarter-ounce packets originally developed for the US military.
Spec sheet
- Maker
- Tapatío Hot Sauce
- Origin
- Vernon, California, USA
- Style
- American hot sauce
- Chile
- red peppers
No published heat figure we could source, so we don’t print one.
Ingredients
As listed by the source, in order.
- water
- red peppers
- salt
- spices
- garlic
- acetic acid
- xanthan gum
- sodium benzoate (preservative)
Put it on
- breakfast burritos
- Bloody Mary
- michelada
Read next
Sources
- Maker site (tapatiohotsauce.com)
- Wikipedia: Tapatío hot sauce (en.wikipedia.org)
Facts checked October 9, 2026. Spot something wrong? Tell us.