Essay On Frank's Reddhot

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Frank's RedHot has been making hot sauce since 1964. While the company now has a sizable line that includes a variety of hot sauces, the best-known one is still their Original Cayenne Pepper Sauce. Not only is it a versatile flavoring for a vast range of different foods, it is also the main ingredient in the first ever buffalo wing sauce created at Anchor Bar and Grill in Buffalo. In order to get a better understanding of what makes this hot sauce so iconic, we should take look at what goes into it. Ingredients in Frank’s RedHot Original Cayenne Pepper Sauce The label on the Original Cayenne Pepper Sauce bottle shows these ingredients: Aged Cayenne Red Peppers Distilled Vinegar Water Salt Garlic Powder This is a relatively short ingredients list compared to what goes into some other sauces. Note that there are no preservatives or thickeners listed. …show more content…

On their own, these peppers offer significant heat (30,000 to 50,000 Scoville Heat Units) accompanied by mild floral notes. The most likely cultivar used for Frank's RedHot is capsicum frutescens, which is the same pepper used for other hot sauces like Tabasco's Original Red Sauce. Aged cayenne peppers are cayenne peppers that have been fermented. Fermentation has been used as a way to preserve hot peppers since the 17th century when European colonizers transported it around the world; however, it is likely that early Central Americans did this as well. Fermentation can add a good deal of complexity and depth to the flavor of cayenne peppers. The Other Ingredients in Frank's RedHot Cayenne Pepper

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