Tabasco sauce facts for kids
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| Private (family-owned) | |
| Industry | Food processing |
| Founded | 1868 |
| Founder | Edmund McIlhenny |
| Headquarters | Avery Island, Louisiana, U.S. |
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Key people
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Harold Osborn, CEO |
| Products | Hot sauce and other condiments |
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Number of employees
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About 200 (per company web site, August 2014) |
| Heat |  Hot |
| Scoville scale | 2,500 - 5,000 SHU |
Tabasco sauce is the brand name for a hot sauce produced by US-based McIlhenny Company of Avery Island, Louisiana. Tabasco sauce is made from tabasco peppers (Capsicum frutescens var. tabasco), vinegar, and salt, and aged in white oak barrels for three years. It has a hot, spicy flavor.
Images for kids
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A Tabasco advertisement from ca. 1905. Note the cork-top bottle and diamond logo label, which are similar to those in use today.
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Tabasco pepper mash aging in barrels on Avery Island, Louisiana
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A few of the varieties of Tabasco sauce, with the original on the far right.
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Original Tabasco red pepper sauce
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Tabasco sauce highlighted in an MRE, middle right
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See also
In Spanish: Salsa Tabasco para niños
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