Could Sriracha see an untimely demise?

[Fire Me Boy!]

I'm a big fan of sriracha, so this would make me sad...

http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smar...ut-down-panic/

In Irwindale, California, nose-y neighbors, sick of the supposedly strong chili smell emanating from the factory where Sriracha hot sauce is made, want the Huy Fong Foods factory shut down unless the odor can be abated. The city has filed a public nuisance lawsuit, says the Associated Press, “seeking temporary closure of the factory until Huy Fong submits a plan to minimize the smell.” CBS:

“The odors are so strong and offensive as to have caused residents to move outdoor activities indoors and even to vacate their residences temporarily to seek relief from the odors,” according to the suit.

Living next to a food processing plant is always a scented existence, and Huy Fong Foods has denied there’s a problem. But if the injunction goes through, it could spell bad news for hot sauce lovers everywhere.

The factory in Irwindale where Sriracha is now made opened just last year. At 650,000 square feet, says Quartz, the company can pump out up to 7,500 bottles of hot sauce each hour. Huy Fong Foods was started 33 years ago by Vietnamese refugee David Tran, and the company, says Quartz, has never raised its wholesale prices. If the Sriracha factory is shuttered, supply and demand may do what Tran never did. Canada might have a strategic maple syrup reserve, but if Sriracha goes out of production, there’s no emergency warehouse waiting to be tapped.

If the price of Sriracha skyrockets, where will the heat-seeking foodie turn? For the New Yorker, Lauren Collins details how chili sauces have grown into a massive industry.

Chilis have become an attractive business. According to a report by IBISWorld, a market-research firm, hot-sauce production is one of America’s ten fastest-growing industries, along with solar-panel manufacturing and online eyeglass sales.

Unfortunately, it seems, based on Collins’ account, the so-called “chiliheads” driving the hot sauce boom have been in a bid to best each other on one metric alone, Scoville units, a measure of hotness. With manufacturers racing to abandon taste for sheer burn, we can only hope the city of Irwindale and Huy Fong Foods can work out their differences before our bottle is empty.

[InChiefsHeaven]

I never tried Siracha until I saw this thread. Now it's my favorite sauce. Hope it doesn't go away...

[ChiTown]

Originally Posted by KCUnited

Lately, I've been brushing Sriracha over raw bacon before putting it in the oven to bake.

I have GOT to try this. Damn

[planetdoc]

Southern California city drops bill against Sriracha hot sauce plant

Lawmakers in a Southern California city dismissed a bill on Wednesday that would have declared a popular hot sauce manufacturer a public nuisance due to smells that residents near the factory complained were sickening.

Lawmakers in the Los Angeles suburb of Irwindale had considered declaring Huy Fong Foods, maker of the fiery Sriracha sauce, a nuisance after residents near the factory complained that peppery fumes were giving them headaches and irritating their eyes and throats.

But at a city council hearing on Wednesday, three council members and Mayor Mark Breceda voted unanimously to dismiss the resolution.

"We have to keep employment in Irwindale. We have to expand. It's good for Irwindale. It's good for California," Breceda said.

Huy Fong Foods, in a statement that was read out at the meeting, said it had already upgraded the air filtration system ahead of this year's chili harvest.

[Eleazar]

Originally Posted by InChiefsHell

I never tried Siracha until I saw this thread. Now it's my favorite sauce. Hope it doesn't go away...

I'm convinced this was all some sort of false flag/guerilla marketing campaign. Like all the internet buzz about bacon in the past year or two... viral marketing

[Eleazar]

Originally Posted by planetdoc

Southern California city drops bill against Sriracha hot sauce plant

"We have to keep employment in Irwindale. We have to expand. It's good for Irwindale. It's good for California," Breceda said.

Common sense in California?

[KCUnited]

Going to give this a whirl on some grilled chicken this afternoon.

[BigMeatballDave]

Originally Posted by PackerinMo

Good that stuff sucks.

Turn in your ManCard.

[BigMeatballDave]

Originally Posted by listopencil

It's the only hot sauce I buy.

Really? You are missing out.

[threebag]

Originally Posted by BigMeatballDave

Really? You are missing out.

Truth

[Abba-Dabba]

Originally Posted by BigMeatballDave

Really? You are missing out.

Valentina, Tapatio or cholula shouldn't even be called hot sauce. They are weak sauce.

[BucEyedPea]

I never heard of Sriracha until a business trip in 2012 where someone was putting it on their pizza and another was talking about how great it was. So I never had it. Saw it once as an ingredient in a recipe but couldn't find it at the store. Guess, I'm gonna have to try it.

[Sure-Oz]

Love Sriracha...but this is right up there. Green sriracha...

[NewChief]

Originally Posted by RubberSponge

Valentina, Tapatio or cholula shouldn't even be called hot sauce. They are weak sauce.

Valentina is mexican ketchup.

[ChiliConCarnage]

I've tried Sriracha several times and just can't get into it. Everyone else seems to love it.

It's been at Noodles & co. for years but in the past 6 months-1 year it seems like every fast foot place or restaurant either has it or a dish that has it.

[BigMeatballDave]

Originally Posted by ChiliConCarnage

I've tried Sriracha several times and just can't get into it. Everyone else seems to love it.

It's been at Noodles & co. for years but in the past 6 months-1 year it seems like every fast foot place or restaurant either has it or a dish that has it.

I can eat this stuff from the bottle.

Yeah, even Subway has their customers fooled with their version of Sriracha. It's not real.