Yellowbird — Hot Sauce in Austin, TX
Yellowbird began with a homegrown habanero hot sauce in 2012. Classic Habanero Hot Sauce combines habanero peppers with carrots, onions, garlic and tangerine juice concentrate. Its heat rating is 15,580–54,530 SHU. Yellowbird sells its products through select retailers nationwide.
- Erin and George are Yellowbird’s co-founders and partners.
- Early batches used peppers grown in the makers’ own backyard garden as they developed their habanero recipe.
- Yellowbird’s history describes its expansion from farmers markets to supermarkets and the relationships it built with farmers along the way.
- Classic Habanero Hot Sauce contains carrots, onions and habanero peppers, along with distilled vinegar, garlic, cane sugar, tangerine juice concentrate, salt and lime juice concentrate.
- Classic Jalapeño Hot Sauce combines red jalapeño peppers, carrots and onions with distilled vinegar, garlic, cane sugar, salt and lime juice concentrate.
- Classic Serrano Hot Sauce combines serrano peppers and cucumbers with onions, carrots, distilled vinegar, garlic, cane sugar, salt and lime juice concentrate.
- Classic Ghost Pepper Hot Sauce contains distilled vinegar, tomato paste, water, carrots, onions, garlic, cane sugar, tangerine juice concentrate, salt, ghost peppers and lime juice concentrate.
- Classic Habanero Hot Sauce carries vegan and certified gluten-free labeling.
- For Classic Habanero Hot Sauce, the nutrition panel gives a serving size of 1 tsp (5g), with 0 calories and 40mg sodium per serving.
- For Classic Jalapeño Hot Sauce, a 1 tsp (5g) serving contains 70mg sodium and 1g total carbohydrate.
- Yellowbird’s Classic, Organic and Small-Batch flavors are shelf stable, and the maker requires refrigeration after opening for each of those flavor ranges.
- Yellowbird uses post consumer recycled plastic (rPET) packaging that is recyclable under classification 1, and its PET bottles are BPA-free and phthalate-free.
- Yellowbird gives its hot sauces a one year shelf life and prints an expiration date directly onto the bottle.
FAQ
Where can I buy Yellowbird?
Select retailers nationwide carry Yellowbird products. Its store locator searches by flavor and size, though Yellowbird does not guarantee a retailer’s shelf stock. Direct orders ship to the US, Canada, UK, Australia, New Zealand, France, Germany, Netherlands and Mexico.
What peppers does Yellowbird use?
Classic Habanero Hot Sauce uses habanero peppers, Classic Jalapeño Hot Sauce uses red jalapeño peppers, Classic Serrano Hot Sauce uses serrano peppers, and Classic Ghost Pepper Hot Sauce uses ghost peppers.
How much does Yellowbird cost?
Classic Habanero Hot Sauce costs $30.00 for a 3-Pack of 9.8 oz bottles. A 2-Pack of 19.6 oz bottles of Classic Habanero Hot Sauce costs $32.00.
How hot is Yellowbird?
Classic Habanero Hot Sauce is 15,580–54,530 SHU. Classic Jalapeño Hot Sauce is 1,152–2,304 SHU. Classic Serrano Hot Sauce is 1,600–6,160 SHU. Classic Ghost Pepper Hot Sauce is approximately 23,435 SHU.
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