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Hot & chiliHot sauce

Mexican Hot Sauce

by La Costena

At a glance

A hot sauce.

Tastes

The label doesn’t tell us enough to describe the taste yet.

Heat
Not stated on the label
Made with

Water, Carrot red jalapeo pepper, Vinegar, Onion… all ingredients

From the ingredient label on file with USDA. How we read it

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Ingredients

14, in label order
  1. 1
    Water
  2. 2
    Carrot red jalapeo pepper (chili)
  3. 3
    Vinegar
  4. 4
    Onion
  5. 5
    Iodized salt
  6. 6
    Dried peppers (chili)
  7. 7
    Wheat flour (mentions a common allergen)
  8. 8
    Xanthan gum
  9. 9
    Condiments
  10. 10
    Spices
  11. 11
    Sodium benzoate 0.05% and potassium sorbate 0.05% (as preservatives)
  12. 12
    Citric acid
  13. 13
    Red 40
  14. 14
    Lemon and monosodium glutamate
ChiliCommon allergen. Always check the bottle.
Exact label text

WATER, CARROT RED JALAPEO PEPPER, VINEGAR, ONION, IODIZED SALT, DRIED PEPPERS, WHEAT FLOUR, XANTHAN GUM, CONDIMENTS, SPICES, SODIUM BENZOATE 0.05% AND POTASSIUM SORBATE 0.05% (AS PRESERVATIVES), CITRIC ACID, RED 40, LEMON AND MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE.

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Where this comes from

The USDA label record, plus the photo from Open Food Facts.

How we read the flavor

No flavor tags: the label doesn’t give us enough to go on.

We read the ingredient order and wording. No tasting, no scores, and we never guess heat.

Product facts
Brand
La Costena
Owner, as reported
Conservas La Costena S.A.
Type
Hot sauce
Label on record
2022-01-28
Sold in
USA
Sizes & barcodes1 size
SizeBarcodeCheck
140 ml
US		076397070018Valid
Sources1 record

USDA FoodData Central – Branded Foods · record 2420519 · retrieved 2026-10-11

FactExtraction confidence
name80%
category70%
ingredients text90%
category tags70%

Data from Open Food Facts (openfoodfacts.org), available under the Open Database License. Product on Open Food Facts. Photos: Open Food Facts contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0, credited on each photo.

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central. fdc.nal.usda.gov (CC0-1.0).

Brand ownership as reported by the source (unverified).

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