At a glance
A hot sauce.
- Tastes
The label doesn’t tell us enough to describe the taste yet.
- Heat
- Not stated on the labelChile de árbol
- Try with
- Made with
Water, Dried chile de arbol pepper, Iodized salt, Acetic acid… all ingredients
From the ingredient label on file with USDA. How we read it
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Ingredients
11, in label order- 1Water
- 2Dried chile de arbol pepper (chili)
- 3Iodized salt
- 4Acetic acid
- 5Phosphoric acid (as an acidifier)
- 6Xanthan gum (as a thickener)
- 7Spices
- 8Sodium erythorbate (as an antioxidant)
- 9Sodium benzoate (as preservative)
- 10Sodium metabisulfite (as antioxidant)
- 11Artificial colors fd&c yellow no.6 and fd&c red no. 40
Exact label text
WATER, DRIED CHILE DE ARBOL PEPPER, IODIZED SALT, ACETIC ACID, PHOSPHORIC ACID (AS AN ACIDIFIER), XANTHAN GUM (AS A THICKENER), SPICES, SODIUM ERYTHORBATE (AS AN ANTIOXIDANT), SODIUM BENZOATE (AS PRESERVATIVE), SODIUM METABISULFITE (AS ANTIOXIDANT), AND ARTIFICIAL COLORS FD&C YELLOW NO.6 AND FD&C RED NO. 40.
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
- Sonora
- Owner, as reported
- Especias Castillo, S.A. De C.V
- Type
- Hot sauce
- Peppers named
- Chile de árbol
- Label on record
- 2023-10-30
- Sold in
- USA
Sizes & barcodes1 size
| Size | Barcode | Check |
|---|---|---|
| 355 ml US | 724836003034 | Valid |
Sources1 record
USDA FoodData Central – Branded Foods · record 2667021 · retrieved 2026-10-11
| Fact | Extraction confidence |
|---|---|
| name | 80% |
| category | 70% |
| ingredients text | 90% |
| peppers named in ingredients | 80% |
| category tags | 70% |
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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