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Hot & chiliHot sauce

Mean Jean's 3-Pepper Hot Sauce

by Tacoma Boys

At a glance

A hot sauce.

Tastes
Tangy

Probably tangy.

Heat
Not stated on the labelHabaneroJalapeño
Try with
Tacos
Made with

Water, Distilled vinegar, Green bell peppers, Jalapeno peppers… 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
    Distilled vinegar
  3. 3
    Green bell peppers
  4. 4
    Jalapeno peppers (chili)
  5. 5
    Salt
  6. 6
    Lemon juice
    • Filtered water
    • Lemon juice concentrate
    • Sodium bisulfite (preservative) and lemon oil
  7. 7
    Cane sugar
  8. 8
    Xanthan gum
  9. 9
    Minced onion
  10. 10
    Onion powder
  11. 11
    Polysorbate 80
  12. 12
    Habanero powder (chili)
  13. 13
    Erythorbic acid
  14. 14
    Capsicum and green food coloring
    • Water
    • Fd&c yellow no. 5
    • Fd&c blue no. 1
    • Citric acid
    • Sodium benzoate
Chili
Exact label text

WATER, DISTILLED VINEGAR, GREEN BELL PEPPERS, JALAPENO PEPPERS, SALT, LEMON JUICE (FILTERED WATER, LEMON JUICE CONCENTRATE, SODIUM BISULFITE (PRESERVATIVE) AND LEMON OIL), CANE SUGAR, XANTHAN GUM, MINCED ONION, ONION POWDER, POLYSORBATE 80, HABANERO POWDER, ERYTHORBIC ACID, CAPSICUM AND GREEN FOOD COLORING (WATER, FD&C YELLOW NO. 5, FD&C BLUE NO. 1, CITRIC ACID, SODIUM BENZOATE)

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Where this comes from

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

How we read the flavor1 tag
  • TangyDistilled Vinegar is listed 2nd

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

Product facts
Brand
Tacoma Boys
Owner, as reported
A.M. Braswell, Jr. Food Co. Inc.
Type
Hot sauce
Peppers named
Habanero, Jalapeño
Label on record
2017-06-25
Sold in
USA
Sizes & barcodes1 size
SizeBarcodeCheck
148 ml
US		041695331710Valid
Sources1 record

USDA FoodData Central – Branded Foods · record 2086320 · retrieved 2026-10-11

FactExtraction confidence
name80%
category70%
ingredients text90%
peppers named in ingredients80%
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).

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