Sriracha Chili Pepper Sauce

Sriracha chili pepper sauce is a popular condiment made from sun-ripened chili peppers, garlic, vinegar, sugar, and salt. The chilies are typically pureed and then cooked with the other ingredients. The resulting sauce is known for its distinctive spicy, tangy, and slightly sweet flavor profile.

Manufacturers add Sriracha sauce to provide a spicy kick and complex flavor to a wide variety of foods. It is commonly used as a dipping sauce, a marinade ingredient, or mixed into other sauces and dressings to enhance their taste.

Sriracha sauce is generally recognized as safe (GRAS) by the FDA when used as a food ingredient. The primary ingredients, chili peppers and vinegar, are common food items with no specific regulatory limits when consumed in typical amounts. While some studies explore the potential health effects of capsaicin, the compound that gives chilies their heat, evidence regarding significant health benefits or risks at the levels found in Sriracha is not conclusive. JECFA has evaluated chili extracts, but not Sriracha sauce specifically.