Q: Hello Dave,I ran across your web site and was interested in finding out how I can take a couple of sauces I make now into the manufacturing stage, and also develop my own extremely hot sauce? You seem to be the foremost authority I have found on the subject. Any direction or information would be helpful.Thanks, Joseph A: Hello Joseph:The …
Tips: New Hot Sauce Business
Q: Dave,I have become a recent victim of corporate cutbacks. I feel this is a good time in my life to pursue my passion for hot sauces and attempt making, bottling and marketing my own concoction of bottled heat (and taste). Any advice you can provide to help in my pursuit of the hot sauce business would be much appreciated.Thank …
Hot Sauce: pH and pH Meters
Q: Hi Dave,I’m working on making a hot sauce. I’m in the final process and it is a hit with friends and family. But now I need to learn more about preservation. I know the pH level needs to be low, but how low? I also need to know where I can find a good pH meter. My sauce as …
Pure Capsaicin
Q: Dear Dave,Where can I buy some pure capsaicin? Or, if you can’t buy it, how could I extract it from the chile? –Rob A: Rob:Pure capsaicin is a deadly poison and you can’t buy it. You cannot extract it, either. The closest you can get is The Source from www.originaljuan.com–Dave
No Red Savinas for Sale
Q: Hi, Dave!Where can I get Red Savinas? Not seeds, not plants, not bottled products, but the harvested whole fresh pepper. Since I live in Minnesota, from what I read, trying to grow Red Savinas here would be too great a challenge, if not impossible. So—who has reds for sale?–Chuck A: Hello Chuck:The answer is: nobody has Red Savinas for …