Frank's RedHot is a hot sauce made from a variety of cayenne peppers, produced by McCormick & Company. The Original blend ranks low on the Scoville scale, with 450 SHUs, but the XTRA Hot variety measures 2,000 SHUs.[1][2]
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| Product type | Hot sauce |
|---|---|
| Owner | McCormick & Company |
| Country | United States |
| Introduced | 1920 |
| Previous owners | Reckitt Benckiser |
| Website | FranksRedHot.com |
| Heat |  Low |
| Scoville scale | 450 SHU |
History
editThe Frank Tea and Spice Company was founded in 1896 in Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1917, owner Jacob Frank contracted for the Estilette Pepper Farm in Louisiana where Adam Estilette and Frank became business partners. They mixed spices, vinegar, garlic and cayenne peppers and aged them, creating the original blend of Frank's RedHot, which entered the market in 1920.[3] Frank's RedHot is the primary ingredient in many Buffalo wing recipes, but was probably not the hot sauce that was used in the original 1964 Anchor Bar recipe.[4][5] In 1977, Frank's RedHot was sold to Durkee Famous Foods.[3] Following the purchase of the Durkee brand in 1995, it was owned by Reckitt Benckiser until 2017. Frank's is produced in Springfield, Missouri. In 2007, Thanasi Foods began marketing licensed Frank's RedHot flavored beef jerky and meat snacks.[citation needed] In August 2017, spice maker McCormick & Company closed a $4.2 billion deal that included French's mustard and Frank's RedHot sauce.[6]
Advertisements
editFrank's RedHot is known for its national television ad campaign depicting an irreverent elderly woman named Ethel explaining her recipes for various foods. Usually in front of a prestigious figure (e.g., the Queen), she will quip "I put that s*** on everything", much to the disdain of those around her. The expletive is always censored with a bleep, and Ethel's mouth is covered with a censoring "splat".[7]
See also
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- Louisiana Hot Sauce sauce, also from New Iberia
- Trappey's Hot Sauce, also from New Iberia
- List of condiments
- List of hot sauces
- Louisiana Creole cuisine
- Scoville heat scale
References
edit- ^ "How Hot Is My Bottle Of Hot Sauce? - Hot Sauce Heat Scale". Retrieved July 19, 2016.
- ^ Fieldstadt, Elisha. "Hot sauces, ranked from tepid to scorching". www.cbsnews.com. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
- ^ a b Suess, Jeff (April 1, 2021). "Who knew? Frank's RedHot Hot Sauce was founded in Cincinnati more than 100 years ago". Cincinnati Enquirer. Retrieved March 3, 2022.
- ^ Horwitz, Jeremy (January 1, 2008). "Chicken Wings, or, Why people Know About Buffalo". Buffalo Chow.com. Archived from the original on December 31, 2009. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Frank's® RedHot® Buffalo Wings Sauce". Frank's RedHot. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
- ^ Holden, Wilen (August 17, 2017). "McCormick closes $4.2B acquisition of French's, Frank's RedHot maker. Today, Frank's Red Hot is owned and manufactured by French's. the maker of the famous mustard". Baltimore Business Journal. Archived from the original on August 29, 2017. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
- ^ Elliott, Stuart (January 29, 2012). "Rival Hot Sauce Makers in a Duel for Attention". The New York Times. Retrieved April 6, 2014.
External links
edit- Frank's RedHot — Official Home Page
- Frank's RedHot on the ChilliWorld Scoville Scale
- Franks RedHot Canada