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Huy Fong made three chili sauces, but it was sriracha that really caught on, first in California’s immigrant communities, and then on a much vaster scale. Kara Nielsen, a food trends researcher ...
Huy Fong's sriracha sauce (/ s ɪ ˈ r ɑː tʃ ə / sih-RAH-chə; Thai: ศรีราชา, pronounced [sǐːrāːtɕʰāː] ⓘ; [3] Vietnamese: Tương Ớt Sriracha), also referred to as sriracha, cock sauce or rooster sauce [4] due to the rooster on its label, is a brand of sriracha, a chili sauce that originated in Vietnam.
In 2017, Huy Fong sued the grower, which quickly filed a cross-complaint accusing the hot sauce empire of a breach of contract that the grower said had cost it more than $20 million in losses.
IRWINDALE, CA. - AUGUST 22, 2014: CEO David Tran, left, has his picture taken with Maggie Guzman, right, as 300 sriracha fans tour Huy Fong Foods in Irwindale on August 22, 2014.
Huy Fong Foods was founded by David Tran (born 1945), an ethnic Chinese businessman and a former Major in the South Vietnamese Army. [7] Tran, after leaving Vietnam in a cargo boat, arrived in Boston in the spring of 1979 as a part of the migration of the Vietnamese boat people following the Vietnam War. [8]
In the United States, sriracha is associated with a jalapeño-based sauce produced by Huy Fong Foods [9] [10] and is sometimes referred to as "rooster sauce" or "cock sauce" [11] from the image of a rooster on the bottle. [12] Other variations of sriracha have appeared in the U.S. market, including a sriracha that is aged in whiskey barrels.
Huy Fong built a $40-million factory planned to generate about $300 million a year in sales. Shortly after Huy Fong paid off the loan early and stopped contributing to the city, Huy Fong became involved in lawsuits brought by its neighbors and the city of Irwindale, who complain of the odors of jalapeño pepper and garlic generated by the plant ...
Huy Fong Foods, the Southern California company that makes Sriracha hot sauce, says it is experiencing an 'unprecedented inventory shortage.' Huy Fong Foods, the Southern California company that ...