Tabasco, world’s favourite hot sauce was born in Louisiana’s Avery Island. Nearly 157 years later, Tabasco now produces 700,000 sauce bottles a day.

Then they’re ground up and combined with salt. This “mash” goes back to Avery Island. It then ages in these barrels for three years. Each barrel yields around 10,000 bottles of Tabasco sauce.

You’ll see red peppers and other varieties. Tabasco sauce is made with only three ingredients, distilled vinegar, red pepper, and salt. The original recipe from 1868 has stayed the same for the ...