Valentina (hot sauce)

Valentina is a brand of "pourable" hot sauce manufactured by

Salsa Tamazula, a company based in Guadalajara, Mexico. It is Valentina
typically sold in 12.5-ounce and large (one-liter or 34-ounce) glass
bottles, with a flip-top cap permanently attached to the bottle. The
cap does not unscrew. The red shape on the label is an outline of
the Mexican state of Jalisco. The sauce, like the parent company's
Tamazula hot sauce, is made with puya chilis from Jalisco state,
similar to the Guajillo chili and known by the name guajillo
puya.[1] Valentina is described as thicker than Tabasco sauce and
less vinegary, with more chili flavor.[2] It comes in two varieties:
hot (900 Scoville Heat Units)[3] and extra hot (2100 SHU).[4] The
sauce is known for its use as a condiment on several Mexican
foods, especially street fare, and its taste,[5] not only for its heat.
Valentina's ingredients are water, chili peppers, vinegar, salt, spices
and sodium benzoate (as a preservative).[6]

The sauce is named for Valentina Ramírez Avitia, a Mexican

revolutionary.[7] Bottle of Valentina hot sauce
Product Hot sauce
See also type

List of hot sauces Country Guadalajara, Mexico

Scoville heat scale Introduced February 14, 1954
Food portal Markets North America, South
America

References Website www.salsavalentina

.com (http://www.salsa
1. Kennedy, D. (2014). The Essential Cuisines of Mexico valentina.com)
(https://books.google.com/books?id=gzsGAwAAQBAJ&
pg=PA476). Ten Speed Press. p. 476. ISBN 978-0-553-
41911-5.
2. Hutson, L. (2013). ¡Viva Tequila!: Cocktails, Cooking,
and Other Agave Adventures (https://books.google.com/
books?id=1ri6L3MDGkcC&pg=PA98). University of
Texas Press. p. 98. ISBN 978-0-292-72294-1.
3. "Hottest Hot Sauces: Popular Hot Sauce Ranked on a
Chart" (https://www.thrillist.com/news/nation/hottest-hot-
sauce-rank). Thrillist. March 14, 2019. Retrieved
March 19, 2019.
4. "19. Valentina Salas Picanto - Extra Hot - Hot sauces,
ranked by heat - Pictures" (https://www.cbsnews.com/pi
ctures/hot-sauces-ranked-by-heat/11/). CBS News.
Retrieved March 19, 2019.
 5. Garbes, Anglea (December 15, 2011). The Everything
Hot Sauce Book (https://web.archive.org/web/20170312
122553/https://books.google.com/books?id=6mLX2aR_
FRMC&pg=PA96). p. 96. ISBN 9781440530111.
Archived from the original (https://books.google.com/boo
ks?id=6mLX2aR_FRMC&pg=PA96) on March 12, 2017.
Retrieved October 13, 2016.
6. "Valentina Mexican Hot Sauce, 12.5 oz" (http://www.wal
mart.com/ip/Valentina-Mexican-Hot-Sauce-12.5-oz/1042
2070#Nutrition+Facts). Walmart. Retrieved February 17,
2014.
7. Fauzia, Miriam (September 17, 2021). "Fact check: Yes,
the popular hot sauce Salsa Valentina is named after
Mexico's 'Mulan' " (https://www.usatoday.com/story/new
s/factcheck/2021/09/17/fact-check-hot-sauce-named-aft
er-teenaged-mexican-revolutionary/8366288002/). USA
TODAY. Retrieved September 21, 2021.

External links
Official website (http://www.salsavalentina.com/)

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