Tabasco around the world - interactive map

Tabasco hot pepper sauce is benefiting from the rising global tide of interest in hot and spicy foods. Here, we chart just some of the ways the sauce is firing palates across the globe.

From Canada to Guam, spicy flavours are becoming increasingly popular. Here's how some like it hot around the world.

Hot and spicy food

For more information about the world’s awakening taste for hot and spicy food, watch our exclusive video interview with Stephen Romero, vice president of international sales for Tabasco manufacturer the McIlhenny Company.

Meanwhile, watch out for the profile of Tony Simmons, president and chief operating operator of the McIlhenny Company in the September issue of our sister publication Food Manufacture, out next week.

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