Tabasco Sauce is the name of a tradmarked hot pepper sauce made from small, red Tabasco peppers that originated in the Mexican state of Tabasco. It's manufactured on Avery Island in Louisiana from barrel-aged peppers, vinegar and salt. Tabasco Sauce is used to add a vinegary heat to scrambled eggs, soups, stews and other dishes, and is an essential ingredient in Bloody Mary cocktails.

Tabasco Sauce was invented in 1868 by Edmund McIlhenny, an ex-banker from Maryland who moved to Louisiana in the 1840s and the company is now run by the fifth generation of his family. Tabasco Sauce hits 2,500-5,000 SHU on the Scoville scale.