Tabasco is an American brand of hot sauce made from tabasco peppers, vinegar, and salt. It is produced by the McIlhenny Company of Avery Island in south Louisiana, created over 150 years ago by Edmund McIlhenny.^[1] Although tabasco peppers were initially grown only on Avery Island, they are now primarily cultivated in Central America, South America, and Africa.^[2] The Tabasco sauce brand also has multiple varieties including the original red sauce, habanero, chipotle, sriracha, and Trinidad Moruga scorpion. Tabasco products are sold in more than 195 countries and territories, and packaged in 36 languages and dialects.