TABASCO brand products are made by McIlhenny Company, founded in 1868 on Avery Island, Louisiana, and still family-owned and operated on that very site. Unlike typical cayenne pepper based hot sauces, TABASCO brand hot sauce uses a Tabasco pepper which gives it a unique flavor from other Louisiana hot sauces. Since 1868, TABASCO brand Pepper Sauce has been made with just three natural ingredients: fully aged red peppers, Avery Island, Louisiana salt and distilled high-grain natural vinegar. This simple recipe produces the incredibly pungent and fiery pepper sauce that's beloved the world over.