Friday, January 12, 2018

sprouts organic sriracha sauce vs. regular sriracha

I prefer the regular sriracha sauce, but last week the only store I was near was sprouts, I ask them if they had sriracha and they said yeah. However it turned out they only had the sprouts brand which is "organic," the employee told me it tasted the same as the regular. I believed him and glanced at the ingredients, seemed similar enough. But the truth is the organic sriracha contains red bell pepper and jalepeno, while the classic one contains chilli as it's main pepper. The calories and macros are almost the same, with regular sriracha having slightly more sodium and the organic having slightly more sugar <1g sugar. Also, the organic sriracha says it should be refrigerated after opening while the classic does not. That is kind of a big deal to me because I want to leave my sriracha out on the table or in the cabinet. The conclusion is stick with classic sriracha, but if you want a sweeter version of it and don't mind having to put it in the fridge, then try the organic.