McIlhenny Company
Type	Private (family-owned)
Founded	1868
Founder	Edmund McIlhenny
Headquarters	Avery Island, Louisiana, United States
Industry	Food processing
Products	pepper sauce and other condiments
Revenue	Unknown
Employees	About 200 (2007)
Website	www.TABASCO.com

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Tabasco is trademarked as the brand name for the variety of tabasco sauce marketed by one of the United States' biggest producers of hot sauce, the McIlhenny Company of Avery Island, Louisiana. A trademark or trade mark, represented by the symbols ™ and ®, or mark is a distinctive sign or indicator used by an individual A brand is a collection of Images and ideas representing an economic producer more specifically it refers to the descriptive verbal attributes and concrete symbols such as a The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Avery Island is a Salt dome located in Iberia Parish Louisiana, United States, about three miles (5 km inland from Vermilion Bay, which in ^[1] Often, the word tabasco is rendered in lowercase when referring to the botanical variety, but in uppercase, Tabasco, when referring to the actual trademarked brand name. While there are many other kinds on the market, Tabasco is the most famous brand of "hot pepper sauce". Although it is produced in the United States, it acquired its name from the state of Tabasco in Mexico. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Tabasco is a state in Mexico. It is bordered by the states of Veracruz to the west Chiapas to the south and Campeche to the The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. The McIlhenny Company is now in its fifth generation as a family-run business. All of the 145 shareholders either inherited their stock or were given it from another living family member. ^[1]

History

Tabasco sauce was invented in 1868 by Edmund McIlhenny, a Maryland-born former banker who had moved to Louisiana around 1840. Edmund McIlhenny was an American Businessman and Manufacturer who invented Tabasco brand pepper sauce. A banker or bank is a Financial institution whose primary activity is to act as a payment agent for customers and to borrow and lend money On his death in 1890, McIlhenny was succeeded by his eldest son, John Avery McIlhenny, who expanded and modernized the business, but resigned after a few years to join Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Riders volunteer cavalry regiment. John Avery McIlhenny (1867&ndash1942 was an American Businessman, Soldier, Politician and Public servant. Theodore Roosevelt (ˈroʊzəvɛlt October 27 1858 January 6 1919 also known as T The Rough Riders was the name bestowed by the American press on the 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry Regiment during the Spanish-American War The Cavalry (from French cavalerie) is the second oldest of the Combat Arms, and as Soldiers or Warriors who fought mounted on A regiment is a Military unit, composed of a variable number of Battalions – commanded by a Colonel.

On John's departure, brother Edward Avery McIlhenny, a self-taught naturalist fresh from an arctic adventure, assumed control of the company, running it from 1898 to his death in 1949. Edward Avery "Ned" McIlhenny (1872 &ndash 1949 son of Tabasco brand pepper sauce inventor Edmund McIlhenny, was a Louisiana Businessman Natural history is the Scientific research of Plants or Animals leaning more towards the Observational than Experimental methods The Arctic is the Region around the Earth 's North Pole, opposite the Antarctic region around the South Pole. Like his brother, Edward focused on expansion and modernization, as did war hero Walter S. McIlhenny, who, after serving in the U.S. Marines at Guadalcanal and elsewhere, oversaw the company until his death in 1985. Guadalcanal (local name Isatabu) is a 2510- Square mile (6500- km²) Island in the Pacific Ocean and a province of the Solomon

Today, McIlhenny Company remains a privately held business presided over by a member of the McIlhenny family.

Production

A Tabasco advertisement from ca. 1905. Note the cork-top bottle and diamond logo label, both of which are similar to those in use today.

From seeds to sauce

Until recently, all of the peppers were grown on Avery Island. While a small portion of the crop is still grown on the island, the bulk of the crop is now grown in Central and South America, where the weather and the availability of more farmland allow a more predictable and larger year-round supply of peppers. South America is a Continent of the Americas, situated entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a This also helps to ensure the supply of peppers should something happen to the crop at a particular location. All of the seeds are still grown on Avery Island.

Following company tradition, the peppers are hand picked by workers. To tell their ripeness, peppers are checked with a little red stick, or 'le petit bâton rouge' that each worker carries around. Those peppers not matching the color of the stick are not harvested. Harvested peppers are shipped back to the Island factory. Peppers are ground into mash, and salt and vinegar are added. The mixture is put into old white oak whiskey barrels from distilleries to age for up to three years. The bright red mash is so corrosive that forklifts are reported to last only six years. ^[1] Three giant mixing vats at the factory hold more hot sauce than Edmund McIlhenny brewed in his entire lifetime. A single mixing vat contains about 3,000 pounds of mash and 1,400 gallons of vinegar. One vat can produce about 1,600 gallons of finished sauce. "^[2]

Avery Island was hit hard by tropical storms in 2005, especially Hurricane Rita. Hurricane Rita was the fourth-most intense Atlantic hurricane ever recorded and the most intense Tropical cyclone ever observed in the Gulf of Mexico The factory barely escaped major damage^[3] As a result of a long history of dodging tropical storms, the family plans to spend $5 million on constructing a 17-foot (5. 2 m) levee and a back-up generator.

Avery Island is the home of one of the largest salt mines in the U. Salt is a Dietary mineral composed primarily of Sodium chloride that is essential for Animal life but toxic to most land plants S. Salt from the Island is primarily used for industrial and other non-food purposes, but it is also used in Tabasco sauce production, and it is sold over-the-counter under the brand name Avery Island Kosher Salt. The island also is home to a bird sanctuary that at its peak hosts tens of thousands of birds that migrate there from across the Gulf of Mexico. The Gulf of Mexico ( Spanish: Golfo de México) is the ninth largest Body of water in the world ^[4]

Varieties

Tabasco has been produced by McIlhenny Company since 1868. Several new types of sauces are now produced under the name Tabasco Sauce, including jalapeño-based green, chipotle-based smoked, habanero, garlic, and "sweet and spicy" sauces. The jalapeño ( Nahuatl: xalapeño ( or /ˌhæləˈpeɪnjoʊ/ Castilian, Mexican) is a medium to large size Chili pepper A chipotle (tʃɨˈpoʊtleɪ chee-POTE-lay; Spanish tʃiˈpotle) is a smoke-dried Jalapeño chili used primarily in Mexican, The habanero chile ( Capsicum chinense Jacquin (sometimes incorrectly spelled "habañero" is one of the most intensely spicy species of Chili peppers Allium sativum L, commonly known as garlic, is a species in the Onion family Alliaceae. McIlhenny also produces a Tabasco soy sauce and Worcestershire sauce. Soy sauce ( US) soya sauce ( Commonwealth) shoyu ( Japan) or sillao ( Peru) is a fermented Sauce Worcestershire sauce (ˈwʊstəˌʃɪə wooster-sheer is a widely used fermented liquid Condiment first made at 68 Broad Street Worcester by two

The habanero sauce and garlic sauces both include the tabasco peppers blended with other peppers, whereas the jalapeño variety does not include tabasco peppers.

None of these products undergo the three-year aging process the flagship product uses.

Heat

The original, classic red variety of Tabasco pepper sauce measures 2,500-5,000 SHU on the Scoville scale. The Scoville scale is a measure of the hotness or piquancy of a Chili pepper. The habanero sauce is considerably hotter, rating 7,000-8,000 Scoville units. The chipotle sauce adds chipotle pepper to the original sauce, measures 2,000-2,500. The garlic variety, which blends milder peppers in with the tabasco peppers, rates 1,200-1,800 Scovilles, and the green pepper (jalapeño) sauce is even milder at 600-800 Scovilles. Their Sweet and Spicy sauce is the mildest at only 100-600 Scoville Units.

Packaging

Classic Tabasco red pepper sauce

Tabasco brand pepper sauce is sold in more than 160 countries and territories and is packaged in 22 languages and dialects. As many as 720,000 two-ounce bottles of Tabasco^[1] sauce are produced each day at the Tabasco factory on Avery Island, Louisiana. Avery Island is a Salt dome located in Iberia Parish Louisiana, United States, about three miles (5 km inland from Vermilion Bay, which in The State of Louisiana ( or, État de Louisiane, pronounced) is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America Free factory tours are available; access to Avery Island requires a one dollar toll. A toll road, (also known as a tollway, turnpike, pike, or toll highway, especially if it is constructed to Freeway standards These bottles range in size from the common two-ounce and five-ounce (57 and 148 ml) bottles available in most grocery stores, up to a one US gallon (3. 8 liter) jug for food service businesses, and down to a 1/8th-ounce (3. 7 ml) miniature bottle. McDonalds used these diminutive Tabasco bottles during early McRib promotions, as did the military, to liven up the food entrees in Meals, Ready-to-Eat. The McRib is a Sandwich sold by the international Fast-food restaurant chain McDonald's.

Merchandise

In addition, the company has cashed in on its brand name by licensing the production of branded merchandise, including neckties, hand towels, golf shirts, boxer shorts, posters, Bloody Mary mix, and even casino slot machines featuring the trademarked diamond logo. A Bloody Mary is a popular Cocktail containing Vodka, Tomato juice, and usually other Spices or flavorings such as Worcestershire A slot machine ( American) fruit machine ( British) or poker machine ( Australian) is a Casino gambling machine with three

Usage

McIlhenny Company now produces numerous Tabasco brand products that contain pepper seasoning, including popcorn, nuts, olives, mayonnaise, mustard, steak sauce, Worcestershire sauce, soy sauce, teriyaki sauce, grilling/marinating sauce, barbecue sauce, chili sauce, pepper jelly, and Bloody Mary mix. Popcorn or popping corn is a type of corn which explodes from the kernel and puffs up when heated The Olive is the Fruit of the Olive tree (Olea europaea and is a major component of the Agriculture and Gastronomy of many countries Mayonnaise (sometime abbreviated to mayo in American English and other languages is a thick Condiment made primarily from Vegetable oil and Egg Mustard is a thick yellowish-brown paste with a sharp taste made from the ground seeds of a Mustard plant (white or yellow mustard Sinapis hirta In the United States, steak sauce is a generic term used for various premade sauces for serving with meat Worcestershire sauce (ˈwʊstəˌʃɪə wooster-sheer is a widely used fermented liquid Condiment first made at 68 Broad Street Worcester by two Soy sauce ( US) soya sauce ( Commonwealth) shoyu ( Japan) or sillao ( Peru) is a fermented Sauce Teriyaki ( Kanji: 照 り 焼 き Hiragana: てりやき is a Cooking technique used in Japanese cuisine in which foods are For the device used to cook see Grill (cooking, for other uses see Grill. Marination, also known as marinating, is the process of soaking foods in a seasoned often acidic liquid before cooking Barbecue sauce (also abbreviated BBQ sauce) is a Liquid flavoring Sauce or Condiment ranging from watery to quite thick consistency Hot sauce, chili sauce, or pepper sauce refer to any spicy Sauce made from Chili peppers and other ingredients A Bloody Mary is a popular Cocktail containing Vodka, Tomato juice, and usually other Spices or flavorings such as Worcestershire McIlhenny Company also permits other brands to use and advertise Tabasco sauce as an ingredient in their products, including Spam, Slim Jim beef sticks, Heinz ketchup, A1 steak sauce, Plochman's mustard, Cheez-It crackers, Lawry's salt, Zapp's potato chips and Vlasic pickles. Name origin Introduced on July 5 1937, the name "Spam" was chosen in the 1930s when the product whose original name was far less memorable (Hormel Slim Jim is a brand of dry meat snack manufactured by ConAgra Foods Inc A1 is a Steak sauce and Condiment for use with meat or game dishes Plochman's is one of America's oldest brands of mustard. It is possibly America's second best known brand of mustard after French's and one of the most popular Cheez-It crackers are an American Snack food manufactured by the Kellogg Company. Lawry's The Prime Rib (pronounced L-ow-rees or Lau-rees is a high-end gourmet restaurant on Restaurant Row on La Cienega Boulevard in Beverly Zapp's are a brand of Potato chip made in the United States. They are cooked and packaged in Gramercy Louisiana.

Tabasco sauce has a shelf life of five years when stored in a cool and dry place. Shelf life is that length of time that Food, drink Medicine and other perishable items are given before they are considered unsuitable for sale or

Tabasco sauce is widely used to season a variety of foods, such as sandwiches, salads, burgers, oysters, pasta, pork chops, scrambled eggs and omelettes, pizza, and even mashed potatoes. A sandwich is a food item made of two or more slices of Bread with one or more layers of a filling Salad is a mixture of cold foods usually including vegetables and/or fruits often with a dressing occasionally nuts or Croutons, and sometimes with the addition of A hamburger (or burger) is a Sandwich consisting of a cooked ground Meat Patty, usually Beef, placed in a sliced bun or between The common name oyster is used for a number of different groups of Bivalve Mollusks most of which live in marine habitats or Brackish water. Pasta ( Italian for "dough" is a generic term for Italian variants of Noodles. A pork chop is a chop of Pork, a cut of meat cut perpendicularly to the spine of the pig and usually containing a rib or part of a vertebra and served as an individual Scrambled eggs is a dish made from beaten whites and yolks of eggs (usually Chicken) An omelette is a preparation of beaten egg cooked with Butter or oil in a Frying pan, usually folded around a filling such as Pizza (ˈpiːtsə, in Italian:) is a popular dish made with an Oven -baked flat generally round Bread that is covered with tomatoes or a tomato-based Mashed Potato or mashed potatoes is a common way of serving Potato in many countries worldwide

The hot sauce is shipped to 160 countries and territories around the world.

Tabasco and the U. S. military

During the Spanish-American War, John Avery McIlhenny, son of Tabasco's inventor and second president of McIlhenny Company, served in the 1st U. John Avery McIlhenny (1867&ndash1942 was an American Businessman, Soldier, Politician and Public servant. S. Volunteer Cavalry Regiment, better known as Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Riders. Theodore Roosevelt (ˈroʊzəvɛlt October 27 1858 January 6 1919 also known as T The Rough Riders was the name bestowed by the American press on the 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry Regiment during the Spanish-American War His son, Brigadier General Walter Stauffer McIlhenny, USMCR, a World War II veteran and recipient of the Navy Cross, presided over McIlhenny Company from 1949 until his death in 1985. Walter Stauffer McIlhenny (October 22 1910 - June 22 1985 served as president of McIlhenny Company, maker of Tabasco brand pepper sauce from 1949 until his death World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The Navy Cross is the second highest medal that can be awarded by the Department of the Navy and the second highest award given for valor. During the Vietnam War, BGen. The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War, or the Vietnam Conflict, occurred in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia McIlhenny issued the The Charlie Ration Cookbook. (Charlie ration was slang for the field meal given to troops. The Type C or C-Ration was an individual canned pre-cooked or prepared wet ration intended to be issued to U ) This cookbook came wrapped around a two-ounce bottle of Tabasco sauce in a camouflaged, water-resistant container. It included instructions on how to mix C-rations to make such tasty concoctions as "Combat Canapés" or "Breast of Chicken under Bullets. "^[2]

During the 1980s, the U. S. military began to include miniature bottles of Tabasco sauce in its MREs. Eventually, miniature bottles of Tabasco sauce were included in two-thirds of all MRE menus. During the same period, McIlhenny Company issued a new military-oriented cookbook using characters from the comic strip Beetle Bailey, titled The Unofficial MRE Cookbook, which it offered free of charge to U. Beetle Bailey (begun on September 4, 1950) is a Comic strip set in a United States Army military post created by Mort S. troops. In response to these gestures, service personnel wrote many letters of thanks to McIlhenny Company.

Most recently, U. S. troops in Afghanistan during Operation Enduring Freedom and in Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom have received Tabasco sauce in their MREs, as well as in care packages sent directly to individual troops courtesy of McIlhenny Company. Afghanistan /æfˈgænɪstæn/ officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan ( Pashto: د افغانستان اسلامي جمهوریت, Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF is the official name used by the U For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iraq topics. The Iraq War, also known as the Second Gulf War, the Occupation of Iraq, or the War in Iraq, is an ongoing Military campaign

McIlhenny Company's relationship with the military extends beyond combat situations. The U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps list over 400 mess halls that offer Tabasco sauce on their tables. In fact, Tabasco sauce is found on the table of every Officer's Mess in the Marine Corps.

Walter Stauffer McIlhenny was a benefactor of the Marine Military Academy. Walter Stauffer McIlhenny (October 22 1910 - June 22 1985 served as president of McIlhenny Company, maker of Tabasco brand pepper sauce from 1949 until his death Marine Military Academy, a Private college preparatory academy located in Harlingen, Texas, offers a college preparatory curriculum for boys in grades As a result, a bottle of Tabasco sauce can be found on every table in the school's mess hall. McIlhenny was a member of the Academy's General H. M. Smith Foundation, and the school named one of its buildings after him.

Tabasco in space

It is on the official menu of the space shuttle. ^[2] Through NASA's relation to the US Military, Tabasco has found its way into the space program. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( NASA, ˈnæsə is an agency of the United States government, responsible for the nation's public space program Tabasco Sauce was used on Skylab by NASA to address astronauts' complaints about bland rations. Skylab was the first Space station the United States launched into orbit and the second space station ever visited by a human crew Tabasco is often used in space, both on the International Space Station and during shuttle missions.

Popular culture references

• In 1909 composer Charles L. Johnson published a tune called "Tobasco Rag Time Waltz" ^[sic] . Charles Leslie Johnson ( December 3, 1876 - December 28, 1950) was an American Composer of Ragtime and Popular Sic is a Latin word meaning "thus" "so" "as such" or "just as that"
• An early style bottle of Tabasco sauce is briefly seen in the film Back to the Future Part III (1990) as an ingredient of a mix used to wake Doctor Emmett Brown from a drunken stupor. Back to the Future Part III is the third installment of the ''Back to the Future'' trilogy. "Doc Brown" redirects here For the British rapper see Doc Brown (rapper.
• Charlie Chaplin uses a Tabasco sauce bottle as a comedic prop in his 1917 movie The Immigrant. The Immigrant (also called Broke) is a 1917 short comedy film starring the Charlie Chaplin Tramp character as an Immigrant
• During a 1932 "Buy British" campaign sponsored by the British Government, Tabasco sauce bottles were removed from the tables of the House of Commons dining rooms. The House of Commons' is the Lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords The Members of Parliament demanded that Tabasco sauce be returned to their tables and this led to slang phrase, "the real Tabasco", which appears in many popular novels of the period, especially those by P.G. Wodehouse. Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, KBE (15 October 1881 – 14 February 1975 (ˈwʊdhaʊs was an English Comic novelist who enjoyed enormous popular success
• In Apocalypse Now (1979) the character Chef can be seen sprinkling Tabasco sauce into a meal he is making on the boat.
• Tabasco sauce appears in two James Bond movies: The Man with the Golden Gun (1974) and The Spy Who Loved Me (1977). James Bond 007 is a Fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve Novels and two Short story The Man with the Golden Gun ( 1974) is the ninth film in the James Bond series, and the second to star Roger Moore as the fictional The Spy Who Loved Me, released in 1977 is the 10th film in the James Bond series and the third to star Roger Moore as MI6 agent (Oddly enough, it was not featured in Live and Let Die (1973), which took place in New Orleans and other parts of Louisiana. Live and Let Die is the eighth Spy film of the British James Bond series and the first to star Roger Moore as the fictional New Orleans (nʲuːˈɔrliənz nʲuːˈɔrlənz French: La Nouvelle-Orléans) is a major United States port city and the largest city in Louisiana The State of Louisiana ( or, État de Louisiane, pronounced) is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America )
• Ben Affleck reads aloud the back label of a Tabasco sauce bottle in the 2003 movie Gigli. Ben Affleck (born Benjamin Géza Affleck-Boldt; August 15 1972 is an American Film Screenwriter, director, actor and older brother of Not to be confused with Gigi Gigli (ˈdʒiːli or /ˈʒiːʎi/ is a film released in 2003 which was written and directed
• Tabasco sauce has become an Internet Meme as a symbol for manliness. It is commonly used by Internet satirist Maddox,^[5] and by other smaller websites.
• Turn-of-the-20th-century baseball player Norman Elberfeld was known as "The Tabasco Kid" because of his fiery temper. Norman Arthur "Kid" Elberfeld ( April 13, 1875 in Pomeroy Ohio - January 13, 1944 in Chattanooga Tennessee)
• The aliens on television series Roswell use Tabasco on almost everything they eat. Roswell is an American Science fiction Television series created by Jason Katims.
• In an issue of the Lucky Luke comic book, Billy the Kid uses Tabasco sauce to escape from a Mexican jail cell. This article is about the comic book and TV series For the mobster see Lucky Luciano. Henry McCarty (November 23 1859—July 14 1881 better known as Billy the Kid, but also known by the aliases Henry Antrim and William H The Tabasco sauce is portrayed as so strong that it actually corrodes the iron bars in the jail cell's windows.
• Used as an ingredient for a very unusual candy invented by Alvin Fernald in the Alvin series of children's books by Clifford B. Hicks. Clifford B Hicks is an American writer and magazine editor best known for his children's books chronicling the adventures of Alvin Fernald
• The Hanna-Barbera cartoon movie Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island (1998) takes place in the swamps of south Louisiana on an island on which peppers are grown - clearly a reference to Avery Island, Louisiana, where Tabasco sauce is manufactured. Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island is the first of a series of Direct-to-video Animated films based upon the Scooby-Doo Saturday Avery Island is a Salt dome located in Iberia Parish Louisiana, United States, about three miles (5 km inland from Vermilion Bay, which in Interestingly, a chef-sized bottle of Tabasco sauce appears in the opening minutes of the live-action major motion picture Scooby Doo (2002). Scooby-Doo is a 2002 live-action Film, is all about a Saturday morning cartoon Scooby-Doo.
• In Eiichiro Oda's manga One Piece, the character Usopp uses Tabasco to create pepper ammunition for his slingshot. is a Japanese manga artist, best known as the creator of the Manga and Anime One Piece. is a Japanese Shōnen Manga written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda, that has been serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine is a fictional character from the Anime and Manga One Piece. He is the crew's Marksman and the third
• In the Warner Brother's Cartoon "Hyde and go Tweet" (1960), Sylvester notes out loud finding Tabasco in the cupboard while looking for ketchup.
• Tabasco is used as a source of child abuse in Richard B. Pelzer's book A Brother's Journey. Child abuse is the physical, psychological or sexual maltreatment of children Richard B Pelzer, (b June 16, 1965 San Francisco) is a public speaker and international best selling author
• Tabasco sauce is popular in Japan as a condiment for Italian food, and pizza in particular. Small blister packs of the sauce are often included in pizza boxes destined for home delivery.

See also

• Edward Avery McIlhenny
• John Avery McIlhenny
• Walter Stauffer McIlhenny
• Team Tabasco

Notes

References

External links

• Official website