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America's Favorite Hot Sauces, Mapped

America's Favorite Hot Sauces, Mapped
A whopping 74 percent of US adults eat their meal with hot sauce, according to a recent Instacart poll survey.
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The Lede

  • In anticipation for National Hot Sauce Day on January 22, Instacart put together a data visualization of their customers' personal hot sauce preferences, including how often they dabbled and what brand they preferred.

Key Details

  • Huy Fong's famous "Rooster" Sriracha was the undisputed number one and was the most popular hot sauce in 31 states, follwed by Frank's RedHot, which led in 14 states.

  • Instacart estimates that their customers purchased 444,854 gallons between December 2020 and November 2021, which would roughly fill up 18,536 kiddie pools.

  • Customers in North Dakota purchased the most hot sauce per customer (5.4 ounces) as opposed to customers in Hawaii (1.3 ounces/customer).

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