<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (October 2015) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (October 2015) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> Hot sauce, also known as chili sauce or pepper sauce, is any condiment, seasoning, or salsa made from chili peppers and other ingredients . </P> <P> Humans have used chili peppers and other hot spices for thousands of years . Inhabitants of Mexico, Central America and South America had chili peppers more than 6,000 years ago . Within decades of contact with Spain and Portugal in the 16th century, the American plant was carried across Europe and into Africa and Asia, and altered through selective breeding . One of the first commercially available bottled hot sauces in America appeared in 1807 in Massachusetts . However, of the early brands in the 1800s, few survive to this day . Tabasco sauce is the earliest recognizable brand in the United States hot sauce industry, appearing in 1868 . As of 2010, it was the number 13 best - selling seasoning in the United States preceded by Frank's RedHot Sauce in 12th place, which was the sauce first concocted and used with the creation of buffalo wings . </P>

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