Huy Fong Foods, the Irwindale company photographed here in 2015, announced recently that it would halt production of its signature Sriracha sauce until after Labor Day. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles ...

Huy Fong Foods' sriracha hot sauce, in the green-capped bottle with the rooster label, has been hard to find for the past few years. In July 2020, the company sent an email to customers saying it ...

It’s the second time in two years that Huy Fong Foods — the best-known producer of Sriracha in the U.S. — has had low inventory of their tangy sauce with the green cap and rooster label, a ...

The clear tapered bottle. The bright green twist nozzle. The rooster icon on the label. The vivid red liquid. It's tough to think of a hot sauce that's more instantly recognizable than Huy Fong ...

David Tran is the founder and CEO of Huy Fong Foods, the multi-million dollar company that makes Sriracha. The clear bottle filled with fiery red paste has itself become iconic, with a bright green ...

Huy Fong Sriracha has only been around for a few decades. Vietnamese immigrant David Tran cooked up the first batch in Los Angeles' Chinatown in 1980. According to the New York Times, Tran ...

IRWINDALE, CA - MAY 14: Sriracha Hot Chili Sauce is bottled at the Huy Fong Foods plant on May 14, 2014 in Irwindale, California. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images) Getty Images ...

Bottles of a leading brand of Sriracha hot sauce are suddenly hard to find, driving up prices for them as high as $150 — but there are alternatives to opening your wallet that wide. It’s the ...

It's the second time in two years that Huy Fong Foods — the best-known producer of Sriracha in the U.S. — has had low inventory of their tangy sauce with the green cap and rooster label, a ...

A representative for Huy Fong declined to directly comment to The Times about the production halt. What caused past Sriracha shortages? The company goes through about 50,000 tons of chiles a year to ...