hot sauce industry food production founder jose luis saavedra sr. headquarters vernon california u.s. area served north america products hot sauce website tapatiohotsauce.com tapat o is a hot sauce produced in vernon california that can be found at many grocery stores in the united states . tapat o is the name given to people from guadalajara jalisco the company s founders come from guadalajara . it is exported to mexico canada central america australia and a few countries in europe . the ingredients as listed on the product label are water red peppers salt spices garlic acetic acid xanthan gum and sodium benzoate as a preservative . tapat o comes in five sizes 5 10 and 32 fl oz . and 1 gallon 3.785 liters as well as in 7 gram packets . the product slogan is es una salsa ... muy salsa roughly it s a sauce ... that s very saucy . in 2011 frito lay released a line of tapat o flavored doritos 1 ruffles 2 and fritos 3 in the united states . 4 company background edit this section needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . april 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message the tapat o hot sauce company was started in 1971 by jose luis saavedra sr. in a 750 square foot 70 m2 warehouse in maywood california . 5 in 1985 the company moved to a 8 500 square foot 790 m2 facility in vernon california 5 miles 8.0 km from downtown los angeles . although larger than the first location the new factory had a single loading dock and limited storage space which created a new series of problems for the company . after a long search a site was found for a developer to custom build a new 30 000 square foot 2 800 m2 facility which tapat o presently occupies . the new factory has several loading docks and automated production . see also edit food production list of hot sauces scoville heat scale measures the hotness or piquancy of a chili pepper references edit doritos tapat o. frito lay product page . ruffles tapat o limon . frito lay product page . fritos tapat o. frito lay product page . press release on new frito lay tapat o hot sauce flavors . frito lay press release archive . tapatio hot sauce history . accessed september 2009 . external links edit tapatio official website v t e hot sauces adobo aj ajika ajvar bajan pepper sauce biber sal as blair s sauces and snacks b falo cholula hot sauce crystal hot sauce d elidas dave s gourmet dog gone sauce doubanjiang er s pista filfel chuma frank s redhot gochujang harissa huy fong foods jaew bong ljutenica llajwa louisiana hot sauce marie sharp s mojito isle o mojo muhammara nam phrik pebre pickapeppa sauce pin ur piri piri ro tel sambal scorpion bay hot sauce shito sriracha sauce huy fong foods tabasco sauce tapat o hot sauce texas pete trappey s hot sauce valentina zhug list of hot sauces food portal wikiproject food and drink food portal retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title tapat o hot sauce & oldid 743251905 categories brand name condimentscompanies based in los angeles county californiahot saucesvernon californiahidden categories articles needing additional references from april 2016all articles needing additional references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 8 october 2016 at 20 10 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view