The World's Hottest Non-Extract Hot Sauces

Scott Roberts November 11, 2009 at 6:15 am food

There may be extract-based sauces and additives that are far hotter, but for "all-natural" hot sauces (meaning ones that do not contain chile pepper extract), there may be none in the world more mouth-scorching than the ones listed below that are commercially available.

Many chileheads and sauce aficionados feel that pepper extract possesses a nasty, bitter, "chemical"-like flavor, and prefer the taste and burn provided by ground-up or pureed chiles. If you're looking for the most eye-watering, tongue-throbbing, throat-burning, all-around hottest non-extract hot sauces, take a look at these fine offerings...

Chillimans Ghost Pepper Sauce

Ingredients: Bhut Jolokia, African Birdseye, Mexican pequin, other chilli, fruit, vinegar, Australian Bush spices, herbs, & salt.

This Aussie-made, orange-colored elixir has a very distinctive sweet n' fruity taste and may be even hotter than the "official" hottest non-extract sauce, Lethal Ingestion Hot Sauce. As of this writing, it's out of stock. Keep an eye open for it at the link below and order yourself a bottle when it's available.

Link: http://www.chilliseedbank.com.au/id62.html

CaJohn's Lethal Ingestion Hot Sauce

Ingredients: Fatalii, Red Savina and Bhut Jolokia chiles, Vinegar

Lethal Ingestion is yet another of CaJohn's umpteen fine sauces and this is very flavorful for a super-hot sauce. It supposedly has a chemical process that's done to it to squeeze every last bit of heat out of it (CaJohn won't say exactly what it is) but it's still technically non-extract. Put a big spoonful of this on a soft taco for a pleasurable punch in the mouth.

Link: http://cajohns.com/vmchk/Hot-Sauces/Lethal-Ingestion-Hot-Sauce.html

Danny Cash Naga Sabi Bomb Hot Sauce

Ingredients: Naga Jolokia peppers, Red Habanero Peppers, Wasabi, Vinegar, and Salt

Extremely hot sauces boast a wallop from chile peppers, but this has the dual spicy action of naga jolokia chiles AND wasabi - the sinus-cleaning Japanese condiment that's similar to horseradish. Like its name sounds (Naga Sabi...Nagasaki...get it?), this is like an atomic blast to your tongue and throat. It's powerful stuff, so if you plan to consume some of this, be prepared. Flavor-wise, it's not the best-tasting condiment I've eaten, but it's worth a try just for kicks.

Link: http://www.hotsauceworld.com/hsw1489.html

Mild to Wild Red Savina Garlic Hot Sauce

Ingredients: Red Savina® habaneros, Vinegar, Garlic, Citric Acid ,Vitamin C

There's nothing fancy about this; it's just an all-around blistering sauce with a balanced taste. A few drops of this on a large slice of pepperoni and cheese pizza make a kickass lunch.

Link: http://www.wildpepper.com/sauces.html

Holy Jolokia Hot Sauce

Ingredients: Vinegar, Bhut Jolokia Chiles, Sugar, Salt, Granulated Garlic, Lemon Extract, Xanthan Gum.

This is CaJohn's joint venture with the Chile Pepper Institute. Decent taste in my opinion, and Holy Jolokia is easily one of the smolderingest bhut jolokia-based sauces that contains no extract.

Link: http://www.cajohns.com/Hot-Sauces/Holy-Jolokia.html

Mild to Wild Ralph's Righteous Habanero Sauce/General Hurtin'

Ingredients; Hand Selected Habanero Peppers, Vinegar, Garlic, Onion, Turmeric, Spices, Salt, Xantham Gum

Another infernal liquid created by Mild to Wild Pepper & Herb Company. These two are actually the same sauce, just with different names and labels. Very pungent, bold, and HOT!

Link: http://www.wildpepper.com/sauces.html

Ol' Man Stillmanz Quadraphonic

Ingredients: Naga Morich/Bhut Jolokia, Fatalii, Trinidad 7 pot, Trinidad Scorpion Chillies, Vinegar, Lime, Sugar, Spices and Xanthan gum.

Okay, Quadraphonic is technically NOT commercially available, but I just had to include it. To taste it yourself, you need to participate in one of the Fiery Wing Challenges sponsored by Ol' Man Stillmanz in Australia. Maybe, just maybe if we're lucky enough this blazing liquid will be offered on the OMS website for purchase sometime in the next couple of years.

Link: http://www.olmanstillmanz.com.au/saucesDetail.php?Quadraphonic-8

Comments

Peppers and More
2009-11-11 08:42:19

I have always loved the old Med bottles.
Nice job...

James Beck
2009-11-11 08:52:45

You forgot Torchbearer Ultimate Annihilation sauce.

https://www.torchbearersaucescart.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPat h=4&products_id=44

Chilli-Alex
2009-11-11 09:12:31

Great post Scott - I much prefer the non extract hot sauces - more flavour and much less chemically taste :)

hot taco
2009-11-11 11:34:16

iam surprised daves insanity sauce aint on here

DK
2009-11-11 16:50:42

Dave's Insanity contains extract.

Adrian P.
2009-11-11 21:57:26

Any scoville unit ratings on these?

Scott Roberts
2009-11-12 10:51:03

Adrian, Lethal Ingestion's around 235,000 SHU. I'm not sure about the other sauces. That amount may not look as high as extract-based sauces, but you have to remember that vinegar and other ingredients dilute the capsaicin heavily, so for LI to retain the heat level of a fresh orange habanero chile in a sauce without extract is a mighty feat.

Hot Sauce Spot LLC
2009-11-13 06:59:21

Good read Scott. I've been looking for an article like this.

Melinda's Naga Jolokia is an extract free sauce with a nice amount of heat and a good flavor.

I haven't tried it yet, but what about Mad Dog 357 Pure Ghost? Ashley Foods Co. is doing a decent job blending flavor with heat (using extracts, of course). I'm curious to see what the results are for their "pure" sauce.

FlamingMouth.com
2009-11-15 09:12:38

I love these all natural super hot sauces! I would also like to recommend CaJohn's Killer line of Hot sauces which include Killer Chipotle, Killer Jalapeno, and Killer Cayenne. These are smokin hot!

Hobby Farmer
2009-12-02 07:42:33

Mild To Wild's Red Savina and Garlic has been my favorite sauce for about 10 years. I try/buy a lot of sauces, but for flavor, aroma and serious heat,this is the one I come back to.

Patrick
2009-12-11 08:56:11

After reading this review, I decided to give lethal ingestion a try. I had never had a very hot sauce without extract, so I was curious the difference. This stuff is excellent. The flavor packs a quick punch, but the burn is GOOOD. I tried it on a chicken wing, and it was like eating a hot coal after the first few bites.

Tina Brooks
2010-01-01 15:24:23

I assume the list is not meant to be exhaustive, because in addition to all of our Pepperfire Mash line you've neglected both Ebesse Zozo and Denzel.

We Canuckistanians make some pretty clean mean heat.

Joe
2010-02-23 17:27:54

Isn't Blair's Possible Side Effects Hot Sauce a non extract? It's rated at 283k SHU and the description elwhere (and here) states, "this may possibly be the hottest sauce ever made without use of extracts."

If it is a non-extract... it should be on this list.

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