How hot is Sriracha (Huy Fong)?

Huy Fong Sriracha Hot Chili Sauce is rated 2,200 SHU by CBS News (as cited by Wikipedia). Even the highest published figure (2,500 SHU) is below a typical jalapeño pepper (5,000 SHU).

Checked October 20, 2026 · How we source facts

2,200SHU, press figure

2published figures

Mildervs a typical jalapeño

United Statesmade in

Every published figure

Figure	Who published it	Type
2,200 SHU	CBS News, cited by Wikipedia^[1]	Press figure
2,500 SHU	The Modern Gentleman, cited by Wikipedia^[1]	Press figure

Huy Fong publishes no Scoville figure, so both numbers come from the press. They are close, and both put the sauce below a typical jalapeño pepper.

What’s inside

Red jalapeños. Made by Huy Fong Foods, Irwindale, California.

A sauce is always milder than its hottest pepper, because the pepper is diluted with vinegar, salt and other ingredients. For comparison, the peppers themselves:

Jalapeño5,000 SHU

Maker’s page

Facts

David Tran founded Huy Fong Foods in 1980 and named it after the refugee ship that carried him from Vietnam.^[1]
Supply has been interrupted several times: production halted in June 2022 during a drought in Mexico, the company reported an inventory shortage in April 2023, and it paused again until September 2024 because the chilli harvest was too green.^[1]
Huy Fong Sriracha was a Hot Ones sauce in Seasons 2 and 3.^[2]
The style is named after Si Racha in Thailand, where Sriraja Panich sauce has been sold since 1935.^[3]

Questions

How many Scoville units is Sriracha (Huy Fong)?

2,200 SHU (CBS News, cited by Wikipedia); 2,500 SHU (The Modern Gentleman, cited by Wikipedia). None of these is a published lab test of the sauce.

Is Sriracha (Huy Fong) hotter than a jalapeño?

Even the highest published figure (2,500 SHU) is below a typical jalapeño pepper (5,000 SHU).

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Sources

CBS News (via Wikipedia): Sriracha (Huy Fong): 2,200 SHU (secondary source)
The Takeout, Hot Ones sauce list: Sriracha (Huy Fong) (secondary source)
Wikipedia: Sriracha (Huy Fong) (secondary source)