<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sriracha_sauce_(Huy_Fong_Foods)" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sriracha_sauce_(Huy_Fong_Foods...</a><p>>"History<p>David Tran began making chili sauces in 1975 in his native Vietnam, where his brother grew chili peppers on a farm north of Saigon.[5] In 1978, the new Communist Vietnamese government began to crack down on ethnic Chinese in south Vietnam. Tran and three thousand other refugees crowded onto the Taiwanese freighter Huey Fong, heading for Hong Kong. After a month-long standoff with the British authorities, its passengers disembarked on January 19, 1979.[16]<p>Tran was granted asylum in the United States. He started Huy Fong Foods in 1980, naming the company after the refugee ship that brought him out of Vietnam.<p><i>The sauce was initially supplied to Asian restaurants near his base in Chinatown, Los Angeles,[3] but sales grew steadily by word of mouth.</i><p>In December 2009, Bon Appétit magazine named the sauce Ingredient of the Year for 2010.[17][18]<p><i>In 2012, over 20 million bottles were sold.[3]</i><p><i>Huy Fong Foods says demand has outpaced supply since the company started making the sauce.</i><p><i>The company does not advertise because advertising would widen that gap.</i><p>Huy Fong has boosted production since 2013.[19]<p>Sriracha sauce has grown from a cult taste to one of the food industry's most popular condiments. It infuses burgers, sushi, snacks, candy, beverages, and even health products. Tran said he was dissuaded from securing a trademark on the word sriracha since it is difficult to obtain one named after a real-life location. This has allowed others to develop their own versions, using the name. Some of the biggest corporations in the business, such as Heinz, Starbucks, Frito-Lay, Applebee's, P.F. Chang's, Pizza Hut, Subway, and Jack in the Box use the name without licensing it.[8][20] In 2016, Lexus partnered with Huy Fong Foods to build a single promotional Sriracha IS sport sedan.[21]"