I couldn't really find that much information about Jaceno as a company. If any of my readers have any information please share it with me at moltenhotsauce@gmail.com. I'll post it on the site and be sure to give the sender full credit. The distribution company, Trin-Jam Distributors, offer a wide range of products including (but not limited to) beverages, grocery products, and even home remedy products.
The label is fairly bland, having the Jaceno logo above center. The logo appears just to be a bland font declaring the name with some sort of stylized leaf and stem below. Under the logo is the sauces titular credit inside a designed image of a yellow Scotch Bonnet pepper. The pepper image is simplistic and a little boring. Not a good all around introduction to the product.
The color is a dull orange-yellow with conspicuous sediment including obvious seeds. This gives me hope for a product with a nice heat kick. Another possibility of the contents of said sediment are pepper pieces floating in the liquid. At first I thought from the color that this would be another mustard sauce but after looking at the ingredients list, I withdrew that hypothesis: there are no indications of mustard seeds or powder within. The pour is fairly slow, though not unreasonably so, with nice chunks making the sauce fairly thick. A very controlled deposition of the sauce occurred satisfyingly.
The flavor starts brightly as the garden-like taste of pepper jumps to the fore immediately. This is lessened after a second or two by salt. I mean a lot of salt. They went overboard with that. I did detect a smoky note, possibly indicating the presence of paprika. This could not be substantiated however as the ingredients list just read "Approved Spices". "Approved"? What does that even mean? Approved by whom?
On a heat level, this would be at the one labeled "Be Careful!" It delivers an initial heat that creeps for a few seconds, leaving you surprised at the end of the journey. I, in my brashness, dosed myself with far to large of a dollop of the stuff. This was to later be to my chagrin. The tip of the tongue heat felt sharp as a needle and lingered for too long according to my preference. It luckily didn't migrate to the top of my mouth or the back of my throat but the lip burn was palpable but not entirely unpleasant.
In summation, this sauce has a nice kick to it but the flavor is far too heavy on salt to be in heavy rotation as a direct condiment. I could see using this as a cooking ingredient, especially in a recipe that called for a certain saltiness. The price of $2.99 (but they were going to charge me approximately $8.00 in shipping) is nice but I still can't say that I'd recommend it as a must-have. Until next time fire-lovers, stay hot!
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