Hottest Tabasco sauce: every flavor by Scoville rating, from Scorpion to Green Jalapeño

Scorpion Sauce is the hottest Tabasco sauce. Tabasco rates it at 23,000 to 33,000 Scoville heat units and calls it “our hottest hot sauce yet”. Next is Habanero (over 7,000), then Original Red (2,500 to 5,000). Green Jalapeño is the mildest at 600 to 1,200.

33,000SHU, top of Scorpion's range
10xhotter than Original Red, per Tabasco
14,800US searches a month
6sauces listed

Americans search Google for “hottest tabasco sauce” about 14,800 times a month. Every rating below is from Tabasco's own Scoville chart. For sauces far hotter than any Tabasco, see our hottest hot sauce page.

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At a glance

Tabasco sauces by heat

TABASCO Scorpion Sauce

TABASCO Scorpion Sauce

23,000-33,000 SHU source

Tabasco's hottest, made with scorpion peppers plus guava and pineapple. Tabasco says it is up to 10 times hotter than Original Red.

TABASCO Habanero Sauce

TABASCO Habanero Sauce

Over 7,000 SHU source

Second on Tabasco's chart: a sweet, fruity heat a step above the original.

TABASCO Original Red Sauce

TABASCO Original Red Sauce

2,500-5,000 SHU source

The classic red-pepper sauce, and the baseline other Tabasco flavors are measured against.

TABASCO Chipotle Sauce

TABASCO Chipotle Sauce

1,500-2,500 SHU source

Smoked jalapeño flavor with milder heat than the original.

TABASCO Cayenne Garlic Sauce

TABASCO Cayenne Garlic Sauce

1,200-2,400 SHU source

Cayenne and garlic, level with Tabasco's Buffalo Style on the chart.

TABASCO Green Jalapeño Sauce

TABASCO Green Jalapeño Sauce

600-1,200 SHU source

The mildest sauce on Tabasco's Scoville chart.

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