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
| Product | Tabasco's Scoville rating | Lowest eBay | Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|
TABASCO Scorpion Sauce | 23,000-33,000 SHU | $11.00 | Check price |
TABASCO Habanero Sauce | Over 7,000 SHU | $7.14 | Check price |
TABASCO Original Red Sauce | 2,500-5,000 SHU | $8.21 | Check price |
TABASCO Chipotle Sauce | 1,500-2,500 SHU | $8.21 | Check price |
TABASCO Cayenne Garlic Sauce | 1,200-2,400 SHU | $18.75 | Check price |
TABASCO Green Jalapeño Sauce | 600-1,200 SHU | $9.31 | Check price |
Tabasco sauces by heat

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

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

TABASCO Chipotle Sauce
Smoked jalapeño flavor with milder heat than the original.

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

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Good to know
- Scoville ranges are from the Scoville chart on Tabasco's Scorpion Sauce page, read 2026-11-11. Tabasco says heat level is an approximation.
- Search figure: Google Keyword Planner average monthly US searches, read by scout on 2026-11-11.
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Sources
- TABASCO Brand: Scorpion Sauce and Scoville chart: “Our hottest hot sauce yet, made with one of the world’s most intense peppers—the Scorpion.”