YES!!!

This made me *extremely* happy today!  I’ve been a huge fan of Tabasco sauce for years.  I have some fabulous recipes that I used to do with Tabasco from many moons ago that I would like to make again.  However, I wasn’t sure if Tabasco was gluten-free.  So I wrote the company to ask and here was the reply I received today.

Thank you for your interest in our TABASCO® and McIlhenny Farms® products.  All of our products that contain vinegar as an ingredient, use high quality distilled vinegar.  Distilled vinegar is produced by fermenting a grain based alcohol. The principal grains used to produce the alcohol are wheat and milo.  Gluten and other proteins are completely removed during the alcohol fermentation and distillation process.

According to the definitions set forth by the Codex Alimentarius Commission, a joint standards program of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United States (FAO), the following TABASCO® Brand products are considered “Gluten Free”:

TABASCO® Brand Pepper Sauce

TABASCO® Brand Chipotle Pepper Sauce

TABASCO® Brand Habanero Pepper Sauce

TABASCO® Brand Garlic Pepper Sauce

TABASCO® Brand Green Pepper Sauce

TABASCO® Brand Garlic Basting Sauce

TABASCO® Brand New Orleans Style Sauce


TABASCO® Brand Caribbean Style Steak Sauce

These products were analyzed for Gluten by the Food Allergy Research and Resource Program (FARRP) at the University of Nebraska –Lincoln.  FARRP was not able to find any detectable amounts of gluten in these products.  If the McIlhenny Company can be of further assistance please do not hesitate to ask.