[CH] Tabasco
Perry C. Abernethy (pcabernethy@comcast.net)
Mon, 30 May 2005 11:30:39 -0600
You are correct that they do not bottle Tabasco in New Mexico. Cervantes
Enterprises does, however, make the cayenne mash and age it before they
ship it to McIlheney. That is their biggest customer. However, as alot
of business' in America, they also make mash and age it for many other
hot sauce companies. 20 years ago I was doing legal work for some
corporations and discovered that "detergent" (amine oxides) was made
primarily by only one company in America-DuPont (and, yes, currently,
there are companies in Germany, and now China and India that make amine
oxides) Originally the amine oxides were used as a reagent in the
refining and mining of different potassium and other salts. The lab
technicians learned to use a small amount of detergent to clean their
glass ware. Eventually, it became a substitute for soap after WWII. So
Tide, All, Gain (Proctor & Gamble) etc use the same chemical
compound-its just the product additives that are different. Same is true
of glass. Most are marketing and distribution companies and their actual
supplier is one company that makes the product according to their
formula