Hot sauce

This article is about chili pepper sauces most commonly found in the Americas. For sauces found in other parts of the world, see Chili sauce and paste. For other uses, see Hot sauce (disambiguation).
A fermented hot sauce
A wide variety of hot sauces seen in a store in 2004

Hot sauce is a type of condiment, seasoning, or salsa made from chili peppers and other ingredients. Many commercial varieties of mass-produced hot sauce exist.