Pink Sauce facts for kids
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| Type | Condiment |
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| Place of origin | United States |
| Region or state | Florida |
| Created by | Veronica Shaw (@chef.pii) |
| Invented | 2022 |
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Pink Sauce was a pink-colored dipping sauce created by private chef and TikTok user @chef.pii. The sauce went viral (especially on TikTok) in the summer of 2022 with over 500 million views on the #pinksauce hashtag.
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History
TikTok user @chef.pii (real name Veronica Shaw) announced the creation of the Pink Sauce via TikTok on June 11, 2022. Notably, the featured bottle was in a more purplish tone than what was released to the public. The product went on sale on July 1, 2022, and sold out sometime around August 3, 2022. Dave's Gourmet, the company that produces sauce featured in Hot Ones, partnered with Veronica and reformulated the recipe. There were plans to sell the sauce in retail stores in the fall of 2022. These plans were scrapped.
Ingredients
According to Shaw, the sauce contained sunflower seed oil, pitaya (dragonfruit), raw honey, chili pepper, milk, and garlic.
FDA intervention
On August 2, 2022, the FDA began to review the sauce. Prior on July 26, the creator was quoted saying "the F, f'ing, DA, federal, came to my business yesterday. I am 100% compliant, I'm abiding with the FDA," adding "I'm not in trouble. I'm not going to jail." Shaw's claims of product safety and approval have yet to be verified by the FDA. This controversy added to the negative backlash towards the Pink Sauce.
See also
In Spanish: Pink sauce para niños
