Sriracha: why 240 g per cup is wrong
Huy Fong Sriracha Hot Chili Sauce label publishes 240 g (8.5 oz) per US cup of sriracha. This site rejects that figure and publishes 276 g (9.7 oz) instead, from Flying Goose Sriracha, 455 mL bottle (Pomona technical sheet) (density 1.1648 g/mL, matching the composition of the substance). The reason:
5 g in a 5 mL teaspoon is the weight of water, and the 96 servings are the bottle's 482 g net weight divided by 5 g, not a measurement. USDA's record for sriracha is 71.8% water carrying 15.1% sugars, about 5.4% salt and ground chili and garlic, 28% solids in all, which weighs about 1.12 g/mL; a sauce that dense cannot weigh what water weighs. Flying Goose's 455 mL bottle holds 530 g, 1.165 g/mL.
The arithmetic
| Source | 1 cup | Density | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Huy Fong Sriracha Hot Chili Sauce label | 240 g8.5 oz | 1.0144 g/mL | Rejected on physics |
| Flying Goose Sriracha, 455 mL bottle (Pomona technical sheet) | 276 g9.7 oz | 1.1648 g/mL | Published here |
The published figure and its sources
The full sourcing for sriracha, including every accepted and rejected figure, the state or filling method behind each, and the physics or standards reasoning applied, is on the ingredient page.
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