While probably meant for food industry professionals, we found the following article from QSR Web quite fascinating. The notion that hot sauce and salsa will compete with, or potentially replace, the standard condiments like ketchup, mustard, and mayonnaise is one that we never imagined might be in a position to happen. If you follow the trends lately, just such a thing has been happening. Read this:

The hot sauce

By Valerie Killifer, Editor

02 Aug 2007

As center-of-the-plate menu items in the United States continue to emerge and evolve, one often-overlooked industry item going through its own metamorphosis is condiments.

Over the past several years, ketchup, mayonnaise and mustard have been replaced by aioli (a garlic mayonnaise from southern France), chutney (a spicy condiment containing fruit, vinegar, sugar and spices) and any variety of salsa, now America’s No. 1 preferred condiment.

Although Burger King restaurants have kept it simple in the United States, the company’s line of Crown Jewels in New Zealand boasts aioli, mango-lime sauce and relish.

Industry experts say it’s doubtful the chain’s aioli sauce will make a U.S. debut, but the door is open for more sauce innovation.

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