Benito….Baaaaaaaaanito….Benito! Neat-o Benito! See, it’s just fun saying the name of this hot sauce company. Well, enough fun, time to get to work. Benito’s Hot Sauce is a company that’s trying to do as much organic ingredients as possible in a wide range of products. I was sent four of their sauces to review to get a feel for the company. Right off the bat I have to applaud what he’s doing with the organic area. There really is a void in this area of the business that needs to get filled.

It has been a while since I did a 4-in-1 review so I’ll just go over the usual for the readers. For each sauce I’m going to do a quick flavor and heat run down and at the end give my over all impression. Ready? Set? Too late! I’ve already started! Hahahahaha, slow pokes.

Benito’s: Joe’s #1 Jalapa Ingredients: Organic lime juice, Jalapeno peppers, ground organic Red Habanero peppers, Cubanelle peppers, white onions, garlic, cilantro (fresh coriander), organic extra virgin olive oil, distilled white vinegar.

Benito’s: Old Bricktucky Cayenne Ingredients: Organic lime juice, organic cinnamon, organic Cayenne peppers, organic Paprika, organic extra virgin olive oil, Red Bell peppers, distilled white vinegar, Roma tomatoes, white onions, garlic.

Benito’s: Meem’s Mango Habanero Ingredients: Organic lime juice, organic Orange and Red Habanero peppers, organic mango nectar, organic extra virgin olive oil, Yellow Bell peppers, white onions, garlic, distilled white vinegar.

Benito’s: Original Naranja Ingredients: Organic Orange Habanero peppers, organic carrots, organic lime juice, organic extra virgin olive oil, Orange Bell peppers, white onions, garlic, distilled white vinegar.

Benito’s: Joe’s #1 Jalapa is first up with it’s lime green coloring. Right up front comes the lime juice which mixes in and then gives way to the fruity Habanero taste and the sweetness of the Cubanelle peppers with a little Jalapeno flavoring interspersed. Then the onions come, followed by the garlic with a little vinegar presence on the back end.

The heat is a little higher than your typical green sauces and mainly hits in the center of the tongue. It’s a good sauce for certain things like scrambled eggs but it’s limited in it’s uses due to the large presence of lime juice. I also like the guy on the back of the label relaxing by a stream. It gives you a good sense of what this sauce is all about; Waking up early in the morning, fixing up some eggs with the sauce, then going out and having your morning beer…err….coffee by the stream. Relaxing and enjoyable.

Benito’s: Joe’s #1 Jalapa. Taste: 6.7, Heat: 3.1

Next up is Benito’s: Old Bricktucky Cayenne. This one is vibrant, V-8 Tomato Juice red. Wow, really eye catching. Right up front is a nice sweetness and tastes like the Bell Peppers, Paprika, and Cinnamon are hitting all at once. The Cinnamon (Korintje if I had to guess) is a nice touch and I think this is the first time I’ve seen that used. Next is a slight hint of lime juice with a very faint Cayenne taste that tries to shout at the main stage from why back in the nose bleed section but is drowned out by the rest of the crowd. The rest of the crowd being the Roma tomatoes, onion, and just a splash of garlic.

Heat is very disappointing for this one. I was expecting a Medium and all I got was a Mild. Even after 4 or 5 big spoonfuls. This is a tasty sauce and the low heat will make it accessible to most anyone.

Benito’s: Old Bricktucky Cayenne. Taste: 7.8, Heat: 1

With Benito’s: Meem’s Mango Habanero, I must remind everyone that I am a Mango fanatic and it’s hard for me to not like anything Mango related. It’s by far my favorite fruit (well, next to peppers) in the whole world. The color here is slightly darker by about 10% than most Mango sauces. The tastes here are very conflicting. Right off the top, the lime juice butts heads with the sweet Mango and it just continues its downward spiral from there. Bouncing from fruity Habanero back to tart lime juice, to sweet bell pepper back to lime. This would have been such a wonderful sauce but the lime juice just runs in a wrecks the flavor profile like a two year old throwing a tantrum.

The heat, however, is very nice for a sweeter style sauce. The Habanero’s heat is really present here and lends a nice back of the throat grab. I tried this on a few dishes and a salad (constructed out of my garden….had to continue that “natural” theme) but unfortunately that lime juice still ruined things.

Benito’s: Meem’s Mango Habanero. Taste: 3, Heat: 5.878

Benito’s: Original Naranja is the final sauce that I have here and it’s very carrot orange. Fruity Habanero right up front with a little lime juice twang that grows slightly and then carrots. Up next are garlic then Bell Peppers, onions, and a little vinegar. This is like a limey Caribbean style sauce. Great on everything I poured it on.

The heat starts off as a medium and then slowly creeps up to a high end medium/low end hot. Very pleasant middle of the tongue to back of the throat warmth. This by far is the best of the line. It’s so good that I plowed through the sauce in a week or two and had to back off testing it because I wouldn’t have any left for the review. Now that I’ve done the review, I can drink the rest of the bottle.

Benito’s: Original Naranja. Taste: 8, Heat: 7

Overall, this is a great sauce making company with a good line of products. There are very consistent themes that I detected that let you know that each sauce has been crafted by the same company. These signatures are the lime juice presence, sauce constancy, and slight tongue coating (not in a bad way) of the extra virgin olive oil. Be on the look out for Benito’s because I for one am interesting in what new product they’ll create next.