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Ranking so far:

1. Mateos hot
2. Aldi four pepper
3. Herdez hot
4. Trader joes habanero/ghost pepper
5. Mrs renfros ghost pepper
6. Fiesta Mart roja salsa

Gotta stop this soon, gained a few pounds in the past few weeks

8/26/2025 9:11:05 PM

this shit right here tho.

8/26/2025 9:29:54 PM

I grow and make my own salsa (and hot sauce) in the summer

8/27/2025 10:16:51 AM

^^Thank you for an actual suggestion! Doubt I'll be trying unfortunately, its like $20 for 1 jar shipped

Tried kylitos hot today. Solid number 3. Hotter than four pepper(not by much tbh), but also not as good taste wise

Ranking so far:

1. Mateos hot
2. Aldi four pepper
3. Kylitos hot
4. Herdez hot
5. Trader joes habanero/ghost pepper
6. Mrs renfros ghost pepper
7. Fiesta Mart roja salsa

Still want to try one called Clints. And saw one that was simply named Texas Texas, gonna try that.





A final thought...i hate a lot of the salsas that sound hot or have ghost pepper have lame ass mango or peach flavors added

8/27/2025 11:43:32 PM

The hot is a bit much for me, but Mateo's is easily the best jarred salsa in my book. Throw some fresh chopped cilantro in there and it is pretty close to what you get in a tex-mex restaurant. I used to make salsa from scratch a lot because all the jarred stuff was junk, but now I mostly just use Mateo's.

8/28/2025 2:21:39 PM

I learned that some people, including me possibly, have variations in certain smell receptor genes (like OR6A2) that make us extra sensitive to the aldehydes in cilantro. Since those same aldehydes are found in soaps and cleaning products, cilantro can end up tasting soapy or chemically unpleasant.

8/28/2025 5:43:35 PM

I don't have that problem. More cilantro for me .

8/28/2025 5:59:06 PM

I just use AI salsa

8/28/2025 7:28:47 PM

Why do you dislike AI? I find it helpful, so I’m curious what worries or frustrations make you feel differently.

8/28/2025 8:29:28 PM

Chips are enough for me. Don't need salsa at all.

8/29/2025 9:24:02 AM

Latest haul. Have to open all at same time so i can accurately compare

8/29/2025 2:22:43 PM

Ranking so far:

1. Mateos hot
2. Kylitos hot
3. Aldi four pepper
4. Herdez hot
5. El Patio
6. Texas Texas hot
7. Clints hot
8. Trader joes habanero/ghost pepper
9. Mrs renfros ghost pepper
10. Pace habanero
11. Saucy hot
12. Fiesta Mart roja salsa(this was for like tacos or fajitas or something)

Pretty much giving up on any salsa with habanero. And ghost peoper as well seems iffy at this point. El patio kinda liquidy, and smoky. Texas ans clints have too much onions or cilantro or something, but def edible. So far, I'll pretty much only ever get mateos hot in the future. Still a few more I want to try. Swapped 2 and 3...four pepper almost tastes too sugary although I read label and its close to kylitos. Wouldn't mind getting the one afripino posted too. Pretty expensive risk if I hate it though

Right now this is my go to chip. Cost, taste, ingredients, etc...just an all around good chip

8/29/2025 3:31:06 PM

Think of how much easier it would have been to just have ai rank the salsa for you

8/29/2025 7:28:43 PM

8/29/2025 7:51:02 PM

That is how it works

8/29/2025 10:20:12 PM