Do a Google search on how to create your own sauce brand, and you’ll find MILLIONS of results, that include condiments, hot sauce, bottling and selling tips, and more.
That’s not surprizing, though… sauces and condiments sell $37.7 BILLION yearly in the US, and the margins are incredible.
Here’s my product playbook with factories, ideas, and how to execute:
Ladies and gentlemen, let me take you to Flavortown!
Brands That Are Taking the Market by Storm
Consumers want unique, niche brands with values and more flavor. Sauce newcomers like Truff, Sir Kensington’s, Graza, MomoFuku, and more have taken advantage of a huge shift over the last decade.
We’ve seen celebrity chefs and restaurants break into the category, with brands like Momofuku entering direct to consumer and channel sales.
Brands like Truff seemingly come out of nowhere and dominate online ads and retail.
How to Create Your Own Sauce Brand
This is actually easier than you might think…
- The big players sell consistency. And they need to move in massive volume to even enter a category.
- A giant success for most entrepreneurs is an afterthought for them.
- To succeed, niche down!
Cheat Sheet to Creating Sauce Brands
Here’s my cheat sheet of how to make a sauce or condiment unique in its category.
Higher-End Products
- Go “restaurant grade” with higher-end materials and richer composition (more oil/butter)
- Execute “small batch” with unique, differing tastes and approaches for connoisseurs.
Healthy Options
- Make a popular sauce with no additives, artificial flavors or preservatives and focus on rapid supply chain turnaround for freshness.
- Low to no sugar version of any popular sauce. Surprisingly low-hanging fruit.
Flavorful Experiences
- Add truffles. You might laugh, but we have not left the truffle era. The taste can be applied to many sauce options
- Exotic flavor combos. There’s room for “out there” & impulse buy options that are good for a unique meal. Especially if packaging is a talking point.
The Aesthetics
- Look and feel. I’m convinced part of Jacobsens and Sir Kensington’s success besides just great products is they look modern at home.
- User experience. I love the Graza olive oil for its squeezable form factor that’s more along the lines of real user needs.
How to Produce Your Own Sauces
Sabatino does higher end sauces and condiments, with a big emphasis on truffles. Factories are based in the US and Italy so you know its real.
Karma Sauce is another noted white labeler for sauces of all kinds.
Want to take it overseas for max margin, or to authentically incorporate flavors originating in Asia?
- YXS Food in China covers tons of staples!
- Kampot Peppers in Cambodia is the true OG in spicy condiments.
Where the Opportunities Are
There’s a generational shift happening as consumers begin to prefer niche options for them, whether regional, aesthetically, by values, or made for their background.
Every major producer is getting market share taken by dozens of new entrepreneurs, and there’s room for MUCH more.
Whether you’re just passionate about the space, or you have a regional restaurant or online following around food…
The path to succeed is there with a differentiated, interesting product, and direct access to the world’s top suppliers.
Never forget, the real sauce is the friends we make along the way.
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