It's that time again everyone, time for another absurd viral food product to make the rounds. Will this one be a winner, or will it come crashing down? Well, it sort of already has, but will it get worse from here?
Gather 'round and learn the story of TikTok's now infamous Pink Sauce, the condiment that's had both the internet and peoples' stomachs in a stir.
Simply called 'Pink Sauce', it is a dipping sauce created by a woman who goes by Chef Pii. Marketed as being able to go on anything, from tacos to chicken to burgers, the sauce is bright pink in color and more viscous than other standard condiments.
Chef Pii was being purposefully being secretive about what the sauce actually tasted like, instead encouraging curious minds to pay $20 for a bottle and try it out for themselves.
It's described as "sweet, savory, seasoned," by a taste tester, a descriptor that's too vague to be of any help.
Dragonfruit, honey, chili, and garlic are all among the main components of the sauce. Still confused by what this could possibly taste like, people decided to buy some and give it a go. What could go wrong?
When people started receiving their bottles in the mail, they noticed some...issues.
The nutrition facts label was full of spelling errors, and also claimed the bottle contained 444 servings of the sauce. Some bottles contained sauce that wasn't even pink, others had expanded in the mail and 'exploded' upon opening.
Another ingredient present in the sauce is milk. Just straight-up milk. A sauce containing milk going unrefrigerated for who knows how long meant many bottles arrived smelling rotten. For those who didn't encounter a smell and ate some anyway, there's more than one report of people becoming sick afterward.
There are a few people who liked it! Or, at the very least, felt neutral about it. One reviewer who enjoyed it said it tasted like "sweet, buttery ranch."
However, the backlash far outweighed the praise.
She did apologize vaguely, saying, "I'm only human, I'm not perfect."
She explains that the weight got mixed up with the serving size causing the '444' label issue and that they fixed the spelling errors, but no mention of the refrigeration issue or of people getting sick. She does promise that they're following FDA standards but are currently in the lab testing phase.
No one can know for sure! Chef Pii says that once the sauce passes the FDA's lab testing, she can start pitching it to stores, but it's possible that the initial wave of bad reviews will put buyers off and doom Pink Sauce to being a brief internet fad.
