The movie star chef and TikTok creator often known as the Taste Genie has been the topic of controversy attributable to her producing and promoting “Pink Sauce.” This condiment is so pink that it appears to be like prefer it might have come from Elle Woods herself, however it appears to make folks sick.
This sauce shouldn’t be the refined pink taste that Utahns would possibly anticipate from their favourite condiment and it’s additionally not the nice pink that pasta followers anticipate from vodka sauce — it’s usually a neon pink hue. The phrase “usually” is vital, as a result of in keeping with Mashable, this sauce has ranged from a blush pink (also called “millennial pink”) to a colour that appears prefer it was impressed by Barbie.
Harking back to the colour of Pepto-Bismol, this sauce has taken the web by storm.
Mashable reported that the Taste Genie revealed the key ingredient that makes this sauce so pink: dragon fruit. In reality, she’s unveiled all the components within the sauce: dragon fruit, sunflower seed oil, honey, chili and garlic.
Nonetheless, hypothesis in regards to the components of the sauce has run rampant on social media. One Twitter consumer thought that it was ketchup and mayo that got here collectively to make the pink sauce.
On the Pink Sauce web site, the sauce — packaged in a transparent bottle — is obtainable to buy for $20. Nonetheless, the packaging of the sauce has precipitated some controversy. Some Twitter customers are claiming that the sauce doesn’t have any preservatives and that it isn’t refrigerated in transit. Additionally, the label on the sauce incorrectly acknowledged that it held 444 servings per bottle.
Individuals are shopping for unrefrigerated “pink sauce” with no preservatives from a stranger on TikTok and are shocked after they get sick? 🤔 pic.twitter.com/IVTKXzfT2h
— Ricky “Launch the commerce” Ricardo (@iconstatusonly) July 19, 2022
Responding to the controversy, the Taste Genie posted a TikTok video apologizing for the wrong label and thanking her followers for his or her help. She stated that she has been following FDA requirements, however the product is at the moment in lab testing.
She has posted a number of movies of her consuming this sauce on fried rooster, hamburgers and quick meals. Customers have described the sauce as “candy and ranch-like.”
Within the meantime, the sauce continues to be a meme on Twitter, with even Netflix weighing in.
