It’s been 19 years since Torchbearer Sauces sprang to life in Pennsylvania through heat-loving friends & family and their homemade hot sauces.

Torchbearer Sauces founders illustration
The Beginning of Something Awesome
Owner Vid Lynch’s obsession with hot food began in high school at a “good-bye” party for a friend who was moving away. They were eating BBQ chicken and the friend started pouring some crazy extract sauce all over his food. Vid joined in and hasn’t stopped melting his insides since.

Years later, Vid and his friend Ben (who would later become his partner in Torchbearer), each had a crop of habanero peppers they had no idea what to do with. On the fateful day of September 21, 2004, they took all those peppers and bottled them with some carrots, mandarin oranges, and onions to preserve them. Family and friends couldn’t get enough, and the guys were convinced it might be time to try to sell their concoction. They even knew what to call themselves, as Vid had a photography and video production company named “Torchbearer.” Definitely too perfect to not use.

Vid and Ben’s recipes for unique hot sauces got them going, but the things that really set them apart from other companies were the mustards, marinades, and BBQ sauces they started creating. While folks would be intrigued by ghost peppers and scorpion peppers, many would keep coming back to that Oh My Garlic! or Honey Mustard that you could serve anyone and use in anything. At food festivals that they participated in, it wasn’t all about being the toughest fire eater but about what the customer liked and how they could improve everything from grilled chicken to potato salad. The guys basically found a way to appeal to everyone – and with that came success.

While there have been so many expansions and improvements, the important things haven’t changed. From the all-natural, locally-sourced ingredients to the fun bottle artwork the fans expect, Ben and Vid continue to do things like they always did. The importance of a tasty product, made with healthy, real stuff (no extracts or preservatives here!), done in a fun way has been and always will be the focus. From flavorful reaper sauces to put-it-on-everything wing sauces, these guys know what works.

Ingredients: Tomato Paste, Water, Brown Sugar, Honey, Chipotle Peppers, Apple Cider Vinegar, Habanero Peppers, Garlic, Molasses, Yellow Mustard, Salt, Chili Powder, Crushed Red Pepper, Oregano.

Contains: Mustard

Nutritional value per 100g
Energy 598 kJ / 143 kcal
Fat 0g
of which saturates 0g
carbs 36g
sugar 28,5g
protein 0g
sodium 0,8g