It could be a rough summer if you're particular about your hot sauce.
This time, however, supply chain issues arenβt to blame for a product shortage.
Instead, a bad growing season has impacted the chili peppers used to make Huy Fong Foodsβ famed Sriracha sauce.
The company wrote to wholesalers that conditions in drought-plagued Mexico resulted in βa more severe shortageβ of chilis.
Huy Fong officials said orders placed after mid-April for its Chili Garlic and Sambal Oelek sauces wonβt be met until after Labor Day.
The company also wonβt take any new orders for those sauces until September amid hopes for a better fall harvest.
Consumers are already feeling the effects β at one restaurant, at least, NBC News reports.
A Kentucky sushi restaurant wrote that it would stop offering Sriracha as a free condiment, as well as limit its βspicy mayo.β