The Recall Desk
Agency classClass IIOur severity:HighFDA (Food)·F-0644-2025·Announced 2025-03-26

HOT ONES Verde hot sauce recalled for possible plastic contamination

HOT ONES brand VERDE hot sauce by Heatonist is being recalled due to possible plastic foreign object contamination. Multiple sizes were distributed in North Carolina, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois.

The agency’s classification

FDA (Food): Class II

Class II is a situation in which use of or exposure to a violative product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences, or where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote.

This is the agency’s own classification, taken from its notice. The severity score below is our assessment, not the agency’s. How recall classes work

What this means for you

Our assessment, not the agency’s: severity 3/5 (High).

Real risk of harm even if no illness or injury has been reported yet. Stop using the product and follow the agency's guidance.

Our severity reasoning: FDA Class II recall with possible plastic contamination in a food product. No illnesses or injuries have been reported. Plastic contamination poses a potential choking hazard, meeting the criterion for a High-severity recall of a risk-of-harm product where injury has not yet been reported.

Plain-English summary

The Karma Sauce Company LLC is recalling HOT ONES brand VERDE, Los Calientes Hot Sauce by Heatonist in 1-gallon jugs, 5-ounce bottles, and 5-gallon buckets. The recall affects product distributed in North Carolina, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois.

The product is being recalled due to possible plastic foreign object contamination. Plastic pieces may be present in the product.

Consumers who have purchased the affected product should not consume it. Those with questions should contact The Karma Sauce Company LLC for further guidance.

The recalled product

Product
HOT ONES brand VERDE, Los Calientes Hot Sauce, BY HEATONIST; 1 gallon, 5 oz, and 5 gallon sizes; UPC: 8-51444-00803-5
Manufacturer
The Karma Sauce Company LLC
Category
Food — Condiments
Hazard

Is your product affected?

Check your packaging against the codes below. If any of them match, the product is part of this recall.

Lot numbers (11)

  • 1 gallon size: Best By 02/03/2028
  • Best By 02/04/2028
  • Best By 02/07/2028 5 oz size: Best By 02/03/2028
  • Best By 02/05/2028
  • Best By 02/06/2028
  • Best By 02/07/2028
  • Best By 02/11/2028
  • Best By 02/12/2028
  • Best By 02/13/2028
  • Best By 12/18/2027
  • Best By 12/19/2027 5 gallon size: Best By 02/07/2028

Distribution

Distributed in 4 states:

Part of a larger recall action

This product is one of 2 recalled by The Karma Sauce Company LLC under a single FDA (Food) recall action. The agency files each product separately, so the size of the action is not visible from this page alone.

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