There's a nationwide Sriracha shortage, and climate change may be to blame

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There's a nationwide Sriracha shortage, and climate change may be to blame
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The company that makes Sriracha told customers it will have to stop making the sauce for the next few months due to 'severe weather conditions affecting the quality of chili peppers.'

— 🧇Waffle🏳️‍🌈 Grocery stores in some parts of the country have already started running low on stock, and restaurant owners have been facing higher prices.

"Because this is where I'm like, you have to have the Hoisin sauce and the Sriracha, together!" she said.The shortage is due to a failed chili pepper harvest in northern Mexico, where all of the chilies used in Sriracha come from, according to National Autonomous University of Mexico's Guillermo Murray Tortarolo, who studies climate and ecosystems.

"The already difficult conditions were pushed over the limit by two consecutive La Niña events. And the dry season has not only been intense, but also remarkably long," Murray Tortarolo said.

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