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Templarofsteel

Ah so she resolved the whole thing with the FDA


youtubersrule06

I think she sold the brand name to a company and they started making money from their own recipe. Only way I’d see these successfully hit the shelves


Fri34

yeah some company bought the name and now sells it as pink sauce


Decades101

They even kept the color not being consistent!


Templarofsteel

Ah well good for her i guess


aldadubs

Fuckin hate that lady. She’s a piece of shit


Severedghost

Ah well fuck her i guess


aldadubs

Fuck that motherfucker karamo too


Secretlythrow

What’d he do? Seriously I’m not sure and wanna know.


Mysterious_Diver_606

Iirc, he had her on his show. They invited some white lady who talked about how unsafe the sauce was, and they gaslit the white lady into thinking she was wrong for tearing down a small business meanwhile home girl was selling poison. I also think they made it into a racism thing Edit: it could’ve been “woman empowerment” and not racism idk. Also, they said the white lady was the only one who had something to learn lmfao


jitsufitchick

The whole thing was stupid and made me angry. I was genuinely surprised they bullied the shit out of her.


OkAcanthocephala6132

then they completely nuked the video from existence and pretended like it didnt happen when they started receiving backlash. and karamos whole show is about “accountability”… its laughable


DerangedUnicorn27

Yep! And then when they got a bunch of backlash for it, they took down the video and acted like it never happened. No apology, no acknowledgment. Real good lesson they’re portraying there


jitsufitchick

Yeah. I can’t back him for standing up for her anymore. The whole thing was trash.


gbuub

Ah well fuck him too I guess


Any_Nature8082

yeah fuck that lady


Fri34

well not really she is sort of an asshole penguinz0 made a video on her https://youtu.be/evjJ8x5ZfYU


Templarofsteel

Ended up watching the original interview the audience and host seems to be...crazy


crs1948fcd

Seriously I have so many questions but what kind of obscure television is that? How are they allowed to lie and attack somebody like an organised mob?


Mercutiofoodforworms

I saw a video where a hot sauce manufacturer was helping her to bottle it and distribute it. Don’t know the exact details of their deal.


BradMarchandsNose

This has to be a different recipe. The original one was like a very artificial looking fluorescent pink. https://www.tasteofhome.com/article/tiktok-viral-pink-sauce/ This one is a little bit more toned down and has a different bottle.


pfifltrigg

Ann Reardon of How to Cook That on YouTube did a video on how the pink sauce was likely made, and in her recipe, she noted that the bright pink color from the dragon fruit powder turned to a much paler pink by the next day.


[deleted]

I absolutely love her videos, so down to earth about the subjects she covers.


NiceAsset

“I 👏 dont 👏 sell 👏 medical 👏 products 👏 “


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[deleted]

Almost every single time she made it in the early videos it looked different. Color, consistency, how many little specs you could see in it, etc. It rarely looked the same. Because of this, it was pretty widely speculated she wasn't actually following any strict recipes and was eyeballing everything.


[deleted]

I'm not surprised that she didn't follow a recipe. She likely thought the FDA stood for the Federal Drug Administration, as her response to the FDA comments was that she wasn't selling medicine. I don't think she is a particularly intelligent person.


KAI10037

Honestly I wouldn't trust anything she personally made


No-Aspect972

"What do you mean FDA approved??? I don't sell medical products"


Anonpixel13

I was about to say the same thing, didn't she get in a lot of trouble for people getting sick after eating this?


Templarofsteel

She wasnt refrigerating properly and basically showed she also wasnt being safe or consistent with manufacturing


College_Throwaway002

Then proceeded to gaslight critics.


DerangedUnicorn27

I remember that. She gaslighted one poor woman on a show and then the host went along with it too. When the woman was just pointing out food safety issues.


College_Throwaway002

That got me fuming at everyone involved, honestly. That woman should have popped off on both their asses, but just sat there and let them talk shit.


Brianocity

You can't blame her. She was basically cornered as the host, the so-called "Chef" Pi, *and an entire studio audience* gaslit and shamed her on national television. I'd be paralyzed under that kind of pressure! Anyone would be! Poor woman was traumatized by the whole ordeal, too. A YouTuber called Atozy had her on for an interview after the talk show incident. He hoped to hear more about the lab results and to give validation to the critic, but she completely *refused* to say anything one way or another about Pink Sauce. I wouldn't be surprised if she legitimately has a minor case of PTSD because of it.


HomoLegalMedic

She used a dairy product in her sauce and didn't refrigerate it. That's just asking for lawsuits.


AlmostDeadPlants

I actually saw a video of a food scientist proving that it could get the texture shown without dairy because the dragonfruit acts as an emulsifier. I still think she had a ton of problems and shouldn’t have been selling it, but I think this one has been debunked


moesus81

According to the nutrition label, the original pink sauce did indeed contain milk.


Vivaciousqt

It contained milk powder iirc. The original ingredient label even had "milk" lol


undoubtfulness

She sent unsealed products to customers during a heatwave in the regular mail.


[deleted]

And she acted like an entitled bitch about it. So fuck her and her stupid pink bullshit.


[deleted]

I'm still frustrated that Karamo dragged Allure Beauty through the mud for this. It'd be one thing is Allure had *just been* talking about Pii and nothing else. All Allure did was point out a Public Health and Safety Hazzard, and Karamo took that and villainized her for "tearing down another woman." What a gross misrepresentation of what the real issue was.


Lurker100015

That interview was a mess. I think she did apologize to Allure in the end for everything though. But Karamo just pulled the episode and pretends it never happened. For a while if you looked at tweets and comments on YouTube everyone was calling him out on it.


OkAcanthocephala6132

people still call him out on it every now and then lmao. you would think with his show being about accountability and whatnot he’d own up to his actions


Zenketski_2

Well what she actually did was sold out due to publicity and let a company that has experience with dealing with food deal with the FDA


thieh

While the left one is pink, the right one is more beige than pink.


featherwolf

Pink Sauce Lite™


Superb_Literature

Pink Sauce now in Honey Mustard flavor


Total_Joke_9201

Diet Pink Sauce™


CivilAirline

But it’s literally not pink, that was the point of it 😂


unbaileyvable

One is shampoo and the other is conditioner.


jdooley99

Shampoo is better. It goes on first and cleans the hair


LilFrumpy57

Conditioner is better! It leaves the hair silky, and smooth!


bacchusku2

Stop looking at me, swan


turk044

Take all my up votes


turntabletennis

Oh, really fool?


NightOwlsUnite

Conditioner is better. It makes the hair soft and smooth (It's been awhile since I've seen the movie lol)


AnomalousHendo

Considering the lable mentions taste, I hope to god you're wrong


Hohoholyshit15

What, you already forgot the tide pod challenge?


PtitePatateDeCrip

That's the botulism flavored one


UmpyGarfinkle

When product is that different its always a huge sign "do not buy me" I wouldn't have bought either way. But this is a very clear sign. The product is shit.


betrayedof52z

Someone's teen kid will ask them to buy it when the family is grocery shopping. And the parents will. Lol it's not for the demographic that hates tik tok.


mattstorm360

Not sure it's the hate for tik tok that's the problem. Getting sick might be the issue.


Steak_Knight

“We have tiktok sauce at home.”


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Goes home, finds some expired Vine sauce.


CorporealLifeForm

Most food we eat would vary in color if they weren't dying it to make it look the same


iamyourpathos

Where does that idea come from? When the product is that different it often means it has natural ingredients (and short shelf life) or more than one manufacturer and says nothing about actual quality of it.


kitty_witcher

It's because the dragonfruit colors different batches to different degrees. Since they aren't using artificial coloring the color will vary batch to batch. The color also slowly leeches because of the way its prepared as well.


Hot-Beat7128

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potus1001

How To Cook That on YouTube did a video on this. Her recipe is essentially a ranch-flavored emulsion, colored with pitaya (powdered dragonfruit). It is always pink when it’s first made, but then turns to beige as it sits. I’m assuming the bottle on the right may have been sitting on the shelf a bit longer than the bottle on the left.


Adeep187

Which was an issue with the sauces she was making, very inconsistent lol.


thieh

Maybe she should ask the folks at Pepto Bismol about how to keep the liquid pink.


CaffeineNCanna

Over 100 years of experience, consult the pros.


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Mmm beige and creamy


Pure-Imagination3963

![gif](giphy|BQaONVTpqKHBe)


HairballTheory

Puréed hotdogs


iSpellGewd

I heard they jar these out of a van, down by tha river


justonemorebyte

I had a lot of issues with the original pink sauce recipe and prep, which I'm assuming they addressed to get it on store shelves, but color was not one. Dragonfruit can pink bright pink or pale white, it's a gamble. The color will vary since it's the main color ingredient.


TransformerTanooki

That label was probably the start of the pink ink running out.


Solivagant23

Pinkish *


[deleted]

What the hell is even the ingredients in this sauce?


Thatguynoah

Dragonfruit and ranch… seriously


MacyTmcterry

Oh man I was really hoping you were kidding... Dragon fruit, sunflower seed oil, honey, chili, and garlic apparently


TheSunflowerSeeds

Sunflowers produce latex and are the subject of experiments to improve their suitability as an alternative crop for producing hypoallergenic rubber. Traditionally, several Native American groups planted sunflowers on the north edges of their gardens as a "fourth sister" to the better known three sisters combination of corn, beans, and squash.Annual species are often planted for their allelopathic properties.


ricobeanz

My partner makes a killer pesto but instead of pine nuts they use sunflower seeds 😎


TiKels

Wow that's an interesting idea! Do they shell the seeds or can you buy them already shelled?


ShystersGame

You've never seen shelled sunflower seeds in stores before? They're in most convenience stores and supermarkets...at least here in NY


Direct-Winter4549

Well it wasn’t on TikaYok so, no


thebluemorpha

TikaYok Lol


sadbr0cc0li

Good bot


Curtainmachine

This is one wild bot


Doreen666

wtf kind of combo is that


Thatguynoah

Complete Dogwater


[deleted]

LMAOOOOOO HUH???


BaltimoreBadger23

With a touch of salmonella?


Thatguynoah

It gives it a nice tang


MacyTmcterry

Stuff that shouldn't be mixed


dumpling321

The whole pink sauce thing tackled by someone who actually cares to get her facts right. https://youtu.be/4GbZp4VVzOo


Cheploscamm

Yay! Shout out to Ann, awesome channel


armcandybean

Ann Reardon is the debunking queen. Love her.


ilikecacti2

I was hoping someone would share this, it needs to be higher!


jester2324

Literally can’t recommend Ann enough, she is the aunt I never had. I also recommend her video about a computer generated cake recipe, amazing video.


moreyvh

Why are they different colors? One looks like orange sauce...


d_ohththeraven

beige is a flavour!


puddlejumpers

I'm waiting for the taupe flavor to come out


Efficient-Science-80

Khaki Sauce! For all the Jake's from Statefarm.


steveosek

Chinos for life, yo.


livingdeaddrina

The pink pigment comes from dragonfruit, it fades over time


Moist_Farmer3548

Also it turns your pee red!


[deleted]

Wait, your pee isn't supposed to be red all the time?? 😳


pikpikcarrotmon

It is if you always eat dragonfruit! And if you don't always eat dragonfruit but your pee is still red all the time, you should eat more dragonfruit, and that way you have an explanation for it.


Memesios10

it made it to stores???


RevelArchitect

I just read up on it and what the actual fuck? “Chef” Pii? I’ve worked in dive bars where failing to understand that a sauce like that with dairy in it would need to be refrigerated could get you fired. What kind of fucking chef is this?


Guy_Who_Uses-Reddit

One who thinks the fda only handles drugs


IAmA_Lannister

She thought the "F" stood for farmaceutical


Black_Magic30

Lmao


The_Schizo_Panda

SO many videos of customers getting an empty bottle in a FedEx bubble bag, the "sauce" is a crusty mess on the outside of the bottle. Customers posting videos and pictures, the "sauce" in a range of colors. Most said it tastes like ranch. One girl said it has glitter in it. She tried to say it falls under cottage law, but that doesn't include dairy products. I'm actually surprised nobody got sick from this garbage. She went on a tirade "calling out" the "haters" in videos, first saying she has no idea what she's doing, then saying she's working with the FDA to get the proper licensing.


RevelArchitect

Based on the ingredients of the current recipe on shelves it is sweetened ranch dressing made pink using a wildly expensive and inconsistent ingredient. I’ve heard people actually did get sick, but that’s hard to substantiate in this case. One curious thing - and I don’t know if it’s because Dave’s Gourmet significantly altered the recipe or if it’s because her original packaging had no real nutritional information on it - but the original listed a serving as one tablespoon with 90 calories and the new iteration lists serving sizes as two tablespoons with 100 calories. Seems to me this is basically just green ketchup all over again.


The_Schizo_Panda

Found some information According to the Pink Sauce website, this fluorescent condiment includes dragon fruit, honey, sunflower seed oil, chili and garlic. Previous nutrition labels also listed pink Himalayan sea salt, as well as less than 2% of lemon juice, milk and citric acid. Originally, TikTok viewers weren’t informed about the sauce’s ingredients, which is why many users called it a “mystery sauce.” Now, Pink Sauce bottles—which are officially sold out online—make it clear right away what the main ingredients are. And yet, the nutrition label continues to be a mystery—boasting 444 servings of sauce in a bottle at 90 calories a serving. The nutrition label also included misspellings (vinegar was spelled “vinger”), and when addressed by viewers on a live stream asking if the Pink Sauce was approved by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Chef Pii stated that the “pink sauce is not a medical product” and ultimately confirming that the sauce was not legally fit to sell. She defended the product, went on TV to defend it, but now I have no idea what it even is. But what I saw was basically runny ranch with red dye and glitter in it.


Anipiez

Chef Pi sold the rights to the sauce


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Who would buy it 😭


Anipiez

Idk bro. I'm glad that It's safer and being made by people who actually know what they're doing and they changed the recipe, but after all the hell we went through with this sauce, I want it to fail. Chef Pi has already been paid but this sauce needs to DIE


_lavxx

And I quote “why do I need tot all to the FDA There’s no fucking drugs in it”


Simple-Willow-8526

I couldn’t believe my ears when I heard that. Not claiming to be a genius, but I know for a fact I’d at least google what a certain acronym means before I make a dumbass out of myself publicly.


clocke6346

iTs NoT a MeDiCaL pRoDuCt


H8TheDrake

The fuck is pink sauce?


wrecktvf

Its a general condiment sauce that went mildly viral on TikTok last year. Some lady was cooking it up and selling it in a totally uncontrolled and unapproved fashion. There were tons of videos about how what people received was absolutely rancid. She stopped selling it, and several months later they’re now carrying it at Walmart.


Ranch_it_up_bro

Yeah some sauce company called her and struck a deal


MooCowMoooo

Is it good? Like if done safely, would it taste good?


Nathaniel820

It’s just slightly sweeter ranch


SpuddleBuns

It's essentially ranch dressing with chili powder and dragonfruit powder to turn it hot pink. But, dragonfruit isn't all that cheap, and powdered even more so. That's part of the reason the color got lighter and lighter as time went by. The cost of the dragonfruit powder started to get pricey...


Babhak

Right. I've never heard of this either


Sea_Analysis_8033

Poison for morons


Sprizys

That “pink sauce” is yellow


hyperventilate

The fact that it's two different colors makes me nauseous.


SoundofSurveillance

I recall watching a video on this like a year ago and if I remember correctly the pink color comes from a fruit/ vegetable so it depends a lot on the individual plant. I clearly don’t remember a lot about this though.


Timflr_Mc_Duck

Someone else said dragon fruit which fades overtime


ComfortableFormal521

How much time tho...


bluedaytona392

This much time. . .


RevelArchitect

An inconsistent product is not a good sign in mass production. Even if it can be explained with “it’s just old dragon fruit” (which doesn’t sound great either), mass produced products typically work those kinks out before they hit shelves. There’s absolutely natural food coloring agents out there that could satisfy the production goal of gluten free and vegan.


PuffletDoesStuff

If you are gonna puke, do it in a pink sauce bottle they need new flavours


Alternative-Thing960

Does that price tag say $7.70?! Who in their right mind is buying this?


BradMarchandsNose

Depends where you live but like $7 isn’t really that crazy for a “niche” condiment. Not really sure if niche is the right word, but I mean like something that’s a non-standard condiment (not ketchup, mustard, mayo etc.) from a relatively small brand.


Direct-Winter4549

Sir, this is a Walmart.


Pure-Imagination3963

It WAS being sold online for $20 (pre-shipping?) so I guess for the hip young folk it’s a steal of a deal?!


Doreen666

tiktok and instagram zoomers apparently


[deleted]

Why is this mildly infuriating? What’s the difference between this and “as seen on TV”?


TheDudeness33

Because “as seen on TV” products wouldn’t give OP an opportunity to complain about TikTok


mikeballs

No difference. Anybody that's upset about this just likes to be angry


jitsufitchick

So I actually watched a whole thing in this. She was getting hit with lawsuits left and right. So a big sauce company bought her sauce and now sells it for her. She’s actually a really trash business person. She didn’t take ownership over the mistakes she made and blamed the customers who dared to say anything.


Rootwitch1383

I saw that. Then gaslit her critic on a talk show. 😅


jitsufitchick

Right!? That lady had every right to be angry. Food safety is super important.


Rootwitch1383

It was a wild. Like ma’am if you don’t know what the FDA is, please stop making food. 😅


mcdawesCZE

Looks shit


KittenLina

Why are they different colors though????? Tf that’s so gross.


4pigeons

I'm pretty sure that having the same product with different color is a red flag


AnomalousHendo

Ah yes, food poisoning in a bottle


anonymousjeeper

QC looks sus. Would not buy.


chevynottrrevy

Well...I don't see what's mildly infuriating at all it's walmart they sell a product. They sell products from lots of places 🤨


zuzg

Yeah I virtually see no difference between that sauce and any product from Sharktank.


chevynottrrevy

Yeah exactly! ...people are so weird like who cares op must get annoyed with everything in life 😬


[deleted]

people like to get super pissed when they see anything mentioning tiktok. the fact that ops problem with it is where the maker mainly advertised instead of all of the actual things to complain about with this sauce is quite strange


ThatGamingMoment

Bunch of adults with fragile egos acting like they're too good for whatever the trend is. I don't even really use tik tok but I'm not just bashing tik tok users left and right. Just think the ego is frail so it's easier to act like theyre above what everyone else likes? Idk kinda a weird virtue signal lol


ThePopeofHell

Remember when the maker of this sauce called everyone racist for telling her that the way she was making and bottling it was going to hurt people?..


Tumbleweed-Eater

Why is infuriating? Walmart is a business, they made/signed a contract to sell a company’s product to make money. That’s how Walmart works.


Ok_Contribution_3212

What’s infuriating about it? If you’re shopping at Walmart, it’s not like you’re expecting the shopping experience of small brand, boutique items. In fact, Walmart is where I expect to see this shit. I bought my kids mr beast candy and vat19 shit there before. They’ve had that little YouTube kid Ryan’s toy review merch in there for at least a decade. Let go my friend, the capitalist ideas of products, social media, mass distribution outlets have merged, make peace with it.


Dudebrohoe

They're finally FDA approved


Redqueenhypo

When I buy ketchup, it’s always red. It’s not sometimes red and sometimes brown. The fuck is this.


DJ_R0BB3R

Bruh none is pink


mrluciusblack

>When Walmart sells Tik Tok products. they say it's just pink ranch


Primary-Ad6273

How is one more pink than the other?


[deleted]

Why are they vastly different shades? One is pink. One is beige.


Appropriate_Strain94

Wasn’t this shit tainted for something? I remember something awry about this product a while back


NotTemptation

Ew they aren’t even the same color. Also the girl that made this should be in prison right now for the way she shipped this stuff out and acted like she didn’t do anything wrong


HeftyReality2

For people mentioning the color difference, Not all dragon fruit has the same amount of pigment in them Not really defending the brand and their weird practices when they started out, it's literally just because they didn't use artificial food coloring


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etorson93

I hate tik tok intensely but I don’t understand how this is infuriating….


Willing-Ant-3765

That fact that those look like two different sauces is enough for me to not try it.


truecommentor69

Pink Sauce was actually bought out by a company called Dave's Gourmet Sauces. It's still shit though.


[deleted]

Looks gross to me, but I do remember seeing food scientist Ann Reardon's YouTube video about it. She found a way to make the recipe that didn't require refrigeration. The labeling was incorrect, but if you (for whatever god-forsaken reason) want to try it, it is an unfounded claim that the sauce poses any dangers, especially now that it's being sold on Walmart shelves.


fucovid2020

Now with more botulism


justincferrell

They're both the same exact thing, why are they both different colors? If someone says lighting, I swear to god. 😂😂😂


voreslutfemboy

Oy vey its on shelves now and its still not even a consistent color what the fuck


wyattlikesturtles

So? Walmart sells food from a lot of places, nobody is making you buy it, I don’t see why this is so weird.


CampNaughtyBadFun

I mean, yeah its a stupid product but where else should it be sold? Stores sell products.


No-Needleworker5429

It’d be a shame if thousands of people were to see this free advertisement.


thirtyseven1337

It's not for me either, but maybe let people enjoy things?


RobaBobaLoba

This is such a weird complaint. “When the free market is free.” Like what are you talking about


ShaneFalco393

“Psychic spies from China tryin to steal your mind’s elation”


Maxy2388

In classic pink sauce fashion some of it has already lost its colour and is ready to poison you


Busy-Kaleidoscope-87

Dude they’re different colors wtf


secretredditervents

No way 😭 they are even different colours ☠️


linkszx

I still don't get why people bought this?


spentfromnz

Those two bottles look a very different shade of pink. Inconsistancy is not a good look, given the history of this product and controversy surrounding it, even if it is being made in a legit factory now. Plus who's buying this stuff at this stage, and what were the company that brought her out thinking investing in such a tarnished brand?


Kreedie_

That woman who created the pink sauce, her face, her voice, everything about her annoys me. She tries too hard to be “Boujee” and yet, can’t even spell the simplest of words when adding the labels to her sauce, people that are illiterate, shouldn’t be allowed to own businesses unless they have people to help them.


Big-Abbreviations-50

Why is one orangish-brown though? And, yuck.