SPICO: Thanh Hoa Chili Peppers Transformed into Quality, Healthy Chili Sauce

Over time, the Vietnamese chili sauce market has been flooded with industrial products filled with chemicals. Although these sauces are tasty, inexpensive, and easy to find, they pose significant health concerns due to their many additives.

Amidst this sea of chemical-laden chili sauces, SPICO has emerged as a brand of clean and safe chili sauce. Notably, SPICO chili sauce is made from ingredients sourced directly from Vietnam, offering users a delicious, clean, and healthy option that lives up to its slogan "Spico - Vietnamese chili, Vietnamese soul."

Delicious, Clean, and Safe Chili Sauce from Vietnamese Produce

Clean and Safe

The main ingredients of SPICO chili sauce are entirely natural. The brand uses Thanh Hoa chili peppers, including horn peppers and bird's eye chilies, as the primary ingredients.

Free from chemical additives like artificial flavors, colors, and preservatives, SPICO ensures the health safety of its consumers.

SPICO proudly presents its clean ingredient list free of artificial additives

SPICO’s chili sauce and other dipping sauces are sterilized and bottled in glass containers, which helps preserve them longer without needing additives. Glass bottles are also less harmful to health compared to plastic bottles, which can release microplastics.

Delicious Hot Sauce

SPICO also offers various chili sauce flavors, all made with diverse combinations of nearby agricultural products. Examples include hot dipping sauce for seafood, Northern-style chili sauce, tomato sauce, and even mildly spicy chili sauce for children.

SPICO offers a variety of chili sauce flavors and packaging to meet different needs (Image: Facebook Spico) 

The natural ingredients, aside from the primary horn peppers and bird's eye chilies, include a variety of spices such as salt, sugar, vinegar, and produce like tomatoes, pineapples, garlic, onions, and cardamom.

The Bumpy Road to Success

Currently, SPICO supplies around 20,000 bottles of chili sauce to the market each month.

Although this number is not large, it indicates a growing trend towards clean chili sauce and an increasing preference for health-safe condiments over chemical-laden products.

However, reaching the 20,000-bottle mark wasn’t achieved overnight.

The journey began with the founder developing clean chili sauce products without prior experience. The ingrained habit of using cheap industrial chili sauce among many Vietnamese consumers posed a significant challenge that initially seemed insurmountable. Nevertheless, with a vision and determination to create delicious, clean products from local chili farms, SPICO persevered.

The founder, Mr Cuong, did everything possible to save costs, from learning traditional chili sauce recipes, testing the quality of each batch of fermented chili, to mastering and using design and marketing tools.

Handcrafted chili fermentation jars using traditional methods at SPICO

Their efforts paid off after 47 failed attempts with countless substandard chili batches, finally succeeding with the 48th batch that was not only delicious and clean but also long-lasting.

The brand gradually gained the trust and affection of consumers, especially those who value green, health-safe foods.

Providing Stable Income for Local Farmers

SPICO doesn’t just bring a fresh breath and a new choice to the Vietnamese chili sauce market; it also offers another significant value—stable income for local farmers and elevates the value of Vietnamese agricultural products.

Previously, chili farms faced the risk of discarding their produce if traders didn’t buy them. Now, SPICO has become a reliable destination for those red, aromatic chilies. Chili farmers in Thanh Hoa are no longer overly dependent on traders.

Chili, garlic, ginger, and other ingredients create the natural flavors of SPICO (Image: Facebook Spico)

Instead of selling raw chilies at low prices, these chilies are now processed further, elevating the value of Vietnamese chilies and allowing Vietnamese people to experience the true value of their agricultural produce. SPICO also aims for international quality standards to promote Vietnamese goods to foreign friends. Initially, SPICO has received several prestigious domestic awards, such as the 7th Sustainable Agricultural Development Startup Project (2021) and the 3-star OCOP certification from the Thanh Hoa Provincial People's Committee.

Phuc Loc Tho Chili Sauce by SPICO

Buy SPICO Chili Sauce on Chus.vn

SPICO chili sauce - Vietnamese chili, Vietnamese soul, is now available on Chus.vn with various chili and dipping sauces, all flavors derived from fresh Vietnamese chilies. SPICO not only enhances your meals but also offers a safe and healthy choice for the whole family.

Don't miss the opportunity to elevate your meals with the natural and authentic taste of SPICO chili sauce. Visit Chus today to make your purchase and experience the difference of high-quality, clean chili sauce crafted from the finest Vietnamese chili peppers. Choose SPICO for safety and deliciousness in every meal!

References: Spico homepage, Dân Trí Newspaper, Tuổi Trẻ Newspaper, Lao Động Newspaper, Thanh Hóa City Information Portal