Prosecco Pepper with breakfast, Opera Sauce for lunch, Key Lime Margaritas and a WOOO-Cest-Er-Shire dinner. Whatever you’re making, there’s a SuperTasterz sauce to spice it up, with every flavor dreamed up in a Little Rock kitchen.
Before turning his side hustle into a full-time gig, Sauce Maker and Chief Flavor Officer Jason Cummings was a food broker, representing multiple food manufacturers to restaurants and foodservice in the Central Arkansas market. In 2021, he dove in full-time and got serious about developing their first recipe. The Opera Sauce line was first out of the kitchen, starting with Mediterranean Hot Sauce.
“I wanted to make a hot sauce that worked for pizza and could take the place of things like crushed red pepper flakes,” Jason says. “My wife, who was the primary taste tester at that point, was not a fan of vinegar-forward sauces, so the Mediterranean Hot Sauce derives more of its acidity from lemon juice.”
The business grew from there, adding WOOO Cest-Er-Shire Strong Southern Worcestershire Sauce, Arkansas Diamond Fire Champagne Pepper Sauce & Bloody Mary Mix, Key Lime Margarita Mix and Opera Sauce Marinara.
When he received an order for 2,000 bottles of sauce for a company holiday gift, Jason knew he had something. Partnering with a manufacturer in Northwest Arkansas allowed the business to scale, with products now available across Arkansas and as far as Brooklyn, Boston, Tallahassee and Fort Collins. The latest addition is another from the Opera Sauce brand – Prosecco Pepper Sauce.
“It’s got some similar flavors to the Mediterranean Hot Sauce, but its texture is more like Arkansas Diamond Fire,” Jason says.
More heat is on the way with the SuperTasterz take on a trending kitchen staple – the Hot Honey Base. It doesn’t have honey in it – with a Hot Honey Base and your favorite local honey, you can mix up your own Hot Honey any time.
If you’re wondering how to use the products in your own kitchen, look up SuperTasterz, Arkansas Diamond Fire and Opera Sauce on social media for beginner-friendly recipe videos that bring plenty of spice on their own. Visit SuperTasterz.com to order directly and find local retail and restaurant locations.
“I wanted to make a hot sauce that worked for pizza and could take the place of things like crushed red pepper flakes."