Name
Peruana Sauce
What We Do
Peruana Sauce is a bold, flavorful sauce made with love from Peru. A social impact company that supports small scale Peruvian chili pepper farmers. Their goal is to support low-income rural farmers through the sales of Peruvian hot sauces, made from the same aji and rococo chili peppers they have been harvesting for generations. Peruana Sauce is a Latin-owned, female-owned and run company operating out of San Clemente CA.
“But the farmer is the one doing all of the work and they gain the least in this process,” Muñoz said. To solve this issue, she first focused on directly purchasing peppers from farmers for a higher price. But while this allowed for greater profits, this didn’t vastly improve farmers’ quality of life. Further research led her to her true solution: irrigation. “I noticed the most expensive thing for farmers is water. They need a lot of water to nourish these kinds of plants, and whichever way they get it—from the city or from a nearby area—is very labor- intensive and expensive.”
Working directly with farmers, Muñoz is committed to helping them put in place infrastructure that makes their work sustainable. She has travelled to Peru to help install irrigation systems for a local farm.
“I used to eat very bland,” she said. “But whenever I was cooking, I was adding sauce to everything. I want people to enjoy its flavor, and feel good about the product’s impact and origins. I know that once they try it, this will become their new everything sauce!"
“But the farmer is the one doing all of the work and they gain the least in this process,” Muñoz said. To solve this issue, she first focused on directly purchasing peppers from farmers for a higher price. But while this allowed for greater profits, this didn’t vastly improve farmers’ quality of life. Further research led her to her true solution: irrigation. “I noticed the most expensive thing for farmers is water. They need a lot of water to nourish these kinds of plants, and whichever way they get it—from the city or from a nearby area—is very labor- intensive and expensive.”
Working directly with farmers, Muñoz is committed to helping them put in place infrastructure that makes their work sustainable. She has travelled to Peru to help install irrigation systems for a local farm.
“I used to eat very bland,” she said. “But whenever I was cooking, I was adding sauce to everything. I want people to enjoy its flavor, and feel good about the product’s impact and origins. I know that once they try it, this will become their new everything sauce!"
Founded
05/01/2021
Website
Categories
CONDIMENTS & DRESSINGS, Women Owned
Phone
626.318.1204 Laura J
Address
615 Esplanade Unit 403
Redondo Beach, CA 90277
United States
Redondo Beach, CA 90277
United States
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