The Peppy Pete's Gourmet Salsa Story

 

Salsa Perfection, from a Minnesota kitchen

Peppy Pete’s isn’t from salsa country. We’re a family company in central Minnesota making small-batch salsa from fresh vegetables, fresh-frozen fruit, and spice blends you won’t find in a typical jar.

It started with one recipe Lisa’s parents had canned for years. We made some minor changes to the recipe and then gave it the name Original. Friends and family said we should sell it, so we did a few proof-of-concept experiments at small-town events across Minnesota — and got our answer.

We opened production on March 26, 2014. That one recipe became a full lineup — mild to wild — including Roasted Tomatillo Verde, Cilantro and Key Lime, Mango Habanero, Chipotle-Smoked, Black Bean and Corn, and some of the world’s hottest peppers: Habanero, Ghost, Trinidad Scorpion, Carolina Reaper.

We still make it the hard way. Fresh tomatoes and zucchini. No watering down. Thick, garden-fresh texture. Not a thin, overcooked sauce. A co-packer couldn’t match the flavor because they’d have to start with canned tomatoes packed in calcium chloride or citric acid. We wouldn’t.

Judges have noticed. Peppy Pete’s has won 18 international awards, including 6 world championships.

Thick. Fresh. One of a kind.

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"Thick. Fresh. & Nothing Like It"