Archer Farms Three Pepper Sauce Review

Archer Farms Three Pepper Taco Cart Sauce

Archer Farms is the food arm of Target, basically the store brand for that chain. In that line can be found everything from canned peanuts to cookies and so on. This one is marketed loosely as a hot (taco cart) sauce and contains both habanero and chipotle peppers. In point of fact, there are about 20 different individual ingredients listed on the label.

For all of those ingredients, I found it baffling that it had so little taste. Not merely in heat - I was expecting at least a slight kick from the habaneros, even if they were further down the list - but in flavor of any kind, especially given the plethora of items that are generally flavorful on their own. What little flavor there is seems to be derived mostly from tomatoes but even that is very weak. The consistency is best described as chunky, but to me, it seems very ill made, considering the bottle. It is barely pourable and I found an entire raisin in a portion I poured out. If they want it this chunky, it would ideally be in a salsa jar instead of this type of bottle (similar to the La Victoria taco sauce bottles). I can't imagine this being even in a tray on any self-respecting taco cart, though.

While I generally find Target to be overall very favorable, like with most chains, their forays into food tend to be dubious. This is a gigantic miss and even at the fairly low price of $3/bottle, a rather considerable waste of money, considering what you actually get. It's a pity, too, as this had the ingredient profiles of what could have been a very interesting sauce.

Bottom line: Avoid. This isn't good even as a condiment.

Breakdown:

           Heat level: 0
           Flavor: 0
           Flexibility: 1
           Enjoyment to dollar factor: 0

Overall: 0