In the fridge or on the kitchen counter?

The experts weigh in.

I have it around always, and I tend to store it in the fridge.

Sriracha bottles in the grocery store

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Here’s what I found out.

That’s because sriracha doesn’t' have to be refrigerated, even after the bottles have been opened.

Thebest way to store bottles of Sriracha, according to the manufacturer?

Sriracha on kitchen counter

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“Just see to it they are stored in a cool, dry place.”

You don’t need to keep it in the fridge.

How is it that sriracha doesn’t need to be refrigerated?

Every bottle comes with a best-before date, “lasered on towards the neck of the bottle.

you could feel it with your fingers,” says a rep from Huy Fong Foods.

But it won’t keep your sriracha from going bad.

The vinegar and chilis are already doing that for you.