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EHSA 2026 · Global Top 20

The Top 20.

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Rank 2

Hot Goddess

ME AND MY HOT SAUCE · Germany

8.76

Rank 1

Chocoberrie

Pandemonic hot sauce · Germany

8.93

Rank 3

Jamaican Jerk

Burnin Benzes Chilimanufaktur · Germany

8.38

Yellow Mellow

Hot Chili Sauce · Ferment Island · Malta

GOLD8.18

ADIXION

Sweet · HotZeg · Belgium

GOLD8.00

Roasted Hell

Hot Chili Sauce · Not That Spicy · Germany

GOLD8.00

Munnvold Hot Chipotle

Hot Chili Sauce · MUNNVOLD · Norway

SILVER8.00

Blackberry & Chipotle

Hot Chili Sauce · Såseriet · Sweden

SILVER7.97

Scorpion Grinder

Extra Hot Chili Sauce · Burnin Benzes Chilimanufaktur · Germany

GOLD (winner)7.82

Asinhas Infernais - Original Desafio

Extra Hot Chili Sauce · Piri-Piri & Co · Portugal

GOLD7.80

Munnvold Yuzu

Medium Chili Sauce · MUNNVOLD · Norway

GOLD (winner)7.79

HOT HONEY

Chili Honey · POHORC BIO CHILI · Slovenia

GOLD (winner)7.76

DEAD MORUGA

Freestyle · GASTON CHILLI · Czech Republic

GOLD (winner)7.73

The BBQ Sauce

BBQ Chili Sauce · Nomad Chilli Co · Australia

GOLD (winner)7.71

Chili-Ketchup extra hot

Chili Ketchup · MV Chili-Manufaktur GmbH · Austria

GOLD (winner)7.71

Kaathoon Chili Sauce

Medium Chili Sauce · Kaathoon · France

GOLD7.67

Andalusí

Hot Chili Sauce · Achilipú salsas picantes. · Spain

SILVER7.63

Cranberry Cracker

Medium Chili Sauce · Not That Spicy · Germany

GOLD7.63

Munnvold Habanero

Medium Chili Sauce · MUNNVOLD · Norway

SILVER7.62

Habanero Yuzu

Hot Chili Sauce · Shadow reapers · Belgium

BRONZE7.62

Methodology

The Global Rankings are the top 20 sauces across every category at EHSA 2026, ranked by judges’ weighted average score. Each sauce is evaluated across flavour complexity, heat balance, ingredient quality, originality and overall sensory experience.

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