In Mexico, bottled Hot Sauce is used everyday to spice up street fare such as potato chips, fruit cocktails, pop corn, and other fried foods sold as snacks in plastic bags. It is also used in some seafood cocktail preparations and alcoholic drinks.

Even though nowadays there are many bottled salsas on the market, some street vendors still make their own Salsa, and they know their customers and how spicy and flavorful they like their salsa. Some street vendors are very proud of their salsa creations and take it as something that distinguishes the products they sell from others.