What is Pickapeppa Sauce?

Pickapeppa Sauce, also known as Jamaican ketchup, is a brand-name Jamaican condiment, the main product of the Pickapeppa Company, founded in 1921. It is made in Shooters Hill, Jamaica, near Mandeville.

The ingredients (in order on the product label) are cane vinegar, sugar, tomatoes, onions, raisins, sea salt, ginger, peppers, garlic, cloves, black pepper, thyme, mangoes, and orange peel, aged in oak barrels. The sauce is sweet, sour, and mildly spicy. The company makes several variants of the sauce, including mango and extra-hot Scotch bonnet pepper varieties.

One traditional use of the sauce is to pour it over a block of cream cheese, to be spread on crackers.

Substitute: If you can't find Pickapeppa sauce, the best substitute is steak sauce as it has a similar tangy flavor profile with ingredients like tomatoes, vinegar, and spices; alternatively, you can use Worcestershire sauce depending on the recipe, though it might not have the exact same flavor profile as Pickapeppa sauce.