The hot sauce, which is produced by Huy Fong Foods owned by Vietnamese-born billionaire David Tran, is sold at US$40 per bottle of nearly 500 grams on eBay, compared to $5 before.

Sriracha hot chilli sauce is made at the Huy Fong Foods factory in Irwindale, California May 19, 2014.

A bottle of nearly 800 grams is sold at $60 on the same platform. In Vietnam, a 500-gram bottle is sold at VND89,000 ($3.75) on e-commerce platform Shopee.

The shop that sells it imports thousands of bottles a year from California, but since April Sriracha prices have risen as its supply become scarce. Huy Fong Foods recently told CNN that it’s still experiencing a shortage of raw materials.

"Although some production did resume this past fall season, we continue to have a limited supply that continues to affect our production. At this time, we have no estimations of when supply will increase," a Huy Fong spokesperson said.

There’s been a shortage of the main ingredient, red jalapeños, for the past three years.

Last year, the company temporarily stopped orders because of the shortage, which also affected its Chili Garlic and Sambal Oelek products.

The Guardian reported that drought in Mexico has resulted in a scarcity of chilli peppers. "It is a challenging crop to grow," said Stephanie Walker, a plant scientist at the New Mexico State University, who serves on the advisory board of the Chile Pepper Institute.

"Jalapeños are really labor intensive, requiring people to de-stem them by hand before they go for processing."

Huy Fong’s Sriracha, created in 1980 by Chinese immigrant David Tran, is sold in popular retailers like Target and Whole Foods.

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Source: VnExpress