Valentina is a hot sauce brand manufactured by Salsa Tamazula, a company based in Guadalajara, Mexico.
Like the parent company's Tamazula hot sauce, Valentina is made with puya chilis from Jalisco state, similar to the Guajillo chili and known by the name guajillo puya.
Valentina is described as thicker than Tabasco sauce and less vinegary, with more chili flavor.
[5] Valentina's ingredients are water, chili peppers, vinegar, salt, spices and the preservative sodium benzoate.
[6] The sauce is named after Valentina Ramírez Avitia, a Mexican revolutionary.