Can you bring hot chili pepper sauce on a plane?

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Chili sauce is a liquid or paste in a bottle; read the container capacity and protect the cap. This answer covers the ordinary form of the item at a US checkpoint. A separate liquid, battery, blade or chemical in the kit may have its own rule.

Carry-on baggage

Yes, if the container of “Hot chili pepper sauce” holds no more than 3.4 oz/100 ml and fits the quart-size liquids bag at a US checkpoint.

Checked baggage

Yes. “Hot chili pepper sauce” may be checked in a sealed container, provided its ingredients do not create a separate dangerous-goods restriction.

Prepare for screening

• Keep the product identifiable. Check liquid volume, temperature needs and destination import rules where they apply.
• Inspect the kit and its packaging.
• Compare the result with airline and route conditions.

Basis and limits

What Can I Bring? — complete list. Check airline size limits and destination import rules separately.

Before packing

1. Keep the product identifiable. Check liquid volume, temperature needs and destination import rules where they apply.
2. Inspect the kit and its packaging.
3. Compare the result with airline and route conditions.