Chilli peppers, coffee, wine: how the climate crisis is causing food shortages

‘Almost everything we grow and raise in the US is facing some climatic stress.’ Composite: Getty Images

Sriracha fans are a passionate bunch. They have been known to get tattoos of the popular hot sauce on their bodies and dress up like the red plastic squeeze bottle for Halloween.

So it’s no surprise that an unprecedented shortage of the beloved condiment would send loyalists scrambling to avoid a spiceless summer.