Editorial Standards
How CaribbeanFoodStore Reviews Products
What this site does
CaribbeanFoodStore is an editorial guide for cooks who want the real story behind a bottle of pepper sauce or a bag of roti flour. A decade working in Caribbean specialty food retail — reading import labels, watching what moves on shelves, and comparing price per ounce across markets — is the experience behind every recommendation here. We're not a shop and we don't pretend to be. We're readers, label-decipherers, and price-watchers who translate grocery-aisle confusion into plain answers.
How we evaluate
- We read ingredient panels closely, noting whether scotch bonnet, shado beni, or cassareep appears first or last.
- We weigh price per ounce and per serving, because a $12 artisan bottle and a $3 supermarket jar aren't the same product.
- We compare what makers state about heat, texture, and sourcing against what reviewers and longtime cooks report across batches.
- We separate mass-market consistency from small-batch character, so you can choose which trade-off suits your kitchen.
- We flag when a brand's recipe has shifted over the years, because a trusted name isn't always a steady one.
Affiliate disclosure
Some links on this site are affiliate links, which means we may earn a small commission if you buy through them — at no extra cost to you. That commission never changes which brands we cover or how we rank them; the math and the label-reading come first.
How to reach Anita
Real feedback, corrections, or shop-floor stories that contradict something on this site: use the contact page. A real person reads what comes through.