Chamoy, a sweet-sour-spicy condiment

Chamoy is a Mexican condiment made with pickled fruit, chiles, and lime juice.

While there are a number of different chamoy varieties, the sweet-sour-spicy combination is attracting United States consumers in larger numbers. These consumers already often share a love of Mexican cuisine.

Chamoy can range from a liquid to a paste consistency, and typically its flavor is salty, sweet, and sour, spiced with chiles.

Similar combinations also exist in Southeast Asian cuisines, where, for example, fish sauce is sweetened, mixed with sour tamarind, and spiked with chiles.

Chamoy goes just as well as a condiment drizzled over fruits and vegetables as it is bringing complexity and depth to a sweet drink or dessert, particularly the increasingly popular mangonada.

Market research firm Datassential reports that 38% of consumers are familiar with chamoy, and 17% have tried it.

Click through the above gallery to learn more about to chamoy, and to see how one restaurant is using it on its menu.