Popular maker of sriracha sauce is temporarily halting production. Here's why.

Your food could be decidedly blander this summer, with a major sriracha producer warning that it is suspending production because of a shortage of the Thai chili sauce's main ingredient — hot peppers. 

Huy Fung Foods, which makes a popular sriracha hot sauce, said it will stop producing the condiment until September because the red jalapeño chili peppers used to make it are "too green," according to a company memo obtained by CBS MoneyWatch. USA Today first reported the news. 

"After reevaluating our supply of chili, we have determined that it is too green to proceed with production as it is affecting the color of the product," Huy Fung Foods said in an April 30 letter to wholesale buyers.