How Cane's keeps their sauce receipe a secret

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But how does Raising Cane's keep its beloved sauce recipe a secret? A Tuesday Wall Street Journal report describes the effort that goes into protecting the recipe.

Despite the hundreds of alleged copycat recipes that have been shared online, according to The Wall Street Journal, there is only a handwritten physical copy of the original sauce's ingredients.

Written 30 years ago by one of the company's co-founders, the recipe is locked in a safe in an undisclosed location.

There have been attempts to replicate Cane's sauce, which is apparently based in ketchup, mayonnaise, and Worcestershire sauce, but the owners swear few know the actual recipe.

Some of the preventive measures the chain goes through to protect the secret include requiring managers to sign non-disclosure agreements to mix the sauce and shipping the sauce ingredients in unmarked bags, WSJ's report said.

It may seem like a dramatic effort to hide a sauce recipe, but many consider the sauce to be the glue that holds a Raising Cane's meal together. Raising Cane's has also put the sauce front and center in its successful advertising campaigns.

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