Sauz Tastemaker Challenge Terms & Conditions
SAUZ TASTEMAKER CHALLENGE CONTEST
Official Rules
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. THE CONTEST (DEFINED BELOW) IS INTENDED FOR RESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES ONLY, AND WILL BE GOVERNED BY U.S. LAW. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW. PARTICIPATION IN THE CONTEST IS SUBJECT TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THESE OFFICIAL RULES.
1. Sponsor
The Sauz Tastemaker Challenge Contest (“Contest”) is sponsored by Sauz, LLC with physical address at 31 Venetian Way, Unit 3308, Miami Beach, FL 33139 (“Sponsor”). The Contest is in no way sponsored by, endorsed by, administered by, or associated with any third-party social media site, including Facebook®, Instagram®, X® f/k/a Twitter®, TikTok®, and LinkedIn® (each, a “Social Media Entity” and collectively, “Social Media”). By entering or participating in the Contest, you accept and agree to be bound by these official contest rules (these “Official Rules”).
2. Eligibility
The Contest is open to legal residents of the United States who are at least eighteen (18) years of age at the time of entry.
Employees, officers, directors, contractors, and immediate family members of Sponsor and its affiliates are not eligible to participate. “Immediate family members” shall mean spouses, parents, children, siblings, and each of their respective spouses, regardless of where they reside
Void where prohibited by law.
3. Contest Period
The Contest begins on August 17, 2026 at 12:00 PM ET and ends on August 31, 2026 at 11:59 PM ET (“Contest Period”). Sponsor’s clock is the official timekeeping device for the Contest.
Entries received outside the Contest Period or that do not comply with these Official Rules will be void.
4. How to Enter
During the Contest Period, you may enter the Contest by (i) creating an original video that complies with Section 5 below describing your dream sauce flavor, and (ii) posting your video to either TikTok or Instagram, tagging @getsauz and using the hashtag #SauzTastemakerChallenge in the caption of your posted video ((i) and (ii) are collectively, your “Entry”). You must submit all required Entry elements for an Entry to be eligible. You may need to have a “Public” Instagram or TikTok account to successfully enter the Conest, which may require you to adjust your Instagram or TikTok account settings. Once an Entry is received by Sponsor, Sponsor will evaluate the contents of the Entry, as further explained in Section 5 below, in totality and with relation to these Official Rules, and make a decision in its sole discretion as to whether the Entry meets the requirements in order to be considered an eligible Entry.
5. Entry Requirements
Your Entry must not: (i) violate any third-party right, including any copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, moral right, privacy right, right of publicity, or any other intellectual property or proprietary right; (ii) be unlawful, harassing, abusive, tortious, threatening, harmful, invasive of another’s privacy; (iii) contain profanity, or vulgar, defamatory, false, intentionally misleading, libelous, pornographic, obscene, sexually explicit, or patently offensive language or language that promotes racism, bigotry, hatred, or physical harm of any kind against any group or individual or is otherwise objectionable; (iv) be harmful to minors in any way or includes identifying information of any minor; or (v) violate any law, regulation, or obligations or restrictions imposed by any third party including but not limited to Social Media Entities..
Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to remove, reject, or disqualify any Entry that violates these requirements.
To be eligible to win, you agree to allow Sponsor to post and share your Entry on Sponsor’s Social Media accounts. This may require you to adjust your Social Media account settings so that your account is “Public.”
Limit: 1 Entry per individual. Entries received in excess of the stated limitation will be void. Use of multiple email addresses, Social Media accounts, phone numbers and/or mailing addresses, identities, registrations and logins, or any other methods and/or the manipulation of such information, for the purpose of obtaining more than the stated number of Entries, is prohibited and such persons will be disqualified and all of their Entries will be deemed invalid and any Prize won shall be forfeited. Sponsor will not verify receipt of Entries. Entries that are late, lost, stolen, undelivered, illegible, damaged, misdirected, mutilated, garbled, incomplete, altered or otherwise irregular, generated by script, macro or other automated or mechanical means, or that contain false information, have been submitted through illicit means or by any means which subvert the Entry process, or that do not conform with or satisfy any or all of the conditions set out in these Official Rules will be void. Multiple entrants are not permitted to share the same email address or Social Media account. As between you and Sponsor, all Entries shall become the property of Sponsor upon submission.
In the event of a dispute regarding the identity of an entrant, such Entry will be deemed to be made by the authorized account holder of the email address or Social Media account submitted at the time of entry. “Authorized account holder” is deemed as the natural person who is assigned to an email address by an Internet access provider, service provider or other online organization that is responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted email address. The potential Winner may be required to show proof of being an authorized account holder. You cannot win a Prize unless you comply with all requirements in these Official Rules and the policies and terms of the Social Media Entities. Any use of robotic, repetitive, automatic, programmed or similar methods or agents will void all Entries submitted by, or associated with, the applicable entrant. By submitting an Entry in connection with the Contest, you hereby agree that Sponsor may contact you regarding your Entry.
6. Judging & Winner Selection
The potential winning Entry will be determined after four rounds of judging as set forth in this Section 6.
First Round: Following the close of the Contest Period, a panel of qualified judges, as determined by Sponsor, will review and judge all eligible Entries received during the Contest Period based on the following criteria: (1) creativity; (2) originality; (3) entertainment value of Entry; (4) fit between Sponsor’s brand and your proposed sauce flavor; (5) overall quality of Entry; and (5) feasibility and potential commercial success of the proposed sauce flavor.
The twenty (20) Entries with the highest scores from the First Round will be deemed the “Quarter-Finalist Entries” and will move on to the Second Round of judging.
Second Round: Entrants with the Quarter-Finalist Entries will be notified that they have been chosen to participate in the first public voting round when their Entry is posted on Sponsor’s Instagram account. Each Quarter-Finalist Entry will be shared on Sponsor’s Instagram account. Each Quarter-Finalist entry will be shared on Sponsor’s Instagram account in a bracket-style competition, where each Quarter-Finalist Entry will be shown at the same time as one other Quarter-Finalist Entry and the public will vote via a poll on Sponsor’s Instagram Account for which Quarter-Finalist Entry they want to move on to the Third Round. Each poll will be up for twenty-four (24) hours. As between the two Quarter-Finalist Entries featured together, the one with the most votes from the public will move on to the Third Round. In the event of a tie between the two Quarter-Finalist Entries featured together following the public’s vote, the Quarter-Finalist Entry between the two that had the higher score after the First Round judging will move forward to the Third Round of judging. A total of ten (10) Quarter-Finalist Entries will move to the Third Round and they will be referred to as the “Semi-Finalist Entries.”
Third Round: Entrants who submitted a Semi-Finalist Entry will be notified of such when their Entry is posted on Sponsor’s Instagram account for Third Round voting. Each of the ten (10) Semi-Finalist Entries that moved on to the Third Round will be shown at the same time as one other Semi-Finalist Entry and the public will vote via a poll on Sponsor’s Instagram Account for which Semi-Finalist Entry they want to move on to the Final Round. Each poll will be up for twenty-four (24) hours. As between the two Semi-Finalist Entries featured together, the one with the most votes from the public will move on to the Final Round. In the event of a tie between the two Semi-Finalist Entries featured together following the public’s vote, the Semi-Finalist Entry between the two that had the higher score after the First Round judging, will move forward to the Final Round of judging. A total of five (5) Semi-Finalist Entries will move on to the Final Round of judging and these five (5) Entries will be the “Finalist Entries.”
Final Round: Sponsor’s panel of qualified judges will determine the potentially winning Entry by rescoring each Finalist Entry based on the criteria used in the First Round of judging. The Finalist Entry with the highest score in the Final Round will be deemed the potential “Winner.” In the event of a tie between two or more Finalist Entries with the highest scores in the Final Round, the Winner will be determined based on which of the tying Finalist Entries had the highest score in the feasibility and potential commercial success category. The Winner will be notified by Sponsor via the email address provided in the Winner’s Entry on or around September 21, 2026.
Sponsor’s decisions are final, including without limitation, the determinations of Quarter-Finalist Entries, Semi-Finalist Entries, Finalist Entries, and the Winner, and binding in all matters relating to the Challenge. Sponsor shall not enter into any correspondence or discussion regarding the same.
7. Prize
The Winner will receive:
● One (1) $1,000 USD Visa Gift Card and
● The opportunity to have a future limited-edition Sauz product inspired by the winning concept, subject entirely to Sponsor’s discretion (the “Prize”).
There will be one (1) Winner. Approximate retail value of the Prize is one thousand dollars ($1000). Actual value may vary. Any difference between stated value and actual value will not be awarded. The Prize is non-transferable and may not be exchanged for cash or substituted except at Sponsor’s discretion. Odds of winning depend upon the number of eligible Entries received.
Winner is solely responsible for any applicable taxes associated with the Prize.
Sponsor may, in its sole discretion determine whether any submitted concept, including the sauce flavor in the Winning Entry, is commercially feasible; modify, adapt, combine, rename, reformulate, redesign, or otherwise change in any way any submitted sauce flavor, including such in the Winning Entry; and if Sponsor elects to commercially produce and market the flavor in the Winning Entry, Sponsor, in its sole discretion will determine the recipe, ingredients, product name, branding, packaging, launch timing, production quantity, retail distribution, and all other aspects of any resulting product.
Sponsor makes no guarantee that any submitted concept, including the sauce flavor in the Winning Entry, will be manufactured, released, sold, distributed, or produced in any particular quantity or for any particular period of time.
For the avoidance of doubt, no entrant, including the Winner, is or will be entitled to any proceeds or revenue generated from the sale of any concept or flavor submitted by them.
9. Intellectual Property
By entering the Contest, you represents and warrants to Sponsor that all aspects of your Entry is original to you and that you have all rights, title and interest in and to the Entry and any associated intellectual property, and have the absolute right to provide the Entry, and the license described below, to Sponsor. You represent and warrant that your Entry, and Sponsor’s use thereof, shall not infringe or violate any trademark, copyright, trade secret, patent or any other intellectual property right of any third party or violate any applicable law, rule or regulation. You agree that Sponsor is not responsible for any unauthorized use of the Entry by any third parties.
By submitting an Entry, entrants grant Sponsor a perpetual, worldwide, irrevocable, royalty-free, transferable, sublicensable license to use, reproduce, edit, modify, publish, distribute, display, copy, transmit, make and have made derivative works from, and otherwise exploit the Entry in any media now known or later developed for Sponsor’s legitimate purposes, including but not limited to sharing the Entry on Sponsor’s Social Media accounts.
If Sponsor elects to develop a commercial product inspired by any Entry, Sponsor shall have the unrestricted right to modify, adapt, combine, improve upon, or otherwise alter the submitted concept in any manner Sponsor determines appropriate or necessary.
You acknowledge that Sponsor shall exclusively own all intellectual property associated with any product resulting from an Entry, including but not limited to: recipes, formulations, product names, trademarks, branding, packaging, marketing materials or promotional assets
Except for the stated Prize, entrants shall not receive any additional compensation, royalties, licensing fees, ownership interest, or other payment arising from Sponsor’s use of any Entry, or aspects contained therein.
10. Privacy
Please see Sponsor’s privacy policy located at https://getsauz.com/pages/privacy-policy for details regarding the use of personal information collected in connection with the Contest.
11. Publicity Release
Winner grants Sponsor (and agrees to confirm such grant in writing) permission to use their name, likeness, image, voice, social media handle, hometown, biographical information, and all other content submitted with their Entry at any time for advertising, marketing, packaging, promotional materials, social media, website content, public relations, and other commercial activities, in any media now known or hereafter discovered, without review, notification, approval, or additional compensation except where prohibited by law.
If Sponsor elects to develop a product inspired by the winning Entry, the Winner further grants Sponsor permission to reference the Winner’s name and/or likeness in connection with promotion of that product. Such grant will be confirmed in the Winner Agreement.
12. Disclaimer of Warranty
EVERYTHING ON SPONSOR’S WEBSITE(S) IS PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. FURTHER, SPONSOR MAKES NO REPRESENTATION THAT MATERIALS ON ITS WEBSITES RELATING TO THE CONTEST ARE APPROPRIATE OR AVAILABLE FOR USE AT ALL LOCATIONS AT ALL TIMES. IT IS ENTRANT’S RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE THAT ACCESSING SPONSOR’S WEBSITE(S) AND ENTERING THE CONTEST IS LEGAL AND NOT PROHIBITED BY THE LAWS OF THE JURISDICTION IN WHICH ENTRANT IS A CITIZEN.
13. General Conditions
Sponsor reserves the right to cancel, suspend, modify, or terminate the Contest, and determine the Winner from among all eligible, non-suspect entries received prior to action taken if fraud, technical failures, or any other factor impairs the integrity or proper functioning of the Contest. Any attempt to deliberately damage any website or undermine the legitimate operation of the Contest is unlawful and subject to legal action by Sponsor or its agents. Further, Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to modify these Official Rules. If any provision(s) of these Official Rules are held to be invalid or unenforceable, all remaining provisions hereof will remain in full force and effect. A waiver of any provision(s) of these Official Rules by Sponsor must be in writing, and a waiver in one instance or provision shall not be considered a waiver of any other instance or provision.
Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify any individual who tampers with the entry process or the operation of the Contest, who may be acting in a non-sportsmanlike or disruptive manner, or who otherwise violates these Official Rules.
Sponsor’s decisions are final.
By entering, entrants agree that all issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation, and enforceability of these Official Rules, entrant’s rights and obligations, or the rights and obligations of Sponsor in connection with the Contest, will be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules, and any matters or proceedings shall take place in the State of New York. By entering, entrants consent to jurisdiction and venue of the federal, state, and local courts in New York City, New York.
14. Indemnification; Limitation of Liability
By participating, entrants agree to indemnify, release and hold harmless Sponsor, its affiliates, employees, officers, directors, agents, Social Media Entities, and each of their respective affiliates (collectively, the “Contest Entities”) from any liability for any damages, injuries, or losses of any kind to person(s), including death, or property, arising out of your Entry, your participation in the Contest or acceptance, possession, misuse or use of any Prize.
The Contest Entities are not responsible for and are hereby released from liability with respect to: (a) any printing, typographical, mechanical, or other errors in the printing, the offering, or the administration of the Contest or in the announcement of the Prize; (b) lost, late, illegible, misdirected, or non-delivered Entries or emails; (c) any Entries submitted in a manner that is not expressly allowed under these Official Rules; (d) for lost, interrupted or unavailable satellite, network, server, Internet Service Provider, website or other connections availability, accessibility or traffic congestion, or miscommunications, or failed computer, network, telephone, or cable hardware, software or lines, or technical failure, or jumbled, scrambled, delayed, or misdirected transmissions, or computer hardware or software malfunctions, failures or difficulties; (e) other errors of any kind whether human, mechanical, electronic or network, or the incorrect or inaccurate capture of entry or other information or the failure to capture, or loss of, any such information; (f) any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by website users, or by any equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Contest; (g) any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect or delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, or tampering with or hacking of any website; or (h) injury or damage to entrant’s or any other person’s computer related to or resulting from participating in the Contest or downloading or copying materials from or use of Sponsor’s website.
IN NO EVENT WILL THE CONTEST ENTITIES BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OR LOSSES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF ENTRANT’S ACCESS TO AND USE OF SPONSOR’S WEBSITES OR SOCIAL MEDIA ENTITIES’ WEBSITES AND/OR APPLICATIONS OR DOWNLOADING FROM AND/OR PRINTING MATERIAL DOWNLOADED FROM SAID WEBSITES AND/OR APPLICATIONS. SOME JURISDICTIONS MAY NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO SOME OF ABOVE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. CHECK YOUR LOCAL LAWS FOR ANY RESTRICTIONS OR LIMITATIONS REGARDING THESE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS.
The names of the Winners will be available on or about October 5, 2026. To receive the names of the Winners by mail, please mail a self-addressed envelope, stamped to: Sauz Tastemaker Challenge Contest 31 Venetian Way, Unit 3308, Miami Beach, FL 33139. The names of the Winner will be sent once verified.
