Tragically, I stopped being able to get this sauce a couple years ago when the EU blocked imports due to one of the ingredients (I'm struggling to find a source atm though).
It was magic! It made Irish cuisine bearable.
The alternatives - Flying Goose, etc. are oversweet, underspiced, and dreadful.
I don't think it's a question of it being blocked due to the additive, it's just that no-one has gone through the hassle of declaring the additive and doing the tests to show that the quantities ingested will be below levels etc. Maybe the demande for that specific sauce isn't strong enough, and importers prefer just to switch to a similar brand with no sulfites
Is it the original from Huy Fong though?
In the Netherlands there are a few different variants of the sauce for sale, but the original is only sold through smaller shops.
It was magic! It made Irish cuisine bearable.
The alternatives - Flying Goose, etc. are oversweet, underspiced, and dreadful.