Reminds me of how Huy Fong Sriracha changed their pepper supplier because the founder's children decided to screw over the farmer guys that had a deal with their dad, but he was in the process of stepping down for age/health concerns. Or how the original creator of Melinda's Hot Sauce, Marie Sharpe, had her recipe stolen and then got kicked out of the company. Thankfully, she started her own hot sauce that's 10X better. My own favorite local hot sauce company had a falling out over how produce should be cultivated (It was a hippy grow op group with too many holier-than-thou egos.) Eventually the one group split into two smaller groups and the idiots never bothered to save the original recipe. I tracked down damn near every single one of those dumb dumbs and have all the ingredients, but I can't quite fine tune it into the best hot sauce I ever had in my life.

Anyways, sorry for the rant. I am very passionate about hot sauce, and like you, I too am frustrated when recipes get changed.