Spice
Chili Powder
Chili powder as a North American blend mixes ground chilli with cumin, oregano, garlic, and sometimes salt—distinct from pure ground chile. It seasons chilli con carne, tacos, and rubs. Pure single-chile powders are better modelled under Chilli; this entry is the blended pantry product.
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Nutrition
Typical values per 100 g edible portion. Nutrient names open the reference page.
Nutrition Facts
Per 100 g edible portion
Amount per 100 g
- Total Fat 5 g
- Saturated Fat 1.25 g
- Trans Fat 0 g
- Monounsaturated Fat 1.5 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 2.25 g
- Cholesterol 0 mg
- Sodium 37.9 mg
- Salt 0.1 g
- Total Carbohydrate 75 g
- Dietary Fibre 25.8 g
- Total Sugars 4.8 g
- Complex / starch 14.1 g
- Protein 8 g
- Water 8 g
- Energy 377 kcal
- Water 8 g
- Carbohydrates 75 g
- Sugars 4.8 g
- Monosaccharides 3.36 g
- Disaccharides 1.44 g
- Starch 14.1 g
- Amylose 3.53 g
- Amylopectin 10.6 g
- Digestible Starch 12 g
- Resistant Starch 1.41 g
- Fibre 25.8 g
- Soluble Fibre 9.02 g
- Insoluble Fibre 16.8 g
- Protein 8 g
- Plant Protein 9.48 g
- Fat 5 g
- Saturated Fat 1.25 g
- Monounsaturated Fat 1.5 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 2.25 g
- Vitamins 92.9 mg
- Vitamin A 20 µg
- Vitamin B1 — Thiamine 0.1 mg
- Vitamin B2 — Riboflavin 0.15 mg
- Vitamin B3 — Niacin 1.92 mg
- Vitamin B5 — Pantothenic Acid 0.47 mg
- Vitamin B6 0.28 mg
- Vitamin B7 — Biotin 2.8 µg
- Vitamin B9 — Folate 36.7 µg
- Vitamin C 2 mg
- Vitamin E 1.8 mg
- Vitamin K 26.7 µg
- Minerals 343 mg
- Major Minerals 336 mg
- Trace Minerals 6.8 mg
- Salt 0.1 g
- Sodium Chloride 0.1 g
Vitamins
vitamin-c: 2 · vitamin-a: 20 · vitamin-b1-thiamine: 0.1 · vitamin-b2-riboflavin: 0.15 · vitamin-b3-niacin: 1.92 · vitamin-b5-pantothenic-acid: 0.47 · vitamin-b6: 0.28 · vitamin-b7-biotin: 2.8 · vitamin-b9-folate: 36.7 · vitamin-e: 1.8 · vitamin-k: 26.7 ·
Minerals
Sodium: 37.88 · Potassium: 249 · Calcium: 49 · Iron: 1.4 · Zinc: 0.4 · Iodine: 5 ·
Dried spices are concentrated plant tissue—fibre-heavy by weight, used in gram doses.
In the kitchen
Culinary partners and combinations that usually underperform with Chili Powder.
Usually avoid with
Often clash in flavour or tradition
History
Texan and southwestern cookery mixed dried chillies with cumin and oregano.
Commercial chili powder cans standardised American chilli seasoning.
Chili powder became a global supermarket blend for Tex-Mex cooking.
Specialty pure chile powders coexisted with traditional blended chili powder.