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Chili powders: allergens and what’s inside

Of 59 packs of chili powders whose ingredients Open Food Facts reads in full, 2% list fish. Another 14% carry a “may contain” line for mustard. Most list chili pepper.

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Which allergens are in chili powders?

Of 59 packs of chili powders whose ingredient list Open Food Facts reads in full, 2% list fish. Another 14% carry a “may contain” line for mustard, 8% for celery and 8% for sesame. Recipes differ from pack to pack, so the label in your hand is the one that counts.

Fish allergyHeads up2% list fish.
Mustard allergyHeads up14% carry a “may contain” line for mustard.
Celery allergyHeads up8% carry a “may contain” line for celery.
Sesame allergyHeads up8% carry a “may contain” line for sesame.
Coeliac or gluten-freeHeads up7% carry a “may contain” line for gluten.
Milk allergyHeads up3% carry a “may contain” line for milk.

Not for you when most of these packs list the allergen, Heads up when fewer do or only a “may contain” line names it. In the app, a profile gets Not for you on a pack that lists the allergen and Heads up on one whose “may contain” line names it: it reads the pack in your hand, not these counts.

What are chili powders usually made of?

The ingredients most packs of chili powders list, with the share of packs that list each: chili pepper (97%) and espelette chili pepper (37%).

Packs in Open Food Facts, by country of sale: France 113 · United States 10 · Netherlands 6 · India 5.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows what these packs list, not every recipe for chili powders.

Calories and nutrients

Not shown here. Open Food Facts records calories and nutrients per 100 g or per 100 ml without saying which, so a figure for all these packs together could mislead. The pack you buy prints its own, and that is the figure to log.

What kind of food are chili powders?

In the Open Food Facts categories, chili powders are one of the chili peppers.

What else are chili powders called?

In EnglishChilli powders
Dutch
Chilipoeders, Chillipoeders
Polish
Chili w proszku, Chilli w proszku

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Sources

Every share is counted over the packs whose ingredient list Open Food Facts reads in full. A pack lists an allergen when Open Food Facts’ allergen field names it, or when one of its ingredients stands for it by the same two-of-three checks as the ingredient dictionary (tahini is sesame, a cheese is milk). A “may contain” line counts only for an allergen the pack does not list.

  1. Open Food Facts: product database, 4,535,553 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL
  2. Open Food Facts: categories and ingredients taxonomies (names, kinds, allergens), ODbL
  3. Open Food Facts: Chili powders

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