Red Chili Powder, Roasted

  • Organic
  • Kosher
  • OG
  • K

Red Chili Powder, Roasted

  • OG
  • K
  • Organic
  • Kosher
Botanical Name:
Capsicum annuum
Origin:
USA
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Origin Distance: /30pts
Organic: /45pts
Fair Trade/Fair Wild: /10pts
Zero Waste: 5/5pts
For Life Certified: 5/5pts
Energy Conservation Efforts: 5/5pts
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Chili peppers have been used for millennia by traditional American cultures for their many healthful benefits and as food. Capsicum annuum is native to northern South America and southern North America with a diverse range of fruits that vary in color, size, and spice level. To make our roasted red chili powder, red chilis are slow roasted and then finely ground for a savory flavor with some heat. It is delicious in chili recipes, seasoning rubs, and warming stews.

Chili is the Aztec name for Capsicum annuum. It has been used both as a food and a medicine by Native Americans for over 9000 years. The Capsicum family includes bell peppers, red peppers, paprika, and pimento, but the most famous medicinal members of the family are cayenne and chile. The tasty hot peppers have long been used in many of the world's cuisines, but their greatest use in health comes from, surprisingly, conventional medicine. Capsicum annuum is a member of the nightshade family, Solanaceae.

Our roasted red chili powder is typically between 1,000 – 3,000 HU and considered mildly pungent. The pungency of a chili pepper has historically been measured using the Scoville scale, which assigns heat units (SHU or HU) using a subjective assessment to determine the concentration of capsaicin in a pepper. Capsaicin is an active component of chili peppers, responsible for the warming and occasional burning sensations felt. Developed by American pharmacist, Wilbur Scoville, the Scoville scale remains the most common way of classifying the heat of a pepper, although modern, lab-based testing methods are now being used.

The burning sensation of hot peppers is a reaction of the central nervous system to capsaicin; unlike horseradish, wasabi, garlic, ginger, and mustard, capsaicin only causes the sensation of damage, not real damage to tissues.

Precautions
No known precautions. We recommend that you consult with a qualified healthcare practitioner before using herbal products, particularly if you are pregnant, nursing, or on any medications.

This information has not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. For educational purposes only.

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Red Chili Powder, Roasted

$6.50

Red Chili Powder, Roasted

$6.50