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Chili Sauce

Chili sauce is a spicy condiment used as a dip, cooking sauce, or flavoring for savory foods.

Chili Sauce — illustrative ingredient image

About Chili Sauce

Chili sauce is a prepared savoury condiment or sauce in which chili peppers provide noticeable heat and flavour. It may be smooth, pulpy, chunky, or pourable, and its colour can range from green to orange or red. Formulations vary widely and may use fresh or dried chiles with ingredients such as vinegar, salt, sweeteners, garlic, or other seasonings.

It is served as a dip or topping and is also added to stir-fries, marinades, soups, sandwiches, noodles, and other cooked dishes. The flavour can therefore range from sharply hot and acidic to sweet, savoury, garlicky, or more rounded, depending on the formulation. Texture ranges from a thin liquid to a thick paste or spoonable sauce.

It may be sold in bottles, jars, or other containers as a smooth, pulpy, chunky, or pourable product. Blending makes the sauce more uniform and smooth, while retaining crushed peppers, seeds, or pulp creates visible pieces and a coarser mouthfeel. The generic name does not identify a particular regional style, sweetness, acidity, pepper variety, or preservation method.

Ingredient type
sauce

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Local names for chili sauce

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British English

chilli sauce

English

Chili Sauce

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Chili Sauce nutrition & diet

Chili Sauce nutritional value

Reference: Chilli sauce

Per 100 g of the edible portion of the stated reference food.

Calories
40kcal
Protein
1.3g
Carbs
7.3g
Fat
0.8g

Reference example for the named food and preparation, per 100 g edible portion. This is not a universal value for every recipe or brand; packaged products should be compared with their own label. CoFID 2021 food code 17-719. Carbohydrate follows the dataset’s available-carbohydrate convention. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/.

Portions & preparation

Use the prepared chili sauce as sold or made, not a generic pepper substitute. Record pepper type, tomato or fruit base, vinegar, oil, sweeteners, salt, thickeners, and solids retained; dipping, cooking, and serving portions can represent different amounts of the product.

Compare the right form: Match the exact bottled or homemade chili sauce, including brand or recipe, pepper and base ingredients, sweeteners, thickeners, retained solids, and serving form.

Diet considerations

Chili sauce is plant-derived only when its complete ingredient list contains no animal additions, but formulations vary. Compatibility changes with fish sauce, shrimp, dairy, honey, wheat-based thickeners, or other blend ingredients. Sweetened versions and sauces served with cereal-based foods can create different carbohydrate patterns.

AI-authored reading notes · Awaiting editorial review. Measured values, where available, have a separate source above.

Dietary compatibility

  • Vegan
    Depends on the version
  • Vegetarian
    Depends on the version
  • Pescatarian
    Depends on the version
  • Keto
    Not established
  • Paleo
    Depends on the version
  • Low-carb
    Not established
  • Halal
    Not established
  • Kosher
    Not established
What these diet assessments mean
Vegan · Depends on the version
Check the version or source of: Sugar. Check the refining process and processing aids for the particular producer.
Vegetarian · Depends on the version
Check the version or source of: Sugar. Check the refining process and processing aids for the particular producer.
Pescatarian · Depends on the version
Check the version or source of: Sugar. Check the refining process and processing aids for the particular producer.
Keto · Not established
A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
Paleo · Depends on the version
Optional or variable recorded ingredients: Sugar. This profile falls outside the conventional paleo pattern used here (grains and pseudograins, legumes, dairy or refined sugar). Recipes and products can differ.
Low-carb · Not established
A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
Halal · Not established
Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish halal status.
Kosher · Not established
Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish kosher status.

For the plain ingredient · Awaiting review. Diet compatibility is not allergy suitability or halal/kosher certification. Keto and low-carb depend on the portion.

Reviewed ingredient entryIngredient reference · Preparations vary

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Sources & review

Nutrition reference: UK Composition of Foods Integrated Dataset (CoFID), 2021 — Chilli sauce ↗. Values are scaled from 100 g of the recorded edible form. Individual portions have no assumed fixed weight.

Expanded overview, name examples and nutrition notes are database drafts awaiting editorial review. Numeric nutrition values, where shown, have their own source and food-form reference.

The ingredient description and dish connections come from the draft catalogue and may change after review.

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