Create allergy card
← Browse ingredients

Guacamole

Mexican dip of mashed avocado with lime, onion and chilli.

Guacamole — illustrative ingredient image

About Guacamole

Guacamole is a Mexican avocado dip made by mashing ripe avocado with lime, onion, and chilli. It is served with tortilla chips, tacos, grilled foods, and other dishes, or spread on bread and used as a topping. Recipes may include additional herbs, tomatoes, garlic, or seasonings.

It has a creamy, soft texture and a fresh avocado flavour balanced by lime’s acidity, onion’s savoury sharpness, and chilli’s heat. Coarse mashing leaves small avocado pieces, while thorough mixing produces a smoother spread. The balance of richness, acidity, salt, and heat varies from recipe to recipe.

Guacamole is usually green, with shades ranging from pale yellow-green to deeper green depending on the avocado and added ingredients. It may be freshly prepared, chilled, packaged, or frozen. Exposure to air can darken the surface, while lime juice and thorough mixing affect its colour, consistency, and keeping quality.

Ingredient type
paste

FOLLOW IT TO THE PLATE

Where will you meet it?

Explore the dishes that use this ingredient and their country and cuisine connections.

Explore linked dishes

ON A MENU OR LABEL

Find local names and written forms to help recognise this ingredient.

See local names

Where guacamole appears

2 linked foods

Find foods to recognise by country and type. Recipes and products vary; these are recorded ingredient connections.

Showing 1–2 of 2

Main dishes

Street food

Ingredient connections awaiting review · Coverage is still growing, including packaged snacks.

Name examples awaiting language review. Confirm the specific food or product.

Local names for guacamole

Names and romanised forms to recognise on menus and labels.

English

Guacamole

English

Guacamole with tomatoes

Search alias · Not a confirmed translation

English

Guacamole, homemade

Search alias · Not a confirmed translation

English

Guacamole, NFS

Search alias · Not a confirmed translation

English

Guacamole, préemballé

Search alias · Not a confirmed translation

Available names only. Languages may be spoken in other countries; a name alone does not identify every ingredient in a dish.

Guacamole nutrition & diet

Guacamole nutritional value

Reference: Guacamole, homemade

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

Calories
128kcal
Protein
1.4g
Carbs
2.2g
Fat
12.7g

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 17-797. 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 a serving that reflects the recipe’s avocado proportion, since onion, lime, chilli, salt, oils, and other additions alter the overall composition. Mash or leave partly chunky according to the intended dish, and record whether it is freshly prepared, packaged, or preserved with added ingredients.

Compare the right form: Match a reference to prepared guacamole made from mashed avocado, including the specified onion, lime, chilli, oils, salt, and preservation ingredients.

Diet considerations

Primarily plant-derived when made from avocado, onion, lime, and chilli. Compatibility changes if the recipe includes dairy, mayonnaise, animal-derived flavorings, or other additions. Packaged versions may contain oils, sweeteners, preservatives, or coatings. Its carbohydrate pattern depends on recipe composition and portion, especially when served with cereal-based chips or bread.

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

Dietary compatibility

  • Vegan
    Not established
  • Vegetarian
    Not established
  • Pescatarian
    Not established
  • Keto
    Not established
  • Paleo
    Not established
  • Low-carb
    Not established
  • Halal
    Not established
  • Kosher
    Not established
What these diet assessments mean
Vegan · Not established
The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
Vegetarian · Not established
The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
Pescatarian · Not established
The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
Keto · Not established
A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
Paleo · Not established
The ingredient form and processing have not been assessed against this dietary pattern.
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

AI-generated illustration for visual context. It does not identify a particular product or establish allergen content.

Sources & review

Nutrition reference: UK Composition of Foods Integrated Dataset (CoFID), 2021 — Guacamole, homemade ↗. 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.

Last recorded verification: .