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Guajillo Chile Sauce

Guajillo chile sauce is a savory chile-based sauce used for seasoning meats, vegetables, and other cooked dishes.

Guajillo Chile Sauce — illustrative ingredient image

About Guajillo Chile Sauce

Guajillo chile sauce is a prepared savory sauce made with guajillo chiles as a defining ingredient. It seasons meats, vegetables, beans, soups, stews, marinades, and other cooked dishes.

The sauce carries guajillo’s fruity, mildly tannic flavor with mild to moderate heat. It is commonly smooth or lightly textured, while its thickness depends on the liquid and other ingredients used; commercial and regional formulations can differ in seasoning and concentration.

It is red to deep brick in color and may be blended from rehydrated or toasted chiles. Guajillo chile sauce can be sold ready-to-use, refrigerated, canned, or shelf-stable, with texture varying by formulation. Strained and unstrained versions retain different amounts of chile solids.

Ingredient type
sauce

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Guajillo Chile Sauce

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Guajillo Chile Sauce nutrition & diet

Guajillo Chile Sauce nutritional value

Product example: GUAJILLO SALSA (Frontera Foods, Inc.)

Per 100 g of this specific product as recorded by USDA, per 100 g.

Calories
33kcal
Protein
0.0g
Carbs
6.7g
Fat
0.0g

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Portions & preparation

Use the sauce as sold or prepared, recording whether guajillo pods are blended with stock, oil, tomato, vinegar, sweeteners, salt, or thickeners. Straining and simmering alter the retained solids and edible portion. Serving size should follow the sauce’s actual use as a condiment or cooking ingredient.

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Diet considerations

The chile component is plant-derived, but the complete sauce may include vegetable ingredients, oils, sweeteners, cereal-derived thickeners, dairy, or animal stock. Processing and recipe determine compatibility. Its carbohydrate pattern is portion-dependent and can change substantially with sugar, fruit, tomato, or flour additions; brand details must be checked.

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Dietary compatibility

  • Vegan
    May be compatible
  • Vegetarian
    May be compatible
  • Pescatarian
    May be compatible
  • Keto
    Not established
  • Paleo
    Not established
  • Low-carb
    Not established
  • Halal
    Not established
  • Kosher
    Not established
What these diet assessments mean
Vegan · May be compatible
The recorded ingredients may fit this pattern. This is not a complete recipe or manufacturing specification; check additions and preparation.
Vegetarian · May be compatible
The recorded ingredients may fit this pattern. This is not a complete recipe or manufacturing specification; check additions and preparation.
Pescatarian · May be compatible
The recorded ingredients may fit this pattern. This is not a complete recipe or manufacturing specification; check additions and preparation.
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.

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Sources & review

Nutrition reference: USDA FoodData Central branded product — GUAJILLO SALSA ↗. 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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