Chipotle chili powder anchors La Botanique Sacrée’s smoky spectrum. It is made from fully ripened red jalapeño peppers that are slow smoked over pecan wood and stone milled into a fine scarlet‑brown dust. 

The heat is moderate, the aroma deeply comforting, and the flavour equal parts dried plum, cacao and campfire embers. 

Unlike generic chipotle sauce mixes or chipotle chili adobo marinades, this pure powder contains nothing but smoked jalapeño, preserving volatile oils that give chipotle peppers their warm leather nose. 

Chemical Composition

A gram of chipotle chili powder carries roughly 17 kcal and provides 0.7 g protein, 0.9 g carbohydrate Fibre stands at 0.5 g while fat hovers near 0.6 g due to retained seed lipids rich in oleic and linoleic acids.

Capsaicinoid concentration averages 2 000–8 000 Scoville Heat Units per gram according to harvest. Dominant compounds include capsaicin and dihydrocapsaicin which together reach 1.2–1.8 mg g⁻¹. The smoking stage condenses guaiacol and syringol molecules that deliver the familiar mesquite aroma.

Trace vitamins A K and E remain stable thanks to low temperature smoke. Iron and potassium present in meaningful micrograms reinforcing mineral breadth.

Origin & Nutritional Composition

Our chipotle peppers grow in the arid highlands of Chihuahua where day to night swings build sugar then slow drying smoke transforms moisture heavy flesh into concentrated flavour.

After three days in traditional log fired chambers the peppers lose two thirds of water. They are cooled stone milled and sieved to 200‑mesh achieving uniform flow without anti caking agents.

Each teaspoon of chipotle chili powder offers 5 percent of daily vitamin A and delivers polyphenols equal to a handful of fresh jalapeños.

The powder dissolves easily in oil and alcohol which helps formulate chipotle sauce or steep into vinegar for vinaigrettes.

Reported Health Benefits

Capsaicinoids may support thermogenic activity which can promote gentle metabolic uptick though we avoid clinical angles. 

Smoky phenolics act as antioxidants while carotenoids lutein and zeaxanthin contribute eye supporting pigments. Fibre in chipotle chili powder supports digestive bulk. 

Because heat level is moderate the spice rarely overwhelms gastric comfort when used mindfully.

Cultural Significance & Historical Significance

The Aztec word chilpoctli translates to smoked chili and this preservation craft dates to pre Columbian markets where smoke kept fruit from spoiling in tropical air.

Spanish chroniclers noted chipotle peppers in sixteenth century Veracruz stews. Over centuries the ingredient migrated into mole poblano and barbacoa marinades.

In North American culinary language chipotle pronunciation is chi‑POHT‑lay which retains the Nahuatl lilt.

Today chipotle chili powder bridges ranch style rubs and global fusion bowls and has become shorthand for depth in everything from Japanese ramen to Nordic chocolate truffle.

Understanding what is chipotle therefore means tracing a thread of smoke across three continents.

Flavor Profile

Expect medium heat that rises after a two second delay then blooms into notes of dried cherry unsweetened cacao toasted walnut and gentle tobacco. The smoke is present yet clean without creosote bitterness. Aroma persists on the palate for forty seconds allowing chipotle peppers to deepen umami in both meat and plant dishes.

Fun Tidbits

• One kilogram of fresh jalapeños shrinks to just 150 g of chipotle peppers after smoking
  
  
• Smoke volatiles in chipotle chili powder share compounds with aged Scotch whisky
  
  
• Chipotle pronunciation variations include chi‑POHT‑leh in some Spanish regions
  
  
• The powder thickens stews because pectin survives dehydration
  
  
• Adding a pinch to espresso highlights cocoa notes

Chipotle chili powder lends smoky warmth without flash fire. The powder partners naturally with cacao lucuma and black garlic in our blends where it extends flavour arcs. Its clean ingredient declaration matches our modern apothecary ethos.

Products featuring strawberry crunch

• CHIPOTLE+ – triad of chipotle chili powder raw cacao and lucum
  
  
  

• POULETIUM – chicken rub where chipotle chili powder meets smoked paprika
  
  

• SPICY AIOLI – black garlic turmeric and chipotle chili powder seasoning
  
  

• TACO No1 - Taco composition built on chipotle smoke, guajillo fruit, and sweet Hungarian paprika with a classic cumin–coriander body