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Fresh Chile Company Salsa Verde Hot

Contains natural flavors

This salsa verde uses avocado oil and has a stated Hatch, New Mexico chile connection. Its roasted chicken base includes natural flavors, maltodextrin and flavor enhancers.

Seed-oil freeNo artificial dyesNo artificial flavorsNo synthetic preservativesNo added nitritesNo phosphatesGluten-free (label)Dairy-freeContains corn
$9.99 lowest price at #1 Ranked New Mexico Salsa & Chile Powder | Made in New Mexico
Price and stock checked Oct 30, 2026
Key nutrition facts
45caloriesPer serving · 1 tbsp (14g)
Protein
0g
Fiber
0g
Added sugar
0g
Sodium
70mg
Saturated fat
0.8g▼
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Ingredients: Green jalapeños, avocado oil, lime juice, onion, salt, roasted chicken base (roasted and cooked chicken, salt, sugar, chicken fat, corn starch, hydrolyzed corn protein, autolyzed yeast extract, potassium chloride, maltodextrin, chicken broth, natural flavors, chicken flavor, disodium guanylate, disodium inosinate, turmeric, gum arabic, lactic acid), garlic
70 / 100
Good Scored automatically
Weighted as ready meals, soups, saucesHigh confidence · Scored on 10 of 11 inputs, 1 claim verified
Nutrition · counts 35%67
Ingredients · counts 25%88
Processing · counts 15%45
Sourcing · counts 10%70
Transparency · counts 15%75
Why it scores 70
Nutrition 67 · Compared with other ready meals and sauces: more saturated fat (0.8 g); no added sugar per 1 tbsp
Ingredients 88 · Natural flavours (additive, −4); Disodium inosinate or guanylate (additive, −4); Yeast extract or hydrolysed protein (additive, −4)
Processing 45 · Salsa includes a chicken base with maltodextrin, natural flavors and flavor enhancers
Sourcing 70 · The brand states chile comes from Hatch, New Mexico; no farm named
Transparency 75 · Full ingredients and a specific Hatch, New Mexico chile-origin statement
Chicken base contains natural flavors and flavor enhancers
Contains maltodextrin and corn starch
Evidence behind the Ingredients deductions
Varies by additive−12 for natural flavours, disodium inosinate or guanylate, yeast extract or hydrolysed protein
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Ingredients
Green jalapeños Avocado oil Lime juice Onion Salt Roasted chicken base (roasted and cooked chicken, salt, sugar, chicken fat, corn starch, hydrolyzed corn protein, autolyzed yeast extract, potassium chloride, maltodextrin, chicken broth, natural flavors, chicken flavor, disodium guanylate, disodium inosinate, turmeric, gum arabic, lactic acid) Garlic
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Sourcing

Origin not disclosed on the product page.

Additives7 additives · 5 limited risk
MaltodextrinFillerLimited risk
Highly processed starch that raises blood sugar quickly and adds no nutrition.
Natural flavoursFlavouringLimited risk
An undisclosed mix of extracts and carriers; the label doesn’t say what’s in it or how it was made.
Disodium inosinate or guanylate (E627, E631)Flavour enhancerLimited risk
Usually paired with MSG; a source of purines, which people with gout are told to limit.
Yeast extract or hydrolysed proteinFlavour enhancerLimited risk
Contains free glutamate, the flavour-enhancing part of MSG, without being labelled as MSG.
Added sugarSugarLimited risk
Added sugar; the WHO and the US Dietary Guidelines advise keeping added sugars under 10% of daily calories.
Gum arabic (acacia) (E414)ThickenerNo risk
A natural tree-sap fibre; EFSA found no safety concern in 2017.
Lactic acid (E270)AcidNo risk
Made by fermentation; considered safe.
Matched from the ingredient list. Risk levels summarise findings from EFSA, the FDA, IARC and published studies; they explain a concern, not a diagnosis.

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