Chipotle Pepper

Chipotle pepper is a smoke-dried jalapeño pepper. Jalapeños are a medium-hot chili pepper native to Mexico. After harvesting, the peppers are dried and smoked, which gives them their characteristic smoky flavor and aroma.

Chipotle peppers are used to add a smoky, spicy flavor to foods. They are commonly found in barbecue sauces, marinades, salsas, dips, and spice rubs. The dried peppers can be ground into a powder or rehydrated and used whole or chopped.

Chipotle peppers are generally recognized as safe (GRAS) by the FDA as a food ingredient. They contain capsaicin, the compound responsible for the heat in chili peppers, which may have some health effects. JECFA has evaluated capsaicin and established an acceptable daily intake. Evidence on the long-term health effects of consuming chili peppers like chipotles at typical dietary levels is mixed, but they are not generally considered harmful.