Oleoresin Capsicum
Capsicum annuum extract
Pronunciation: oh-lee-oh-REZ-in KAP-si-kum
Hot, sharp, concentrated chilli heat
A concentrated chilli extract used to deliver controlled heat and flavour consistency.
Why it’s used
Some ingredients shape the story of a product directly. Others play more supporting roles in flavour, texture, aroma, or consistency. We believe both should be transparent.
Role in the blend
- Adds consistent chilli heat
- Helps control flavour intensity
- Useful where whole spice formats are less practical
Key facts
- Used in very small amounts because of its concentration
- Supports more controlled flavour standardisation across production batches
Origin & sourcing
Every ingredient begins somewhere specific. Even where an ingredient is processed or blended, we still track the supply stage, origin information, and supporting specifications as far as the supply chain allows.
- Country
- India
- Region
- Being verified
- Supply stage
- processor
- Origin status
- being-verified
- Traceability
- processor-level
- Traceability goal
- processor-level
- Transparency level
- level-2-processor-known
- Processing
- Derived from chilli through extraction and then standardised for food use.
- Notes
- For extracts, the processor and technical specification matter most unless upstream chilli origin is separately documented.
Technical details
We believe full traceability includes the practical details too - how an ingredient is declared, what role it plays, and what kind of processing sits behind it.
- Label declaration
- Oleoresin capsicum
- Functional role
- HeatFlavour consistency
- Derived from
- Capsicum / chilli
- Processing notes
- Concentrated extract used in low quantities for controlled pungency.
- Processing types
- extract
Transparency note
This is a supporting functional ingredient. It is not a farm-style hero ingredient, but we still disclose and trace it.
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