Top 10 · Updated October 2026

Highest-Protein Chili Peppers

Chili peppers: typically 1.8 g of protein per 100 g (median of 160 products). The chili peppers with the most protein per 100 g. Useful if you are trying to increase your protein intake. We checked 127 chili peppers with complete data.

1

Mald chili

EAGLOBE · 100 g

NOVA 1 354 kcal 0 g sugar 30 g protein 2 g fat

Also: Palm oil free · Vegan · Vegetarian
2

Piment séché

· 100 g

340 kcal 3 g sugar 21 g protein 5 g fat
3

Assaisonnement pimenté à la japonaise

S&B · 15 g

NOVA 1 343 kcal 3.6 g sugar 18 g protein 13 g fat

Also: No additives
4

Ichimi Togarashi

S&B

NOVA 1 247 kcal 2.7 g sugar 17 g protein 15 g fat

Also: Palm oil free · Vegan · Vegetarian
5

Il piccante del nonno Peperoncino franto

Handmade forte & gentile Abruzzo · 50 g

275 kcal 13.8 g sugar 16.5 g protein 4.6 g fat

Also: No additives
6

Darn Good Chili Mix

Bear creek country kitchen

NOVA 4 355 kcal 9.7 g sugar 16.1 g protein 3.2 g fat
7

Poudre de piment rouge

378 kcal 0 g sugar 15 g protein 10 g fat
8

British Minced Beef Chilli

M&S · 626.5g

NOVA 3 123 kcal 2.9 g sugar 14.8 g protein 3.3 g fat

Also: Palm oil free
9

Émiétté de Thon au piment d'Espelette

Connétable · 160 g

NOVA 3 278 kcal 2.6 g sugar 14 g protein 23 g fat

Also: Palm oil free · No additives
10

Piment d'Espelette AOP

Lidl · 40

247 kcal 20 g sugar 14 g protein 11 g fat

How we built this list

We ranked all published chili peppers on Foodmetria that have a photo and the required nutrition data, using values per 100 g from the product label. Ties are broken by Nutri-Score and by how often shoppers scan the product. Rankings update automatically as label data changes. Read our methodology.

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