Common ingredients for Chile
These are common ingredients you may see on packaging and menus in Chile. Local words are left unchanged so they stay readable in the original language; translate this page if you want supporting text and English names in your own language.
- aceite vegetal (vegetable oil)
- ajo (garlic)
- almeja (clam)
- almidón modificado (modified food starch)
- azúcar (sugar)
- caldo de carne (beef broth)
- caldo de pescado (fish stock)
- caldo de pollo (chicken broth)
- camarón (shrimp)
- carne de vacuno (beef)
- carne molida (ground beef)
- cebolla (onion)
- chorito (mussel)
Common term for mussels in Chile
- grasa de vacuno (beef fat)
- huevo (egg)
- jugo de almejas (clam juice)
- leche (milk)
- lecitina de soya (soy lecithin)
- manteca de cerdo (lard)
- mantequilla (butter)
- mayonesa (mayonnaise)
- nitrito de sodio (sodium nitrite)
- pechuga de pollo (chicken breast)
- preservantes (preservatives)
- salchicha (sausage)