Chili powder sources

[TomBAvoider]

I've been slowing inching toward incorporating capsaicin into my diet, and preliminarily I've settled on chili powder. I know that probably the actual peppers are a better source, but they are not practical in the way I intend to use them, basically as a spice I can incorporate into random dishes, where for a variety of reasons (storage, convenience, ready availability etc.) I thought chili powder was likely the best candidate. That immediately presents the problem of what brand and where to buy the best powder. I generally distrust various Indian, Chinese and the like sources, as I figure the quality control is bound to be abysmal and the risk of consuming god knows what exactly plus likely high levels of heavy metals and contaminants and what not - though maybe unfair, I don't know, it's just a rule of thumb I adopted. I looked at Amazon reviews, but it's a jungle out there. I figured I'd turn to the folks here to ask if anyone uses chili powders - what is your source? TIA. And yes, I used the search function to look for "capsaicin" in the forums, but no recommendations for specific chili powders.

[Dean Pomerleau]

Tom,

 

I buy chili powder and many of my other spices (e.g. tumeric, curry  powder, coriander, cloves, mustard seeds, fennel seed etc.) at my local Indian market. 

 

--Dean

[TomBAvoider]

Thanks, Dean. Good to know you don't have any qualms about QC when it comes to spices from India. I may have to reconsider.