Ingredients: Water, Beef and Pork, Beans, Concentrated Crushed Tomatoes, Contains 2% or less of Modified Cornstarch, Textured Soy Flour, Corn Flour, Salt, Chili Powder (Chili Peppers, Flavoring), Sugar, Flavoring, Green Chiles (Contains Citric Acid), Onions, Spices, Jalapeño Peppers, Vinegar.

Hormel Foods is a publicly traded, global branded food company on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE:HRL). The company is headquartered in Austin, Minnesota and operates more than 30 production facilities throughout the United States.

That's because of the Hormel Foundation, a non-profit organization that was set up in 1941 by company founder George Hormel and his son, Jay. Together with associated entities, the foundation owns 48% of Hormel's shares, making it by far the company's largest shareholder.

Products sold in the United States by Hormel Foods are produced and packaged in the United States unless specified otherwise on the label. Hormel Foods operates processing facilities in China and Brazil. Any products made at those facilities are produced for Chinese and Brazilian consumers.

I followed the instructions on the can and warmed up the chili in a microwave-safe bowl for two to three minutes, stirring halfway through. Hormel's chili was the most bean-forward. Pretty much each bite was beans. Plus the flavor was very mild, and I couldn't pick up much spice.

Today, Texans believe that chili should only have chili peppers, meat, and spices. However, many modern recipes also call for beans, veggies, and even noodles thrown in. At chili cook-offs across the US, you'll see recipes with all kinds of ground meat, including: Beef.

Hormel Foods Product Information Hormel Foods's product quality score is a 4 out of 5 as rated by its users and customers.

Hormel Foods is a Fortune 500 company that manufactures and markets high-quality, brand-name food and meat products globally. While we are over 130 years old, we are just getting started.

Pungency (/ˈpʌndʒənsi/) refers to the taste of food commonly referred to as spiciness, hotness or heat, found in foods such as chili peppers. Highly pungent tastes may be experienced as unpleasant.

In talking with many pepper enthusiasts, we've found the Habanero to be universally considered to be one of the best tasting peppers. It's flesh holds up to and absorbs smoking well. The smoked hab is a key (secret) ingredient in our Chili cook-off entries.

The earliest description of chili comes from an 1828 journal. Recounting a visit to San Antonio, J. C. Clopper writes about it as "a kind of hash with nearly as many peppers as there are pieces of meat – this is all stewed together." Historians often cite Texas as the birthplace of chili con carne.

Because chiles were new to the Spaniards, they took the name directly from Nahuatl (the language spoken by the Aztecs). Spaniards decided the word “chili” would mean “hot pepper,” because it reminded them of the spicy flavor of black pepper, which they were familiar with.