Green Jalapeno pepper - 80g

Powerful aroma, slightly sweet taste, and medium heat. Very versatile in cooking. Ideal in sauces or sprinkled on anything that needs a little spice.

The jalapeño is the most well-known and most widely consumed chili pepper in the world. From the Capsicum annuum species, the jalapeño is a moderately hot variety, with values ​​ranging from 2,500 to 8,000 on the Scoville scale. In Mexico, the jalapeño pepper is also known in some regions as the cuaresmeño pepper.

The origin of its name lies in the city of Xalapa, also called Jalapa, in the state of Veracruz, Mexico. Spanish and Portuguese explorers introduced them to Europe and Asia in the 15th and 16th centuries.

All chili peppers are full of vitamins and antioxidants. The green variety of jalapeño is less ripe than the red (milder) jalapeño, so the levels of capsiacin (the chemical that makes chili peppers hot) are lower. They are a source of vitamins and antioxidants.