Bell pepper

Capsicum annuum, CapsicumAlso called sweet pepper, sweet peppers and pepper

Bell pepper is a fruit that cooks treat as a vegetable. Cooks stuff it.

Plant-based
Gluten-free
No listed allergens

About the plain ingredient, not packaged products; general information, not medical advice. Details

Category: Vegetables
Part used: Fruit
Family: Solanaceae
Cooked most in: Europe, The Americas, Africa
Top country: France
Dishes: 11 in the catalogue
Energy: 31 kcal per 100 g

Photo: Ssilvestori at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use bell pepper

Typical ways to cook or use it

Stuff

Nutrition

What 100 g of bell pepper holds

Per 100 g, raw. Averages from USDA; real values vary by variety, season and growing conditions.

Protein 12%Fat 2%Carbohydrate 87%of the macronutrients by weight

Nutrition per 100 g of bell pepper, raw
Energy	31 kcal · 111 kJ
Protein	0.9 g
Fat	0.13 g
of which saturated	0.06 g
Carbohydrate	6.7 g
of which sugars	4.2 g
Fibre	1.2 g
Sodium	0 mg
Cholesterol	0 mg

Nutrition per 100 g of bell pepper, raw: minerals and vitamins
Potassium	213 mg
Calcium	6.4 mg
Iron	0.35 mg
Magnesium	11 mg
Zinc	0.2 mg
Vitamin C	142 mg
Vitamin A (RAE)	157 µg
Folate	47 µg

Other forms

Protein 5%Fat 70%Carbohydrate 25%of the macronutrients by weight

Nutrition per 100 g of bell pepper, other form
Energy	116 kcal · 486 kJ
Protein	0.78 g
Fat	12 g
of which saturated	1.6 g
Carbohydrate	4.2 g
of which sugars	2.2 g
Fibre	1.8 g
Sodium	17 mg
Cholesterol	0 mg

Nutrition per 100 g of bell pepper, other form: minerals and vitamins
Potassium	134 mg
Calcium	8 mg
Iron	0.3 mg
Magnesium	8 mg
Zinc	0.06 mg
Vitamin C	177 mg
Vitamin A (RAE)	14 µg
Folate	2 µg

Source: USDA FoodData Central (foods 170108, 2258590, 170024), public domain. Minerals and vitamins are listed only where USDA measured a non-zero amount.

Around the world

Where bell pepper is cooked

11 dishes in the catalogue use bell pepper. Here is where they come from.

Dishes by continent

Countries whose dishes use it most

Counts are catalogued dishes from each country that list bell pepper among their ingredients.

Origins

Native to: Mexico, Central America, Caribbean, South America

On the table

Dishes made with bell pepper

8 of the 11 catalogued dishes that use it, spread across the countries they come from.

Hallaca
Venezuela
Pan-bagnat
France
Batiburrillo
Paraguay
Shrimp Creole
United States
Frita
Algeria
Taktouka
Morocco
Tirokafteri
Greece
Niçard salad
France

Dish lists come from Wikidata; a dish counts when its recorded ingredients include bell pepper.

Good to know

Diet and allergens: bell pepper in detail

These notes describe the plain ingredient. Packaged and prepared products vary, so read the label; for allergies and medical diets ask a doctor or dietitian.

Allergens: None of the 15 listed allergens foundChecked and not found: soy, eggs, fish, milk, lupin, wheat, celery, sesame, mustard, peanuts, molluscs, sulphites, tree nuts, crustaceans, gluten cereals.
Animal origin: No animal ingredients foundChecked and not found: egg, fish, meat, dairy, honey, insect, gelatin, poultry, bone char, shellfish, other animal, animal fining, animal rennet.
Gluten: None
Alcohol: None
Caffeine: None
Pork: None

Around the world

What bell pepper is called

Names in 86 languages, from Wikidata.

Spanish
morrón · pimiento morrón · chile morrón · pimentón
French
poivron · poivrons · poivron rouge · poivron vert
Italian
peperone · peperone dolce
Portuguese
pimento · pimentão
German
Gemüsepaprika · Bell Pepper · Blockpaprika
Dutch
paprika
Greek
πιπεριά · πάπρικα · πιπέρι
Turkish
Dolma biber
Russian
перец сладкий · перец болгарский
Polish
papryka
Arabic
فلفل حلو
Persian
فلفل دلمه‌ای

Show all 86 languages

Afrikaans
Soetrissie
Aragonese
Pimiento
Armenian
քաղցր պղպեղ
Asturian
pimientu
Basque
pipermorro
Belarusian (Taraskievica orthography)
салодкі перац · папрыка · баўгарскі перац
Brazilian Portuguese
pimentão
Breton
pimant dous · skilbebr
Bulgarian
пипер
Burmese
ငရုပ်ပွ
Cantonese
甜椒
Catalan
pebrot morro de bou · pebrera · pebrot · pebrerot
Chinese
菜椒 · 甜椒 · 柿子椒 · 灯笼椒
Cornish
pubren
Czech
kapie · paprika
dag
naanzubua
Danish
peberfrugt
dga
Sɛremaane
Egyptian Arabic
فلفل اخضر و اصفر و برتقانى و احمر
Esperanto
kapsiko
Estonian
paprika
Filipino
Siling-pula
Finnish
paprika · ruokapaprika · vihannespaprika · Capsicum annuum
Galician
pemento
Haitian Creole
pwavon
Hakka Chinese
Chhiâng-chêu
Hausa
Barkono
Hebrew
פלפל
Hungarian
kaliforniai paprika · bell paprika
Icelandic
Paprika
Inari Sami
Paprika
Indonesian
Paprika
Irish
piobar
Japanese
ピーマン · パプリカ
Javanese
Lombok loncèng
Kannada
ದೊಣ್ಣೆ ಮೆಣಸಿನಕಾಯಿ
Kazakh
Бұрыш
kbp
Pwaavrɔɔ
Korean
단고추 · 피망
Latin
capsicum dulce
Latvian
paprika
Lithuanian
saldžioji paprika
Macedonian
бабура
Malagasy
Sakaibe
Malay
Lada benggala
Malayalam
ബെൽ പെപ്പെർ
Marathi
ढोबळी मिरची
Moroccan Arabic
فلفلة حلوة
N’Ko
ߝߙߏ߬ߕߏ߬ߓߊ
Nepali
भेडे खुर्सानी
Norwegian Bokmål
paprika
Norwegian Nynorsk
paprika
Occitan
Pebron
Pashto
خواږه مرچ
Punjabi
ਸ਼ਿਮਲਾ ਮਿਰਚ
Romanian
ardei gras · gogoșar · gogoșari
Sanskrit
महामरीचिका
Santali
ᱥᱤᱢᱞᱟ ᱢᱟ.ᱨᱤᱪ
Serbian
Бабура (паприка)
Simplified Chinese
菜椒 · 甜椒 · 柿子椒 · 灯笼椒
Simplified Chinese (China)
菜椒 · 甜椒 · 柿子椒 · 灯笼椒
Simplified Chinese (Malaysia)
菜椒 · 甜椒 · 柿子椒 · 灯笼椒
Simplified Chinese (Singapore)
菜椒 · 甜椒 · 柿子椒 · 灯笼椒
Slovak
paprika · kapia
Slovenian
paprika · Capsicum
Swedish
paprika
Tamil
குடைமிளகாய்
Telugu
కూరమిరప
Thai
พริกหยวก
Tibetan
སུར་སྔོན།
Traditional Chinese
甜椒 · 柿子椒 · 燈籠椒 · 菜椒
Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China)
燈籠椒 · 甜椒 · 柿子椒 · 菜椒
Traditional Chinese (Macao SAR China)
燈籠椒 · 甜椒 · 柿子椒 · 菜椒
Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)
甜椒 · 柿子椒 · 燈籠椒 · 菜椒
Ukrainian
овочевий перець
Uzbek
Shirin qalampir
Venetian
pevaron · pevaroni
Vietnamese
Ớt chuông
Walloon
poevron
Waray
Hulabtog
Welsh
pupryn
Yiddish
פּאַפּריקע · גלאָק־פֿעפֿער · פֿעפֿערל · גלאָקפֿעפֿער
Yoruba
Ata Tàtàṣé

Sources and credits

Data

GlobeCooks editorial: descriptions, kitchen notes and classification, written by GlobeCooks from checked sources
USDA FoodData Central (Foundation, SR Legacy): nutrition values (Public domain (US government work, CC0))
Wikidata: names, classification and dishes (CC0 1.0)
Wikimedia Commons: photos
Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Wikidata item: Q1548030

Photos