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White pepper

Piper nigrum

White pepper is made from the seeds of dried black pepper. Cooks use it to season food.

Made from
Black pepper
Part used
Seed
Family
Piperaceae
Cooked most in
Asia
Top country
Indonesia
White pepper, whole

Photo: Fumikas Sagisavas · CC0 1.0 · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use white pepper

Typical ways to cook or use it

  • Season

Preparing it

Grind whole peppercorns just before use to retain their aroma.

Nutrition

What 100 g of white pepper holds

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

Protein 13%Fat 3%Carbohydrate 85%of the macronutrients by weight

Nutrition per 100 g of white pepper
Energy296 kcal · 1,238 kJ
Protein10 g
Fat2.1 g
of which saturated0.63 g
Carbohydrate69 g
Fibre26 g
Sodium5 mg
Cholesterol0 mg
Nutrition per 100 g of white pepper: minerals and vitamins
Potassium73 mg
Calcium265 mg
Iron14 mg
Magnesium90 mg
Zinc1.1 mg
Vitamin C21 mg
Folate10 µg

Source: USDA FoodData Central (food 170933), public domain. Minerals and vitamins are listed only where USDA measured a non-zero amount.

On the table

Dishes made with white pepper

1 dish in the catalogue uses it.

  • Manuk labakh

    Indonesia

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

Family

Related forms

Made from
black pepper (dried)

Cooked together

Ingredients that go into the same catalogued dishes.
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Around the world

What white pepper is called

Names in 22 languages, from Wikidata.

  • Spanish

    pimienta blanca

  • French

    poivre blanc

  • Italian

    pepe bianco

  • Portuguese

    pimenta branca

  • German

    weißer Pfeffer

  • Dutch

    witte peper

  • Russian

    Белый перец · Перец белый

  • Polish

    pieprz biały · biały pieprz

  • Chinese

    胡椒粉

  • Japanese

    白コショウ · 白胡椒 · ホワイト・ペッパー

  • Indonesian

    lada putih

  • Basque

    piperrauts zuri

Show all 22 languages

  • Cantonese

    胡椒粉

  • Czech

    bílý pepř

  • Danish

    hvid peber

  • Estonian

    Valge pipar

  • Irish

    piobar bán

  • Minangkabau

    marica putiah

  • Ossetic

    урс бырц

  • Slovenian

    beli poper

  • Swedish

    vitpeppar · vitpepparkorn

  • Ukrainian

    Перець білий

Sources and credits

Data

Wikidata item: Q744814

Photos

Photo: Fumikas Sagisavas · CC0 1.0 · Wikimedia Commons