Calories in Green Pepper

The is a vegetable that comes in a variety of colors, shapes, sizes, and even heat! This page is devoted to telling you how many calories are in green peppers, as this sweet variety of pepper is one of the most common. We also tell you all about jalapeno pepper calories, as well as those found in black pepper, yellow pepper and cayenne pepper. Besides covering green pepper calories, we also show you some very interesting green pepper nutrition facts. We also answer another question that many people ask, 'is pepper good for you?'.

There are various health benefits of the green pepper, and as you will see from a nutritional standpoint they offer a wide range of nutritional benefits, most notably a high volume of vitamins B6, C and K.

How many calories in green pepper?

The focus of this page is the calories found in green pepper, but in addition to this we will also provide you with some information on calories in other peppers such as the jalapeno and cayenne peppers. The examples found below are for green bell pepper calories, or sweet green pepper.

How many calories in a green pepper?

Let's start off by looking at calories in a whole green pepper.

In a large raw sweet green pepper weighing 164 g there are 33 calories
In a medium raw sweet green pepper weighing 119 g there are 24 calories
In a small raw sweet green pepper weighing 74 g there are 15 calories

Green pepper calories by weight

In 1 oz of raw sweet green pepper there are 6 calories
In 10 g of raw sweet green pepper there are 2 calories

Calories in red pepper

To find out about red pepper calories click here.

Yellow pepper calories

Another popular type of pepper is the yellow pepper, we now look at how many calories in a yellow pepper.

In a 6.6 oz / 187 g raw sweet yellow pepper there are 50 calories
In 1 oz of raw sweet yellow pepper there are 8 calories
In 10 g of raw sweet yellow pepper there are 3 calories

Jalapeno pepper calories

Now let's look at jalapeno pepper calories, a popular and very hot pepper!

In a jalapeno pepper weighing 0.8 oz there are 6 calories
In 1 oz of jalapeno pepper there are 8 calories
In 10 g of jalapeno pepper there are 3 calories

How many calories in cayenne pepper?

Now let's look at cayenne pepper calories.

In a 0.1 oz teaspoon of cayenne pepper there are 5 calories
In 1 oz of cayenne pepper there are 90 calories
In 10 g of cayenne pepper there are 32 calories

Black pepper calories?

In a dash of black pepper there are 0 calories
In a teaspoon of black pepper weighing 0.2 oz there are 5 calories

The calories green peppers contain are actually fewer than those of the red bell, or sweet red pepper. To find out more about that please see our page devoted to the red pepper.

Is Green Pepper good for you?

So now you now about the calories in pepper, you want to know is pepper good for you? As you will see below the green pepper offers various nutritional benefits, and very few calories, so is something that can play a positive role in any diet. If you are wondering if the black pepper we sprinkle on our food is good for us, the answer to that is a positive yes as well.

Green pepper nutrition facts

The following green pepper nutrition facts are based on 3.5 oz, or 100 g or raw sweet green pepper:

Vitamin A - 370 IU
Vitamin B1 (Thiamin) - 0.1 milligrams
Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin) - 0.0 milligrams
Vitamin B3 (Niacin) - 0.5 milligrams
Vitamin B5 (Pantothenic acid) - 0.1 milligrams
Vitamin B6 - 0.2 milligrams
Vitamin B9 (Folate) - 10 micrograms
Vitamin C - 80.4 milligrams (an enormous 134% of your recommended daily allowance)
Vitamin E- 0.4 milligrams
Vitamin K - 7.4 micrograms
Calcium - 10 milligrams
Copper - 0.1 milligrams
Iron - 0.3 milligrams
Magnesium - 10 milligrams
Manganese - 0.1 milligrams
Phosphorous - 20 milligrams
Potassium - 175 milligrams
Selenium - 0.0 micrograms
Sodium - 3 milligrams
Zinc - 0.1 milligrams
Choline - 5.5 milligrams
Betaine - 0.1 milligrams
Fluoride - 2 micrograms

Protein - 0.9 g
Dietary Fiber - 1.7 g
Carbohydrates - 4.6 g
Water - 93.9 g
Total fats - 0.2 g
Sugars - 2.4 g

From a nutritional perspective, the benefits of green peppers are primarily their huge content of vitamin C, as well as well as a high content of vitamins B6 and K.

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