Calories in Red Pepper

Pepper is a vegetable that comes in various shapes, colors, sizes, and all as we all know, heats! This page is committed to telling you how many calories are in red pepper, as this sweet variety of pepper is one of the most popular.

We also provide you with some information on jalapeno pepper calories, as well as black pepper, yellow pepper and cayenne pepper. Besides covering red pepper calories we also show you some very interesting red pepper nutrition facts.

How many calories in red pepper?

The focus of this page is the red pepper, but after we have covered this we will also provide you with some information on calories in other peppers such as the jalapeno and cayenne pepper. Just to be clear the below examples are for red bell pepper calories, or sweet red pepper.

How many calories in a red pepper?

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

In a large raw sweet red pepper weighing 164 g there are 51 calories
In a medium raw sweet red pepper weighing 119 g there are 37 calories
In a small raw sweet red pepper weighing 74 g there are 23 calories

Red pepper calories by weight

In 1 oz of raw sweet red pepper there are 9 calories
In 10 g of raw sweet red pepper there are 3 calories

Calories in green pepper

To find out about green pepper calories click here.

Calories in a yellow pepper

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

Calories in jalapeno pepper

Now let's look at jalapeno pepper calories, a popular 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

Cayenne pepper calories

Now let's look at how many calories in cayenne pepper.

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

How many calories in black pepper?

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

You will actually find that there are more calories red pepper contains than the sweet green, or green bell pepper, to find out more about that please see our separate page.

Red pepper nutrition facts

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

Vitamin A - 3131 IU (an amazing 63% of your recommended daily allowance)
Vitamin B1 (Thiamin) - 0.1 milligrams
Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin) - 0.1 milligrams
Vitamin B3 (Niacin) - 1.0 milligrams
Vitamin B5 (Pantothenic acid) - 0.6 milligrams
Vitamin B6 - 0.3 milligrams
Vitamin B9 (Folate) - 46 micrograms
Vitamin C - 128 milligrams (an enormous 213% of your recommended daily allowance)
Vitamin E- 1.6 milligrams
Vitamin K - 4.9 micrograms
Calcium - 7 milligrams
Copper - 0.0 milligrams
Iron - 0.4 milligrams
Magnesium - 12 milligrams
Manganese - 0.1 milligrams
Phosphorous - 26 milligrams
Potassium - 211 milligrams
Selenium - 0.1 micrograms
Sodium - 4 milligrams
Zinc - 0.3 milligrams
Choline - 5.6 milligrams
Betaine - 0.1 milligrams

Protein - 1 g
Dietary Fiber - 2.1 g
Carbohydrates - 6.3 g
Water - 92.2 g
Total fats - 0.3 g
Sugars - 4.2 g

As you can see the benefits of red peppers that stand out from a nutritional point of view are their huge quantities of vitamins A and C. These are great reasons to make the red pepper a part of your diet.

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