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Properties and benefits: bell pepper
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Bell pepper
Peppers are the hollow fruit of the herbaceous plant of the same name, belonging to the Solanaceae family. In modern horticulture, there are 3 large groups of peppers: sweet, chilli and different varieties to make paprika.
Bell peppers are characterised for being a thick, fleshy and large variety. The skin of this vegetable is red, fine and shiny, while its flesh is soft and sweet. On the top, they contain a green and rigid stem.
Properties and benefits: bell pepper
Some benefits you didn't know about taking bell pepper
Bell peppers are a vegetable with a low energy content whose main component is water, although we can also find proteins and carbohydrates, whose content is much higher than in green peppers.
In terms of vitamin content, we can find a very high quantity of vitamins from groups A, C and beta-carotenes.
Its mineral quantity is not highly significant, but they include phosphorous and potassium, the latter in a higher quantity.
Nutritional composition: Calories: 40 kcal, Fats: 0.4 g, Carbohydrates: 7 g, Proteins: 1.1 g, Fibre: 2.1 g, Water: 89.4 g, Calcium: 9 mg, Iodine: 1 mg, Iron: 0.3 mg, Magnesium: 14 mg, Phosphorus: 26 mg, Potassium: 180 mg, Vitamin A: 630 mg, Vitamin C: 81 mg
Nutritional values
40.0
Kcal
40.0
Kj
0.4 gr
Fat
7.0 gr
CHO
1.1 gr
Protein
0.0 gr
Salt
