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Chili peppers are beloved around China and an important ingredient in many provinces. In fact, China produces over half of all the chili peppers in the world, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations! They are used in almost every cuisine in China with the stand ou...Read more »
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The ghost pepper,also known as bhut jolokia (lit. ’Bhutan pepper’ in Assamese), is an interspecific hybrid chili pepper cultivated in Northeast India. It is a hybrid of Capsicum chinense and Capsicum frutescens. In 2007, Guinness World Records certified that the ghost pepper was the w...Read more »
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Chili powder (also spelled chile, chilli, or, alternatively, powdered chili) is the dried, pulverized fruit of one or more varieties of chili pepper, sometimes with the addition of other spices (in which case it is also sometimes known as chili powder blend or chili seasoning mix). It is used as ...Read more »
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China is the world’s largest producer and consumer of chili peppers. In 2020, the planting area of chili pepper in China was about 814,000 hectares, and the yield reached 19.6 million tons. China’s fresh pepper production accounts for nearly 50% of the world’s total production, ...Read more »
