Nutrition for Chili Pepper
Calories, Protein, Vitamins and More
Chili Pepper Nutrition Summary
One chili pepper (45 grams or 1.59 oz) contains 18 calories and 0.9 grams of protein. Chili pepper consist of 88% water, 10% carbohydrates, 2% protein, and less than 1% of fat.Chili pepper is an excellent source of a few nutrients, including Vitamin C and potassium.
In one chili pepper:
- Calories: 18
- Protein: 0.9 g
- Sugar: 2.3 g
- Dietary fiber: 0.7 g
- Fat: 0.1 g
- Sodium: 3.2 mg
See the Chili Pepper Nutrition Chart for complete recommended daily values.
The specific nutritional values from USDA is for: Peppers, hot chili, green, raw.
Calories in Chili Pepper
Chili pepper has 18 calories per chili pepper or 40 calories for every 100 grams. Most of its calories are from carbohydrates and protein.79% of calories in chili pepper are from carbohydrates, 17% of calories are from protein and 4% of calories are from fat.
Calories from Carbs
The majority, or 79% of the calories in chili pepper are from carbohydrates.
The carbs in chili pepper are mostly in the form of dietary fiber and sugar (23% and 77%). 1 chili pepper has 3% of daily values or 0.7 grams of dietary fiber.
- Dietary fiber: 0.7 g
- Sugar: 2.3 g
Calories from Fat
A small portion, or 4% the calories in Chili Pepper are from fat. Chili pepper is very low in total fat, with 0.1 grams per chili pepper. Most of the fat in chili pepper are healthier unsaturated fats.
Chili pepper is cholesterol free and trans-fat free.
Chili pepper is cholesterol free and trans-fat free.
- Total fat: 0.1 g
- Polyunsaturated fat: < 0.1 g
Omega-6 in Chili Pepper
Chili pepper contains a small amount of omega-6 fatty acids, mostly in the form of linolenic acid - the only essential omega-6 fatty acid.
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- linoleic acid: 0.05 g
Calories Similar to Chili Pepper
Some other vegetables with similar calories to chili pepper by weight:- Onion: same
- Squash: same
- Carrot Juice: same
- Carrots: same
Protein in Chili Pepper
One chili pepper has 0.9 grams of protein or about 2% of daily recommended intake. Although chili pepper is relatively low in protein, it does contain all 9 essential amino acids at small amounts.- Protein: 0.9 g
- Tryptophan: 0.01 g
- Threonine: 0.03 g
- Isoleucine: 0.03 g
- Leucine: 0.05 g
- Lysine: 0.04 g
- Phenylalanine: 0.03 g
- Valine: 0.04 g
- Histidine: 0.02 g
Protein Similar to Chili Pepper
Some other vegetables with similar amounts of protein to chili pepper by weight:- Okra: same
- Cauliflower: same
- Cilantro: +0.1 grams
- Russet Potato: +0.1 grams
Vitamins and Minerals in Chili Pepper
An good source of nutrients, chili pepper contains abundant amounts of Vitamin C and potassium. In fact, a single chili pepper contains 146% of recommended daily values or 109.1 milligrams of Vitamin C.Vitamins in chili pepper (1 pepper):
- Vitamin a: 26.6 ug
- Thiamin: < 0.1 mg
- Riboflavin: < 0.1 mg
- Niacin: 0.4 mg
- Vitamin b6: 0.1 mg
- Vitamin c: 109.1 mg
- Vitamin e: 0.3 mg
- Folate: 10.4 ug
- Vitamin k: 6.4 ug
- Calcium: 8.1 mg
- Potassium: 153 mg
- Iron: 0.5 mg
- Magnesium: 11.3 mg
- Zinc: 0.1 mg
- Selenium: 0.2 ug
- Phosphorus: 20.7 mg
- Copper: 0.1 mg
- Manganese: 0.1 mg
- Choline: 5 mg
Similar to Chili Pepper for Vitamin C
Here are some other vegetables with similarly abundant amounts of Vitamin C to chili pepper:- Parsley: -49 MG
- Red Bell Pepper: -52 MG
- Jalapeno: -56 MG
- Kale: -67 MG
Flavonoids and Carotenoids in Chili Pepper [3]
Chili pepper contains a number of healthy phytonutrients and antioxidants, specifically carotenoids beta-carotene, alpha-carotene and lutein + zeaxanthin and flavonoids apigenin, luteolin, myricetin and quercetin. In one chili pepper:
- beta-carotene: 302 ug
- alpha-carotene: 10 ug
- lutein + zeaxanthin: 326 ug
- apigenin: 0.63 mg
- luteolin: 1.74 mg
- myricetin: 0.54 mg
- Quercetin: 6.62 mg
Chili Pepper Nutrition Chart
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