If you’ve got a gluten allergy, deciphering what does and doesn’t have gluten in it is extremely important. Some surprising things can contain gluten, and that includes many different chili pepper products.
So is chili powder gluten-free?
Matt Bray
Ghost Pepper Vs. Habanero: How Do They Compare?
Ghost pepper vs. habanero: how much hotter the ghost really is, how close the two taste, which is easier to find and cook with, and how to swap one for the other.
What Is In Old Bay Seasoning?
Old Bay is mostly celery salt, with red pepper, black pepper, paprika and a mix of secret spices. Here’s what’s in the tin, where it came from, and how hot it is.
Professor Phardtpounder’s Colon Cleaner Hot Sauce Review
Everything about this bottle is a joke. The name is a fart gag with a fake doctorate attached. The label is got up like a Victorian hair tonic. It calls itself an “elixir of capsaicin extremus.” You buy it for someone as a laugh, or …
Chocolate Habanero Guide: Heat, Flavor, Uses
What are chocolate habanero peppers? Sure you know what chocolate is, and if you’re any bit of a hot pepper fan, you have an idea of what a habanero is. But what is a chocolate habanero? It’s not a line of spicy candies, that’s for …
Bell Pepper Guide: Heat, Flavor, Uses
What are bell peppers? It’s at the bottom of the Scoville scale (0 Scoville heat units), but that certainly doesn’t make the bell pepper less popular. It’s by far the most well-known member of the capsicum family. They are tasty, crunchy, healthy, sweet (at times), …
Malagueta Pepper Guide: Heat, Flavor, Uses
What are malagueta peppers? Brazil is home to some pretty hot things, but none may be hotter than the malagueta pepper. With about double the heat of cayenne pepper (50,000 to 100,000 Scoville heat units), this is an extra-hot chili that’ll knock your socks off. …
Pimento Pepper Guide: Heat, Flavor, Uses
What are pimento peppers? You may not realize how often you eat products that contain pimento peppers. There are so many varieties of products that use this chili, due to its sweetness and mild heat (100 to 500 Scoville heat units). And that’s part of what …
Thai Peppers Guide: Heat, Flavor, Uses
What are Thai peppers? Let’s start with the confusion. There are dozens of varieties of chilies that fall under the category of Thai peppers. They all share common characteristics, colors, and general heat (an extra-hot spiciness from 50,000 to 100,000 Scoville heat units.) And because …
Capsaicin: The Compound Behind The Pepper Scale
Capsaicin is the compound that makes chili peppers hot. Here’s how it works, how hot it gets, why water won’t put it out and which health claims hold up.
