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Bell Pepper

The zero point of the Scoville scale: crisp, sweet, and grassy — available in a color gradient that changes flavor more than heat.

Scoville
0 SHU
Jalapeño comparison
none — pure flavor
Flavor
grass-sweet; red = ripest and sweetest
Best use
raw crunch, sofrito, stuffed bakes
Colors
green (unripe) → yellow → orange → red
Roasting
deepens sweetness ×2

About Bell Pepper

The bell is the scale's zero and the kitchen's workhorse — its recessed base (the "bell") and thick walls make it the stuffing and fajita standard. Colors are ripeness stages: green is the unripe harvest (bitterer, crisper), red the fully ripe (sweetest, most vitamin C). Roasting under the broiler until blackened, then steaming in a bowl, converts the skin off and the sweetness up.

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