Horto Freshness: Bell Pepper

Native to southern Central America, the bell pepper is a fruit with antioxidant properties, rich in vitamins C and A, which can be served as a main dish or used as a complement in salads, sauces, or stews. Find bell peppers and other ingredients in #HortoFreshness.

Colorful, delicious, and healthy!

They can be found in different colors, sizes, and shapes. They are often green, red, and yellow, but when it comes to an exotic variety, they can take on colors like white, purple, bluish, black, and orange.

Additionally, the flavor, shape, and size also change depending on the variety. Green and purple bell peppers have a bitter taste, while red, orange, and yellow ones are sweeter. In general, larger bell peppers have a sweet flavor and smaller ones are spicy.

Crunchy and smooth, their texture is revealed at the first bite. Very versatile, they can be eaten fried, roasted, grilled, raw, stuffed, or in salads.

The benefits of bell peppers

An important source of vitamins, bell peppers are rich in calcium, sodium, phosphorus, iron, vitamin A, and vitamin C, important for fighting possible infections. In addition to this anti-inflammatory power, bell peppers have a high number of benefits for the body:

• Stomach ally: helps prevent gastric ulcers and stimulates the production of gastric juice, which is beneficial for those who suffer from slow digestion.
• Regulates intestinal transit.
• Helps control diabetes: due to the low number of carbohydrates, bell peppers are an excellent food to help control diabetes.
• Helps prevent some types of cancer: regular consumption of bell peppers is considered a protective factor against the development of stomach and colon cancer, due to the high content of vitamins A and C.
• Promotes control of cholesterol and triglyceride levels.
• Friend of the immune system: As it is rich in vitamins, bell peppers help strengthen the immune system. • Beneficial effects on blood circulation.