Green, Red, and Yellow Bell Peppers?!
Are they each different types of peppers!? Or do green bell peppers ripen into yellow which ripen into red on the same plant!? I would appreciate a website or something to support your answer!. I've always wondered about this!.!.!.thanks!Www@FoodAQ@Com
Answers:
The various colored Bell Peppers all come from the same plant, but differ in their level of maturity:
GREEN PEPPERS
Green bell peppers are harvested before they are fully ripe, one reason they are less expensive than other varieties!. Green bell peppers will continue to first turn yellow and then red if they are left on the plant to mature!. They have a slightly bitter flavor and will never have the sweet taste of their red, yellow and orange counterparts!.
ORANGE AND YELLOW PEPPERS
More mature than green bell peppers, yellow and orange peppers have a fruity taste but are not as commonly found in local markets as green and red bell peppers!.
RED PEPPERS
These are more mature than green, orange or yellow bell peppers!. They are rich in carotenoid phytonutrients and contain almost eleven times more beta-carotene than green bell peppers as well as one and a half times more vitamin C!. Red Bell Peppers have a sweet, almost fruity taste!. Pimento and paprika are both prepared from red bell peppers!.
There are also other varieties that have a more tapered shape and do not have the lobes characteristic of the green, orange yellow and red varieties!.
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GREEN PEPPERS
Green bell peppers are harvested before they are fully ripe, one reason they are less expensive than other varieties!. Green bell peppers will continue to first turn yellow and then red if they are left on the plant to mature!. They have a slightly bitter flavor and will never have the sweet taste of their red, yellow and orange counterparts!.
ORANGE AND YELLOW PEPPERS
More mature than green bell peppers, yellow and orange peppers have a fruity taste but are not as commonly found in local markets as green and red bell peppers!.
RED PEPPERS
These are more mature than green, orange or yellow bell peppers!. They are rich in carotenoid phytonutrients and contain almost eleven times more beta-carotene than green bell peppers as well as one and a half times more vitamin C!. Red Bell Peppers have a sweet, almost fruity taste!. Pimento and paprika are both prepared from red bell peppers!.
There are also other varieties that have a more tapered shape and do not have the lobes characteristic of the green, orange yellow and red varieties!.
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Nope!. They are all different varieties!. Red Peppers are the sweetest of the 3, then comes Yellow and then Green!. Www@FoodAQ@Com
Green bell peppers ripen to the red ones but yellow are a different variety!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
im not much of a pepper person but green!.!.!. Www@FoodAQ@Com