Pepperoni varieties: Discover this diverse world of vegetables

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2024 Author: Leonars Benson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 16:46

What do you think the classic pepperoni looks like? Red, green, small, large, rounded or tapered? No matter what your answer, there is no such thing as a wrong opinion. Because the classic pepperoni doesn't exist either. The colorful vegetables come in numerous colors and shapes. Do you already know the following varieties?

What types of pepperoni are there?

Peppers are subspecies of peppers and come in many varieties such as Thai Yellow, Lombardo, Joe's Long, Georgia White Pepper, Orange Thai and Elephant Trunk. They differ in color, size, spiciness, taste and growing conditions.

General

Peperoni, paprika, chili - there are so many terms that actually mean the same thing, but are not always used correctly. Chili and hot peppers are just subspecies of peppers. This type of vegetable is divided into the following groups:

Capsicum annuum
Capsicum baccatum
Capsicum chinense
Capsicum fructescens
Capsicum pubescens

The hot pepper belongs to the genus Capsicum annuum, which means annual fruit. However, many pepperoni varieties are perennial. The general name Capsicum already indicates the high capsaicin content of the fruits. This is an ingredient that creates the typical spiciness that you probably automatically associate with the term pepperoni. However, there wouldn't be so many different types of peppers if they didn't differ from type to type. The spiciness of a fruit is measured on the Scoville scale. Compared to other varieties, hot peppers are rather mild (level 3-6). Thanks to bred specimens, the pepperoni subspecies can be divided into different plants that differ significantly in their appearance. Get to know the most common varieties in the following overview.