Sweet Paprika Pods Powder Crushed and Pellet for Colour Not Heat
Low-heat paprika in pods, crushed, powder and pellet form, bought for colour and fruity flavour rather than for heat.
Everything in the Sweet Paprika Family
What This Family Is Actually For
Sweet paprika is a low heat chili pepper with a wide range of colours, running from about 70 to 220 ASTA as a category. It is principally used to season and colour rice, stews, soups and sausages.
Four formats: whole pods at 10 cm and up, powder at 60 to 80 mesh, a crushed grade with a seedless option, and pressed pellet at 4 to 5 mm reaching 260 ASTA for oleoresin extraction.
Who buys it
- Meat and sausage processors.
- Oleoresin and natural colour extractors.
- Snack seasoning blenders needing colour without heat.
- Ready-meal producers colouring rice and stew bases.
Four Things This Family Fixes
Chili powder adds heat you did not want
Sweet paprika sits at 100 to 300 SHU and colours without a heat claim.
Colour drifts and the product looks different on the shelf
Lots are matched to an agreed point in the 100 to 220 ASTA band.
Seeds make the flecks look patchy
A seedless crushed grade is available.
Extraction feedstock blinds the bed
Paprika pellet is pressed to 4 to 5 mm with a hardness of 3 to 4.
Industries That Buy From This Family
Meat and Sausage Processing
Sausage, cured meat and marinade producers buy paprika for colour first and flavour second. A half-shade drift between lots shows up on the shelf before anyone tastes any…
Industry page →Oleoresin and Natural Colour Extraction
Extractors do not want a pretty powder. They want dense, uniform, free-flowing feedstock with high colour and low heat that will not blind a solvent bed.…
Industry page →Guides That Explain the Numbers on These Pages
ASTA Colour Explained What 100 to 260 Means on a Chili Spec
ASTA is the number that decides whether your product looks the same as last quarter. Here is how to read the band on a chili or paprika specification.
Read the guide →Mesh Size in Chili and Paprika Powder and What Changes
40, 60, 80, 100 or 120 mesh changes dispersion, appearance, dosing and caking. A short guide to choosing the right one.
Read the guide →Seed Content in Crushed Chili 25 30 or 40 Percent and Seedless
Seed percentage changes the colour, the texture and the cost of a crushed chili or crushed paprika. How to decide which one you need.
Read the guide →Questions About Sweet Paprika
Is sweet paprika hot?
No. It sits at 100 to 300 SHU, which is a low heat chili pepper by definition. It is bought for colour and for a fruity flavour, not for heat.
What is the highest ASTA colour you can supply?
260 ASTA, on paprika pellet. Pods, crushed and powder grades run to 220 ASTA. Paprika as a category starts at about 70 ASTA.
Which paprika grade suits sausage production?
Powder at 60 to 80 mesh if the colour should be even, crushed if visible red flecks are part of the product identity. Most meat customers take the seedless crushed grade when they want flecks.
Why would I buy pellet rather than powder?
Only if you are extracting. Pellet is pressed to 4 to 5 mm with a hardness of 3 to 4 so it packs and flows in an extraction column instead of blinding the bed.
Can seeds be removed completely?
Yes, the crushed grade is available seedless, which gives uniformly red flecks.
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