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Calories in Green Peppers, Green Pepper Nutrition

How many calories in Green Peppers? See below, the Green Pepper calories for the different serving sizes. We provide you with the Green Pepper nutrition facts and the Green Pepper benefits to help you to lose weight and eat a healthy diet.

The Bell Pepper is also known as Pepper or Capsicum. Bell Peppers are generally available in three colours, green, red and yellow and sometimes orange or even purple.

The calories in green peppers are low. They are full of vitamins A and C, the Green Pepper contains slightly more vitamin C than an orange. It is also a good source of vitamins B1-B3, B5, B6, B9 (folic acid), K, iron, potassium and many more minerals.

Green Peppers are thought to protect against rheumatoid arthritis and your lung if you are a smoker. Other health benefits of Green Peppers may include the reduction in symptoms that cause heart disease and atherosclerosis.

Below are three calorie tables depending on how you choose to eat this vegetable. We also have a nutrition table comparing the nutrients of a Green Pepper, raw versus cooked. Compare the nutrition and calories in Green Peppers with the calories in the other vegetable varieties.

All of our calorie and nutrition data are provided by the US Department of Agriculture.

Enjoy losing weight with our Bell Pepper diet recipes below

Calories in Green Peppers, Sweet, Raw

Refuse: 18% (Stem ends, seeds and core)
Scientific Name: Capsicum annuum

Serving Size	Calories per Serving
100 grams	20 kcal (84 kJ)
1 cup, chopped, 149 grams	30 kcal (125 kJ)
1 cup, sliced, 92 grams	18 kcal (77 kJ)
1 tbsp, 9.3 grams	2 kcal (8 kJ)
1 large (2-1/4 per lb, approx 3-3/4" long, 3" dia), 164 grams	33 kcal (138 kJ)
1 medium (approx 2-3/4" long, 2-1/2" dia), 119 grams	24 kcal (100 kJ)
1 ring (3" dia, 1/4" thick), 10 grams	2 kcal (8 kJ)
1 small, 74 grams	15 kcal (62 kJ)
10 strips, 27 grams	5 kcal (23 kJ)

Calories in Green Peppers, Sweet, Cooked, Boiled, Drained

Refuse: 0%

Serving Size	Calories per Serving
100 grams	26 kcal (108 kJ)
1 tbsp, 11.6 grams	3 kcal (13 kJ)
1 pepper, 73 grams	19 kcal (79 kJ)
0.5 cup, chopped, 92 grams	24 kcal (99 kJ)

Peppers, Sweet, Green, Sauteed

Refuse: 0%

Serving Size	Calories per Serving
100 grams	127 kcal (530 kJ)

Green Pepper Nutrition Facts

Green Peppers, Raw and Cooked
Nutritional value per 100 g (3.5 oz)
Proximates:
Nutrients	Peppers, sweet, green, raw	Peppers, sweet, green, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt
Water	93.89 g	91.87 g
Energy	84 kJ (20 kcal)	117 kJ (28 kcal)
Carbohydrates	4.64 g	6.70 g
Fiber	1.7 g	1.2 g
Sugars	2.40 g	3.19 g
Total Fat:	0.17 g	0.20 g
Cholesterol	0 mg	0 mg
Protein	0.86 g	0.92 g
Minerals:
Calcium, Ca	10 mg (1 %)	9 mg (1 %)
Iron, Fe	0.34 mg (2 %)	0.46 mg (3 %)
Magnesium, Mg	10 mg (3 %)	10 mg (3 %)
Phosphorus, P	20 mg (2 %)	18 mg (2 %)
Potassium, K	175 mg (4 %)	166 mg (4 %)
Sodium, Na	3 mg (0 %)	2 mg (0 %)
Zinc, Zn	0.13 mg (1 %)	0.12 mg (1 %)
Copper, Cu	0.066 mg (3 %)	0.065 mg (3 %)
Manganese, Mn	0.122 mg (6 %)	0.115 mg (6 %)
Selenium, Se	0.0 mcg (0 %)	0.3 mcg (0 %)
Vitamins:
Vitamin C	80.4 mg (134 %)	74.4 mg (124 %)
Thiamine (Vit. B1)	0.057 mg (4 %)	0.059 mg (4 %)
Riboflavin (Vit. B2)	0.028 mg (2 %)	0.030 mg (2 %)
Niacin (Vit. B3)	0.480 mg (2 %)	0.477 mg (2 %)
Pantothenic acid (B5)	0.099 mg (1 %)	0.079 mg (1 %)
Vitamin B6	0.224 mg (11 %)	0.233 mg (12 %)
Folate (Vit. B9)	10 mcg (3 %)	16 mcg (4 %)
Vitamin B12	0 mcg (0 %)	0 mcg (0 %)
Vitamin A	370 IU (8 %)	468 IU (10 %)
Vitamin E	0.37 mg (2 %)	0.50 mg (3 %)
Vitamin K	7.4 mcg (9. %)	9.8 mcg (12 %)
Percentages are relative to US Recommended Daily Intake (RDI) for adults.

Source: USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference

Author: Lana Soko

Green Pepper Recipes

Marinated Steak Fajita Recipe
Green peppers are delicious in this steak fajita recipe. There 287 calories per serving. This steak fajitas are suitable for a low carb high protein, low GI and diabetic diet.

Italian Meatball Soup Recipe
Italian meatballs, green peppers, chopped tomatoes, celery and stock can make a great soup in just under 30 min. There are 248 calories and 7g of net carbs per serving. The recipe is suitable for a low GI, low calorie and low carb high protein diet.

Low Carb Chicken Fajita Recipe
Chicken, salsa, guacamole, sour cream, pepper, onion, and lettuce are the ingredients that will make tasty chicken fajitas in 1 hour 20 min if you are marinating the chicken and 10-15 min if you are using up chicken leftovers. 258 kcal and 5g of net carbs in one serving.