Calories in Red Peppers,
Red Pepper Nutrition

How many calories in Red Peppers? See below, the Red Pepper calories for the different serving sizes. We provide you with the Red Pepper nutrition facts and the health benefits of Red Peppers 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 Red Pepper contains more vitamins and minerals than the other pepper varieties. It contains more than double the vitamin C of an Orange and is bursting with vitamin A and beta-carotene. It is also a good source of vitamins B1-B3, B5, B6, B9 (folic acid), K, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium and many more minerals.

Due to its high beta carotene content, it is thought to protect against macular degeneration and help neutralize free radicals in the body. Other Red Pepper benefits may include protection against some cancers as the Red Pepper contains lycopene.

Below we have three calorie tables comparing the calorie content depending on how you prefer to eat this vegetable. We also have a detailed nutrition table comparing raw versus cooked. Compare the nutrition and calories in red peppers with the calories in other vegetable varieties.

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

Calories in Red Peppers, Sweet, Raw

Refuse: 18% (Stem ends, seed and core)

Serving Size	Calories per Serving
100 grams	31 kcal (129 kJ)
1 cup, chopped, 149 grams	46 kcal (192 kJ)
1 cup, sliced, 92 grams	29 kcal (119 kJ)
1 tablespoon, 93 grams	3 kcal (12 kJ)
1 large (2-1/4 per pound, approx 3-3/4" long, 3" dia.), 164 grams	51 kcal (212 kJ)
1 medium (approx 2-3/4" long, 2-1/2 dia.), 119 grams	37 kcal (154 kJ)
1 small, 74 grams	23 kcal (95 kJ)
1 ring (3" dia., 1/4" thick), 10 grams	3 kcal (13 kJ)

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

Refuse: 0%

Serving Size	Calories per Serving
100 grams	26 kcal (108 kJ)
1 tbsp, 12 grams	3 kcal (13 kJ)
1 pepper, 73 grams	19 kcal (79 kJ)
0.5 cup, chopped, 92 grams	24 kcal (99 kJ)

Calories in Red Peppers, Sweet, Sauteed

Refuse: 0%

Serving Size	Calories per Serving
100 grams	133 kcal (555 kJ)

Red Pepper Nutrition

Red Peppers, Raw and Cooked

Nutritional value per 100 g (3.5 oz)
Proximates:
Nutrients	Peppers, sweet, red, raw	Peppers, sweet, red, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt
Water	92.21 g	91.87 g
Energy	129 kJ (31 kcal)	117 kJ (28 kcal)
Carbohydrates	6.03 g	6.70 g
Fiber	2.1 g	1.2 g
Sugars	4.20 g	4.39 g
Total Fat:	0.30 g	0.20 g
Cholesterol	0 mg	0 mg
Protein	0.99 g	0.92 g
Minerals:
Calcium, Ca	7 mg (1 %)	9 mg (1 %)
Iron, Fe	0.43 mg (2 %)	0.46 mg (3 %)
Magnesium, Mg	12 mg (3 %)	10 mg (3 %)
Phosphorus, P	26 mg (3 %)	18 mg (2 %)
Potassium, K	211 mg (4 %)	166 mg (4 %)
Sodium, Na	4 mg (0 %)	2 mg (0 %)
Zinc, Zn	0.25 mg (2 %)	0.12 mg (1 %)
Copper, Cu	0.017 mg (1 %)	0.065 mg (3 %)
Manganese, Mn	0.112 mg (6 %)	0.115 mg (6 %)
Selenium, Se	0.1 mcg (0 %)	0.3 mcg (0 %)
Vitamins:
Vitamin C	127.7 mg (213 %)	171.0 mg (285 %)
Thiamine (Vit. B1)	0.054 mg (4 %)	0.059 mg (4 %)
Riboflavin (Vit. B2)	0.085 mg (5 %)	0.030 mg (2 %)
Niacin (Vit. B3)	0.979 mg (5 %)	0.477 mg (2 %)
Pantothenic acid (B5)	0.317 mg (3 %)	0.079 mg (1 %)
Vitamin B6	0.291 mg (15 %)	0.233 mg (12 %)
Folate (Vit. B9)	46 mcg (12 %)	16 mcg (4 %)
Vitamin B12	0 mcg (0 %)	0 mcg (0 %)
Vitamin A	3131 IU (63 %)	2941 IU (59 %)
Vitamin E	1.58 mg (8 %)	1.65 mg (8 %)
Vitamin K	4.9 mcg (6 %)	5.1 mcg (6 %)
Percentages are relative to US Recommended Daily Intake (RDI) for adults.

Source: USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference

Author: Lana Soko

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