Cayenne Pepper - The King of Herbs - Heal South Africa

Common grocery store cayenne powder tends to be brownish red. Good health foodstore or herbal wholesaler cayenne powder tends to have vibrant reddish burgundyand orangish red like you see above. Since I wrote the above, I have found somecayenne that has a light yellowish-brownish color so that's a clarification to myclarification! But notice the spectrum of colors that cayenne pepper powder can comein. It has a beautiful range from dark, rich burgundy to light yellowish-brownishcolor. All these cayenne powders are great for you.These cayenne range from the 35,000 SHU to 160,000 SHUs so while there's a rangeof colors, there's a range in heat and the consequent capsaicin as well.ConclusionI hope now you now what cayenne pepper powder you should buy. You can findcayenne in any grocery store although I recommend buying it at a health food storeor an herb shop. In summary, here's what to look for:• Cayenne pepper type classification, i.e., Capsicum minimum or Capsicumfastigiatum. The Capsicum minimum is very common. The African birdseyecayenne is much more difficult to find although it certainly is available online• SHU units: A minimum of 30 to 50k SHU cayenne powder. This SHU ratingshould be adhered to for cayenne beginners• Bright orangish-reddish colored cayenne. This orangish color is indicative of ahigh degree of beta carotene (see the graphic above). In my opinion, this isideal. That said, the burgundy-reddish colored cayenne is still very nutritious,potent and healthy• Freshness• Price: I've seen it as low as $1.67 a pound and as much as $26 a poundonline. The kind I saw that was $26 was high-quality, 90k SHU Africanbirdseye cayenne and had a bright, beautiful orangish-red color and wasproduced in a eGMP-compliant facility, which is highly desirable