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Mushroom

Cultivated mushrooms with a white cap and stem. Primarily grown in Europe and English speaking countries.

Hawai Mix 400 g

Hawai Mix 400 g. A quick and healthy ready-made dish. Rice with green peas, corn and red peppers. A vegetarian dish.

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A vegetable rich in iron.

Pepper

Latin:

Capsicum annum

Warmth loving plant cultivated for its fruit taking on various shapes, colours and sizes depending on a variety.

Consumption of peppers prevent cancer, cataracts and arthritis.

100 g of peppers– 26 kcal

Rich source of vitamin C and A
as well as beta-carotene.
Green peppers contain more vitamin C, while yellow and red peppers have more beta-carotene.

To the smokers’ rescue

Attention active and occasional smokers – pepper on your menu means lower risk of cancer and emphysema.

Colourful prevention

Peppers are the richest source of vitamin C among vegetables after parsley leaves. 200 grams of peppers meets the daily requirement of adults for this vitamin. Next to vitamin C, peppers have a back up of vitamin A supply, which constitutes deadly cocktail for free radicals. This excellent duet prevents cholesterol deposits thus protects against sclerosis and heart disease. It also prevents cancer, cataract and arthritis.

Sharp as a razor blade

Scoville’s scale exists since 1912 – a special scale rating the heat pungency of a pepper.

Once upon a time in America

Peppers is considered to be the oldest cultivated vegetable in America. Their seeds were found dating back 5000 years. Peppers come from Peru. Next to corn, beans and the pumpkin it was one of the basic pre-Columbus vegetables. They were brought to Europe by Columbus’s physician. From the 16th century it spread throughout Europe to find its place in the Balkan and Mediterranean cuisine. What’s more it is a national vegetable and spice of the Hungarians.

Musical veggie
One of the hot pepper variety due to the sound emitted when shaken is called “Cascabel” – “the ringing of bells”.

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