Scotch Bonnet
Scotch Bonnet
Very hot fruity Caribbean chilli.
About Scotch Bonnet
Scotch Bonnet is a very hot chili pepper used to add intense heat and fruity flavour to sauces, stews, marinades, relishes, curries, and other savoury dishes. It is closely associated with Caribbean cooking, but the name does not by itself identify one exact cultivar, colour, size, or degree of ripeness.
The flavour is distinctly fruity, aromatic, and sometimes slightly sweet beneath its powerful heat. The crisp flesh is usually thinner than that of many large sweet peppers, while the inner ribs and seeds can carry much of the pepper’s heat. Actual intensity varies with variety, maturity, growing conditions, and the proportion used.
Fresh peppers are commonly sold whole, with a squat, lobed shape. Ripe examples may be yellow, orange, red, or other bright shades, while immature peppers are often green. They can be chopped, blended, cooked, dried, powdered, pickled, or made into bottled sauce; these forms alter their texture, colour, and flavour balance.
- Ingredient type
- whole food
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Scotch Bonnet nutrition & diet
Scotch Bonnet nutritional value
Representative benchmark: Mushroom, raw
Representative nutrition benchmarkOfficial table values for a comparable food category, not a laboratory measurement of this exact ingredient.
Per 100 g of 100 g edible portion in the named official reference form.
- Calories
- 25kcal
- Protein
- 3.7g
- Carbs
- 1.1g
- Fat
- 0.3g
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Portions & preparation
Use the fresh Scotch bonnet fruit with the edible flesh and, if retained, seeds and membranes clearly specified. Whole, chopped, dried, smoked, pickled, or sauced forms are different references. Cooking with oil, vinegar, sugar, or salt changes the prepared ingredient beyond the pepper itself.
Compare the right form: Match the reference to fresh Scotch bonnet fruit, including trimmed edible portion and seed or membrane status, or to a preserved form.
Diet considerations
Scotch bonnet is a plant pepper. Fresh fruit can suit plant-based preparations, while sauces, pickles, marinades, and commercial products may add fish sauce, dairy, animal stock, sugar, or cereal thickeners. Compatibility therefore depends on the full preparation rather than pepper identity alone.
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Dietary compatibility
- VeganNot established
- VegetarianNot established
- PescatarianNot established
- KetoNot established
- PaleoNot established
- Low-carbNot established
- HalalNot established
- KosherNot established
What these diet assessments mean
- Vegan · Not established
- The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
- Vegetarian · Not established
- The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
- Pescatarian · Not established
- The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
- Keto · Not established
- A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
- Paleo · Not established
- The ingredient form and processing have not been assessed against this dietary pattern.
- Low-carb · Not established
- A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
- Halal · Not established
- Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish halal status.
- Kosher · Not established
- Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish kosher status.
For the plain ingredient · Awaiting review. Diet compatibility is not allergy suitability or halal/kosher certification. Keto and low-carb depend on the portion.
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Sources & review
Nutrition reference: Swiss Food Composition Database 7.1 (2026) — 375 ↗. Values are scaled from 100 g of the recorded edible form. Individual portions have no assumed fixed weight.
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