Our chili peppers product range is a true ‘feast’ for the chili peppers lover! Chili Festival contains chili peppers of all shapes, sizes and scoville values. Through focus and dedication we manage to deliver a ‘festival’ of chili peppers time and time again!
SPECIALISTS IN CHILI PEPPERS
PIMENTOS DE PADRON
A mild taste but one out of ten is actually spicy! This small group of chilies are related to the bell pepper and originate from Mexico. The chilies are cone-shaped, slightly wrinkled and failry sweet. The fruit is harvested when it’s very young and mainly used as tapas.
| Green | |
| Sweet, gets spicier when more ripe | |
| Scoville 0 – 500 | |
| Holland: April – November Spain: November – April |
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| 3 – 5 cm |
JALAPENO
These Jalapeno chilies originate from Mexico. The chilies are medium spicy and not very big. The Jalapeno is mainly used in the Mexican kitchen and also serves as garnish on burgers in many big restaurant chains.
| Red & green | |
| Medium spicy | |
| Scoville 2.500 – 8.000 | |
| Holland: Februari – November Spain: November – April |
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| 8 – 12 cm |
BLACK BULLET
Special, nearly ‘black’ type of Jalapeno: the Black Bullet. Gilad Produce owns the sole right on the Black Bullet for the next 10 years!
| Medium spicy | |
| Scoville 2.500 – 8.000 | |
| Holland: Februari – November Spain: November – April |
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| 8 – 12 cm |
CAYENNE
These Cayenne chilies originate from Guinea. They’re slim, long shaped and pretty spicy.
| Red, yellow, orange & green | |
| The ‘regular‘ chili | |
| Scoville 30.000 – 50.000 | |
| Holland: March – November Spain: November – March |
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| 10 – 20 cm |
HABANERO
These Habanero chilies originate from Southern Mexico. The fruit is very equally shaped and can be yellow, orange or red. The red one has a sweet after-taste, the yellow a more herby one and the orange a more spicy/fresh one.
| Red, yellow & orange | |
| Spicy | |
| Scoville 125.000 – 300.000 | |
| Holland: April – November Spain: November – April |
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| 3 – 6 cm | |
| Red 21 g / Yellow 17 g / Orange 14 g |
SCOTCH BONNET
Due to it’s unique shape it’s commonly used to style dishes and plates.
| Red & yellow | |
| Very spicy | |
| Scoville 125.000 – 300.000 | |
| Holland: April – November Spain: November – April |
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| 3 – 6 cm | |
| 15 – 20 g |
NAGA BHUT JOLOKIA
The Naga Jolokia originates from India. The chilie has a red, yellow or brown wrinkled skin. Even after removing the seeds the chili is still very spicy. The fruit is perfect to put in a soup or stew as a whole.
| Red, yellow & brown | |
| Very spicy | |
| Scoville 400.000 – 600.000 | |
| Holland: April – November | |
| 2 – 10 cm | |
| 5 – 15 g |
TRINIDAD SCORPION
The Trinidad Scorpion is a small, red and shiny chili with a scorpion-like shape and a fruity after taste. The chili is extremely spicy.
| Red, brown & yellow | |
| Extremely spicy | |
| Scoville 2.500.000 | |
| Holland: April – November | |
| 4 – 12 g |
CAROLINA REAPER
The Carolina Reaper is currently the most spicy chili in the world. The small, red and wrinkled chili with spiky edges is spicy beyond belief and has a slightly fruity after taste.
| Red | |
| Spiciest chili in the world | |
| Scoville + 2.500.000 | |
| Holland: April – November | |
| 3 – 9 g |
WELCOME TO SCOVILLE...
Thanks to Wilbur Scoville we can classify the Chili Festival members based on their spicy-ness. It is mainly the concentration of capsaïcine that decides where each chili stands in the graph. Be aware: sometimes even a glass of milk isn’t enough…
