THEOS Sweet Paprika, ideal for cooking is a necessary ingredient on steak, in rice with meat and chicken, beef, pork, lamb and poultry. Also used with fish, in soups, on eggs, cheese and even in salads.

What Is Paprika?

Basically, paprika is a spice made from grounding up different varieties of Capsicum annuum peppers – these can include sweet bell peppers, hot red and/or peppers, and other varieties in between.1 It’s the fourth most-used spice around the world.2

Paprika is widely used in different cuisines, such as Indian, Spanish, Turkish and Moroccan. However, Hungary stands out among all these cuisines – in fact, their very own Hungarian paprika is believed to be one of the finest quality spices today.

Sweet paprika, or Hungarian sweet paprika, is loved for its rich and fruity flavor – it can be described to taste like a red bell pepper but without any spiciness. Sweet Hungarian paprika is more flavorful than regular paprika, and is great as an all-around spice.

Health Benefits of Paprika

Adding a dash (or two) of paprika to your meals can, surprisingly, offer advantages to your health. It’s actually loaded with essential vitamins and minerals, carotenoids and antioxidants that can deliver many benefits to your body.

Here are some of the benefits you can get from paprika:

• It may help maintain eye health. There are four carotenoids in paprika, namely lutein, zeaxanthin, beta-cryptoxanthin and beta-carotene. All these function as antioxidants that may help prevent cellular damage.

Lutein and zeaxanthin in particular are essential for preventing age-related macular degeneration and cataracts. Meanwhile, beta-cryptoxanthin and beta-carotene are converted into vitamin A that is used in the eyes to turn light into vision and is a necessary component to produce the protein that makes skin.

• Paprika helps promote blood formation and healthy circulation. The copper and iron in paprika are essential for the formation of new blood cells. This spice may also act as a vasodilator because of its high potassium levels, and may reduce the risk of heart attack, stroke and atherosclerosis.

• You may improve your sleep with paprika. The vitamin B6 in paprika may have efficient psychological and neurological effects. It also promotes melatonin production and enhances your levels of norepinephrine and serotonin, hormones that are linked to mood and happiness.

• This spice may even help heal wounds. The vitamin E in paprika may aid in red blood cell production and even in forming clots to promote faster healing of cuts, scrapes and wounds.

• May help relieve pain. Capsaicin, the active ingredient in peppers that gives them their spiciness, can relax blood vessels and relieve pain. It’s even used in topical creams.

Packing: Comes in Glass Jar of 40 grams.