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Black And White Pepper
Black And White Pepper
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Whole spice with a long history of safe culinary use. Contains piperine, which provides pungency and can modestly enhance absorption of some nutrients.
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What it is
Dried fruit of Piper nigrum; black pepper is dried unripe drupes, white pepper is the ripe seed with hull removed.
Pungent spice/flavoring used worldwide.
What regulators actually say
"Spices and other natural seasonings and flavorings... Pepper, black (Piper nigrum); Pepper, white (Piper nigrum) — Generally Recognized As Safe."
"Spices, pepper, black — Energy 251 kcal, fiber 25.3 g per 100 g; whole spice."
Regulatory status
United States — FDA
GRAS as a spice (21 CFR 182.10).
European Union — EFSA
Permitted spice; no specific EFSA additive restrictions.
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