How many calories are in a jalapeno?

One raw jalapeno weighs about 14g and is 4 calories. Per 100g they are 29 calories, a little above bell pepper at 23 and a little under cabbage at 31.

Do jalapenos have a lot of vitamin C?

118.6mg per 100g, which is ahead of bell pepper's 99.5mg and well ahead of an orange. Nobody eats 100g of jalapenos, though: a single 14g pepper is about 17mg, still a useful chunk of a day's target for something that weighs nothing.

Are jalapenos keto-friendly?

Yes. 3.7g of net carbs per 100g, and a pepper is 14g, so on a plate the carbs round away. Watch the vehicle instead: breaded poppers are mostly cheese and batter with a pepper hidden inside.

Does eating spicy food burn calories?

Barely. Capsaicin nudges metabolic rate in short trials, on the order of tens of calories a day, which is noise against a food that is 29 calories per 100g to begin with. Eat them for the flavour.

Are pickled jalapenos the same as fresh?

The pepper is; the sodium is not. Fresh jalapenos carry 3mg of sodium per 100g, and pickling multiplies that several hundred times over. Calories stay low either way unless the jar is a sweetened or candied style.

Where is the heat in a jalapeno?

In the pale ribs, not the seeds. Capsaicin is made in the placental tissue the seeds happen to be attached to, so scraping the ribs out takes most of the burn with them. None of that touches the 29 calories per 100g or the 2.8g of fiber.

Why did my jalapeno turn red?

It ripened. Green jalapenos are picked early; left on the plant they turn red, sweeter and usually hotter. Red ones are what get smoked and dried into chipotles. Sugar sits at 4.1g per 100g at the green stage and climbs from there.

How long do jalapenos keep?

A week or two loose in the crisper. They wrinkle before they rot, and a wrinkled pepper is still fine for cooking. Freeze them whole if you have a glut: the texture goes soft, so they become cooking peppers rather than salad peppers.

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Calories in Jalapeno

USDA Verified · FDC 168576 · Sep 2026

4 calories

per 1 pepper (14g)

0.9g

Protein

6.5g

Carbs

0.4g

Fat

2.8g

Fiber

Per 100g raw

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