Red Pepper Flakes

Red Pepper Flakes - 1 teaspoon is 5 calories

Red pepper flakes or crushed red pepper are from the dried and crushed red chile peppers and various peppers. The hot, pungent and smoky flavor has a high percentage of seeds that gives it its hotness with some varieties being hotter than others depending on the peppers used.

A condiment adding heat and a distinctive flavor to pasta, pizza, sauces, pickling, chowders and sausage.