Description Red examples of fruits of the species Capsicum annuum, called a bell pepper in America, simply a pepper in the United Kingdom and Ireland, and a capsicum in India, Australia and New Zealand Capsicum peppers are rich sources of antioxidants and vitamin C. The level of carotene, like lycopene, is nine times higher in red peppers. Red peppers have twice the vitamin C content of green peppers.[12] Red and green bell peppers are high in para-coumaric acid.
