Product Description

Pepper is the most widely used spice in the world and known as “King of the Spices”. Pepper is mainly used as a spice and flavoring agent in food industry. It also has industrial uses in perfumery and pharmaceutical industries. Pepper is largely produces as black pepper which is the dried whole fruit.White pepper is produced by removing outer pericarp and pepper is also available in crushed and ground forms. When consider the huge genetic variability of P. nigrum L. found in Sri Lanka and the presence of pepper wild relatives, it is believed that Sri Lanka also a place of origin of pepper.