Jalapeño Peppers

Commodity Overview

Jalapenos vary from dark green to red when fully mature with smooth, shiny skin. They're a smaller pepper, with a conical, somewhat curved shape. They have a vegetal flavor with a mild to medium spice level ranging from 2,000 to 10,000 Scoville units. Seeding the peppers makes them less spicy.

PLUs

4693 jalapeno
4694 jalapeno, red

Characteristics

Commodity: Peppers, Chili
Category: Cooking Vegetables,Salad Vegetables
Appearance: Smaller, conical, slightly curved pepper with smooth, shiny dark green to red skin
Flesh: Crisp, somewhat thick flesh
Flavor: Vegetal and spicy; mature red peppers have a sweeter flavor
Size: About 2-3 inches long, with stems of about 1 inch long
Color: Dark green to red
Shape: Conical, slightly curved
Commonly Cooked: Yes
Served Raw: Yes
Seed: Small, flat, white seeds studded in the pepper's center
Availability: Year-round

Retail Price Data is based on USDA Specialty Crops Market News surveys. Data collection ends on the report date and encompasses ad pricing good from the Saturday before the report release date through the following Friday. Weekly data - from over 400 retailers, comprising more than 30,000 individual stores with online weekly advertised features - covers over 250 produce items. Registered (logged-in) users, can access weekly reports and additional market information.

USDA Specialty Crops Market News publishes FOB and Movement data on a daily and weekly basis. Pricing and volume information is aggregated by commodity and published weekly, subject to any source-data adjustments. Commodity data is further processed based on origin (domestic vs imports) and type (regular vs. organic). Registered (logged-in) users, can access weekly reports and additional market information.

A B Fresh, Inc

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Business Type:

Broker, Shipper

Location HQ:

Santa Maria, 93454 California

Cooking Vegetables:

Green Beans, English Peas, Snow Peas, Sugar Snap Peas, Habanero Peppers, Jalapeño Peppers, Pasilla Peppers, Serrano Peppers, Manzano Peppers

Salad Vegetables:

Green Bell Peppers

Anavale Produce Corp

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Business Type:

Broker, Retailer

Location HQ:

Pharr, 78577 Texas

Specialties:

Tomatillo

Cooking Vegetables:

Cilantro, White Onions, Jalapeño Peppers, Poblano Peppers, Serrano Peppers

Salad Vegetables:

Orange Carrots, Red Plum/Roma Tomatoes

Bayview Food Products Co Inc

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Business Type:

Shipper, Wholesaler

Location HQ:

Pinconning, 48650 Michigan

Salad Vegetables:

Cucumbers, Yellow Bell Peppers, Pickling Cucumbers

Cooking Vegetables:

Banana Wax Peppers, Jalapeño Peppers

Lotto International Inc

Overview (0) (0) (0)

Business Type:

Broker

Location HQ:

McAllen, 68504 Texas

Citrus:

Limes

Berries:

Blackberries, Blueberries, Cranberries, Raspberries, Gold Raspberries, Red Raspberries, Strawberries, Specialty Berries, Red Currants

Mena Produce LLC

Overview (0) (0) (0)

Business Type:

Shipper

Location HQ:

McAllen, 78503 Texas

Citrus:

Limes

Salad Vegetables:

Peppers, Bell, Tomatoes

Cooking Vegetables:

Squash, Summer, Jalapeño Peppers

Twin Peaks Distributing Inc

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Business Type:

Broker, Exporter, Wholesaler

Location HQ:

South San Francisco, 94080 California

Berries:

Raspberries, Strawberries

Citrus:

Grapefruit, Lemons, Limes, Oranges, Clementines / Mandarins / Tangerines

Deciduous Fruit:

Apples, Grapes

Melons:

Cantaloupe

Ingles Produce Inc

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Business Type:

Broker

Location HQ:

Boca Raton, 33432 Florida

Berries:

Blackberries, Blueberries, Cranberries, Raspberries, Strawberries, Specialty Berries

Citrus:

Grapefruit, Lemons, Limes, Oranges

Harvest Brokerage Inc

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Business Type:

Broker

Location HQ:

Forest Park, 30297 Georgia

Berries:

Blackberries, Blueberries, Cranberries, Raspberries, Gold Raspberries, Red Raspberries, Strawberries, Specialty Berries, Red Currants, Kiwiberries

Marabella Produce LLC

Overview (2) (0) (0)

Business Type:

Wholesaler

Location HQ:

McAllen, 78503 Texas

Citrus:

Limes

Tropical Fruit:

Avocados, Pineapple

Salad Vegetables:

Carrots, Tomatoes

Specialties:

Chayote, Tomatillo

Cooking Vegetables:

Jalapeño Peppers, Serrano Peppers

J&G Soto Produce

Overview (2) (0) (0)

Business Type:

Wholesaler

Location HQ:

McAllen, 78503 Texas

Citrus:

Lemons, Persian Limes, Valencia Oranges

Tropical Fruit:

Pineapple, Hass Avocados

Salad Vegetables:

Cucumbers, Lettuce

Specialties:

Calabaza, Tomatillo, Pinto Beans (Dried)

Jalapeño Peppers