What is the difference between Cayenne and Paprika?

Answer 1

Cayenne is made with a much hotter pepper, although there are both sweet and hot Paprikas

Answer 2

The red powder found in the stores under the name of cayenne pepper is a blend of several ground tropical dried chilies -a.k.a. capsicum peppers- including seeds and the inside white parts -where there is more capsaicin, the hot stuff- with a vengeance. There is not much difference between cayenne and other chili powders; all are extremely hot and fiery.

From the many varieties of capsicum peppers, only two of them are used to make paprika. Paprika can range from mild and sweet to hot and pungent depending on the amount of seeds included when milling the peppers.

Answer 3

Cayenne pepper is a hot red pepper used to flavor dishes; its name comes from the city of Cayenne in French Guiana. Its powdered form comes from the fruit of several cultivated varieties of the Capsicum baccatum and Capsicum frutescens very closely related to bell peppers, jalapeños, paprika, and others. All are related species of the nightshade family (Solanaceae).
The word paprika derives from the Hungarian paparka, which is a variation on the Bulgarian piperka, which in turn was derived from the Latin piper, for "pepper." In the United States, the term paprika simply means any nonpungent red chile, mostly New Mexican pod types that have had their pungency genetically removed. In Europe, however, paprika has much greater depth, having not only distinct pod types but also specific grades of the powders made from these pod types.


basicly two diffrent types of a pepper or pepper blend

Answer 4

Cayenne, made from chili peppers is generally used for cooking and adding hot spice to foods. Paprika is made from sweet red peppers and is more a decorative spice lending color to different foods such as deviled eggs and potato salad. Paprika will only "work" when heated then you have a different type of flavor from mild to hot. I believe it originated in Hungary.

Answer 5

cayenne is not where paprika is very mild although you can buy hot paprika!

Answer 6

cayenne is way hotter than paprika

Answer 7

Scoville units are how chili peppers are rated for heat content. Paprika is a chili pepper with zero heat. Jalapeno's are about 5,000 heat units, Serrano's are about 100,000 to 150,000 heat units, Thai chilis and African birds-eye peppers are rated at about 200,000 to 250,000 heat units. While Habenero's run anywhere from 250,000 to 500,000 heat units(the hottest chilis in the world).

Answer 8

No difference. Neither one made it into the Spice Girls.

Answer 9

Yeah what lone star said.

Answer 10

cyanne is hot and has a distint flavor paprcika has little flavor and is used mainly for color