Kashi na tsaba, SHU da launi sun ƙayyade farashin.
Jajayen barkono, waɗanda wani ɓangare ne na dangin Solanaceae (nightshade), an fara samo su a Tsakiya da Kudancin Amurka kuma an girbe su don amfani tun kimanin 7,500 BC. An gabatar da masu binciken Mutanen Espanya ga barkono yayin da suke neman baƙar fata. Da zarar an dawo da shi Turai, ana cinikin jajayen barkono a ƙasashen Asiya kuma masu dafa abinci Indiya sun fi jin daɗinsu. Kauyen Bukovo, dake Arewacin Macedonia, galibi ana danganta shi da samar da barkonon tsohuwa.[5] Sunan ƙauyen-ko abin da aka samu daga gare shi—an yi amfani da shi azaman sunan dakakken barkono ja gaba ɗaya a yawancin harsunan Kudu maso Gabashin Turai: "буковска пипер/буковец" (bukovska piper/bukovec, Macedonian), "bukovka" (Serbo) -Croatian da Slovene) da "μπούκοβο" (boukovo, búkovo, Girkanci).
Italiyawa na Kudancin Italiya sun shahara da jajayen barkono tun daga ƙarni na 19 kuma sun yi amfani da su sosai a Amurka lokacin da suka yi ƙaura.[5] An yi amfani da barkonon tsohuwa tare da jita-jita a wasu tsoffin gidajen cin abinci na Italiya a Amurka Crushed barkono masu sha sun zama ma'auni a kan tebura a gidajen cin abinci na Bahar Rum - musamman pizzerias - a duk duniya.
Tushen launin ja mai haske wanda barkono ke riƙe ya fito ne daga carotenoids. Crushed ja barkono kuma yana da antioxidants waɗanda ake tunanin suna taimakawa wajen yaƙar cututtukan zuciya da ciwon daji. Bugu da ƙari, jajayen barkono da aka niƙa ya ƙunshi fiber, capsaicin — tushen zafi a cikin barkono barkono - da bitamin A, C, da B6. An yi imanin cewa Capsaicin yana taimakawa wajen kashe kwayoyin cutar kansar prostate, don zama mai hana cin abinci wanda zai iya taimakawa wajen rage nauyi, don inganta narkewa, da kuma taimakawa wajen hana ciwon sukari da maƙarƙashiya.
Kayayyakin mu na halitta da magungunan kashe qwari kyauta tare da ZERO additive yanzu yana da zafi ana siyar da shi ga ƙasashe da gundumomi waɗanda ke son amfani da shi lokacin dafa abinci. Ana samun takaddun shaida na BRC, ISO, HACCP, HALAL da KOSHER.