ʻO ka pakeneka hua, SHU a me ke kala e hoʻoholo i nā kumukūʻai.
ʻO nā pepa chili ʻulaʻula, ʻo ia kahi ʻāpana o ka ʻohana Solanaceae (nightshade), i ʻike mua ʻia ma Central a me ʻAmelika Hema a ua ʻohi ʻia no ka hoʻohana ʻana mai ka makahiki 7,500 BC. Ua hoʻolauna ʻia nā mea mākaʻikaʻi Sepania i ka pepa i ka wā e ʻimi ana i ka pepa ʻeleʻele. I ka wā i hoʻihoʻi ʻia mai ai i ʻEulopa, ua kūʻai ʻia nā ʻulaʻula ma nā ʻāina ʻĀsia a ua hauʻoli nui ʻia e nā mea kuke India. ʻO ke kauhale ʻo Bukovo, Makedonia ʻĀkau, ua manaʻo pinepine ʻia me ka hana ʻana i ka pepa ʻulaʻula i ʻoki ʻia.[5] Ua hoʻohana ʻia ka inoa o ke kauhale—a i ʻole he kumu ia—he inoa no ka pepa ʻulaʻula i ʻoki ʻia ma ka laulā ma nā ʻōlelo he nui o ʻEulopa Hema: "буковска пипер/буковец" (bukovska piper/bukovec, Macedonian), "bukovka" (Serbo -Croatian a me Slovene) a me "μπούκοβο" (boukovo, búkovo, Helene).
Ua hoʻolaha ka poʻe Italia Hema i ka pepa ʻulaʻula i ʻoki ʻia e hoʻomaka ana i ke kenekulia 19 a hoʻohana nui iā lākou i ka US i ko lākou neʻe ʻana.[5] Hāʻawi ʻia ka pepa ʻulaʻula ʻulaʻula me nā kīʻaha ma kekahi o nā hale ʻaina Italia kahiko loa ma US Ua lilo nā mea lulu ʻulaʻula ʻulaʻula i mea maʻamau i nā papa ma nā hale ʻaina Mediterranean-a ʻoi aku hoʻi nā pizzerias-a puni ka honua.
ʻO ke kumu o ka waihoʻoluʻu ʻulaʻula ʻulaʻula i paʻa i nā pepa mai nā carotenoids. Loaʻa i ka pepa ʻulaʻula i ʻoki ʻia i nā antioxidants i manaʻo ʻia e kōkua i ke kaua ʻana i ka maʻi puʻuwai a me ke kanesa. Eia kekahi, he fiber, capsaicin—ke kumu o ka wela o ka pepa chilis—a me nā huaora A, C, a me B6. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo Capsaicin e kōkua i ka pepehi ʻana i nā maʻi maʻi prostate, e lawelawe ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻopau i ka makemake e hiki ke kōkua i ka pohō kaumaha, hoʻomaikaʻi i ka ʻai ʻana, a kōkua i ka pale ʻana i ka maʻi diabetes a me ka constipation.
ʻO kā mākou mea kūlohelohe a me nā pesticides manuahi ʻulaʻula me ka ZERO additive ke kūʻai wela nei i nā ʻāina a me nā ʻāpana makemake e hoʻohana i ka wā kuke. Loaʻa nā palapala BRC, ISO, HACCP, HALAL a me KOSHER.