Guntur Sannam Chilli

Guntur Sannam chilli is well known as a commercial crop used as a condiment, culinary supplement or as a vegetable. Andhra Pradesh leads in its production with 46%. The word “Sannam” stands for ‘thin’ or ‘long’ in Telugu. The Guntur Sannam chilli is generally known to trade as S4 type chilli, and is mainly used for its pungency and for the extraction and derivation of capsaicin. It is hot and pungent with average pungency of 35,000 to 40,000 SHU with capsaicin content of about 0.226%. It is also rich in vitamin C (185 mg/100g.) and protein (11.98g/100g). The quality and novelty that we see today in Guntur Sannam chilli is the product quotient of the geography, competence, skill and zeal from the resources of Guntur, Andhra Pradesh. Guntur has become a synonym for chilli and both together represent a symbol of quality.