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Gaziantep's chili pepper gets its unique flavor from the sun

The red peppers collected from the fields with great effort and brought to the processing facilities meet the consumers after a long, spicy and laborious process in hot weather.

Foodversy IntelligencePublished 13 Jul 2026
Gaziantep's chili pepper gets its unique flavor from the sun

After being processed with great care and effort in the facilities, the peppers, which are spread over large areas, get their unique taste and color from drying under the sun. The peppers, which have been waiting in the sun for about 3 days, are circulated every 2 hours with a tool specially designed by the workers to breathe. After the color-changing and drying peppers are collected with a heavy construction equipment, they are taken to the factory to be pulverized and packaged.

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Gaziantep's chili pepper gets its unique flavor from the sun