Hungarian Food and Spices Hungary

We are a group of companies' associaton supplying traditional Hungarian foods, fruits and spices. Hungarian paprika, food seasonings, spices, honey-sweet water melon from the worldwide famous Heves area. It's originally called "Hevesi dinnye" . Heves county in Hungary is the homeland of one of the best and sweetest melons in the world. They taste like honey, unlike many other melons available in supermarkets, shopping malls, that taste more like cucumber instead of melon. The other worldwide famous spice that we grow and supply is the paprika of Szeged and Kalocsa. "Szegedi paprika" "Kalocsai paprika" . Paprika ASTA 80, ASTA 100, ASTA 120, ASTA 140, ASTA 160, ASTA 180, ASTA 200 and up.... We have "edesnemes", "csemege", "csipos" "rozsa" , and more, which means noble sweet, delicate, hot and rose. There are much more types that I can't describe now in this short introduction. We also have various kinds of food seasonings and spices. Please let us know what you need and we'll get back to you shortly with our offer. Brief History of paprikas: Paprika has been traditionally associated with Hungary, where much of the best paprika is produced today. The first pepper plants arrived in Hungary in the 17th century. Some believe that ethnic groups who were fleeing north from the Turks introduced the peppers to the Balkans. Paprika became commonly used in Hungary by the end of the 18th century. Two towns in Hungary (Szeged and Kalocsa) competed against each other for the title of Paprika capital of Hungary. In the 19th century two Hungarian brothers received awards for the quality of their ground paprika. The Palfy brothers introduced semisweet paprika by removing the stalks and seeds from the pods. This removed the capsaicin which gives the spice its heat. The French chef Escoffier introduced the spice to western European cuisine. He brought the spice in 1879 from Szeged on the river to Monte Carlo. A Hungarian scientist Dr. Szent Gyorgyi won a Nobel Prize in 1937 concerning his work with paprika pepper pods and Vitamin C research. Paprika peppers have seven times as much Vitamin C as oranges.