McCormick Ground Cayenne Pepper - 14 oz. container, 6 per case Cayenne, or Red Pepper, is the dried, ripened fruit pod of Capsicumfrutescens, one of the most pungent Capsicums. It is commonly referred to asCayenne Red Pepper, named after the high heat chillies grown in the vicinityof the Cayenne River in French Guiana. Red Pepper is noted for its hot, sharp pungency. The heat is both a throatand a mouth heat. Its musty flavor is floral, spicy, and hay-like. Red Pepper is used in spaghetti sauce, dips, spreads for canapes, sauces forseafood appetizers, tomato juice cocktails, Bloody Marys, omelets, souffles,croquettes, guacamole, barbecued beef and pork, and pizza sauce. No MSG Added