Smoked Paprika powder is the product resulting from the milling of ripe red peppers, dried in a traditional process with either oak wood or holm oak wood. It is cultivated and produced in the region of La Vera, located north of the province of Cáceres1, Spain. This paprika powder is protected by the Guarantee of Origin “”Pimentón de la Vera”” certifying its lineage and quality.

The “”Pimentón de la Vera”” is a product that has a smoky flavour and aroma due to its drying process; and its colour is red with relative brightness. In addition to its high colouring power, its flavour, its aroma and its colour are very stable due to the slow drying process used in its elaboration.