*3.2.1 Manisan cabai/sweetened capsicum*

*Manisan cabai* is sugar-sweetened *Capsicum* slices, which is commonly eaten as a snack. It is usually made from thick-skinned red *Capsicums* such as *cabai merah besar* (*C. annuum* L.). The processing of sweetened *Capsicum* started from seed removal. The remaining skin is soaked in the salt solution to remove the pungent flavor. Then, *Capsicum* is soaked in CaCO3 solution to harden the texture before being soaked in the warm sugar solution for 6–12 hours to absorb the sugar. The sweetened *Capsicum* may be dried and sprinkled with sugar. Then the resultant products are being packed and stored. Besides altering *Capsicum*'*s* taste by masking the pungency and increasing the sweetness, which makes *Capsicum* likable by children, this process also lengthens the shelf life of *Capsicum* due to high sugar concentration. The example of sweetened *Capsicum* is shown in **Figure 12**.
