Do Spicy Foods Kill Bacteria. Cilantro an herb and key to many cuisines can kill food poisoning bacteria especially that new strain of most harmful Salmonella bacteria. In addition onions contain a large helping of many beneficial vitamins that promote strong bones.
It fits in with other studies done over the years that show popular spices can keep food from spoiling. But onions are a part of spicy food items and they also possess the power to kill the bacteria. The study shows why salsa and many other spicy foods seem to have innate antibacterial activity.
Given that 66mg capsaicin correspond to 100000 scoville a bowl 400 ml full of bacteria-killing chilli would need to contain 7-8 habanero chili peppers - I cant imagine that going down well - particularly not with an already inflamed.
Capsicums including chilies and other hot peppers are in the middle of the antimicrobial pack killing or inhibiting up to 75 percent of bacteria while pepper of the white or black variety inhibits 25 percent of bacteria as do ginger anise. The minimal inhibitory concentration was determined to be 128 µgml. In the hopes of finding ways to control pathogens in food researchers have discovered that spices kill bacteria. Other seasonings like onion cloves ginger cayenne etc also shield against the micro-organisms.
