Chilli seeds - are they bad for you?

[mkjuk]

Should i take out all the seeds before putting chopped chillis in my food?

[kat_2502]

As far as i know the seeds are hotter so its up to you. Personaly i like to keep them in but chopped very fine so you dont notice.

[wnjxc21]

it'll usually say on the pack 'to reduce strength remove seeds'

[n00dles]

Yep - as kat_ says, it's up to you...

I leave them in my salsa or Singapore noodles etc, but then I like them HOT!!

[Mortartube]

A cooking prog the other day said that it's not the seeds that are the hot bit, but the little white protrusions on the inside wall of the chilli (like you get in capsicums), I assume that much of this gets scraped out when people use a knife blade to scrape out the seeds, hence the illusion that it's the seeds.

[Billybonce]

The "heat" from chillies is due to a chemical compound called capsaicin. Contrary to popular belief, the highest concentration of capsaicin, therefore the majority of the heat, is to be found in the placenta (the white part in the chilli) not the seeds.

Seeds are removed only as some people find they taste bitter.