A new type of small green pepper called pimento de Padron, grown exclusively in the Galicia region of north west Spain, is being offered to UK supermarkets by exporter JJ Conde.
What is unusual is that while mainly sweet, the plant occasionally produces a hotter fruit. It has been successfully sold on wholesale markets by traders specialising in the restaurant business.
Conde now plans to get it on retail shelves.
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