Salt is a colorless to white food seasoning that is usually added with pepper.
Gypsum
The substance you are referring to is likely salt. Salt is commonly used as a food additive and is often paired with pepper to enhance flavor in a variety of dishes. It is usually colorless to white in appearance.
No peper is a seed
Cayenne Pepper (a cultivar of Capsicum annuum)
No. The pepper plant is a vegetable. Its seed is called a peppercorn. Ground pepper is a peppercorn which has been ground up.
Salt is a mineral, sodium chloride. It's mined from the ground or evaporated from sea water. Pepper is the dried seed of the pepper plant.
Cayenne pepper and the additive ingredient is MSG called yeast extract.
Not usually.
The previous answer listed was salt. However, salt is not a spice; it is a mineral. Black pepper is one of the most commonly used spices, if not THE most.
it's not in either food group salt is a mineral
Bell pepper
Fresh pepper in a recipe usually refers to freshly ground peppercorns.