People are only just realising where paprika comes from and it's blowing their minds

FROM spag bol to paella, paprika is a tasty seasoning that can be used in anything and everything,

But it turns out, very few people actually know what the spice is really made from.

In a clip shared to TikTok (@joelmwood), one shocked man named Joel posted a video after making the recent discovery that it's made from dried sweet peppers that have been ground to a fine powder.

"How did I only just find this out?" he asks.

"Please tell me that I'm not the only one that didn't know this.

"I'm 31 - paprika…do you know what that's made out of?

"Dried and ground up red peppers.

"It's just red peppers!"

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He continues: "Here I was thinking there was a paprika plant…that this was something really exotic and really different.

"Something that we never get here in the UK.

"No - it's just red peppers…I had no idea!

The video has since gone viral, racking up over 149k views and several comments from social media users - and it turns out he's not the only one that had no idea.

"In many languages Paprika is the word for bell pepper," wrote one.

A second penned: "OMG?!?!?! I hope he's joking!"

A third commented: "You are alone in this I’m afraid. What else don’t you know?"

Meanwhile, a fourth noted: "I found out a few years ago when I developed an allergy to peppers."

Another added: "I didn't know this."