PUDDINGS and sweets which are said by food-makers to help you slim are set to go appear on the shelves of markets. A food manufacturer claims its has found an extract from the chilli pepper that makes the body burn more calories and now wants to add it to a range of everyday foods, including desserts, confectionary, baking and cereals. The unique weight management aid has been approved as safe by Britains food watchdog and, subject to further tests by EU officials, will be offered to slimmers. The extract, dihydrocapsiate (DHC), is already sold in the US and Japan in the form of diet supplement pills. But this would be the first time DHC has been used as a food additive. The list of foods which the company wants to target for the new weight loss aid includes baked goods, beverages, confectionery, cereals and desserts, according to a document sent to the Food Standards Agency (FSA). It is one of several chemical compounds known as capsinoids found in a particular variety of chilli, called CH-19 sweet. They up the bodys metabolism helping to burn more calories and has no taste or odour. Unlike similar extracts in other varieties of chilli, DHC does not cause the burning sensation of hot peppers such as jalapeos or the Scotch bonnet, the tiny and ultra-hot chilli.Telegraph