Vegetable
Non-pareil
S tier
Non-pareil capers are the smallest bud grade: tight, intense, the salad and tartare default. They cost more because they are picked earlier. A pinch in a piccata. Caperberries are the fruit, not a larger bud.
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PiccataSaladTartare
Traits
CostFrench GradeIntenseNot BerryPinchPremiumSmallest BudTight
History
FR
French graders named the smallest caper buds non-pareil.
Non-pareil became the premium grocery caper size.
Size grades (non-pareil, surfines) stayed on serious jars.