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The Scoville scale is a measurement of pungency (spiciness or "heat") of chili peppers and other substances, recorded in Scoville heat units (SHU). It is based on the concentration of capsaicinoids , among which capsaicin is the predominant component.
Mature Carolina Reaper, listed by Guinness as the hottest chili pepper from 2017-2023. Amongst growers in the US, the UK, Australia, and France, there has been a competition since the 1990s to grow the hottest chili pepper. Chili pepper species and cultivars registering over 1,000,000 Scoville Heat units (SHU) are called "super-hots".
The Carolina Reaper was certified as the world's hottest chili pepper by Guinness World Records on August 11, 2017. [6] Testing was conducted by Winthrop University in South Carolina during the certification process which showed an average heat level of 1,641,183 SHU for a given batch.
The spicier a pepper or food is, the higher it's rated on the Scoville scale, which is recorded in Scoville heat units (SHU). ... This may be more common in parts of the world where spicy food is ...
Redolent with ghost peppers, Scotch bonnets, serranos, chiltepin peppers, mouth-numbing Sichuan peppercorns and more, the following spicy dishes from around the world bring the heat in the most ...
' Bhutanese pepper ' or 'Ghost pepper' in Assamese [4]), is an interspecific hybrid chili pepper cultivated in Northeast India. [5] [6] It is a hybrid of Capsicum chinense and Capsicum frutescens. [7] In 2007, Guinness World Records certified that the ghost pepper was the world's hottest chili pepper, 170 times hotter than Tabasco sauce.
Characteristics of peri peri peppers: These Portuguese peppers are small but mighty, and probably most well-known for the acidic, spicy African hot sauce they’re used to make. Scoville heat ...
The Dragon's Breath chili was unofficially tested at 2.48 million Scoville Heat Units (SHU), making it a contender for the hottest chili pepper in the world. [3] [4] As of October 2023, Guinness World Records has not recognized this claim, as the Carolina Reaper was still mentioned as the current record holder at the time the claim was made. [8]