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  2. Scoville scale - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. List of capsaicinoids - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of capsaicinoids, a class of compound found in members of the capsicum family. They are the chemical responsible for making chili peppers hot . The heat intensity of capsaicinoids is measured in Scoville heat units (SCU) by the Scoville heat scale .

  4. Pungency - Wikipedia

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    The Scoville scale measures the pungency of chili peppers, as defined by the amount of capsaicin they contain. A display of spices in Guadeloupe : some pungent, some not Pungency is not considered a taste in the technical sense because it is carried to the brain by a different set of nerves.

  5. Is spicy food good for you? This is what happens to your body ...

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    "There's some data to say that eating spicy food is associated with living longer," says de Latour. Research has shown that frequently eating spicy food may be associated with a lower mortality rate.

  6. Nordihydrocapsaicin - Wikipedia

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    Like capsaicin, it is an irritant. Nordihydrocapsaicin accounts for about 7% of the total capsaicinoids mixture [2] and has about half the pungency of capsaicin. Pure nordihydrocapsaicin is a lipophilic colorless odorless crystalline to waxy solid. On the Scoville scale it has 9,100,000 SHU (Scoville heat units), [1] significantly higher than ...

  7. Capsaicin - Wikipedia

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    Capsaicin is soluble in alcohol, which can be used to clean contaminated items. [ 28 ] When capsaicin is ingested, cold milk may be an effective way to relieve the burning sensation due to caseins in milk, and the water of milk acts as a surfactant , allowing the capsaicin to form an emulsion with it.

  8. Homocapsaicin - Wikipedia

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    Like capsaicin it is an irritant. Homocapsaicin accounts for about 1% of the total capsaicinoids mixture [2] and has about half the pungency of capsaicin. Pure homocapsaicin is a lipophilic colorless odorless crystalline to waxy compound. On the Scoville scale it has 8,600,000 SHU (Scoville heat units). [1]

  9. Blair's Sauces and Snacks - Wikipedia

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    The strength of Blair's hottest product, "Blair's 16 Million Reserve", is 16 million Scoville units (Tabasco, in comparison, is 2,500 to 5,000 [3] Scoville units). It contains only capsaicin crystals, and is the hottest possible capsaicin-based sauce. Only 999 bottles of "Blair's 16 Million Reserve" were produced, each one signed and numbered ...