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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. Hottest chili pepper - Wikipedia

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   In 2012, the Chili Pepper Institute called the Trinidad Moruga scorpion the new hottest pepper, saying it had been measured at 2 million SHU, the first time the 2-million mark had been reached. [ 3 ] Many of the cultivars developed in the attempt to produce ever-hotter peppers are hybrids of chilies traditionally grown in India and Trinidad.

4. Carolina Reaper - Wikipedia

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   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.

5. Guinness World Records declares Pepper X as world’s new ...

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   The SHU scale to measure chili pepper heat was developed by American chemist Wilbur Scoville in 1912. By comparison, the average jalapeño pepper scores between 3,000 to 8,000 SHU, according to ...

6. Your preference for spicy foods may be all in your head - AOL

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   It is possible that some things are just too hot. On the Scoville scale, which measures the spiciness of a pepper, a Carolina Reaper pepper is around 1.7 million Scoville Heat Units, while a Naga ...

7. Armageddon (pepper) - Wikipedia

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   One plant will produce fruits up to 2" long, that require up to 75 days to reach maturity, much quicker than that of the Carolina Reaper. The Armageddon pepper has been classified as 'Exceptionally Hot', and is rated on the Scoville heat scale [a] at 1.3 million units, which is about 400 times hotter than the typical jalapeño pepper rating. [4 ...

8. World's hottest pepper is grown in South Carolina

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   FORT MILL, S.C. (AP) - Ed Currie holds one of his world-record Carolina Reaper peppers by the stem, which looks like the tail of a scorpion. On the other end is the bumpy, oily, fire-engine red ...

9. Trinidad Moruga scorpion - Wikipedia

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   In 2012, New Mexico State University's Chile Pepper Institute identified the Trinidad Moruga scorpion as the hottest chili pepper at that time, with heat of 1.2 million Scoville heat units (SHUs). [1] By 2017 according to Guinness World Records, the hottest pepper was the Carolina Reaper, with 1.6 million SHU. [2]