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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. 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 ...

  5. 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 ...

  6. Feel the heat with the Scoville app - AOL

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    The first is a listing of chilies by Scoville units, including its picture, name and Scoville score. The Bell pepper has a score of 0, while the Naga Jolokia pepper can go as high as 1,041,427 units.

  7. 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 ...

  8. 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.

  9. Trinidad Moruga scorpion - Wikipedia

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    The Trinidad Moruga scorpion (a cultivar of Capsicum chinense) is a chili pepper native to the village of Moruga, Trinidad and Tobago.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).

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