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The One Chip Challenge was first promoted in 2016 by Amplify Snack Brands under the name Carolina Reaper, which at the time was the world's hottest chili pepper. [3] [13] As the Reaper chips quickly sold out Amplify started a "1-in-10 chance to win the Reaper" offer in October 2017. [14]
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.
Sold by the company Paqui, the Carolina Reaper Madness Chip is created from the hottest peppers in the world. It's nearly 200 times hotter than a jalapeño, and there's an entire viral challenge ...
The One Chip Challenge began in 2016, as Paqui marketed their products as being infused with the “spiciest pepper in the world,” the Carolina Reaper. Unlike most snacks, Paqui chips are sold ...
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".
Paqui chips are each infused with real peppers like jalapenos, ghost peppers and chiles. ... The Carolina Reaper is the spiciest pepper in the world with 1,569,300 Scoville heat units per pepper ...
The Naga Viper pepper is a hot chili pepper.In 2011, it was recorded as the "World's Hottest Chili" by the Guinness World Records with a rating of 1,382,118 Scoville heat units (SHU), [1] but was surpassed in SHU by the Carolina Reaper, in 2017, and again by the latest world record holder Pepper X in 2023.
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]