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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".
[3] [9] The range of pepper heat reflected by a Scoville score is from 500 or less (sweet peppers) to over 2.6 million (Pepper X) (table below; Scoville scales for individual chili peppers are in the respective linked article). Some peppers such as the Guntur chilli and Rocoto are excluded from
The top 8 world's hottest chili peppers (by country) are: Country Type Heat (SHU) United States: ... This page was last edited on 2 January 2025, at 20:00 (UTC).
Bell peppers aren’t spicy, but they add color and sweetness to recipes (and are great when stuffed). Scoville heat units: 0. ... 20. Scotch Bonnets. Best for Family Fun. MagicBones/Getty Images.
Chili Pepper X has captured the spicy record as the world’s hottest, Guinness World Records announced on Monday. The new pepper rates an average of 2.69 million Scoville Heat Units ...
The hottest involve tons of chili peppers, while more traditional takes rely on a blend of spices including pepper, cinnamon, and cardamom to flavor the marinated meat. Related: Best Hole-in-the ...
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 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).