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Chili growers compete with one another, often "ruthlessly", to create the world's hottest pepper. [2] According to Marc Fennell, creator of podcast It Burns, the competition is "a hugely controversial war – there are scandals, accusations of cheating, death threats."
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 Infinity Chili pepper is a chili pepper hybrid of the Capsicum chinense species created in England by chili breeder Nicholas Woods of Fire Foods, Grantham, Lincolnshire. [1] For two weeks in February 2011, the Infinity Chili held the Guinness World Record title for the world's hottest chili with a Scoville scale rating of 1,067,286 Scoville ...
Characteristics of peri peri peppers: These Portuguese peppers are small but mighty, and probably most well-known for the acidic, spicy African hot sauce they’re used to make. Scoville heat ...
' Bhutanese pepper ' or 'Ghost pepper' in Assamese [4]), is an interspecific hybrid chili pepper cultivated in Northeast India. [5] [6] It is a hybrid of Capsicum chinense and Capsicum frutescens. [7] In 2007, Guinness World Records certified that the ghost pepper was the world's hottest chili pepper, 170 times hotter than Tabasco sauce.
Pepper X resulted from several cross breedings that produced an exceptionally high content of capsaicin in the locules – the plant tissue holding the seeds. [2] The extensive curves and ridges of a Pepper X chili create more surface area for the plant placenta and locules to grow and retain capsaicin, adding to the intensity of heat experienced when a Pepper X is eaten. [2]
The Naga Morich chili is extremely hot, but has a flavor that is quite unique. [clarification needed] Like the Bhut Jolokia, it has a sweet and slightly tart flavor, followed by slight undertones of woody, smoky flavors. The chili is well suited for barbeque and grilling due to its unique spice flavor. [citation needed]
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 ...