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  2. Bird's eye chili - Wikipedia

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    Bird's eye chili or Thai chili (Thai: พริกขี้หนู, romanized: prik ki nu, lit. ''mouse-dropping chili'' owing to its shape) is a chili pepper variety from the species Capsicum annuum that is native to Mexico. Cultivated across Southeast Asia, it is used extensively in many Asian cuisines.

  3. 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.

  4. Cayenne pepper - Wikipedia

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    A large red cayenne Thai peppers, a cayenne-type pepper Capsicum frutescens. The cayenne pepper is a type of Capsicum annuum. It is usually a hot chili pepper used to flavor dishes. Cayenne peppers are a group of tapering, 10 to 25 cm long, generally skinny, mostly red-colored peppers, often with a curved tip and somewhat rippled skin, which ...

  5. Is spicy food good for you? This is what happens to your body ...

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    Different peppers contain different concentrations of capsaicin, which is measured using the Scoville scale, Dr. Paul Terry, professor of epidemiology at the University of Tennessee Medical Center ...

  6. List of Capsicum cultivars - Wikipedia

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    A small, tapered chili widely used in the Caribbean, Brazil, and Portugal: Tabasco: Mexico: 30,000–50,000 SHU: 4 cm (1.6 in) Used in Tabasco sauce. The fruit is only used when it is a particular red color measured with "le petit bâton rouge". [36] Xiao mi la pepper: China: 75,000 SHU: The name xiao mi la literally translates to little rice ...

  7. Siling labuyo - Wikipedia

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    [1] It is also known simply as labuyo or labuyo chili. [3] Thai bird's eye chili are commonly confused with Labuyo in the Philippines, though they are cultivars of two different species, and much larger fruit. [4] Siling labuyo is one of two common kinds of local chili found in the Philippines, the other being siling haba (a Capsicum annuum ...

  8. Dalle Khursani - Wikipedia

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    The chilli is high in vitamin A, vitamin E, and potassium, and low in sodium. One hundred grams of fresh dalle khursani have 240 mg of vitamin C (five times higher than an orange), 11,000 IU of vitamin A, and 0.7 mg of vitamin E. [6] Its pungency ranges between 100,000 and 350,000 SHU (Scoville heat units), similar to the Habanero chilli pepper.

  9. List of hot sauces - Wikipedia

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    Red jalapeño, red cayenne and red tabasco peppers with a variety of spices, onion and garlic 2,000 - 2,400 [23] New Iberia, Iberia Parish, Louisiana, US: Glass bottle Trappey's MEXI-PEP Louisiana Hot Sauce: Red cayenne, red jalapeño and red tabasco peppers 1,400 - 1,800 [23] New Iberia, Iberia Parish, Louisiana, US: Glass bottle