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Which chili pepper is officially the world's hottest? How many Scoville heat units?

Question #149437. Asked by psnz.
Last updated Jun 20 2023.
Originally posted Jun 18 2023 8:10 PM.

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Currently, the hottest pepper is the Carolina Reaper at 2,200,000 Scoville heat units.

link https://pepperhead.com/top-10-worlds-hottest-peppers/

The Scoville scale effectively measures the amount of capsaicin in a pepper with the more being the hotter. On the scale, a jalapeno pepper would be about 2,500 SHU and a habanero would be about 100,000 SHU.

link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scoville_scale

Jun 18 2023, 8:18 PM
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Here is a pretty comprehensive of peppers and their Scoville Heat Units...

link https://scovillescale.org/chili-pepper-scoville-scale/

And in case one is wondering, here is a list of hot sauces and their Scoville Heat Unit...

link https://scovillescale.org/hot-sauce-scoville-scale/

Jun 19 2023, 11:27 AM
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And this is what happens when you eat them:

link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mb-QVfwCmYg

Jun 20 2023, 11:35 AM
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