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When biting into a chili pepper, you expect a fiery sensation on your tongue. This spiciness is detected because of capsaicinoid compounds. But for some peppers, despite high levels of capsaicinoids, ...

It wasn’t until the seventh wing covered in a hot sauce with the Scoville level of 131,000, that Barkley saw signs of slowing down — including taking longer drinks of water, a few coughs, and a couple ...

The pungency (or heat factor) of chile peppers is measured in multiples of 100 units. It ranges from sweet bell peppers at zero to the mighty Naga Jolokia (ghost pepper) at over 1,000,000 Scoville ...

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That’s closer to bell pepper on the scale than a regular habanero, which can reach between 100,000 to 300,000 on the Scoville chart, Myers said. He’s actually been working on these varieties ...

That's closer to bell pepper on the scale than a regular habanero, which can reach between 100,000 to 300,000 on the Scoville chart, Myers said.

The Scoville Scale has for a long time been the gauge that measures the heat of peppers. At the top of the chart there is a light green Pepper X hot pepper that has 2,693,000 SHU (Scoville Heat Unit).

The Pepper X beat the previous world record held by the Carolina Reaper, also grown by Currie, which has an average heat level of 1.57 million Scoville heat units.