Sure, it sounds like a gimmick, but when this fast food joint makes you sign a waiver before you eat its hottest chicken ...

There is a line of reasoning that suggests eating something hot on a warm summer day makes it seem cooler. In this case "hot" ...

A little heat from this fiery spice might be just what your applesauce needs to go from boring to beloved. (And no, it's not ...

Ohio State researchers discovered three natural compounds—capsianoside I, roseoside, and gingerglycolipid A—that reduce the perceived spiciness of chili peppers without altering their capsaicin levels ...

For more than a hundred years, the Scoville Heat Unit (SHU) scale has been the go-to method for rating chili pepper heat. SHU scores are based on how much capsaicin and dihydrocapsaicin a pepper ...

The scale is named after American pharmacist ... To get a sense of the spectrum, bell peppers rank around a 0 on Scoville Heat Units (SHUs), while notorious hybrids like the Carolina reaper ...

The combined amount of capsaicin and dihydrocapsaicin in a pepper is used to calculate its heat intensity rating on the Scoville scale, ranging from zero Scoville Heat Units (SHU) for bell peppers ...

The combined amount of capsaicin and dihydrocapsaicin in a pepper is used to calculate its heat intensity rating on the Scoville scale, ranging from zero Scoville Heat Units (SHU) for bell peppers to ...

The combined amount of capsaicin and dihydrocapsaicin in a pepper is used to calculate its heat intensity rating on the Scoville scale, ranging from zero Scoville Heat Units (SHU) for bell peppers ...