Guinness world records declared the variety officially the hottest chili in the world in 2013 and certified the record for the hottest pepper in the world in 2017. The hottest chili pepper in the world is currently the carolina reaper with up to 2 2 million scoville heat units. Capsaicin is a chemical that makes chili peppers hot.
The scoville scale is a measurement of the pungency spiciness or heat of chili peppers as recorded in scoville heat units shu based on the concentration of capsaicinoids among which capsaicin is the main component. Carolina reaper what is shu and how it measured. In other words it s a pepper that s a 100 times hotter than a jalapeno.
The carolina reaper now famously known as the world s hottest chili pepper averages 1 569 300 shu on the scoville scale with levels that even peak over 2 200 000 shu. The carolina reaper eclipses it at 1 400 000 to 2 200 000 shu. The ghost pepper tips the scoville scale at a walloping 855 000 to 1 041 427 scoville heat units.
Bred in a rock hill south carolina greenhouse by smokin ed currie proprietor of the puckerbutt pepper company in fort mill the carolina reaper was certified as the world s hottest. The sensory heat or pungency detected when eating a carolina reaper derives from the density of capsaicinoids particularly capsaicin which relates directly to intensity of chili pepper heat and scoville scale. Sweet fruity carolina reaper pop quiz.
Approximately 1 5 to 2 inches long stinger tail flavor. 175 to 880 times hotter use. Chinense jalapeño reference scale.
United states capsicum species. 1 400 000 2 200 000 shu median heat. Scoville heat units shu.
Insanity in edible form carolina reaper fast facts.
