1,569,300 is a carolina reaper on the scoville scale.
1,569,300 is a carolina reaper on the scoville scale.
what is a carolina reaper on the scoville scale?
1,569,300
the trinidad scorpion 'butch t' pepper was, for three years, ranked the most pungent ("hot") pepper in the world according to "guinness world records". a laboratory test conducted in march 2011 measured a specimen at 1,463,700 scoville heat units, officially ranking it the hottest pepper in the world at that time. one possible secret to the chili's heat, according to a cultivator of the pepper, is fertilizing the soil with the liquid runoff of a worm farm. in august 2013, guinness world records recognized the carolina reaper as the hottest pepper in the world, at 1,569,300 shu.
trinidad scorpion butch t pepper
the sensory heat or pungency detected when consuming a carolina reaper derives from the density of capsaicinoids, particularly capsaicin, which relates directly to intensity of chili pepper heat and scoville scale. 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 chili pepper by the guinness world records on 11 august 2017. the official guinness world record heat level was 1,641,183 scoville heat units (shu) in 2017, according to tests conducted by winthrop university in south carolina. the figure is an average for the tested batch; the hottest individual pepper was measured at 2.2 million shu.
carolina reaper