It ranges from sweet bell peppers at zero to the mighty Naga Jolokia (ghost pepper) at over 1,000,000 Scoville units! That one is right off the scale! Pure capsaicin rates between 15,000,000 and ...

Scoville heat units represent the amount of times the mixture has to be diluted until a burning sensation is no longer present. Mild bell peppers, for reference, have 0 Scoville heat units ...

At the bottom of the Scoville scale is the bell pepper, coming in at a whopping 0 Scoville Heat Units (or SHU, the Scoville scale's unit of measurement for spice) due to its complete lack of ...

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 measure as much as 2,500,000 SHUs. But even the ...

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 ...

You snack on bell peppers, you love the heat of jalapeño in homemade watermelon salsa and you’ve dabbled with poblanos, but you’re ready to branch out. Good news: There are approximately ...

So why, oh why, on God’s green Earth are we still measuring chile pepper heat on the Scoville scale? Of all the units that measure all the things, Scoville heat units have got to be the most ...

With the recent crowning of Pepper X as the new Guinness World Record holder for hottest chili pepper, here's a look into just how the spiciness of a pepper is calculated — and some examples of ...