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The Scoville Scale

The Scoville Scale is a commonly used method to measure how hot the chillies are. The higher the value of Scoville heat units, that express the concentration of capsaicin, the hotter the pepper.

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The Scoville Scale converts the amount of capsaicin in parts per million into Scoville heat units. So the greater the number of Scoville Scale, the hotter the pepper.

NameScoville Rating
Pure capsaicin16,000,000
Nordihydrocapsaicin9,100,000
Homodihydrocapsaicin8,600,000
Police grade pepper spray5,300,000
Common pepper spray2,000,000
Red Savina habanero350,000 - 580,000
Habanero chile100,000 - 350,000
Scotch bonnet100,000 - 325,000
Birds eye pepper100,000 - 225,000
Jamaican hot pepper100,000 - 200,000
Carolina cayenne pepper100,000 - 125,000
Bahamian pepper95,000 - 110,000
Tabiche pepper85,000 - 115,000
Thai pepper50,000 - 100,000
Chiltepin pepper50,000 - 100,000
Piquin pepper40,000 - 58,000
Super chile pepper40,000 - 50,000
Santaka pepper40,000 - 50,000
Cayenne pepper30,000 - 50,000
Tabasco pepper30,000 - 50,000
de Arbol pepper15,000 - 30,000
Manzano pepper12,000 - 30,000
Serrano pepper5,000 - 23,000
Hot wax pepper5,000 - 10,000
Chipotle5,000 - 10,000
Jalapeno2,500 - 8,000
Santaka pepper2,500 - 8,000
Guajilla pepper2,500 - 5,000
Rocotilla pepper1,500 - 2,500
Pasilla pepper1,000 - 2,000
Ancho pepper1,000 - 2,000
Poblano pepper1,000 - 2,000
Coronado pepper700 - 1,000
Anaheim pepper500 - 2,500
New Mexico pepper500 - 1,000
Santa Fe Grande pepper500 - 700
Pepperoncini pepper100 - 500
Pimento100 - 500
Sweet bell pepper0
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