The Top 10 Hottest Chilli Peppers in the World. Chilies come in various sizes colors and shapes as well as varying levels of pungency which makes classification a daunting undertaking for an amateur botanist.
Carolina Reape r 2200000 SHU.
Top 10 hottest chili peppers. The Top 10 Hottest Chili Peppers in the World February 20 2020 Category. Food Drink Author. The Carolina Reaper is once again officially the Worlds Hottest Pepper.
Originally ranked as worlds hottest in 2013 the Reaper was tested again in 2018 with an even higher SHU. 71000 SHU higher to be exact This gives the reaper a renewed title as Worlds Hottest. The Top 10 Hottest Chilli Peppers in the World.
By Irma Wallace Feb 20 2020 Food Drink Infographics. Top 10 Hottest Chilli Peppers In the World. Published on April 11.
Many of us enjoy hot spicy food once in a while. Not all peppers are created the same though. Did you know that Capsaicin is the substance that gives chili peppers their heat.
This pepper just looks mean. Created by Ed Currie this pepper has an average SHU of over 15 million and peaks at 22 Million SHU. On November 20 2013 the Carolina Reaper was named the hottest pepper in the world by the Guinness Book of World Records.
However it has finally met its match. Dragons Breath Chili 2480000 Scoville Heat Units. 10 Red Savina Habanero.
Used to be the hottest chili in the world Red Savina held the record for over 10 years back in 1994. This type of chili has brilliant red color with. The Bhut Jolokia is endemic to the north eastern states of Assam Nagaland and Manipur in India.
In 2007 it was recognized by the Guiness Book of World Records as the hottest chilli pepper in the world. A title it lost to the infinite pepper in 2011. The pepper has recorded Scoville ratings of over 1 million.
The Carolina Reaper was named the worlds hottest chili in 2013. Chilies come in various sizes colors and shapes as well as varying levels of pungency which makes classification a daunting undertaking for an amateur botanist. There are 25 recognized wild varieties and between 2000 to 3000 cultivars grown across the world.
At 135 million heat units the Naga Viper is nearly as dangerous as its namesake. Created in England by chili farmer Gerald Fowler of the Chili Pepper Company it was briefly declared the Worlds Hottest Chili Pepper in 2011 by Guinness World Record though it was shortly surpassed in. This hot peppers list includes Carribean Mexican and Jamaican peppers scotch bonnet habanero ghost pepper scorpion and Carolina Reaper of course.
As of November 2013 the aptly named Carolina Reaper has been the Guinness Book of World Records official hottest pepper in the world. Its a United States hot pepper variety South Carolina with insane heat coming in from 1400000 Scoville heat units SHU up to a mind and taste bud boggling 2200000 SHU. The Top 10 Hottest Chilli Peppers in the World.
This colourful countdown is a smoking hot infographic of the worlds hottest chilli peppers. With fiery graphics a striking colour scheme in green red and yellow that captures the heat and earthy flavours of chilli this is a memorable and informative infographic perfect for. Below we have listed the hottest chili papers based Scovill scale.
10- Cascabel Rocotillo Sandia and Sriracha peppers. These four peppers are not quite popular but sum up to 1500 to 2500 on the Scovill scale. 9- Chipotle Jalapeno and Mirasol peppers.
Chipotle and Jalapeno are probably the better known two of the three hot chili peppers with 2500 to 5000 on the Scovill scale. 8- Serrano and Yellow Wax. Either way super-spicy chile peppers are a thing of fascination and we tracked down the 10 peppers that are currently the spiciest in the world.
The Worlds 10 Hottest Chile Peppers Slideshow It wasnt so long ago when the habanero pepper was the spiciest on earth. 2020 Top 10 Hottest Peppers. Carolina Reape r 2200000 SHU.
Moruga Trinidad Scorpion 2009000 SHU. 7 Pot Douglah 1854000 SHU. Butch T Trinidad Scorpion 1464000 SHU.
Naga Viper 1349000 SHU. 7 Pot Barrackpore 1000000 SHU. Created in England by Nick Woods of Fire Foods the Infinity Chili pepper held the World Record for the worlds hottest chili pepper for two weeks in 2011 before it was ousted by the Naga Viper chili.
Learn more about the Infinity chili pepper here. Trinidad Moruga Scorpion - 1200000 to 2000000 Scoville units Though its been recognized as the hottest pepper by the New Mexico State University Chili Pepper Institute it. Top Ten of the hottest chili varieties.
In the list of the top ten hottest chili varieties we start right away with the current record holder. Carolina Reaper 22 million SHU. Since November 2013 it is official.
Carolina Reaper is the hottest chili in the world 1. Registered in the Guinness Book of Records. The Carolina Reaper is the worlds hottest chili pepper.
It is in fact a hybrid pepper and the cross was made between the combination of the ghost pepper and the Red Savina Habanero. The pepper was first bred by the cultivator Ed Currie who runs PuckerButt Pepper Company in.