Scoville (scale of): The Scoville scale is a scale for measuring the strength of peppers invented in 1912 by the American pharmacologist Wilbur Lincoln Scoville (1865 - 1942) as part of his work in the Parke Davis company, in Detroit . Its purpose is to provide information on the content of capsaicin, the molecule responsible for the strength of peppers.
Scoville Units | Pepper product or variety |
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15 000 000 000 | Resiniferatoxin |
5 300 000 000 | Tinyatoxin |
16 000 000 | Pure Capsaicin |
15 000 000 | Dihydrocapsaicin |
9 200 000 | Nonivamide |
9 100 000 | Nordihydrocapsaicin |
8 600 000 | Homodihydrocapsaicin and Homocapsaicin |
3 180 000 | Pepper X |
2 000 000 - 5 300 000 | Self-defense bomb |
1 569 300 - 2 200 000 | Carolina Reaper Pepper, the strongest in the world listed since 2013 |
1 200 000 - 2 009 231 | Trinidad moruga scorpion pepper, the hottest pepper in the world until 2013 |
1 463 700 | Trinidad Scorpion Butch Taylor Pepper |
1 359 000 | Naga Viper Pepper |
1 067 286 | Infinity Chili Pepper |
1 001 304 | Chilli Les Nagas Bhut Jolokia (aka Bih Jolokia, Naga Jolokia, Ghost Pepper), Naga Dorset, Naga Morich |
800 000 | Crossed varieties Naga x Habanero; Habanaga, Nagabon, Pili-pili |
577 000 | Habanero pepper (var. Red Savina) |
100 000 - 325 000 | Habanero pepper (Originally Javanero or West Indian pepper), Scotch bonnet pepper, Rocoto pepper, Jamaican Hot Pepper, Bulgarian carrot, Fatalii pepper |
50 000 - 100 000 | Thai Hot pepper, Malagueta pepper, chiltepin pepper, tabasco pepper |
30 000 - 60 000 | Pequin pepper, bird pepper. |
30 000 - 50 000 | Cayenne pepper |
10 000 - 30 000 | Serrano pepper, Hari Mirch |
5 000 - 10 000 | Yellow Pepper (Hungarian Hot Wax) |
7 000 - 8 000 | Tabasco Habanero Hot Sauce, Harissa |
4 500 - 5 000 | Anaheim Pepper (var. New Mexico) |
2 500 - 8 000 | Jalapeno pepper |
2 500 - 5 000 | Tabasco Original red sauce |
1 500 - 2 500 | Espelette pepper, Rocotillo pepper, Sriracha sauce |
1 000 - 1 500 | Poblano pepper |
500 - 2 500 | Anaheim Pepper |
600 – 1200 | Green Tabasco Jalapeño Sauce |
100 – 500 | Sweet paprika, sweet peppers and some peppers |
0 | peppers |
Note: The product contained in the self-defense pepper spray cans has a value between 2 and 000 ...
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