SPICIEST PEPPERS IN THE WORLD

 

TOP 10 SPICIEST PEPPERS IN THE WORLD

SHU is a way of quantifying how spicy a pepper is by measuring the concentration of capsaicinoids. Capsaicin is the chemical responsible for the spicy sensation within a pepper. 

1. Carolina reaper: 2200000 SHU. The Carolina Reaper has a unique stinger tail that is unlike any other pepper and every pod is different. It gets this heat from cross between a Ghost pepper  and a Red Habanero
   
   
   
2. Trinidad scorpion moruga :2009231 SHU. Native to the lands of Moruga in Trinidad and Tobago. Recently discovered hottest pepper.
   
   
   
3. 7 Pod Douglah: 1853936 SHU. hottest pepper you can find that isn’t red. It has the best flavour and is brown and scorching hot.
   
   
   
4. 7 Pot Primo: 1469000 SHU. Distinctive with its long skinny “tail”. 
   
   
   
   
   
5. Trinidad Scorpion Butch T : 1463700 SHU. The origin of this pepper is from Australia.
   
   
   
6. Naga viper: 1349000 SHU. Naga Viper is an extremely rare pepper cultivated in the UK. Hybrid of many different peppers and years of cross pollination created the variety of super hot pepper.
   
   
   
7. Bhut Jolokia(Ghost pepper): 1041427 SHU.The Ghhost Pepper is the most famous "Super Hot". It was the first pepper which recorded more than 1000000 SHU.
   
   
    
8. 7 Pot Barrackpore: 1000000 SHU. It is one of the hottest of the 7 Pot peppers.
   
   
   
9. 7 Pot Red: 1000000 SHU.
   
   
   
10. Red Savina Habanero: 500000 SHU. It held the title of the World’s Hottest Pepper from 1994 to 2006. 12 Years.