The pungency (or heat factor) of chile peppers is measured in multiples of 100 units. It ranges from sweet bell peppers at zero to the mighty Naga Jolokia (ghost pepper) at over 1,000,000 Scoville ...

Those devilish little chiltepíns pack a massive punch, clocking in at up to 100,000 Scoville heat units, while jalapeños, on a good day, might tip the scale at 8,000.

Even if they share the same ranking on the Scoville scale, not all peppers are created equal. Small but mighty, tabasco and cayenne peppers both clock in at 30,000-50,000 SHU.

Called Pepper X, the pepper’s rating averages 2,693,000 million units on the Scoville scale measured as Scoville Heat Units (SHU). The SHU is a measurement of capsaicinoids in peppers.

The Scoville Scale has for a long time been the gauge that measures the heat of peppers. At the top of the chart there is a light green Pepper X hot pepper that has 2,693,000 SHU (Scoville Heat Unit).

The ghost pepper packs one million units on the Scoville Scale–the universal measuring tool describing any pepper's "hotness"–and is 100 to 400 times hotter than a jalapeño.

Ranked as the Guinness World Record’s hottest pepper, the Carolina Reaper peaked at about 2.2 million Scoville Heat Units, the scale used to rank how spicy peppers are.

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