Copy of Pepper Joe's Hot Pepper Heat Scale

We get questions all of the time about heat levels. How many Scoville Units is this Hot Pepper?

What's the worlds hottest pepper? Scotch Bonnet vs Habanero? Ghost Pepper vs Habanero? Send me your Hot Pepper list Pepper Joe, and what is the Chili heat scale? The Chile Scoville Scale?

So with all of these questions on the Hot Peppers heat level...we created our own 'Pepper Joe Heat Scale'.

	Scoville Heat Units (SHU)	Heat Rating	Pepper & Extract Varieties
HOT! HOTTER! HOTTEST! From the innocently mild to the screaming hot, the Scoville Heat Unit Scale breaks down the heat intensity between hot pepper varieties and extracts.	15,000,000 - 16,000,000		Pure Capsacin
	2,000,000 - 10,000,000		Pepper Extracts - ie, The Source, Blair’s Reserve
	8,800,000 - 9,100,000		Norhydrocapsaicin
	6,000,000 - 8,600,000		Homocapsaicin, Homodihydrocapsaicin
	2,500,000 - 5,300,000		US Grade Police Pepper Spray
	2,000,000 - 2,200,000		Carolina Reaper
	1,150,000 - 2,000,000		Trinidad Scorpion, Butch T, Naga Viper, Common Pepper Spray
	855,000 - 1,463,000		Ghost Pepper (Bhut Jolokia)
	876,000 - 970,000		Dorset Naga
	350,000 - 855,000		Red Savina Habanero, Indian Tezpur
	100,000 - 350,000		Habanero, Scotch Bonnet, Bird’s Eye, Jamaican
	50,000 - 100,000		Thai Hot Peppers, Chilitepin, Santaka
	30,000 - 50,000		Cayenne, Tabasco, Pequin, Aji
	15,000 - 30,000		Chile de Arbol, Manzano
	5,000 - 15,000		Serrano, Yellow Wax Pepper
	2,500 - 20,000		Jalapeno, Poblano, Chipotle, Mirasol
	1,500 - 2,500		Sandia, Cascabel, NuMex Big Jim
	1,000 - 1,500		Ancho, Anaheim, Pasilla, Espanola
	100 - 1,000		Paprika, Mexican Bell, Pepperoncini, Cherry
	0 - 100		Sweet Bell Peppers, Sweet Banana, Pimento

Heat scales are purely subjective. Even with a scientific test like Scoville Units, the hotness of peppers can vary in the same variety from plant to plant and even on the same plant. However, I hope this helps you to make your selections.

Our Super Hots Collection contains Hot Peppers with LESS THAN 1 Million Scoville Units.

Our World's Hottest Pepper Collection contains Hot Peppers with OVER 1 Million Scoville Units.

Hot peppers are a lot of fun. But please take them seriously and handle with care.

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