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Old 09-26-2007, 03:42 PM
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Default World's hottest pepper

Just how hot is a million Scoville units? I can't even imagine!

From: Guinness names world's hottest pepper - Slashfood

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Guinness names world's hottest pepper

Posted Feb 20th 2007 3:04PM by Joanne Lutynec
Filed under: Science, Vegetables, Spices
Weighing in at 1,001,304 Scoville heat units, the Bhut Jolokia chili from India has been named the world's hottest pepper by the Guinness Book of World Records. Just to put that into perspective, the jalapeno sits at a meager 10,000 SHU.
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