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Posted On: October 28th 2007
Posted By: Adam Coozer
Source: Live Science |
Hottest Chile Pepper Shatters Record
It's hot. Scorching hot. Guinness World Records hot.
Researchers at New Mexico State University have discovered the world's hottest chili pepper. It's called the Bhut Jolokia, a variety originating in Assam, India.
In tests that yield Scoville heat units (SHUs), the Bhut Jolokia reached 1 million SHUs, almost double the SHUs of former hotshot Red Savina (a type of habanero pepper), which measured a mere 577,000. The result was announced today by the American Society for Horticultural Science.
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