Carolina Reaper
| Carolina Reaper | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Heat |  Exceptionally hot |
| Scoville scale | Up to 1,200,300 on average, with peak levels of over 2,000,000 SHU |
The Carolina Reaper is a hybrid chili pepper of the Capsicum chinense species, originally called the "HP22B", bred by cultivator Ed Currie, who runs PuckerButt Pepper Company in Fort Mill, South Carolina.[1] The Carolina Reaper was rated as the world's hottest chili pepper by Guinness World Records according to 2012 tests,[2] averaging 1,200,300 SHU on the Scoville scale with peak levels of over 2,000,000 SHU. The previous record-holder was the Trinidad Moruga Scorpion. The cost to Currie to obtain the evidence to claim the Guinness record was $12,000.[3]
References
- ^ "PuckerButt Pepper Company Web site home page". Retrieved February 2, 2014.
- ^ Hottest Chili, Guiness World Records
- ^ ABC News:What Happens When You Eat a 'Carolina Reaper,' One of the World's Hottest Peppers, 1 November 2013
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