Naga Viper pepper
| Naga Viper | |
|---|---|
| Heat |  Exceptionally hot |
| Scoville scale | 1,382,118 SHU |
The Naga Viper pepper is one of the hottest chili peppers ever measured. It was briefly the "World's Hottest Chilli" in 2011 according to the Guinness World Records[1] with a rating of 1,382,118 Scoville Heat Units (SHU), a figure that surpassed the reading of the Infinity Chilli.[2]
Origin
The Naga Viper was created in England by chilli farmer Gerald Fowler of The Chilli Pepper Company in Cark, Cumbria.[3] It is claimed to be an unstable three-way hybrid produced from the Naga Morich, the Bhut Jolokia and the Trinidad Scorpion (some of the world's hottest peppers).[4] Due to its hybrid nature it is unable to produce offspring exactly like the parent due to segregation of alleles, and therefore traits.
References
- ^ "Hottest Chilli". Guinness World Records. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
- ^ "8,000 SHU on the same scale".
- ^ "Hottest chilli in the world". North West Evening Mail. 25 February 2011. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
- ^ "New Record Chilli – Naga Viper chilli – 1,349,000 SHU's". The Chilli Foundry. 16 October 2010. Retrieved 20 February 2011.
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