Hottest Chili in the World
Scientist have Discovered
the Hottest Chili
The hottest chili,
'Red Savina' Habanero, has been tested at over 577,000 Scoville units.
The extremely fiery Thai chillies barely reach 100,000; more common
varieties like the jalapeno or the Italian peperoncino
generally lie below 5000 Scoville units.
We found that the Tezpur variety
(Capsicum frutescens var. Nagahari) of Indian chili
contains maximum capsaicin and dihydrocapsaicin contributing
to a pungency of 855,000 SHU, which seems to be the hottest chili
known so far. This chili evokes a biting
sensation
Red Savina Habanero, a Mexican
chili reported to be hottest in the world has a pungency
of 577,000 SHU
Division of Microbiology,
Indian
Agricultural Research Institute,
New Delhi 110 012, India
This photo
is of a bag of chili peppers in front of a Andra Restaurant on Church
Street in Bangalore India. They may not be the hottest as described
above, but Andra food in considered the hottest food in India.
