Chilli heat is rated in Scoville heat units. What rating did Pepper X receive when Guinness certified it as the hottest chilli in the world?
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About 2.7 million Scoville heat units
Birds cannot feel the burn of capsaicin at all, which lets them eat chillies happily and spread the seeds.
How to estimate it
A certified record cannot be derived, but the scale itself gives brackets. A jalapeño rates about 5,000 units and a habanero about 300,000. The previous champion, the Carolina Reaper, averaged 1.6 million. Pure capsaicin, the hard ceiling, is 16 million. A new record holder should sit somewhat above the old one, so guess 2 to 3 million. Pepper X was certified at about 2,700,000 Scoville heat units.
Source: Guinness World Records
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