Cherry peppers have a mild-to-moderate spice profile, ranging from 2,500 to 5,000 on the Scoville scale heirloom Besler's ...

In 1912, chemist Wilbur Scoville developed a method to measure the heat level of chile peppers. The test is named after him, the "Scoville Organoleptic Test." In the original test, Wilbur blended ...

They're sometimes called cherry peppers, but this name is somewhat ... make sure to check where a pepper variety sits on the ...

The Scoville scale is a measurement of pungency (aka spiciness) in members of the genus Capsicum, which includes peppers and chiles. It’s based on their levels of capsaicinoids like capsaicin ...

So why, oh why, on God’s green Earth are we still measuring chile pepper heat on the Scoville scale? Of all the units that measure all the things, Scoville heat units have got to be the most ...

The Carolina reaper — with its fiery red color and gnarly, bumpy skin — measures in at up to two million Scoville heat units. That means the reaper is 200 times hotter than a jalapeno.

Now, researchers reporting in ACS’ Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry have identified three compounds that lessen peppers’ pungency. These results challenge the reliability of the century-old ...

In 1995, the Texas Legislature declared the ubiquitous jalapeño our state pepper ... at up to 100,000 Scoville heat units, while jalapeños, on a good day, might tip the scale at 8,000.

Mild bell peppers, for reference, have 0 Scoville heat units, while spicy Thai chiles can range from 50,000 to 100,000 units. The scale increases exponentially, so “mild hot” chile peppers ...