When biting into a chili pepper, you expect a fiery sensation on your tongue. This spiciness is detected because of capsaicinoid compounds. But for some peppers, despite high levels of capsaicinoids, ...

To get a sense of the spectrum, bell peppers rank around a 0 on Scoville Heat Units (SHUs), while notorious hybrids like the Carolina reaper measure as much as 2,500,000 SHUs. But even the Carolina ...

Jerk seasoning is meant to be hot — very hot — which is typically achieved by adding Scotch bonnet or ... with the Scoville scale (the measurement of the heat units of peppers), these peppers ...

An analysis of compounds in chilli peppers has revealed chemicals that seem to negate their heat-giving capsaicinoids. This ...

a jalapeño registers approximately 3,000 on the standardized Scoville Heat Unit scale; a scotch bonnet or habanero is around 300,000; a ghost pepper about 1 million. The peppers being consumed ...

But for some peppers, despite high levels of capsaicinoids, the heat is mysteriously dull ... African bird's eye, Fatalii and Scotch bonnet. The amount of capsaicin and dihydrocapsaicin in ...

Across the region and the diaspora, the Scotch bonnet lends its distinctive, tart, numbing heat to this hot sauce ... the most important lesson about pepper sauce from her uncle Richard in ...

A pile of green, yellow, and red scotch bonnets on a grey countertop. - Camille Delbos/art In All Of Us/Getty Images ...