FEAR the reaper...
The Carolina Reaper is officially the Worlds Hottest Pepper as ranked by Guinness Book of World Records. It's hot, and by hot, we mean HOT! The Carolina Reaper can top-out at 2.2 Million SHU!
THE SCOVILLE SCALE
The Scoville scale is a measurement of the pungency (spicy heat) of chili peppers—or other spicy foods as reported in Scoville heat units (SHU), a function of capsaicin concentration.
"It was like I'd kissed a flaming torch" - the daily mirror try our 'carolina reaper'...
Mirror staff try the Carolina Reaper chilli pepper that's 400 times spicier than a Jalapeno. Here are the results...
still don't believe us...
This great video is from the guys at Good Mythical Morning, who took on the Carolina Reaper in the "World's Hottest Pepper Challenge". We would suggest you don't try this at home!
FEELING HOT HOT HOT...
Our friends over at Tesco have put together this chilli heat chart to show you just how hot our Carolina Reaper Chilli really is. It's OVER 600 times hotter than Tobasco Sauce.
