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Five of The World’s Hottest Chili Peppers

published by Safa on Jan 24, 2012

Units called Scoville Heat Units measure the hotness of chili peppers. The number of Scoville heat units is an indication of the amount of capsaicin present in a chili pepper. The Scoville scale is used to compare the hotness of the world’s hottest chili peppers.

This article presents five of the hottest chili peppers according to their scores on the Scoville scale.

1. Trinidad Scorpion Butch T pepper

According to the Guinness World Records, Trinidad Scorpion Butch T pepper is presently the hottest pepper in the world, with a Scoville unit of 1,463,700. This particular type of pepper, named after the owner of a hot source company (Butch Taylor) who cultivated it, originated in Trinidad and Tobago, has a projected end that gives it the look of a scorpion’s stinger.

2. Naga Viper pepper

Naga Viper pepper previously held the world record of being the hottest chili on earth, with a Scoville unit of 1,359,000. It is a hybrid developed from Naga Jolokia, Naga Morich and the Trinidad Scorpion peppers by Gerald Fowler in Britain. According to Gerald Fowler, after eating the pepper, the burning effect can last for an hour. Naga Viper is commercially produced in selected parts of the world.

3. Bhut Jolokia

Commonly known as Naga Jolokia, and ghost chili or ghost pepper in the Western world, Bhut Jolokia pepper is one of the hottest chili peppers (1,041,427 Scoville units) that was previously recorded as the hottest pepper in the world. It is an interspecies hybrid cultivated in Bangladesh and Northeastern India. Bhut Jolokia becomes extremely hot as it ripens. Its burning sensation can last in the mouth for as long as thirty minutes.

4. Red Savina pepper

Red Savina peppers, with a Scoville rating of 248,556, are a cultivar of the Habanero chili. It has a wrinkled shiny skin and turns from green to red as it ripens. Frank Garcia of GNS Spices developed it in California. From 1994 to 2006, Red Savina peppers held the world record of being the hottest chili in the world   till Bhut Jolokia pepper broke its record.

5. Habanero chili

Habanero chili peppers have most likely originated in South America. It has a Scoville score ranging from 100,000 to 350,000 Scoville units. Habaneros are produced in large quantities in the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico. The unripe green peppers colour as they ripe. Ripe Habaneros occur in a range of colours from white, pink, orange, brown to red.

22 Responses so far | Have Your Say!

  1. # 1 by Peter B. Giblett
    January 31st, 2012 at 9:44 pm #

    Wow hot!

  2. # 2 by girishpuri
    February 1st, 2012 at 5:55 am #

    awesome

  3. # 3 by koperty3
    February 1st, 2012 at 11:54 am #

    Great article. Very informative :)

  4. # 4 by Safa
    February 1st, 2012 at 12:02 pm #

    Thank you for the kind comments :)

  5. # 5 by onestep234
    February 1st, 2012 at 1:30 pm #

    interesting post, thanks for sharing

  6. # 6 by avissado
    February 2nd, 2012 at 2:15 pm #

    it looks hot!!!!

  7. # 7 by sheilanewton
    February 3rd, 2012 at 3:11 pm #

    My mouth is BURNING reading this! And what amazing images you’ve used.

    I’ve added you as a friend. hope we can make our Triond friendship FRUITFUL!

    Thanks for the comments on my latest post. Appreciated.

  8. # 8 by Safa
    February 3rd, 2012 at 9:12 pm #

    Thank you sheila, for commenting on my article. And I’m glad you enjoyed reading it.
    It’s an honour to befriend great writers like you. I did check some of your previous posts and they are really good!

  9. # 9 by lapasan
    February 4th, 2012 at 12:54 am #

    Nice info. I really like hot pepper for my heal. The hotter it is, the better.

  10. # 10 by LCM Linda
    February 4th, 2012 at 2:30 am #

    Interesting topic. The first two looks particularly hot to me.

  11. # 11 by Safa
    February 4th, 2012 at 4:29 am #

    Talking about hot pepper, my hand is burning since I touched one yesterday. Eat a hot pepper and you won’t feel any other pain in the world. I tried that once. lol

  12. # 12 by Vinaya Ghimire
    February 5th, 2012 at 1:07 pm #

    I love chilli peppers, I would like to taste some of these.

  13. # 13 by Suni51
    February 5th, 2012 at 2:31 pm #

    Great knowledge sharing safa. Keep it up.

  14. # 14 by Dora77
    February 6th, 2012 at 4:18 am #

    What a Hot topic u have chosen.Peppers….i can only imagine having burnt my eyes when i forgot to wash my hands after a generous chop.
    Lovely Post,Safa.

  15. # 15 by sanataryal
    February 6th, 2012 at 9:23 am #

    Great info. I had no clue about these chillies. Thnx.

  16. # 16 by Nidhi Rai
    February 8th, 2012 at 12:00 am #

    Nice share.

  17. # 17 by Aroosa Gloomy
    February 10th, 2012 at 6:12 am #

    so hotttttttttttttttttt

  18. # 18 by Runna
    February 10th, 2012 at 10:48 am #

    Nice pictures, looked very interesting. The article had me intrigued but not to such an extent to which I would feel like eating them but that is not the article’s fault it is mainly because of my own cowardice. :D

  19. # 19 by realityspeaks
    February 15th, 2012 at 11:27 pm #

    Loved reading your article. Have beautiful memories associated with the Chili Peppers.I made a mistake of accepting a dare from one of my friends from Shillong. It was taking a bite of the Naga Viper. I felt i was going to die. Breathing became heavy and and tears were rolling down my eyes. It was fun. Glad I survived.

  20. # 20 by reyfrion
    February 18th, 2012 at 6:11 am #

    This is the 1st time I see that kind of chili pepper…^_^’

  21. # 21 by papaleng
    February 20th, 2012 at 10:38 am #

    Hot Chilli indeed.

  22. # 22 by blauwefluo
    February 21st, 2012 at 9:01 am #

    I like peppers!

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