Pepper X Crowned the World’s Hottest Chili: Guinness World Records announced on Monday that Chili Pepper X has taken the title of hottest pepper in the world.
Tests conducted by Winthrop University in South Carolina indicate that the new pepper has an average Scoville Heat Unit (SHU) value of 2.69 million. This surpasses the previous record holder, Carolina Reaper, which has an average SHU value of 1.64 million, as recognized by Guinness World Records.
Pepper X Crowned the World’s Hottest Chili by Guinness World Records
In 1912, American chemist Wilbur Scoville proposed the SHU scale for measuring the heat of chile peppers.
In contrast, according to Guinness, the typical SHU of a jalapeño pepper ranges from 3,000 to 8,000.
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Ed Currie, the proprietor of Puckerbutt Pepper Company in South Carolina, cultivates Pepper X. Additionally, he developed the Carolina Reaper, which held the record in 2013.
Guinness stated on its website, “Ed cultivated Pepper X on his farm for over a decade, cross-breeding it with some of his hottest peppers to increase its capsaicin content.”
Pepper X was initially unveiled to the world by Currie in an episode of the popular YouTube series “Hot Ones.”
“Those who disregard the Reaper’s dread are fools.” A description of the dethroned pepper on the website of the Puckerbutt Pepper Company states, “It is excruciatingly hot.”
Unknown at this time is the description of the pepper that has a Scoville scale rating one million units higher than that of the Reaper.
