Ranked as the Guinness World Record’s hottest pepper, the Carolina Reaper peaked at about 2.2 million Scoville Heat Units, the scale used to rank how spicy peppers are.
the Carolina Reaper is a hybrid of a Pakistani Naga pepper and a Red Habanero. It consistently measures around 1.64 million SHU, with peaks reaching beyond 2.2 million SHU. The Carolina Reaper’s ...