| The Scoville scale is a measure of the 'hotness' of
a chilli pepper or anything derived from chilli peppers,
i.e. hot sauce.
The scale is named after Wilbur Scoville
who developed the test in 1912, for more information see Measuring
Chilli Heat. |
| Scoville Heat Units |
Chilli Pepper / Hot Sauce |
| 16,000,000 |
Pure capsaicin and Dihydrocapsaicin |
| 16,000,000 |
Blair's 16 Million
Reserve, from Gardner Resources, Inc. |
| 16,000,000 |
Blair's 6 A.M.,
from Gardner Resources, Inc. |
| 9,100,000 |
Nordihydrocapsaicin |
| 8,600,000 |
Homodihydrocapsaicin and Homocapsaicin |
| 7,100,000 |
The Source, from
Original Juan Specialty Foods |
| 5,500,000 |
Blair's 5 A.M., from Gardner Resources Inc. -
No Longer available |
| 5,300,000 |
Police grade Pepper spray |
| 4,000,000 |
Blair's 4 A.M., from Gardner Resources Inc. -
No Longer available |
| 2,000,000 |
Common Pepper spray |
| 1,500,000 - 2,000,000 |
Blair's 3 A.M.,
from Gardner Resources Inc. |
| 1,500,000 |
Da' Bomb The Final
Answer, from Original Juan Specialty Food |
| 1,000,000 |
Cool Million Pepper
Extract, from the Poison Pepper Co. |
| 1,000,000 |
1 Million Scoville
Pepper Extract, from Ashley Food Company, Inc. |
| 923,000 |
The Dorset
Naga Pepper, from Peppers
by Post |
| 855,000 (reported)
|
The Naga Jolokia pepper (Capsicum frutescens),
not confirmed |
| 800,000 |
Satan's Blood,
from Sauce Crafters Inc. |
| 700,000 |
The Slap Heard Around
the World, from Tiguana Flats |
| 600,000 - 900,000 |
Blair's 2 A.M.,
from Gardner Resources, Inc. |
| 600,000 |
Mad Dog 357 with Bullet
Keychain, from Ashley Food Company |
| 550,000 |
Blair's Mega Death
Sauce, from Gardner Resources, Inc. |
| 500,000 - 750,000 |
Dave's Insanity Private
Reserve, from Dave's Gourmet (estimated) |
| 400,000 - 500,000 |
Spontaneous Combustion
Powder, from Southwest Specialty Foods Inc. |
| 357,000 |
Mad Dog 357 Hot Sauce,
from Ashley Food Company |
| 350,000 - 577,000 |
Red Savina habanero (Capsicum chinense Jacquin) |
| 283,000 |
Blair's Possible Side
Effects, from Gardner Resources, Inc. |
| 250,000 |
Vicious Viper,
from CaJohns Fiery Foods |
| 250,000 |
Dave's Ultimate Insanity
Sauce, from Dave's Gourmet (estimated) |
| 234,000 |
Da' Bomb Ground Zero,
from Original Juan Specialty Foods |
| 225,000 |
Not Cool Chocolate
Habanero from Bahama Specialty Foods, Inc. |
| 225,000 |
You Can't Handle This
Hot Sauce, from Peppers |
| 180,000 |
Dave's Insanity Sauce,
from Dave's Gourmet (estimated) |
| 175,000 |
Predator Great White
Shark, from Peppers |
| 150,000 |
Mad Dog Inferno Reserve,
from Ashley Food Company |
| 125,000 |
Crazy Jerry's Mustard
Gas, from Crazy Jerry's, Inc. |
| 119,700 |
Da' Bomb Beyond Insanity,
from Original Juan Specialty Food |
| 100,000 - 350,000 |
Habanero (Capsicum chinense Jacquin) |
| 100,000 - 325,000 |
Scotch bonnet (Capsicum chinense) |
| 100,000 - 225,000 |
Birds Eye pepper |
| 100,000 - 200,000 |
Jamaican Hot pepper |
| 100,000 - 125,000 |
Carolina Cayenne pepper |
| 95,000 - 110,000 |
Bahamian pepper |
| 90,000 |
Mad Dog Inferno,
from Ashley Food Company |
| 85,000 - 115,000 |
Tabiche pepper |
| 75,000 - 80,000 |
Red Amazon Pepper |
| 75,000 |
Chile-Today Red Amazon
Powder, from Chile Today-Hot Tamale |
| 50,000 - 100,000 |
Thai pepper (Capsicum annuum) |
| 50,000 - 100,000 |
Chiltepin pepper |
| 49,250 |
Blair's After Death
Sauce, from Gardner Resources, Inc. |
| 40,000 - 58,000 |
Piquin pepper |
| 40,000 - 50,000 |
Super Chile pepper |
| 40,000 - 50,000 |
Santaka pepper |
| 33,390 |
Endorphin Rush Beyond
Hot Sauce, from Garden Row Foods |
| 30,000 - 49,999 |
Lottie's Original
Barbados Red Hot, from Lottie's Island Flavours |
| 30,000 - 50,000 |
Cayenne pepper (Capsicum baccatum and Capsicum
frutescens) |
| 30,000 - 50,000 |
Tabasco pepper (Capsicum frutescens) |
| 15,000 - 30,000 |
de Arbol pepper |
| 15,000 - 29,999 |
Lottie's Traditional
Barbados Yellow, from Lottie's Island Flavours |
| 12,000 - 30,000 |
Manzano pepper |
| 11,600 |
El Yucateco XXXtra
Hot Habanero, from El Yucateco |
| 11,000 |
Crazy Jerry's Brain
Damage, from Crazy Jerry's, Inc. |
| 8,910 |
El Yucateco Green Chile
Habanero, from El Yucateco |
| 7,000 - 8,000 |
TABASCO® brand Habanero Sauce |
| 6,000 - 23,000 |
Serrano pepper |
| 5,790 |
El Yucateco Red Chile
Habanero, from El Yucateco |
| 5,000 - 10,000 |
Hot Wax pepper |
| 5,000 - 10,000 |
Chipotle, a Jalapeño pepper that has been smoked. |
| 3,600 |
Cholula Hot Sauce,
from Jalisco Food Company |
| 3,400 |
El Yucateco Chipotle
Hot Sauce, from El Yucateco |
| 2,500 - 8,000 |
Santaka pepper |
| 2,500 - 5,000 |
Jalapeño (Capsicum annuum) |
| 2,500 - 5,000 |
Guajilla pepper |
| 2,500 - 5,000 |
TABASCO® brand Pepper Sauce |
| 2.085 |
FRANK'S® REDHOT® XTRA Hot,
from Reckitt Benckiser Inc. |
| 2,000 - 2,500 |
TABASCO® brand Chipotle Pepper Sauce,
from McIlhenny Company |
| 1,200 - 1,800 |
Tabasco Garlic sauce |
| 1,500 - 2,500 |
Rocotilla pepper |
| 1,000 - 2,000 |
Passila pepper |
| 1,000 - 2,000 |
Ancho pepper |
| 1,000 - 2,000 |
Poblano pepper |
| 1,200 - 1,800 |
TABASCO® brand Garlic Sauce |
| 747 |
Texas Pete®,
from T.W. Garner Food Co. |
| 700 - 1,000 |
Coronado pepper |
| 600 - 800 |
TABASCO® brand Green Pepper Sauce |
| 500 - 2,500 |
Anaheim pepper |
| 500 - 1,000 |
New Mexico pepper |
| 450 |
FRANK'S® REDHOT® Original,
from Reckitt Benckiser Inc. |
| 400 - 700 |
Santa Fe Grande pepper |
| 100 - 600 |
TABASCO® brand SWEET & Spicy Pepper Sauce |
| 100 - 500 |
Pepperoncini, pepper (also known as Tuscan peppers,
sweet Italian peppers, and golden Greek peppers. |
| 100 - 500 |
Pimento |
| 0 |
Sweet Bell pepper |
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