Bred as a hybrid in 2013 by 'Smokin' Ed Currie in South Carolina, the Reaper reaches 2.2 million Scoville units on the scientific scale used to measure the capacity of an edible substance to Scoville Heat Units Scoville Heat Level; Pepper X: 2,800,000 - 3,180,000: 10+++++ Dragon's Breath: 2,200,00 - 2,480,000: 10++++ Carolina Reaper: 1,500,000 - 2,200,000: 10+++ Trinidad Moruga Scorpion: 1,500,000 - 2,009,231: 10+++ Chocolate 7 Pot: 1,000,000 - 1,853,936: 10+++ Katie (7 Pot Katie) 1,200,000 - 1,590,000: 10+++ Trinidad 7 Pot Primo The Scoville scale rates the spiciness of peppers through the measurement of capsaicin levels. Created by Wilbur Scoville, the unit of measurement is the Scoville Heat Unit (SHU), and peppers range from 0 SHUs (bell pepper) to over 2 million SHUs (Carolina Reaper).. There are thousands of different pepper varieties around the world, with more being created every year through plant breeding. .

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