What is the hottest pepper?

Odonnell

According to Guinness Book of World Records, Habenero pepper is the hottest. It is rated 500 times hotter than a jalapeno. They are commonly grown in Yucatan, Costa Rica, Belize, California, Texas, the US and Caribbean. Habanero, meaning 'from Havana', is a distinctive, extremely hot pepper believed to originally have been taken to the Yucatan Peninsula from Cuba. About 1,500 tons of habaneros are now harvested each year in the Yucatan. They are also grown to a lesser extent in Belize, Costa Rica, Texas and California (GNS Spices in Southern California has developed the Red Savina, which has been recognized in the Guinness Book of World Records as the "world's hottest spice"). The habanero is not the same pepper as the scotch bonnet. They are of the same species but it is not a cultivar. The scotch bonnet has a much different shape which closely resembles a 'Scot's bonnet', so it is quite easy to differentiate. The scotch bonnet grows mainly in the Caribbean islands while the habanero is Latin and North American. The flavor of the two, however, is very similar as is the heat level. http://www.mohotta.com/pro_habanero May 05 00, 12:30 AM

zbeckabee

The Naga Jolokia (also known as Bhut Jolokia, Ghost Chili, Ghost Pepper, Naga Morich) is a chili pepper that grows in northeastern India (Assam, Nagaland, and Manipur) and Bangladesh. In 2006, it was confirmed by Guinness World Records to be the hottest chili in the world, displacing the Red Savina. Scoville rating 15,000,000–16,000,000 Pure capsaicin 9,100,000 Nordihydrocapsaicin 2,000,000–5,300,000 Standard U.S. Grade pepper spray 855,000–1,041,427 Naga Jolokia 350,000–577,000 Red Savina Habanero 100,000–350,000 Habanero chili, Scotch Bonnet http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scoville_units http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naga_Jolokia_pepper Feb 04 08, 9:17 PM

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