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Scoville Scale
The chemist Wilbur Lincoln Scoville designed a scale to measure the degree of spiciness in chili peppers, often we find it indicated by the abbreviation SHU (Scoville Heat Units) which indicates the amount of capsicina contained.
At the beginning the tests were done by diluting the extract of chili with sugar and water, the more the product was diluted and the higher was its Scoville gradation, the test was performed by 5 tasters until finding the zero point. Subsequently, thanks to the technology, very sophisticated machines have been devised, such as HPLC (High performance liquid chromatography), which have now replaced the sensitivity of man with sophisticated and precise machines.
Scoville scale updated
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Scoville Gradation |
Type of chilli pepper |
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15.000.000 - 16.000.000 |
Diidrocapsaicina, Capsaicina pura |
|
8.800.000 - 9.100.000 |
Nordiidrocapsaicina |
|
6.000.000 - 8.600.000 |
Omodiidrocapsaicina, Omocapsaicina |
|
2.500.000 - 5.300.000 |
Spray al peperoncino della polizia |
|
2.000.000 - 2.200.000 |
Carolina Reaper (Ibrido) |
|
1.067.286 - 2.000.231 |
Trinidad Moruga Scorpion, Trinidad Scorpion Butch Taylor, Naga Viper, Infinity Chili, Spray al peperoncino comune |
|
855.000 - 1.041.427 |
Naga Morich, Naga Dorset, Seven Pod |
|
876.000 - 970.000 |
Bhut Jolokia (noto anche come Ghost Chili, Ghost Pepper), Naga Jolokia (Ibrido) |
|
350.000 - 855.000 |
Habanero Red Savina, Indian Tezpur |
|
100.000 - 350.000 |
Habanero, Jamaican Hot, Bird's Eye (noto anche come "Piripiri", "Pilipili", "African Devil") |
|
50.000 - 100.000 |
Scotch Bonnet, Santaka, Chiltecpin, Rocoto, Thai Pepper (noto anche come Thai Dragon), |
|
30.000 - 50.000 |
Ají, Cayenna, Tabasco, Piquin, Hot Lemon Drop |
|
15.000 - 30.000 |
Chile de Arbol, Calabrese, Manzano |
|
5.000 - 15.000 |
Peter Pepper, Serrano, Jalapeno |
|
2.500 - 5.000 |
Mirasol, Chipotle, Poblano |
|
1.500 - 2.500 |
Sandia, Cascabel, NuMex Big Jim, NuMex Suave |
|
1.000 - 1.500 |
Ancho, Anaheim, Pasilla Bajio, Española |
|
100 - 1.000 |
Mexican Bell, Cherry, New Mexico Pepper, Bell pepper, Paprika |
|
0 - 100 |
Sweet Bell Pepper, Pimento (Pimenta dioica), Sweet Paprika |
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