In fact, it is rich in vitamins and antioxidants that help you stay young. 1,382,118 SHU Briefly the world’s hottest chilli in 2011, the Viper is a hybrid of other super-hots, including the Ghost Chilli and the Trinidad Moruga Scorpion Photograph: Adrian Sherratt/Guardian What do you think is 2019's spiciest chilli in the world? It is yet to be confirmed by the Guinness World Records, but it took 10 years of careful crossbreeding with other hotties to get to this hell-on-your-tongue heat. The winner of the Guinness World Records is the Carolina Reaper HP22B with 2,200,000 on the Scoville scale. Scoville Units are measured through a complicated dilution process; for example, a pepper whose extract needs to be diluted 10,000 times before capsaicin is undetectable will have a rating of 10,000 Scoville Units. The hottest chilli pepper is Smokin Ed's 'Carolina Reaper', grown by Ed Currie of PuckerButt Pepper Company (USA), which rates at an average of 1,641,183 Scoville Heat Units (SHU), according to tests conducted by Winthrop University in South Carolina, USA, throughout 2017. We have a new record holder!

Top 10 Hottest Peppers in the World 1. Pepper X — 3,180,000 SHU. As you know, the chilli is a very healthy food. At 3,180,000 SHUs, Pepper X is the hottest pepper in the world. The Infinity Chili was engineered in the UK by breeder Nick Woods, but it only held the world record for two weeks before it was ousted by the next contender, the Naga Viper. Like the previous two, this pepper is red and wrinkly and shriveled and horrible looking — as would you be after eating it. UPDATE: 04/25/2019 - The hottest pepper in the world currently is the Carolina Reaper, measuring up to 2.2 Million Scoville Heat Units. 15) Ghost Pepper (Bhut Jolokia) – 2017 Guinness Book titleholder for the hottest chili pepper (SHU: 855,000 – 1,041,427) 14) 7 Pot Jonah – Some say it is bigger and have a fruitier flavor than the traditional 7 Pot pepper (SHU: 800,000 – 1,200,000) Updated: 30 Jul 2019, 8:36 A NEW British chilli is tipped to become the hottest in the world. The World's Hottest Hot Sauces (Slideshow) Heat seekers have spiciness down to a science: the Scoville scale, to be exact.


Guinness World Records 2020 winner: Carolina Reaper! The Carolina Reaper is The Hottest Chili Pepper in the World The Guinness Book of World Records has recognized the Carolina Reaper chili pepper as the world’s hottest chili pepper. The Armageddon, on sale in Tesco, is more than 400 times hotter than the jalapeno .