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| What is the world`s hottest chile pepper, and where was this discovery made? |
February 22, 2007 |
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 Bhut Jolokia, the world’s hottest chile pepper (NMSU photo by Darren Phillips)
Excerpt quoted from a NMSU press release:
In fall of 2006, the Guinness Book of Records confirmed that New Mexico State University Regent’s Professor Paul Bosland had indeed discovered the world’s hottest chile pepper, Bhut Jolokia.
Bhut Jolokia, at 1,001,304 Scoville Heat Units (SHU), is nearly twice as hot as Red Savina, the chile pepper variety it replaces as the world’s hottest. A New Mexico green chile contains about 1,500 SHUs and an average jalapeno measures at about 10,000 SHUs.
Read the full story at NMSU`s website Paul Bosland, NMSU professor, shows off his Guinness World Records certificate for the world’s hottest chile pepper (NMSU photo by Darren Phillips)
For a larger view of the pepper, click here
For a larger view of the certificate, click here |
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