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In ghost pepper
…average of about 1 million Scoville Heat Units (SHU), compared to a jalapeño with around 8,000 SHU or a habanero with up to 350,000 SHU. It was formally recognized as the world’s hottest chili pepper in 2007, though it was later superseded by the Carolina Reaper (with up to 2.2…
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habaneros

In habanero
…following the development of the Scoville scale, a measure of chili intensity in Scoville heat units (SHU), the orange habanero was considered to be the hottest pepper in the world, ranging from 100,000 to 350,000 SHU. By comparison, a green bell pepper measures 0 SHU, while poblanos, at 1,000–2,000 SHU,…
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