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Heat explorer

The Scoville scale

Scoville Heat Units (SHU) measure a chilli's pungency — from the sweet 0 of a bell pepper to well over a million for the superhots. Here's every variety in the index, placed by its heat.

Mild

0 – 2,500 SHU · 14

Medium

2,500 – 30,000 SHU · 28

Hot

30,000 – 100,000 SHU · 25

Superhot

100,000+ SHU · 34

Browse the full database in the variety index, or compare varieties side by side.