Sweet Baby Ray's BBQ sauce is iconic in the grill community, but the brand had humble beginnings and once contained another ...

When biting into a chili pepper, you expect a fiery sensation on your tongue. This spiciness is detected because of ...

To get a sense of the spectrum, bell peppers rank around a 0 on Scoville Heat Units (SHUs), while notorious hybrids like the ...

An analysis of compounds in chilli peppers has revealed chemicals that seem to negate their heat-giving capsaicinoids. This ...

Barry Smith, a sensory scientist at the University of London, called the experimental design “very clever” and praised the ...

Now, researchers reporting in ACS’ Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry have identified three compounds that lessen peppers’ pungency. These results challenge the reliability of the century-old ...

One day, you might be able to reach for an “anti-spice” condiment to tame the heat of a dish, thanks to the discovery of chemicals found in chilli peppers ... using the Scoville scale, which ...