They are not quite as hot as the locally developed 7 Pot Primo pepper, which averages 1.79 million Scoville heat units ... mild jalapeño pepper-based green Tabasco sauce for the Scotch bonnets ...

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 ...

Now, researchers have identified three compounds that lessen peppers' pungency. These results challenge the reliability of the century-old Scoville scale, which traditionally bases its rating on ...

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 ...