The Carolina Reaper is the world's most powerful pepper

By: trademagazin Date: 2016. 05. 02. 11:01

A new hybrid variety of pepper called Carolina Reaper, reavhed the astonishing high 2.2 million units on the Scoville scale.

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A South Carolina farmer, Ed Currie produces the Carolina Reaper pepper, which is the strongest in the whole world, because a well done piece amounted to 2.2 million SHU (Scoville Hot Units). According to the Guinness World Records, the world's most powerful pepper was the Naga Viper chili peppers five years ago with 1.382 million Scoville units.

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