Naga Viper pepper
Hot chili pepper
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Breeder | Gerald Fowler |
Origin | Cumbria, England |
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Scoville scale | 1,382,118 SHU |
The Naga Viper pepper is a hot chili pepper. In 2011, it was recorded as the "World's Hottest Chili" by the Guinness World Records with a rating of 1,382,118 Scoville heat units (SHU),[1] but was surpassed in SHU by the Carolina Reaper, in 2017, and again by the latest world record holder Pepper X in 2023.[2]
Origin
The Naga Viper was created in England by chilli farmer Gerald Fowler of the Chilli Pepper Company in Cark, Cumbria.[3] It is claimed to be an unstable three-way hybrid produced from the Naga Morich, the Bhut jolokia and the Trinidad scorpion, which are some of the world's hottest peppers.[4]
See also
- Race to grow the hottest pepper
- Chili pepper
References
- ^ Simon Wroe (22 January 2016). "Scoville scale: The hottest chillies in the world– in pictures". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
- ^ Guinness World Records. "Pepper X Dethrones Carolina Reaper as Worlds Hottest Chilli Pepper".
- ^ "Hottest chilli in the world". North West Evening Mail. 25 February 2011. Archived from the original on 6 October 2012. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
- ^ "New Record Chilli – Naga Viper chilli – 1,349,000 SHU's". The Chilli Foundry. 16 October 2010. Retrieved 20 February 2011.
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