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  • World's hottest chile pepper discovered

    10/26/2007 12:11:50 PM PDT · by crazyshrink · 117 replies · 408+ views
    EurekAlert ^ | 10/26/07 | American Society for Horticultural Science
    LAS CRUCES, New Mexico -- Researchers at New Mexico State University recently discovered the world’s hottest chile pepper. Bhut Jolokia, a variety of chile pepper originating in Assam, India, has earned Guiness World Records’ recognition as the world’s hottest chile pepper by blasting past the previous champion Red Savina. In replicated tests of Scoville heat units (SHUs), Bhut Jolokia reached one million SHUs, almost double the SHUs of Red Savina, which measured a mere 577,000. Dr. Paul Bosland, Director of the Chile Pepper Institute at New Mexico State University’s Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences collected seeds of Bhut Jolokia...