The Scoville scale is a measurement of spiciness of chili peppers and other substances, recorded in Scoville heat units. It is based on the concentration of capsaicinoids, among which capsaicin is the
Pepper stand at Central Market in Houston, Texas, showing its peppers ranked on the Scoville scale
The ghost pepper of Northeast India is considered to be a "very hot" pepper, at about 1 million SHU.
The Naga Morich, with around 1 million SHU, is primarily grown in India and Bangladesh.
The Red Savina pepper, a hot chili
The Naga Morich is a chili pepper originally grown primarily in Bangladesh and Northeast India. It is also one of the hottest known naturally occurring chilli peppers and measures 800,000 SHU on Scovi