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Scoville Scale Data

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The Scoville Scale was the brain child of an American pharmacist named Wilbur Scoville. Wilbur devised the scale in 1912 and the method to obtain chili rankings on this scale is called the Scoville Organoleptic Test.

What Does the Scale Measure

The Scoville Scale is a measurement of the spicy heat of chili peppers.  The Scoville Scale is reported in Scoville heat units (SHU).  The SHU value is a function of the concentration of a key chemical compound found in chilies.  This chemical compound found in chilies is called capsaicin

The Subjective Nature of the Scale

The Scoville scale is based on empirical measurements which are dependent on the subjective assessment of testers who identify their relative sensitivity to the capsaicin in a test ingredient. Data gathered this way to measure the capsaicin content of a chili or chili-laden ingredient is imprecise. Furthermore, as the public is introduced to new sources of capsaicin, the relative ranking of previously measured chilies tend to change within the scale.  

An Enhanced Method of Combining SHU Data

Since there are many published sources of overlapping and slightly divergent SHU data, and because the data is inherently subjective in nature, we attempt to combine that data in the vCalc equation named Scoville Integrated Scale.

 

Sources of Scale Data

We have collected data from multiple websites to provide a cross-section of source estimates for SHU values. Here are the source

Scott Roberts Website


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MichaelBartmess
Chemical
Capsaicin
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Pepper Scale
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MichaelBartmess
Chemical
Pepper Spray
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5300000
Pepper Scale
2016-01-26 02:15:26
MichaelBartmess
Pepper
Carolina Reaper
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2200000
Pepper Scale
2016-01-26 02:15:26
MichaelBartmess
Pepper
Trinidad Scorpion Chocolate
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2000000
Pepper Scale
2016-01-26 02:15:26
MichaelBartmess
Pepper
Trinidad Moruga Scorpion
1200000
2000000
Pepper Scale
2016-01-26 02:15:26
MichaelBartmess
Pepper
Dorset Naga
1000000
1598227
Pepper Scale
2016-01-26 02:15:26
MichaelBartmess
Pepper
Naga Morich
1000000
1500000
Pepper Scale
2016-01-26 02:15:26
MichaelBartmess
Pepper
Infinity Chilli
1067286
1250000
Pepper Scale
2016-01-26 02:15:26
MichaelBartmess
Pepper
Ghost
855000
1041427
Pepper Scale
2016-01-26 02:15:26
MichaelBartmess
Pepper
Bhut Jolokia Chocolate
800000
1001304
Pepper Scale

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