Carolina Reaper
Carolina Reaper|
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| Heat |
 Exceptionally hot |
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| Scoville scale |
Between 1,150,000 and 2,200,000 SHU |
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The Carolina Reaper is a cultivar of chili pepper of the Capsicum chinense species, originally named the "HP22BNH", bred by Ed Currie, who runs PuckerButt Pepper Company in Fort Mill, South Carolina, United States. As of 2015, it is officially the world's hottest pepper.
The original crossbreed was between a Bhut jolokia, a former world record holder, and a Red Habanero pepper.[1] The "Carolina Reaper" has been rated as the world's hottest chili pepper by Guinness World Records since August 07, 2013.[2] It averages a 1,569,300 on the Scoville scale with peak levels of over 2,200,000 Scoville Heat Units (SHU)
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