10 spiciest peppers in the world

10. Ghost pepper

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• tanginess: 1,001,000 SHU
• type: Capsicum chinense
• origin: India
• year of breeding: 2007
• breeder: ???

9. Dorset Naga

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• tanginess: 1,201,000 SHU
• type: Capsicum chinense
• origin: Great Britain
• year of breeding: ???
• breeder: Joy and Michael Michaud

8. Naga Viper

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• tanginess: 1,349,000 SHU
• type: Capsicum chinense
• origin: Great Britain
• year of breeding: 2011
• breeder: Gerald Fowler

7. Komodo Dragon

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• tanginess: 1,400,000 SHU
• type: Capsicum chinense
• origin: Great Britain
• year of breeding: 2015
• breeder: Salvatore Genovese

6. Trinidad Scorpion „Butch T”

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• tanginess: 1,463,700 SHU
• type: Capsicum chinense
• origin: Trinidad and Tobago
• year of breeding: 2011
• breeder: Butch Taylor

5. 7 Pot Douglah

• tanginess: 1,853,936 SHU
• type: Capsicum chinense
• origin: Trinidad and Tobago
• year of breeding: ???
• breeder: ???

4. Trinidad Moruga Scorpion

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• tanginess: 2,009,231 SHU
• type: Capsicum chinense
• origin: Trinidad and Tobago
• year of breeding: 2012
• breeder: Wahid Ogeer

3. Carolina Reaper

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• tanginess: 2,200,000 SHU
• type: Capsicum chinense
• origin: United States
• year of breeding: 2013
• breeder: „Smokin” Ed Currie

2. Dragon’s Breath

fot. Dale Thurber / wikipedia.org (CC BY-SA 3.0)

• tanginess: 2,400,000 SHU
• type: Capsicum chinense
• origin: United States
• year of breeding: 2021
• breeder: Neal Price

1. Pepper X

• tanginess: 3,180,000 SHU
• type: Capsicum chinense
• origin: United States
• year of breeding: 2021
• breeder: Ed Currie