Jalapeño
Capsicum annuumXalapa, Mexico
8K SHU
8,000 Scoville Heat Units
0 SHU16M SHU
The world's most recognizable chile pepper. At 2,500–8,000 SHU, it's the baseline most people know. Scoville Splice's lowest specimen, Verbal Warning, is 375 times hotter.
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