Verbal Warning
C. chinense · Heat Ladder: Verbal Warning

Scoville Heat Units
861,228
5.4% of pure capsaicin
This is a computed design target (5.4% of pure-capsaicin concentration), derived from the flux model and blend chemistry — not a measured value. It sits within concentrations measured in real peppers. See the evidence behind it:
Genes
8
Construct
13,345 bp
Variant
Triple
Promoter
2A11
Technical Manifest
Construct Type
T-DNA binary vector
Selection Marker
nptII (kanamycin resistance)
Codon Optimization
pepper
Capsaicinoid Profile
extreme multi
Gene Cassettes (8)
Construct map
13,345 bp · T-DNA binary vectorBurn Profile
Heat Ladder: Verbal Warning
Capsaicinoid blend: extreme multi
Specimen library
Organism documentation

On-plant

Cross-section

Clinical specimen
Download
This is one of our 10 founding pepper constructs — the proof of concept for the entire Scoville Splice platform. The full package is yours: academic paper, FASTA construct, datasheet, manifest, FBA predictions, CRISPR guides, and quick-start protocol.
Common questions
What is the target SHU of Verbal Warning?
Verbal Warning is engineered to a target of 861,228 Scoville Heat Units. Burn character: Heat Ladder: Verbal Warning. Capsaicinoid profile: extreme multi.
What host organism does Verbal Warning use?
Verbal Warning is a Pepper cultivar in the Heat Ladder series, built on Pepper (C. chinense). The construct runs 8 genes across 13,345 base pairs, driven by the 2A11 promoter system.
What license tiers are available for Verbal Warning?
Every catalog cultivar can be licensed at Specimen (one SKU, non-exclusive) or Sector (industry-sector exclusive) tiers. Genome and Platform licensing are available on request for category or stack-wide deals. See the licensing page for pricing structure.
What is included in the Verbal Warning download package?
The Verbal Warning bundle contains the full construct FASTA, a JSON manifest (gene list, promoter stack, codon-optimization notes), the FBA predictions, computationally designed CRISPR guide RNAs, the datasheet, a short product paper, and a signed ZIP for provenance.
Related reading
From the Scoville Splice journal
Article
What is a Scoville Unit?
The 1912 taste test that became a biosensor benchmark — and why it still gates every pepper we ship.
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Article
What is the hottest pepper?
From Carolina Reaper to Pepper X — the current record holders, and where the Scoville ladder goes next.
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Article
How we design a cultivar
A guided tour of the Scoville Splice pipeline: target SHU, gene cassette, assembly, QA, release.
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