![]() ![]() Sure doesn't sound like anything anyone would even try to eat, but it seems like our taste buds can't get enough. He says he has spent about $12,000 to get the Guinness Book Of Records to call his pepper the hottest, presenting the organization with the evidence from Winthrop's lab, where chemist Cliff Calloway has been testing exactly how hot the peppers are.Ĭalloway says that, on average, Currie's pepper tests out to be the hottest in the world, having the chemical composition similar to pepper spray. That's why Currie is paying a pretty penny for the right to be called the hottest pepper in the world. Shortly after the Ghost Pepper from India became the world's hottest pepper, native Australian pepper the Butch T Scorpion topped it. The ghost pepper tips the Scoville scale at a walloping 855,000 to 1,041,427 Scoville heat units.The Carolina Reaper eclipses it at 1,400,000 to 2,200,000 SHU. Like most businesses on the rise, there's healthy competition. He has filed for the trademark on "Smoking Ed's Carolina Reaper" that would give him the sole right to use that phrase on sales of peppers and seeds. "When I look at my children, I see peppers."Īs the business has grown, Currie has had to protect himself. "I pretty much work on peppers all the time," Currie said. While eating a single pepper of a million-plus Scoville units won’t kill you, it could cause hours to days of discomfort as your body tries to digest the pepper. Currie says he'll harvest about 17 million peppers this year on his land in South Carolina and could make as much as $1 million selling the seeds and mixing his peppers into a paste that he sells to hot sauce companies. Carolina Reaper (Guinness World Records Hottest Chili Pepper in 2018) 1,400,000: 2,200,000: USA: Komodo Dragon Pepper: 1,400,000: 2,200,000: United Kingdom. Technomic's data reflects that 2013 is the first year ever that a majority of Americans say they prefer hot or spicy sauces, dips or condiments.Īll this data is music to the ears of Ed Currie, an unrelenting grower of pepper pain and father of the Carolina Reaper. and you can see how salsa has pushed past ketchup as the nation's top-selling condiment. Red Robin rolled out a burger with a scorching ghost pepper sauce last year and, this week, unveiled its new Island Fire line, which features sandwiches and burgers with a habanero sauce.Ĭombine that with a rising Hispanic demographic - now making up 17 percent of the U.S. The leading brand of sriracha hot chili sauce sold 20 million bottles last year. From 2010 to 2012, the mention of the word "spicy" on fast food menus was up nearly 15 percent, according to food industry consulting firm Technomic. "And that's because there have been case reports of it actually inducing asthma attacks so people really need to think about their situation and their own health background when they decide whether they want to take on these food challenges.In the last few years, the average American has sought to add more spice to their meal and the food industry has obliged. "There are certain pre-existing health conditions, which make eating chillies more dangerous - these are ultra-hot chillies we are talking about now - and that's things like asthma," she said. I have heard of people suffering afterwards - for me it's not so bad afterwards but during the competition I feel like I'm dying."Ĭonsultant dietician Lucy Jones agrees that chillies we buy in supermarkets are eaten sensibly but people need to be aware of the risks of extreme eating challenges. "For me the pain would last an hour or two hours max. "You start from mild to the hottest chillies, you go through 13 or 14 rounds, and then you end up with the Carolina reaper and then it does get you. So while I am eating it I am suffering and this is after an hour and a half of 'burn time'," she said. "For me personally, things are very much in the moment. ![]() If you’re an adult planning a pepper challenge, proceed with extreme caution. Shahina Waseem, dubbed the "UK Chilli Queen", is unbeaten in 23 chilli eating competitions, and says in her experience "the pain doesn't last". Turns out that eating the world’s hottest pepper or any ultra-hot pepper, for that matter can occasionally lead to health problems like shortness of breath, vomiting, seizures and, in a few extreme cases in children, death. ![]() Image: Doctors and dieticians say people should be aware of the chilli risks in extreme eating challenges ![]()
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