Ever wondered why spicy foods make your mouth feel like it's on fire? Ever wondered why spicy foods make your mouth feel like it's on fire? The answer lies in a chemical compound called capsaicin.

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In 1912, chemist Wilbur Scoville developed a method to measure the heat level of chile peppers. The test is named after him, the "Scoville Organoleptic Test." In the original test, Wilbur blended pure ...

Pepper X, the world's hottest pepper Guinness World Records South Carolina pepper expert Ed Currie has crossbred a new type of pepper that’s three times spicier than the Carolina Reaper, the previous ...

Not all hot peppers are created equal, and few are as unequal as the Dragon’s Breath chili—a new breed that may soon find itself atop the “world’s hottest” throne. Forged by Wales horticulturalist ...

According to researchers at New Mexico State University’s Chile Pepper Institute, super-hot chile peppers -- those with more than one million Scoville Heat Units -- grow fruits with a different ...

Are you a fan of spicy foods? How about the hottest pepper in the world? In the world of record-breaking hot ones, there's a new sheriff in town. The Guinness World Records crowned the new winner in ...

Maybe you’ve heard about capsaicin, the molecule in hot peppers that kills cancer, and that you should eat with a glob of fat for maximum anti-cancer destruction? The internet sure does. Writes Elite ...

When it comes to chile peppers, either you love them or you don’t. Some people will be sweating after eating a jalapeño-laced nacho, while others will seek out the spiciest curry in the city and down ...

On 13 December 2016, a team of researchers from Germany published a study that both hypothesized a mechanism by which capsaicin (the chemical in chili peppers responsible for their spiciness) could ...