New hottest pepper crowned by Guinness World Records

The Guinness World Records has named Pepper X as the spiciest chili pepper in the world, taking away the title from the Carolina Reaper chili pepper after 10 years.

To compare, a habanero pepper is usually spicy with 100,000 Scoville heat units. However, the Pepper X is extremely spicy with 2. 69

Breeder and farmer Ed Currie made the peppers that broke world records.

Pepper X pods and seeds will not be available for purchase because they are a special kind of pepper that is owned by someone and not for sale.

MrCurrie grew Pepper X for ten years on his farm in South Carolina, but he kept his project a secret to safeguard his ideas and creations.

“MrCurrie said that everyone worked together as a team,” he said in a statement. “We realized we had something unique, so I only told a small group of my closest family and friends about the true situation. ”

In lab tests at Winthrop University in South Carolina, Pepper X was found to be much hotter than Mr. Currie’s Carolina Reaper. Pepper X has an average of 2,693,000 Scoville Heat Units (SHU), while the Carolina Reaper only averaged 1,641,183 SHU.

In 1912, a pharmacist named Wilbur Scoville created a tool called the Scoville Scale. This scale tells us how much we need to dilute capsaicin to make it less spicy.

Capsaicin is a substance that causes the spicy feeling in peppers. It can make the body release dopamine and endorphins.

MrCurrie had addiction problems with drugs and alcohol but managed to overcome them. As a hobby, he started growing peppers and claims that they have a similar effect to feeling high naturally.

People usually think that the spiciness of a pepper comes from its seeds, but actually, capsaicin is found in the part of the pepper that holds the seeds, called the placenta. According to the Guinness World Records, Pepper X has a lot of curves and ridges. This means that there is more space for the placenta to grow.

MrCurrie is among a small group of just five individuals who have consumed a whole Pepper X.

I felt hot for three and a half hours. “Then I started feeling intense stomach pain,” Mr. Currie informed the Associated Press.

Those cramps are really painful and unpleasant. I was lying down on a hard marble wall for about an hour while it was raining, making sounds of discomfort.

MrCurrie said that Pepper X is a mix of two types of peppers – the Carolina Reaper and another extremely spicy pepper that his friend sent him from Michigan.

MrCurrie’s lawyer said that 10,000 products were using the name Carolina Reaper without permission.

In order to keep his ideas safe and make money this time, the creator will not make Pepper X pods and seeds available to the public.

The only way to experience the flavor of Pepper X is by purchasing and using hot sauces that contain it.