{"id":4470,"date":"2016-01-22T19:33:30","date_gmt":"2016-01-23T03:33:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edelalon.com\/blog\/?p=4470"},"modified":"2017-10-20T02:02:22","modified_gmt":"2017-10-20T09:02:22","slug":"happy-151st-birthday-wilbur-scoville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edelalon.com\/blog\/happy-151st-birthday-wilbur-scoville\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy 151st Birthday Wilbur Scoville"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks for the scale Mr. Scoville!<\/p>\n<p>Wilbur Lincoln Scoville (January 22, 1865 \u2013 March 10, 1942) was an American pharmacist best known for his creation of the &#8220;Scoville Organoleptic Test&#8221;, now standardized as the Scoville scale.<\/p>\n<p>He devised the test and scale in 1912 while working at the Parke-Davis pharmaceutical company to measure pungency, &#8220;spiciness&#8221; or &#8220;heat&#8221;, of various chili peppers.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Scoville heat units<\/th>\n<th>Name of pepper<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1,600,000-2,200,000<\/td>\n<td>Carolina Reaper<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>855,000-1,600,000<\/td>\n<td>Komodo Dragon Chili Pepper, Trinidad Moruga Scorpion,\u00a0Naga Viper pepper, Infinity Chilli,\u00a0Naga Morich,\u00a0Bhut Jolokia (ghost pepper), Trinidad Scorpion Butch T pepper,\u00a0Bedfordshire Super Naga,\u00a0Spanish Naga Chili<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>350,000-855,000<\/td>\n<td>Red Savina habanero<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>100,000-350,000<\/td>\n<td>Habanero chili,\u00a0Scotch bonnet pepper,\u00a0Datil pepper,\u00a0Rocoto,\u00a0Madame Jeanette, Peruvian White Habanero,\u00a0Jamaican hot pepper,\u00a0Fatalii\u00a0Wiri Wiri<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>100,000-225,000<\/td>\n<td>Bird&#8217;s eye chili<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>50,000-100,000<\/td>\n<td>Byadgi chilli,\u00a0Malagueta pepper,[29]\u00a0Chiltepin pepper,\u00a0Piri piri,\u00a0Pequin pepper,[29]\u00a0Siling Labuyo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>30,000-50,000<\/td>\n<td>Guntur chilli,\u00a0Cayenne pepper,\u00a0Aj\u00ed pepper,[29]\u00a0Tabasco pepper,\u00a0Capsicum chinense<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>10,000-23,000<\/td>\n<td>Serrano pepper,\u00a0Peter pepper,\u00a0Chile de \u00e1rbol,\u00a0Aleppo pepper,\u00a0Chungyang Red Pepper,\u00a0Peperoncino<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3,500-10,000<\/td>\n<td>Jalape\u00f1o,\u00a0Guajillo pepper,\u00a0Espelette pepper,\u00a0Fresno pepper, wax\u00a0(e.g.,\u00a0Hungarian wax pepper)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1,000-4,000<\/td>\n<td>Gochujang,\u00a0Pasilla pepper,\u00a0Peppadew,\u00a0poblano\u00a0(or ancho),\u00a0Poblano verde,\u00a0Rocotillo pepper<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>100-900<\/td>\n<td>Banana pepper,\u00a0Cubanelle,\u00a0paprika,\u00a0Pimento<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>Bell pepper<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks for the scale Mr. Scoville! 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