Pepper · Capsicum chinense

Carolina Reaper

Carolina Reaper is a chili pepper (Capsicum chinense) with a published heat of 1,569,300 to 2,200,000 SHU. It comes from South Carolina, US. 9 sauces in the catalog use it as the main pepper or list it on the label.

Published heat

7 Pot Primo

1,470,000

Trinidad Scorpion (unspecified)

1,500,000

7 Pot Douglah

1,169,0581,853,936

Trinidad Moruga Scorpion

1,207,7642,009,231

1,569,3002,200,000

2,480,000

2,693,000

2,500,0003,000,000

Carolina Reaper beside the peppers closest to it in published heat. The full chart is on the peppers page.

Notes

Fruity
Min is the 2,013 Guinness average and max is the RHS figure

Sauces with Carolina Reaper


Bravado Black Garlic Carolina Reaper	Bravado Spice Co.	71,000
Butterfly Bakery Hot House	Butterfly Bakery of Vermont	none
Butterfly Bakery Smoked Serrano Squash Reaper X	Butterfly Bakery of Vermont	720,000
Culley's Carolina Reaper	Culley's	none
Culley's Fire Water	Culley's	112,000
Dingo Sauce Co. Psycho	Dingo Sauce Co.	none
Hot Ones #8	Hot Ones	none
Secret Aardvark Reaper Smoked	Secret Aardvark	none
TorchBearer Garlic Reaper	TorchBearer Sauces	116,000

Pepper facts

Species: Capsicum chinense
Lowest published: 1,569,300 SHU
Highest published: 2,200,000 SHU
Origin: South Carolina, US
Color when ripe: Red
Source: guinnessworldrecords.com