Naga Viper pepper

The Naga Viper pepper is a hot chili pepper. In 2011, it was recorded as the "World's Hottest Chili" by the Guinness World Records with a rating of 1,382,118 Scoville heat units (SHU),^[1] but was surpassed in SHU by the Carolina Reaper, in 2017, and again by the latest world record holder Pepper X in 2023.^[2]

Naga Viper
Breeder	Gerald Fowler
Origin	Cumbria, England
Heat	Exceptionally hot
Scoville scale	1,382,118 SHU

Origin

The Naga Viper was discovered in Nagaland in India farmer but the patent is taken Fowler of the Chilli Pepper Company in Cark, Cumbria.^[3] It is claimed to be an unstable three-way hybrid produced from the Naga Morich, the Bhut jolokia and the Trinidad scorpion, which are some of the world's hottest peppers.^[4]

See also

• Race to grow the hottest pepper
• Chili pepper

References

1. Simon Wroe (22 January 2016). "Scoville scale: The hottest chillies in the world– in pictures". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
2. Guinness World Records. "Pepper X Dethrones Carolina Reaper as Worlds Hottest Chilli Pepper".
3. "Hottest chilli in the world". North West Evening Mail. 25 February 2011. Archived from the original on 6 October 2012. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
4. "New Record Chilli – Naga Viper chilli – 1,349,000 SHU's". The Chilli Foundry. 16 October 2010. Retrieved 20 February 2011.