Scoville scale
Every pepper on the scoville scale, from mild to reaper.
The scoville scale measures the heat of a chile pepper in Scoville Heat Units (SHU). Each pepper below is plotted on a logarithmic scale so the full range — from sweet bells to the Carolina Reaper — fits in one view.
Mild
0 – 2,500 SHU
Medium
2,500 – 30,000
Hot
30,000 – 100,000
Very Hot
100,000 – 500,000
Extreme
500,000 – 1.5M
Superhot
1.5M+
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40
2K
63K
2.5M
- Banana Pepper0–500 SHU · Mild
- Shishito50–200 SHU · Mild
- Hatch Green Chile500–3K SHU · Mild
- Anaheim500–3K SHU · Mild
- Padrón500–3K SHU · Mild
- Poblano1K–2K SHU · Mild
- Ancho1K–2K SHU · Mild
- Pasilla1K–3K SHU · Mild
- Jalapeño3K–8K SHU · Medium
- Chipotle3K–8K SHU · Medium
- Guajillo3K–5K SHU · Medium
- Fresno3K–10K SHU · Medium
- Gochugaru4K–8K SHU · Medium
- Aleppo Pepper5K–10K SHU · Medium
- Serrano10K–23K SHU · Medium
- Chile de Árbol15K–30K SHU · Medium
- Calabrian Chili25K–40K SHU · Hot
- Cayenne30K–50K SHU · Hot
- Ají Amarillo30K–50K SHU · Hot
- Thai Bird's Eye50K–100K SHU · Hot
- Piri Piri50K–175K SHU · Hot
- Habanero100K–350K SHU · Very Hot
- Scotch Bonnet100K–350K SHU · Very Hot
- Fatalii125K–400K SHU · Very Hot
- 7 Pot Douglah853K–1.9M SHU · Superhot
- Ghost Pepper855K–1.0M SHU · Extreme
- Trinidad Moruga Scorpion1.2M–2.0M SHU · Superhot
- Naga Viper1.3M–1.4M SHU · Superhot
- Carolina Reaper1.4M–2.2M SHU · Superhot
- 7 Pot Primo1.4M–1.9M SHU · Superhot
- Komodo Dragon1.4M–2.2M SHU · Superhot
- Pepper X2.7M–3.2M SHU · Superhot
Scale is logarithmic. The same visual distance covers 100× more SHU on the right side than on the left, because the scoville range spans seven orders of magnitude.
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