Kuyera Chile Pepper Inopisa mu Scoville Units
Anofungidzira kuti ungaenzanisa sei kupisa kwehutano hwemhando dzakasiyana dzechile pepper? Pepper inoratidzirwa kubva ku Scoville Heat Units , nzira yakagadzirwa naWilbur Scoville muna 1912. Nzira yepakutanga yakashandisa vanhu vanochera kuti vaongorore kuti zvikamu zvipi zveshuga mvura inotora kuti irege kupisa kupisa. Mazuva ano, vanhu vanogadziriswa vanoponeswa uye nzira itsva inonzi HPLC, kana High-Performance Liquid Chromatography, inokwana huwandu hwe capsaicinoids (capsaicin) mune zvikamu nemamiriyoni.
Capsaicin ishizha rinopa chiles kupisa. Icho chinyorwa pasi pemitengo chile pepper, ine 0 kuva munyoro uye gumi yakanyanya kupisa.
Mazuva ano, chile pepper aficionados yakavharwa mukukwikwidzana kwakasimba kuti ipe pepper inopisa pasi rose. Kubvira muna 2011, apo mutambo wacho wakatanga kupisa (pun yakarongwa), zita rehupire rinopisa rakashandura maoko kakawanda sezvipande zvitsva uye kuchinja kwemajini zvakabuda. Muna 2013, the Carolina Reaper yakatumidzwa ne Guinness Book of World Records iyo pepper inopisa pasi rose, yakayerwa pa2 200,000 SHU. Ndiwo muchinjikwa pakati pePakistani Naga uye Red Habanero .
Kuvapo kwe capsaicinoid mu chile pepper inogumbura mumhuka dzesimba. Kunyange zvakadaro, zvakajairika kuti vanhu vawane zvinonakidza uye kunyange zvakasvibiswa kubva pakudiridza capsaicin. Vafudzi vezviles vanoti izvi zvinosunungura kusunungurwa kwe endorphins. Kusiyana kwakasiyana kunoita kuti capsaicinoids inobatsire seanargesics: yakashandiswa pamusoro, kupisa kwechile kunopa zororo kumarwadzo emisvo uye mamwe maitiro europathy.
Hot Pepper Scale mu Scoville Units
| Kusiyana | Rating | Heat Level |
| Sweet Bells, Sweet Banana, Pimento | 0 | Negligible Scoville Heat Units |
| Mexi-Bells, New Mexica, New Mexico, Anaheim, Big Jim, Peperonicini, Santa Fe Grande, El Paso, Cherry | 1 | 100-1,000 Scoville Heat Units |
| Coronado, Mumex Big Jim, Sangria, Anaheim | 2 | Zviuru - 1 500 Scoville Heat Units |
| Pasilla, Mulato, Ancho, Poblano, Espanola, Pulla | 3 | 1,500 - 2,500 Scoville Heat Units |
| Hatch Green | 4 | 2,000 - 5,000 Scoville Heat Units |
| Rocotillo | 5 | 2 500 - 5,000 Scoville Heat Units |
| Yellow Wax, Serrano, Jalapeno, Guajillo, Mirasol | 6 | 5,000 - 15,000 Scoville Heat Units |
| Hidalgo, Puya, Moto Wax, Chipotle | 7 | 15,000 - 30,000 Scoville Heat Units |
| Chile De Arbol, Manzano | 8 | 30,000 - 50,000 Scoville Heat Units |
| Santaka, Pequin, Super Chile, Santaka, Cayenne, Tobasco, Aji, Jaloro | 9 | 50,000 - 100,000 Scoville Heat Units |
| Bohemian, Tabiche, Tepin, Haimen, Chiltepin, Thai, Yatsufusa | 10 | 100,000 - 350,000 Scoville Heat Units |
| Red Savina Habanero, Chocolate Habanero, Indian Tezpur, Scotch Bonnet, Orange Habanero, Fatali, Devil Toung, Kumataka, Datili, Birds Eye, Jamaican Hot | 11 | 350-855,000 Scoville Heat Units |
| Ghost Pepper (Bhut Jolokia aka Naga Jolokia), Trinidad Moruga Scorpion | 12 | 855,000-2,100,000 Scoville Heat Units |