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