Pepper X: Dethroning the Carolina Reaper.

A new champion, Pepper X, claims the throne as the world's hottest chili pepper.

Pepper X boasts a staggering 2.69 million Scoville heat units, surpassing the Carolina Reaper by over a million units. Established in 1912 by Wilbur Scoville, it measures the concentration of capsaicin in peppers.

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Ed Currie, a celebrated pepper breeder, is behind the breeding of both the Carolina Reaper and Pepper X.

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Pepper X is result of crossbreed between the Carolina Reaper and a super-hot chili from Michigan. Unlike the spicy-sweet Carolina Reaper, Pepper X offers an earthy flavor in its greenish-yellow appearance.

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Currie's personal tasting of Pepper X resulted in excruciating cramps and over three hours of fiery aftermath. Currie introduced Pepper X to the world in his famous Youtube show "Hot Ones".

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Pepper X is available solely as a commercial hot sauce. Currie safeguards the pepper's seeds and pods under intellectual property rights, wary of imitation or theft.

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