One hundred years ago, an American pharmacist named Wilbur Scoville developed a scale to measure the intensity of a pepper’s burn. The scale – as you can see on the widely used chart to the ...

Using a scale of intensity developed 100 years ago by Wilbur Scoville, Blum notes that commercial-grade pepper spray is 1,000 times “hotter” than a jalapeño pepper.

For starters, as Blum points out, police-grade pepper spray gets 5,300,000 Scoville heat units on the Scoville scale of pepper hotness. Compare that to 350,000 Scoville units for the habanero.

jalapeño peppers have between 2,500 and 10,000 Scoville Heat Units (SHU), consumer-grade pepper sprays often pack more heat – police-strength formulations are among the strongest.

Guinness World Records unveiled the new record this past week, announcing that the Pepper X measures an average of 2.63 million Scoville Heat Units (SHU). A typical jalapeño, for comparison ...

The Guinness World Records title of "hottest chili pepper" has been awarded to "Pepper X," which clocks in 2,693,000 Scoville heat units (SHU), the publication announced in a press release on Oct. 16.

The Scoville Heat Unit, a measure of a given pepper’s spiciness, is based on capsaicin content. ... Pepper spray was once thought to be a non-lethal alternative to guns.

The powerful Smith & Wesson Pepper Spray formula recipe packs 2,000,000 Scoville Heat Units, ... Smith & Wesson Pepper Spray is available in 1/2-ounce to 4-ounce sizes, ...