Whether you love or hate the burn, is spicy food food for your body? Experts discuss how spicy food affects the body and the ...

serrano and habanero. Different peppers contain different concentrations of capsaicin, which is measured using the Scoville scale, Dr. Paul Terry, professor of epidemiology at the University of ...

Vegetable breeders at Oregon State University have produced two new habanero peppers that they say pack all the flavor ...

Hot peppers’ spicy heat is measured in Scoville heat units, named for Wilbur Scoville. The level of heat was originally determined by a panel of individual tasters. (Tetiana Kolubai/Dreamstime ...

“One way to tell quality when you look at a jar of crushed red peppers is fewer [white] seeds,” Frisch said, which also means less spice. (Scoville unit rating: 15,000 to 45,000.) Also ...

For those who crave intense flavors, the world of spicy peppers is a thrilling adventure. These tiny fruits pack a surprising ...

Currie's passion for this work goes deeper than just climbing the Scoville scale for fame and fortune. Peppers made him feel alive again, and helped keep him alive. They enabled him to build a ...