These are the chilli varieties our community has grown and written about, sorted by heat from mild to superhot. The figures are Scoville Heat Units (SHU), checked against WikiPepper and matched to each variety profile. Heat changes from plant to plant, so treat them as a guide. New to the scale? Start with our Scoville Scale.
Mild: up to 5,000 SHU
Gentle warmth you can enjoy raw, stuffed or pickled.
- Italian Cherry Bomb: 1,500 to 5,000 SHU
- Cherry Bomb Pepper: 2,500 to 5,000 SHU
- Jalapeño Conchos: about 3,750 SHU
Medium: 5,000 to 50,000 SHU
A proper kick that most chilli fans love for everyday cooking.
- Jalapeño: 2,500 to 8,000 SHU
- Zebrange: about 7,500 SHU
- Bishop’s Crown: 5,000 to 15,000 SHU
- Bolivian Rainbow: 10,000 to 30,000 SHU
- Diavolicchio Calabrese: 25,000 to 40,000 SHU
- Sugar Rush Stripey: 25,000 to 50,000 SHU
- Cayenne Pepper: 30,000 to 50,000 SHU
Hot: 50,000 to 600,000 SHU
Fruity, fragrant and seriously hot. Use with care in sauces and salsas.
- Habanero: around 225,000 SHU
- Orange Habanero: 100,000 to 350,000 SHU
- Habanero Chocolate: 425,000 to 577,000 SHU
Superhot: above 600,000 SHU
The record breakers. Gloves on, and a little goes a very long way.
- Naga Morich: 400,000 to 900,000 SHU
- Ghost Pepper (Bhut Jolokia): 800,000 to over 1,000,000 SHU
- Bhut Jolokia Orange: 800,000 to 1,041,427 SHU
- Moruga Scorpion Red: 1,600,000 to 2,009,231 SHU
- Carolina Reaper: average 1,641,183 SHU, peaks over 2,200,000
- Pepper X: average 2,693,000 SHU
From our garden
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