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Bookmark or Share- The Scoville Scale: A Comprehensive Guide - Spice and LifeWhat is the Scoville Scale? The Scoville Scale is a measurement system that rates the heat level of chili peppers and other spicy foods. The scale is named after its inventor, Wilbur Scoville, who developed it in 1912 and is still in use today. It ranks peppers according to their capsaicin content. This compound is responsible for their heat.
- What is the Scoville Scale? The Story Behind The Heat - PepperScaleThe Scoville scale is actually named after its father, the American pharmacist Wilbur Scoville. Scoville created a simple way to measure the pungency of a hot pepper – its heat level. The Scoville Organoleptic Test is based on the dilution of ground up hot chilies.
- Scoville scale - WikipediaThe Scoville scale is a measurement of pungency (spiciness or "heat") of chili peppers and other substances, recorded in Scoville heat units (SHU). It is based on the concentration of capsaicinoids , among which capsaicin is the predominant component.
- Wilbur Scoville’s 151st Birthday - Google DoodleThis interactive Doodle game celebrates American chemist and pharmacist Wilbur Scoville, who is widely recognized for the development of his eponymous Scoville Scale.
- The Heat Index: Understanding the Scoville ScaleThe Scoville Scale is the universal measure of spiciness for chili peppers and hot sauces. It translates the capsaicin-induced heat—responsible for that spicy kick—into a numerical value that we can understand and compare.
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