King Chilli ‘Raja Mircha’ from Nagaland

• Integrity Education, Delhi
• 29, Jul 2021

• Why in news: a consignment of ‘Raja Mircha’ also referred as king chilli from Nagaland was today exported to London via Guwahati by air for the first time.
• King Chilli is considered as world’s hottest based on the Scoville Heat Units (SHUs).
• The chilli from Nagaland is also referred as Bhoot Jolokia and Ghost pepper.
• It got GI certification in 2008.

Scoville Heat Units

• Scoville heat units, also known as SHU is simply a measurement of the number of times capsaicin needs to be diluted by sugar-water.
• The number of Scoville Heat Units (SHU) in a pepper or even hot sauce indicates the amount of capsaicin present.
• The higher the Scoville rating, the hotter the pepper.