RJV World

Did you know that the hottest pepper ever tested was at Red Savin habanero grown in 1994? It was an amazing 577,000 Scoville units; almost double that of a typical habanero. Next to salt, peppers are the most popular seasoning in the world. Cancer patients often suffer painful mouth sores when under going chemotherapy. Researchers at Yale university school of medicine have found that a candy made of hot peppers and taffy relieves the pain. The capsaicin found in peppers has been found to be an anticoagulant. Anticoagulants tend to reduce the risk of heart attacks and stroke caused by blood clots. Peppers are rich source of vitamins C; green bell peppers have twice as much C as citrus. A hot pepper contains 3.5 times as much vitamin C as an orange. Resident of the US territory of Guam consume, more Tabasco sauce per capita than any other group pf people in the world. Capsaicin is not evenly distributed throughout a pepper so it’s quit likely that one part of the pepper might be hotter than another part.