Australia/NZ January - 2024
Edition 240
GIRAFFE DUNG DESTROYED SPICY PEPPER SUCCESS
The once world’s hotter chilli pepper, the Carolina Reaper, has been overtaken. Ed Currie, founder of Puckerbutt Pepper Company, unveiled Pepper X via the YouTube channel, ‘First We Feast’. Pepper X averages a whopping 2,693,000 on the Scoville Heat Units, whereas, the Carolina Reaper sits at 1,640,000 Scoville Heat Units. In comparison, jalapeno peppers score between 3,000 to 8,000. Guinness World Records has since certified Pepper X as the new world’s hottest chilli pepper after Currie spent around 10 years developing the fiery pepper. Currie explained in the video, “When we started the cross, there were two peppers that I really loved the flavour of, but neither of them were gonna be hot enough for my tastes.” Those…
