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🌶️ Chillies

From mild poblano to the Carolina Reaper: every chilli, fresh and dried.

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7 Pot chillies
🌶️ Heat 1,000,000–1,800,000 SHU
Ají amarillo
🌶️ Heat 30,000–50,000 SHU
Ají dulce
🌶️ Heat 0–1,000 SHU
Ají panca
🌶️ Heat 500–1,500 SHU
Aleppo pepper
🌶️ Heat 10,000 SHU
Banana pepper and Hungarian wax
🌶️ Heat 0–15,000 SHU
Bell pepper
🫑 Heat 0 SHU
Bird's eye chilli
🌶️ Heat 50,000–100,000 SHU
Byadgi chilli
🌶️ Heat 1,500–15,000 SHU
Carolina Reaper
🌶️ Heat 1,400,000–2,200,000 SHU
Cascabel
🌶️ Heat 1,000–3,000 SHU
Cayenne pepper
🌶️ Heat 30,000–50,000 SHU
Chile de árbol
🌶️ Heat 15,000–30,000 SHU
Chilli flakes
🌶️ Heat 15,000–50,000 SHU
Chilli pepper
🌶️ Heat 0–2,690,000 SHU
Chiltepín and pequín
🌶️ Heat 30,000–100,000 SHU
Chipotle
🌶️ Heat 2,500–8,000 SHU
Datil pepper
🌶️ Heat 100,000–300,000 SHU
Dorset naga
🌶️ Heat 900,000–1,000,000 SHU
Espelette pepper
🌶️ Heat 4,000 SHU
Facing heaven chilli
🌶️ Heat 30,000–50,000 SHU
Fatalii
🌶️ Heat 125,000–400,000 SHU
Fresno chilli
🌶️ Heat 2,500–10,000 SHU
Ghost pepper
🌶️ Heat 800,000–1,041,000 SHU
Gochugaru
🌶️ Heat 4,000–8,000 SHU
Guajillo
🌶️ Heat 2,500–5,000 SHU
Guindilla
🌶️ Heat 1,000–2,000 SHU
Guntur chilli
🌶️ Heat 35,000–40,000 SHU
Habanero
🌶️ Heat 100,000–350,000 SHU
Jalapeño
🌶️ Heat 2,500–8,000 SHU
Kashmiri chilli
🌶️ Heat 1,000–2,000 SHU
Madame Jeanette
🌶️ Heat 125,000–325,000 SHU
Maraş biber
🌶️ Heat 10,000 SHU
Mulato
🌶️ Heat 1,000–3,000 SHU
New Mexico chile
🌶️ Heat 500–10,000 SHU
Padrón and shishito peppers
🌶️ Heat 50–2,500 SHU
Paprika
🌶️ Heat 0–3,000 SHU
Pasilla
🌶️ Heat 1,000–2,500 SHU
Pepperoncini
🌶️ Heat 100–500 SHU
Piquillo pepper
🌶️ Heat 500–1,000 SHU
Piri piri
🌶️ Heat 50,000–175,000 SHU
Poblano and ancho
🌶️ Heat 1,000–2,000 SHU
Rocoto
🌶️ Heat 30,000–100,000 SHU
Scotch bonnet
🌶️ Heat 100,000–350,000 SHU
Serrano pepper
🌶️ Heat 10,000–25,000 SHU
Smoked paprika (pimentón)
🌶️ Heat 0–3,000 SHU
Tabasco pepper
🌶️ Heat 30,000–50,000 SHU
Trinidad Moruga Scorpion
🌶️ Heat 1,200,000–2,000,000 SHU
Urfa biber
🌶️ Heat 7,500 SHU
Ñora
🌶️ Heat 0–1,000 SHU