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The heat of peppers are measured in units called “Scoville” units also referred to as SHU). They range anywhere from 0 to over 2 million. Jalapenos are roughly 5,000 Scoville units

The best remedy for the heat of a chili pepper is by drinking milk, eating yogurt, or consuming any type of dairy product. Dairy contains a substance called casein, which helps alleviate the pain in your mouth after eating a pepper.

Chili peppers are capable of mutating very quickly, creating many varieties. Currently there are over a thousands types of peppers in the world.

Peppers are spicy because they contain different amounts of “capsaicin”. The hotter the pepper, the more capsaicin it contains.

Many people think that oranges are the best source of Vitamin C, when in fact many types of peppers contain more! Chili peppers, for example, have around 107 mg of Vitamin C, compared to an orange with 69 mg.