The Carolina Reaper chilli goes on sale in UK supermarkets today. It's being touted as not only the world's hottest chilli pepper – approved by the Guinness World Records committee – but also as a ...

I feel lightheaded, short of breath and the room has started to spin. Intense waves of heat radiate from my mouth throughout my entire body. The pain is searing, like someone is holding an open flame ...

A new pepper has now officially dethroned the Carolina Reaper chilli pepper. Pepper X has now been crowned by the Guinness World Records as the “world’s hottest pepper”. Pepper X is a chilli from ...

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Carolina Reaper chilli pepper has been dethroned after 10 years! Guinness World Records crowned Pepper X, a chilli from South Carolina as the “world's hottest pepper.” Pepper X registers at 2.69 ...

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The UK's largest producer of chillies has said consumers have no need to be concerned about the world's hottest pepper as long as it is eaten "correctly", after it emerged that a man was hospitalised ...

Min Street businessman Ed Currie was at the Southern Christmas Show, trying to sell more of his PuckerButt Pepper Co. products when he checked his smart phone for emails. Among the unread messages was ...

Pepper X, a new pepper created by hot pepper expert Ed Currie, has set a new record on the Scoville scale, being three times hotter than the previous hottest pepper. It rates an average of 2.69 ...

Carolina Reaper chilli peppers come with a fearsome reputation. It's not long since it was the world's hottest pepper before losing its title to the Pepper X and is often seen as something of a ...