I n 1912, while working at the Parke-Davis pharmaceutical company, Wilbur Lincoln Scoville created the "Scoville Organoleptic ...

It ranges from sweet bell peppers at zero to the mighty Naga Jolokia (ghost pepper) at over 1,000,000 Scoville units! That one is right off the scale! Pure capsaicin rates between 15,000,000 and ...

The chart used to determine the pepper's heat, named the Scoville Scale after its creator, American pharmacist Wilbur Scoville, assigns measurable units of spiciness to various foods. For example ...