Romanian researchers have created the world’s hottest pepper. The Buzău pepper has been measured at 2.4 million units on the Scoville scale.

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1. Translation with deepl:

   > It was created in Buzău by researchers and is in the process of being approved. It has already caused a sensation at the world congress in Paris. According to specialists, the Buzau chilli pepper is at least two thousand times hotter than a normal chilli pepper.
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   > Romanian plant genetics specialists have crossed a local variety of chilli pepper with several international varieties. The research started when a local sausage and babic producer in Buzău asked agronomists to produce a slightly spicier variety of pepper to help in the manufacturing process. That’s how they ended up with the pairing from which, Romanians say, the world’s hottest pepper was obtained.
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   > Costel Vinatoru, director of the Buzău Plant Genetic Resources Bank: “The oldest Romanian variety of chilli pepper, popularly known as goat’s horn chilli, was involved in the crossbreeding, and it helped us to obtain the hottest pepper, considered the hottest pepper in the world.”
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   > The “hotness level” is determined internationally according to the Scoville unit which measures the level of capsaicin in peppers, an organic substance present in different species of hot peppers.
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   > ###Who holds the official record
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   > According to the Guinness Book, the world record for the hottest pepper is held by Carolina Reaper, which originated in the United States.
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   > However, according to the researchers in Buzău, their pepper, which does not yet have a name, has a constant 2.4 million Scoville units, beating the world leader in terms of hotness. The Romanian invention is in the approval process.
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   > Costel Vinatoru, director of the Buzau Plant Genetic Resources Bank: “We have achieved this first, this hitherto unheard of record. What we presented there, a chilli pepper that exceeds 2 400 000 units.”

2. Beyond Heat

3. I’d like to see Hot Ones with a sauce made out of those :))

4. Lmao why!

5. Challenge accepted!

   (Though it would be sensible to first put a bog roll in the fridge)

6. From someone that dislikes the typical C. chinense flavours, can’t wait to get my hands on some seeds, this looks a lot more like C. annuum.

7. I think we don’t need the Russian gas for heating anymore

8. So … is this a biological weapon, meant to be in pepper spray?

9. That’s a lot of units!!