At the bottom of the Scoville scale is the bell pepper ... never had the opportunity to test their spice level by eating the blood-red Carolina Reaper. This monstrosity, the devilish offspring ...

The Carolina Reaper, which can top 2.2m on the Scoville heat scale, was the world’s hottest pepper at the time of the incident in 2016 – although new breeds called Pepper X and Dragon’s ...