Tabasco hot sauces are the go-to choice when you want ... the Scoville scale — this translates to 23,000 to 33,000 Scoville Heat Units, or SHUs. These units measure the amount of capsaicin ...

In 1868, Tabasco, world’s favourite hot sauce was born in Louisiana’s Avery ... whiff of pungent chilli (think 30,000–50,000 on the Scoville scale) and I stood there staring at hundreds ...