The pepper is rated 24 million units of heat on the Scoville scale, compared to the Reaper's 15 million The pepper is also hotter than the pepper spray used by the US military, which rates 2 million units of heat on the Scoville scale Dragon's Breath is a chili pepper cultivar unofficially tested at 248 million Scoville units, a claim that would make it the secondhottest chili on record after Pepper X Guinness World Records has different accredited results on the matter, showing theThe Dragon's Breath chili was tested at 248 million Scoville units, exceeding the 15 million of the Carolina Reaper, the hottest previously known chili, but was surpassed several months later by Pepper X at 318 million Scoville units
The Scoville Scale Chili Pepper Madness
