Most Spiciest Food Items on Earth

World’s Most Extreme Spicy Foods Radiocity By Radiocity Team Published Jul 31, 2025 [{ "selector": ".custom-gradient", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "keyframes": [ { "offset": 0, "transform": "translateY(100px)" }, { "offset": 1, "transform": "translateY(0)" } ] }]

Carolina Reaper Once crowned the world’s hottest pepper, the Carolina Reaper has a Scoville rating of over 2.2 million heat units. [{ "selector": ".custom-gradient", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "keyframes": [ { "offset": 0, "transform": "translateY(100px)" }, { "offset": 1, "transform": "translateY(0)" } ] }]

Pepper X Topping even the Carolina Reaper, Pepper X holds the Guinness World Record with 2.69 million Scoville units. [{ "selector": ".custom-gradient", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "keyframes": [ { "offset": 0, "transform": "translateY(100px)" }, { "offset": 1, "transform": "translateY(0)" } ] }]

Dragon’s Breath Pepper So hot it’s considered potentially lethal, Dragon’s Breath measures around 2.48 million on the Scoville scale. [{ "selector": ".custom-gradient", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "keyframes": [ { "offset": 0, "transform": "translateY(100px)" }, { "offset": 1, "transform": "translateY(0)" } ] }]

Bhut Jolokia (Ghost Pepper) India’s infamous Bhut Jolokia was the original record holder and still ranks among the spiciest ever. [{ "selector": ".custom-gradient", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "keyframes": [ { "offset": 0, "transform": "translateY(100px)" }, { "offset": 1, "transform": "translateY(0)" } ] }]

The Source Hot Sauce This concentrated extract clocks in at 7.1 million Scoville units—use with caution in drops, not dabs. [{ "selector": ".custom-gradient", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "keyframes": [ { "offset": 0, "transform": "translateY(100px)" }, { "offset": 1, "transform": "translateY(0)" } ] }]

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