Carolina Reaper
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The Carolina Reaper is a cultivated form of the capsicum chinense pepper species . In November 2013, this variety received the entry in the Guinness Book of Records as the hottest chilli variety in the world, displacing the previous leader Trinidad Moruga Scorpion from first place. The measured peak value of the Carolina Reaper was over 2.2 million Scoville units, the calculated average value was 1,569,300 Scoville units.
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The original name HP22B stands for " High Power, Pot 22, Plant B " and was given by its breeder Ed Currie to the PuckerButt Pepper Company in Fort Mill , South Carolina . It is not known which strains the parents are. Various sources mention a Naga variant from Pakistan and a Caribbean Habanero as parents.
Health risks
A health-promoting effect of spicy foods is now proven, as the IKK explains on its website. Nevertheless, in the same article she warns that when consuming extremely spicy foods there is a fundamental risk of overreactions such as dizziness, nausea and circulatory problems. Furthermore, allergic reactions to components of the pod are generally possible, which can lead to anaphylactic shock . In April 2018, a 34-year-old man was hospitalized in New York after participating in a chilli contest with Carolina Reaper, complaining of an extreme headache. This reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome results from the narrowing of certain areas of the arteries in the brain. This is the first known case in which the thunderbolt headache - so named because it occurs in fractions of a second like a hammer blow - occurred in connection with chili consumption.
Web links
- World's hottest pepper is grown in South Carolina ( English ) CBS Interactive. December 26, 2013. Retrieved March 27, 2016.
- Naga Morich and the quest for the world's hottest pepper - Development from Red Savina to Carolina Reaper (English, accessed April 3, 2017)
- PuckerButt Pepper Company - Homepage (accessed April 3, 2017)
Individual evidence
- ↑ What Carolina Reaper does to you , on the welt.de website , accessed on April 3, 2017
- ↑ Carolina Reaper chilli variety , on the website chilipflanzen.com , accessed on April 3, 2017
- ^ Hottest chili , on the website guinessrecords.com , accessed on April 3, 2017
- ↑ Carolina Reaper chilli variety , on the website chilipflanzen.com , accessed on March 2, 2018
- ↑ Jim (Habanero) Duffy: Carolina Reaper . Archived from the original on October 27, 2017. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved July 16, 2017: "Ed created this chile plant variety by crossing a Ghost pepper (Bhut Jolokia) with a Red Habanero type from St Vincents Island in the West Indies."
- ↑ Spicy - Strengthen your health with chilli and paprika. Internet presence of the guild health insurance fund. Retrieved April 11, 2018 .
- ↑ The life-threatening allergic reaction. The star . Retrieved April 11, 2018 .
- ↑ A bite in super chili triggers extreme headache. Time online. (No longer available online.) April 10, 2018, formerly in the original ; accessed on April 11, 2018 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
