Proper pepper selection, care and preparation can help you turn down the heat as needed.

Vegetable breeders at Oregon State University have produced two new habanero peppers that they say pack all the flavor ...

Peppers contain a molecule called capsaicin, and it's responsible for how hot a variety is. Measured in Scoville Heat Units ...

We spoke to experts about how spicy food affects the body, whether it's healthy, and the potential benefits and risks to know ...

“One way to tell quality when you look at a jar of crushed red peppers is fewer [white] seeds,” Frisch said, which also means less spice. (Scoville unit rating: 15,000 to 45,000.) ...

And I have to warn people sometimes, if you've never had this pepper, you should not try it, if you're not used to hots, 'cause it's Scoville heat unit is 2.1 2.2 millions. - That's amazing!

The piquant smack applies to cocktails as well. In the heart of Chengdu city, Sichuan’s capital, is Jing Bar, a premier ...

Fast-food fans have made one flavor preference known loud and clear: They want menus to spice up offerings and tap into the ...

Hot peppers’ spicy heat is measured in Scoville heat units, named for Wilbur Scoville. The level of heat was originally determined by a panel of individual tasters. (Tetiana Kolubai/Dreamstime) Don’t ...

Different peppers contain different concentrations of capsaicin, which is measured using the Scoville scale, Dr. Paul Terry, professor of epidemiology at the University of Tennessee Medical Center ...