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 ...

The issue is, cayenne pepper and water isn’t going to help much with what’s ailing Rodgers. A capsaicin cream could help with ...

“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.) ...

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

The more capsaicin, the spicier the pepper, and we can rate the spice level on the Scoville scale. Jalapeno peppers score around 2,500 to 8,000 Scoville heat units and this Carolina Reaper is 100 ...

For the last two years, Burger King has sold a ghost-pepper Whopper and ghost-pepper chicken fries in time for Halloween. Starting in May 2023, Wendy's added its own ghost-pepper items to menus, ...

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 ...