Ịnweta ihe ọkụkụ Chile na Scoville Units
Na-eche echiche otu esi atụ ọnụ ọkwa okpomọkụ nke ụdị dị iche iche nke ndị na-ede akwụkwọ ndụ? A na-ede akwụkwọ na Scoville Heat Units , usoro nke Wilbur Scoville mepụtara na 1912. Usoro mbụ eji ejiji mmadụ iji nyochaa ọtụtụ akụkụ mmiri shuga ọ ga-ewe iji belata okpomọkụ. N'oge a, a na-echebe ndị mmadụ na usoro ọhụụ a na-akpọ HPLC, ma ọ bụ Chromatography High-Performance Liquid, na-etinye ọnụ ọgụgụ nke capsaicinoids (capsaicin) n'ime akụkụ kwa nde.
Capsaicin bụ ụlọ nke na-enye chiles okpomọkụ ha. Ihe edere n'okpuru ebe a na-ede akwụkwọ ndụ ndị dị na chile, na 0 ịdị nwayọọ ma 10 kachasị ọkụ.
N'oge a, chile ose aficionados na-ekpochi oke ọgụ iji mepụta ose kachasịnụ n'ụwa. Ebe ọ bụ na 2011, mgbe asọmpi ahụ malitere ikpo ọkụ (nke a na-atụ anya ya), aha mkpịsị kachasị mma gbanwere aka ọtụtụ ugboro dịka obe ọhụrụ na mmegharị mkpụrụ ndụ. N'afọ 2013, Akwụkwọ Guinness Book of World Records na-akpọ Carolina Reaper nke kachasịnụ ose n'ụwa, nke a tụrụ na 2,200,000 SHU. Ọ bụ obe n'etiti Pakistani Naga na Red Habanero .
Ọnụnọ nke capsaicinoids na chile pepper bụ irritant ke mammals. Ka o sina dị, ọ bụ ihe ndị mmadụ na-enweta na-enye obi ụtọ na ọbụna mmetụ emetụ site n'inweta capsaicin. Ndị na-akwado chiles na-ekwu na nke a bụ ihe nkwụsị na-eme ka mgbu nke endorphins. Mmeghachi omume dị iche iche na-eme ka ndị na-arịa ọrịa dị njọ dị ka analgesics: etinyere n'elu, okpomọkụ nke chile na-enye ahụ efe na ahụ mgbu na ụdị ụfọdụ nke ọrịa na-adịghị.
Ihe na-ekpo ọkụ na ose dị na Scoville Units
| Ọdịiche | Ntụle | Ọkwa Ọkwa |
| Ụtọ dị ụtọ, Banana ọma, Pimento | 0 | Negligible Scoville Heat Units |
| Mexi-Bells, New Mexico, New Mexico, Anaheim, Big Jim, Peperonicini, Santa Fe Grande, El Paso, Cherry | 1 | 100-1,000 Shipville Heat Units |
| Coronado, Mumex Big Jim, Sangria, Anaheim | 2 | 1000 - 1,500 Scoville Heat Units |
| Pasilla, Mulato, Ancho, Poblano, Espanola, Pulla | 3 | 1,500 - 2,500 Scoville Heat Units |
| Ekpuchi Green | 4 | 2,000 - 5,000 Shipville Heat Units |
| Rocotillo | 5 | 2,500 - 5,000 Scoville Heat Units |
| Yellow Wax, Serrano, Jalapeno, Guajillo, Mirasol | 6 | 5,000 - 15,000 Shipville Heat Units |
| Hidalgo, Puya, Hot Wax, Chipotle | 7 | 15,000 - 30,000 Scoville Heat Units |
| Chile De Arbol, Manzano | 8 | 30,000 - 50,000 Scoville Heat Units |
| Santaka, Pequin, Super Chile, Santaka, Cayenne, Tobasco, Aji, Jaloro | 9 | 50,000 - 100,000 Sịville Heat Units |
| Bohemian, Tabiche, Tepin, Haimen, Chiltepin, Thai, Yatsufusa | 10 | 100,000 - 350,000 Sịville Heat Units |
| Red Savina Habanero, Chocolate Habanero, India Tezpur, Scotch Bonnet, Orange Habanero, Fatali, Ekwensu Toung, Kumataka, Datili, Anya Nnụnụ, Jamaican Hot | 11 | Ngwongwo ikpo oku Scoville He 350-855,000 |
| Na Na Na Na (Bhut Jolokia aka Naga Jolokia), Trinidad Moruga Scorpion | 12 | 855,000-2,100,000 Scoville Heat Units |