PEPPER HOTNESS ESTIMATED BY POD SIZE
(the Smaller, the Hotter!)

Redwood City Seed Co., Box 361, Redwood City, Cal. 94064 (650) 325-7333

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Pepper size can guide you to the expected range of hotness of a pepper. By measuring the width (not length) of a hot pepper pod. The following figures are Dremann's Hotness Scale (DHS) for green, fresh unripe pods. They indicate the number of ounces of salsa will have a barely detectable hotness when one ounce of peppers are added. Red ripe fresh fruit, double the figures. Dried pods, multiply figures by five.

Pod width.....................Dremann's Hotness Scale

<0.25"(<5 mm)------------------ 8,000 to 50,000
0.25"-0.5" (5-10 mm)----------- 1,000 to 8,000
0.5"-1" (10-25 mm)------------- 100 to 2,000
1"-1.5" (2.5-4 cm)------------- 100 to 1,000
1.5"-3" (4-7.5 cm)-------------- 50 to 250


For Dremann's Hotness Scale Rating on thirty-one peppers:

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