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Can you measure the heat of a chilli?

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You may find you find some things impossible to eat, whilst others relish it. Is it just down to personal taste or can “hotness” really be measured. As it turns out yes! The Scoville scale, named after its creator Wilbur Scoville, measures the heat of a chilli in Scoville heat units (SHU). But what is … Continue reading →

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