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Tabasco hot sauces ... translates to 23,000 to 33,000 Scoville Heat Units, or SHUs. These units measure the amount of capsaicin present, which is the chili pepper component responsible for heat.

while Tabasco sauce ranges from 2,500 to 5,000 Scoville units and jalapeno peppers from 2,500 to 8,000 units. Chilies have formed part of the diet in the Americas since approximately 7,500 BC and ...

The chart used to determine the pepper's heat, named the Scoville Scale after its creator, American pharmacist Wilbur Scoville, assigns measurable units of spiciness to various foods. For example ...