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The Ghost Pepper is a chili pepper that was once the hottest in the world. It held the record for 4 years and most ghost peppers are around the 900,000 SHU mark.
The Ghost Pepper aka Bhut Jolokia chili was at one point the hottest pepper in the world! It took the crown in 2007, and held the record for 4 years! Fun fact: This is the hottest commercially grown pepper in the world! Most ghost peppers run around the 900,000 SHU (Scoville Heat Unit) mark, but they have been recorded at over 1,000,000 SHUs!