Scoville Heat Analysis

ChilliPot - Scoville Meter

The ChilliPot is the world's first Scoville Meter designed to be used in situations where people want to quickly and reliably know the Scoville Units for their Chilli based product or Chilli Pepper.

The meter is simple to use and can be used by growers, farmers, producers, manufacturers, and food technologists.

The ChilliPot is a completely objective test based on technology developed by the University of Oxford in 2007, and is the  fastest way of getting the Scoville Score.

The ChilliPot is available for immediate purchase 

Chilli sensor

Target compound : Capsaicin

Target food : Powder, Sauce 

Analysis time : 5 minutes

Result : SHU(Scoville Heat Unit)

Scoville heat units(SHU)

1912 Mr. Wilbur Scoville(USA) developed a Scoville Organoleptic Test

<Test method>

Hot taste sample is diluted by sugar added water.

5 panelist taste the sample.

Dilute sample until panelist don’t taste its hotness.

If dilution ratio is 1,000, SHU = 1,000

<Problem>

Very subjective.

Difficult to taste hot taste sample repeatedly.                         

         Mr. Wilbur Scoville(1865-1942)

Scoville Heat Unit(SHU) Scale

Capsaicin

Pure Capsaicin

1g/ml = 15,000,000 SHU

15 μg/ml = 1 SHU

Cut surface of Habanero

Capsaicin is included in rich in placenta or septum .

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