Certified by Guinness World Records, Professor Paul Bosland displays the Bhut Jolokia - once the world's hottest chili pepper.

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In 2005, at New Mexico State University Chili Pepper Institute near Las Cruces, New Mexico, regents Professor Paul Bosland found Bhut Jolokia grown from seed in southern New Mexico to have a Scoville rating of 1,001,304 SHU by HPLC. In 2007, Guinness World Records certified the Bhut Jolokia as the world's hottest chili pepper, times hotter than Tabasco sauce. The Bhut Jolokia chili pepper is now recognized by Guinness World Records as the third hottest pepper in the world. The pepper is typically called the ghost chili or ghost pepper by media. Bhut Jolokia pods are unique among peppers, with their characteristic shape, and their unusual rough, dented and very thin skin

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Location: NMSU Chili Pepper Institute, Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA, United States, America
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