Zero means no heat, and a regular jalapeño clocks in at around 5,000 units. The habanero, which held the record about 25 years ago, often exceeds 100,000 units. The chemical in peppers that causes ...

The fiery little habanero has had a long journey to fame: out of the Amazon, over to the Caribbean and into Mexico.

The Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta, (FUNAAB) in Ogun State, in collaboration with Musarchy Farms, recently ...