Super Yellow Habanero

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Super Yellow Habanero
Hab Super Yellow; Habañero Super Yellow; Habanero Super YellowEdit
C-H-Y-7-041
C. chinense
100,000 - 350,000
Very Hot (100,001–500,000 SHU)
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Classified as C. chinense. Ripens to yellow, habanero-type pods. Clocks in at 100,000–350,000 SHU — very hot, not for the faint of heart. Roots trace to Yucatán, Mexico. A member of the broad habanero family, domesticated thousands of years ago on the Yucatán Peninsula.

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How hot is the Super Yellow Habanero?

The Super Yellow Habanero measures 100,000–350,000 Scoville Heat Units (SHU), making it a very hot pepper — roughly 45 times hotter than a jalapeño (which tops out around 8,000 SHU).

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