Pepper · Capsicum frutescens

African Bird's Eye (Piri Piri)

African Bird's Eye is a chili pepper (Capsicum frutescens) with a published heat of up to 175,000 SHU. It comes from Southern Africa. 8 sauces in the catalog use it as the main pepper or list it on the label.

Published heat

30,00050,000

15,00065,000

50,00070,000

50,000100,000

African Bird's Eye (Piri Piri)

175,000

175,000

100,000300,000

200,000300,000

100,000350,000

African Bird's Eye beside the peppers closest to it in published heat. The full chart is on the peppers page.

Sauces with African Bird's Eye


Bunsters Original	Bunsters	none
Habanero Foods Peri Peri	Habanero Foods	none
HEATONIST No. 4 Lion's Mane Piri Piri	HEATONIST	none
Nando's Garlic PERi-PERi	Nando's	none
Nando's Hot PERi-PERi	Nando's	none
Nando's Lemon & Herb PERi-PERi	Nando's	none
Nando's Medium PERi-PERi	Nando's	none
Nando's XX Hot PERi-PERi	Nando's	none

Pepper facts

Species: Capsicum frutescens
Highest published: 175,000 SHU
Origin: Southern Africa
Color when ripe: Red
Source: chilipeppermadness.com Commercial or wiki source
Not published: Lowest published

This range comes from a commercial or wiki source (Chili Pepper Madness). It will be replaced when a university or journal figure is found.