Pepper · Capsicum chinense

Habanero

Habanero is a chili pepper (Capsicum chinense) with a published heat of 200,000 to 300,000 SHU. It comes from Caribbean and Yucatán. 39 sauces in the catalog use it as the main pepper or list it on the label.

Published heat

Piquin / Chiltepin

50,000100,000

African Bird's Eye (Piri Piri)

175,000

175,000

100,000300,000

200,000300,000

100,000350,000

125,000400,000

248,556500,000

700,000

Habanero beside the peppers closest to it in published heat. The full chart is on the peppers page.

Notes

Floral and fruity with an apricot note

Sauces with Habanero


Butterfly Bakery Hot House	Butterfly Bakery of Vermont	none
Cholula Sweet Habanero	Cholula	none
Culley's Louisiana Habanero	Culley's	none
El Yucateco Black Label Reserve	El Yucateco	4,500-5,500
El Yucateco Caribbean Habanero	El Yucateco	5,790
El Yucateco Green Habanero	El Yucateco	none
El Yucateco Red Habanero	El Yucateco	5,790
El Yucateco XXXtra Hot Kutbil-ik	El Yucateco	none
Encona West Indian Exxxtra Hot Pepper Sauce	Encona	none
Encona West Indian Original Hot Pepper Sauce	Encona	none
Frank's RedHot Mango Habanero Wings Sauce	Frank's RedHot	none
Good Heat Hot Bergine	Good Heat	7,900
Heartbeat Pineapple Habanero	Heartbeat Hot Sauce	12,200
Heartbeat Red Habanero	Heartbeat Hot Sauce	4,000
Heartbeat Scorpion	Heartbeat Hot Sauce	none
Hell Fire Detroit Habanero	Hell Fire Detroit	100,000-300,000
Mad Dog 357 Hot Sauce	Mad Dog 357 (Ashley Food Company)	357,000
Marie Sharp's Belizean Heat	Marie Sharp's	none
Marie Sharp's Beware	Marie Sharp's	none
Marie Sharp's Fiery Hot	Marie Sharp's	none
Marie Sharp's Hot Habanero	Marie Sharp's	none
Marie Sharp's Mild	Marie Sharp's	none
Marie Sharp's No Wimps Allowed	Marie Sharp's	none
Marie Sharp's Pure Love Pineapple Habanero	Marie Sharp's	none
Marie Sharp's Pure Mango Habanero	Marie Sharp's	none
Marie Sharp's Smoked Habanero	Marie Sharp's	none
Marie Sharp's Smokin' Marie	Marie Sharp's	none
Melinda's Garlic Habanero	Melinda's	none
Melinda's Ghost Pepper	Melinda's	none
Melinda's Naga Jolokia Pepper	Melinda's	none
Melinda's Original Habanero	Melinda's	none
Melinda's Scorpion Pepper	Melinda's	none
Queen Majesty Red Habanero & Black Coffee	Queen Majesty	14,000
Secret Aardvark Habanero	Secret Aardvark	5,000
Small Axe Peppers Habanero Mango	Small Axe Peppers	none
Tabasco Habanero Pepper Sauce	Tabasco	7,000+
TorchBearer The Rapture	TorchBearer Sauces	none
TRUFF Habanero Hot Sauce	TRUFF	none
Yellowbird Habanero	Yellowbird	15,580-54,530

Pepper facts

Species: Capsicum chinense
Lowest published: 200,000 SHU
Highest published: 300,000 SHU
Origin: Caribbean and Yucatán
Color when ripe: Orange
Source: aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu