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Pepper · Capsicum chinense

Red Savina

Red Savina is a chili pepper (Capsicum chinense) with a published heat of 248,556 to 500,000 SHU. It comes from California, US. 1 sauce in the catalog uses it as the main pepper or lists it on the label.

Published heat

Datil
100,000300,000
Habanero
200,000300,000
Scotch Bonnet
100,000350,000
Fatalii
125,000400,000
Red Savina
248,556500,000
Chocolate Habanero
700,000
Bhut Jolokia (Ghost Pepper)
879,9531,001,304
Trinidad Scorpion Butch T
1,463,700
7 Pot Primo
1,470,000
Red Savina beside the peppers closest to it in published heat. The full chart is on the peppers page.

Notes

  • Habanero cultivar
  • The often quoted 577,000 was never verified

Sauces with Red Savina

Band
Melinda's Red Savina PepperMelinda's675,000

Pepper facts

Species
Capsicum chinense
Lowest published
248,556 SHU
Highest published
500,000 SHU
Origin
California, US
Color when ripe
Red