Pepper · Capsicum chinense

Scotch Bonnet

Scotch Bonnet is a chili pepper (Capsicum chinense) with a published heat of 100,000 to 350,000 SHU. It comes from Caribbean. 12 sauces in the catalog use it as the main pepper or list it on the label.

Published heat

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

Bhut Jolokia (Ghost Pepper)

879,9531,001,304

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

Notes

Fruity and sweet

Sauces with Scotch Bonnet


Encona West Indian Exxxtra Hot Pepper Sauce	Encona	none
Encona West Indian Original Hot Pepper Sauce	Encona	none
High River Cheeba Gold	High River Sauces	25,300
Hot Ones Tropical Amarillo	Hot Ones	69,000
Lottie's Traditional Barbados Yellow Hot Pepper Sauce	Lottie's	15,000
Matouk's Hot Calypso	Matouk's	50,000-250,000
Melinda's Scotch Bonnet Habanero Pepper	Melinda's	none
Pepper North Jerk & Scotch Bonnet	Pepper North	71,000
Queen Majesty Scotch Bonnet & Ginger	Queen Majesty	9,000
Shaquanda's West Indian Curry	Shaquanda's	none
Sinai Gourmet Tropiquante	Sinai Gourmet	4,000-5,000
Walkerswood Scotch Bonnet Pepper Sauce	Walkerswood Caribbean Foods	none

Pepper facts

Species: Capsicum chinense
Lowest published: 100,000 SHU
Highest published: 350,000 SHU
Origin: Caribbean
Color when ripe: Red
Source: rhs.org.uk