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Re:Pepper X by messe on Friday October 20, 2023 @02:58AM (#37953135)
You’re mistaken. Pure capsaicin is 16 million SHU. I can’t remember the exact details of how the SHU is defined, but IIRC it’s related to the number of times a substance (having been dissolved in alcohol) would have to be diluted in a solution of sugar water before the pungency is undetectable.
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Re:Pepper X by isoprophlex on Friday October 20, 2023 @03:06AM (#37953187)
It's the dilution until pungency equals that of water / cannot be detected by a taste panel.
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Re:Pepper X by tromp on Friday October 20, 2023 @03:43AM (#37953363)
As Ed explains at 5:40 in the video [1] above, they use a high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) test [2] rather than a subjective taste panel now.

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scoville_scale

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