Red Savina hot pepper

 

The Red Savina pepper is a habanero chili cultivar that has been deliberately developed to produce hotter, heavier, and bigger fruit, making it ultimately more powerful than its derivation.

 

The Red Savina is twice as spicy as a normal habanero and 65 times hotter than a jalapeo pepper, according to laboratory testing and certification at over 577,000 Scoville units. It is the king of all chilies and the hottest of all habanero types.

 

The Red Savina chili formerly held the title for the hottest chili in the world (according to Guinness World Records), but it was surpassed in February 2007 by the bhut jolokia chili (often and mistakenly translated as "Ghost Pepper"). From 1994 through 2006, the Red Savina held the record.