Josh's Jungle

How is the Scoville Heat Unit or SHU calculated? The Scoville Heat Unit of a pepper is defined by the 16,000,000 times the weighted mass of capsaicinoids per dry mass of a pepper, or 16,000,000 times the weighted percentage of capsaicinoids in a dried pepper. That is: 16,000,000(capsaicin mass+0.9375*(Dihydrocapsaicin mass)+…)/(mass of tested dried peppers) The […]

Welcome to the website!  I am Josh Fitzhugh, the owner of Josh’s Jungle.  I start all of the plants, grow all of the peppers, and make all of the products.  Before starting Josh’s Jungle, I knew that there were a few industries in the world that I would like to be part of and hopefully […]