The chart used to determine the pepper's heat, named the Scoville Scale after its creator, American pharmacist Wilbur Scoville, assigns measurable units of spiciness to various foods. For example ...

In 1912 pharmacist Wilbur Scoville invented the Scoville Scale, which measures how many ... "I was feeling the heat for three and a half hours. Then the cramps came," Mr Currie told the Associated ...