How is the pungency of capsicum best measured?
When the intended use of the capsicum extract is as a flavoring in food, we believe that the Scoville Method most accurately measures how an extract will “perform” in a food application. A true Scoville Measurement relies on a highly trained group of panelists to determine the dilution at which the extract produces a “threshold bite.” For example, if a 1:1,000,000 dilution produces the threshold bite, then the extract is said to have a pungency of 1,000,000 Scoville Heat Units (SHU).
