Bell peppers are the mildest of all peppers used in hot sauces and contain no heat.
Hot sauce gets its heat from a chemical in peppers called capsaicin. According to the Cosmic Chile, this chemical affects the nerve endings in the skin, particularly those in the mucus membranes. When a pepper with a high amount of capsaicin is eaten it can stimulate the mouth, nostrils, lips and eyes. The degree of capsaicin in a pepper, and the sauce made from it, determines its Scoville, or heat rating.
Blair's Ultra Death
Blair's Ultra Death is made with habanero, cayenne, serrano and Jolokia peppers. This sauce, with 800,000 Scoville units, should be diluted before use.
357 Mad Dog
The 357 Mad Dog line includes some of the hottest hot sauces. The 357 Silver contains 750,000 Scoville units. The Collector's Edition includes 600,000 Scoville units and the standard 357 Mad Dog Hot Sauce has 357,000 Scoville units.
Dave's Ultimate Insanity
Dave's Ultimate Insanity sauce has 250,000 Scoville units. The sauce is made with habaneros and red chiles.
Vicious Viper
Fruit flavors are combined with habanero and de Arbol peppers to make Vicious Viper hot sauce. This sauce contains 250,000 Scoville units.
Marie Sharp's Belizean Heat
Marie Sharp's Belizean Heat contains habanero peppers and creole spices. This hot sauce has 350,000 Scoville units.
Hell's Inferno Naga Bhut Jolokia Sauce
Hell's Inferno Naga Bhut Jolokia Sauce contains 1 million Scoville units. The hot sauce is made with the world's hottest pepper, the Naga Jolokia, as well as habaneros and chocolate.
Da' Bomb
Habanero and chipolte peppers, orange juice and tomato paste make up Da' Bomb hot sauce. Da' Bomb contains 119,700 Scoville units.
Blair's Mega Death
Blair's Mega Death is made with red habaneros, cayenne chilies, ancho chilies and chipolte chilies. This sauce has 550,000 Scoville units.
Melinda's Red Savina
Melinda's Red Savina has 577,000 Scoville units. The hot sauce includes Red Savina and habanero peppers.
Dave's Ghost Pepper Naga Jolokia
Dave's Ghost Pepper Naga Jolokia has 650,000 Scoville units. The hot sauce contains the Ghost or Jolokia, pepper.
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