如果以标准斯科威尔辣度指数（Scoville heat scale：甜椒为0，最辣的印度断魂椒为100万单位），黄色哈瓦那辣椒的辣度在10万至35万之间。
On the standard Scoville heat scale (Bell peppers 0, the hottest Indian jolokia peppers 1,000,000) orange habaneros run 100,000 to 350,000.
最常见的墨西哥椒，很多人已经认为很辣了，其辣度其实仅有5000个单位。然而，哈瓦那椒可以达到300000个单位！
The common jalapeno, which most people believe is very hot, rates only at 5000 units, whereas a habanero can get right up there at 300,000 units!
驱熊喷雾器尽管只含有2%的辣椒素(capsaicin)，但广告宣称其辣度为330万单位；而可以引发剧痛的纯辣椒素其辣度骤升至1600万。
Two percent capsaicin bear spray is advertised at 3.3 million units, and pure capsaicin - the chemical that causes the pain - hits 16 million.
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