UK: World's hottest chilli pepper goes on sale at Tesco

If you prefer your meals a little hotter than most, you're in for a treat. Just in time for scorching temperatures across the UK, Tesco has announced it will be selling the Carolina Reaper - the world's hottest chilli pepper - in its stores.

Tesco last year began selling the Komodo Dragon chilli pepper in its stores, which has a heat level of 1.4 million Scovilles, but believes the Carolina Reaper will overtake it in terms of popularity.

Tesco chilli pepper buyer Phoebe Burgess said: "The Carolina Reaper is absolute meltdown material - it's one for absolute hot food connoisseurs.

"Despite it being astonishingly hot, it also has a wonderful fruity taste. Only a sliver is needed to add exciting flavour to your favourite curry.

"Last year the Komodo Dragon became our most popular chilli pepper ever, and since then we've been inundated with requests from customers to see if we could go one better and, thanks to the fantastic growing skills of our chilli producer, we've done that."

Read more at The Telegraph