Wednesday, October 21, 2020

Chili-shaped device could reveal just how hot that pepper is

Some people love spicy food -- the hotter, the better. Others go out of their way to avoid the palate-singeing burn of capsaicin, the compound that gives chili peppers their kick. Now, researchers have developed a portable device (whimsically shaped like a chili pepper) that can reveal how much capsaicin a pepper contains, before biting into it.

from Health & Medicine News -- ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/10/201021130139.htm

No comments:

Post a Comment