Ppm of capsaicinoids to Scoville heat units

Type a value in ppm to get it in SHU instantly.

Heat

From To

800,000SHU

That's 3.2× as hot as a habanero, while a ghost pepper (bhut jolokia) is 1.3× hotter. To stop tasting it, you would dilute it about 800,000 times in sugar water.

Convert the other way: SHU to ppm

What it means

How hot is that?

Pepper heat varies several-fold with the variety, ripeness and growing conditions; figures are typical values. 1 ppm of capsaicinoids ≈ 16 SHU.

The math

How to convert ppm to SHU

To convert ppm of capsaicinoids to Scoville heat units, multiply by 16.

Example: 50,000 ppm × 16 = 800,000 SHU.

In the other direction, 1 SHU = 0.0625 ppm.

Every unit

That heat in every unit

Tables

ppm to SHU conversion table

ppm to SHU conversion table
ppm	SHU
100 ppm	1,600 SHU
500 ppm	8,000 SHU
1,000 ppm	16,000 SHU
2,500 ppm	40,000 SHU
5,000 ppm	80,000 SHU
10,000 ppm	160,000 SHU
25,000 ppm	400,000 SHU
50,000 ppm	800,000 SHU
100,000 ppm	1,600,000 SHU
250,000 ppm	4,000,000 SHU
500,000 ppm	8,000,000 SHU
1,000,000 ppm	16,000,000 SHU
2,000,000 ppm	32,000,000 SHU
5,000,000 ppm	80,000,000 SHU
16,000,000 ppm	256,000,000 SHU

SHU to ppm conversion table

SHU to ppm conversion table
SHU	ppm
100 SHU	6.25 ppm
500 SHU	31.25 ppm
1,000 SHU	62.5 ppm
2,500 SHU	156.25 ppm
5,000 SHU	312.5 ppm
10,000 SHU	625 ppm
25,000 SHU	1,562.5 ppm
50,000 SHU	3,125 ppm
100,000 SHU	6,250 ppm
250,000 SHU	15,625 ppm
500,000 SHU	31,250 ppm
1,000,000 SHU	62,500 ppm
2,000,000 SHU	125,000 ppm
5,000,000 SHU	312,500 ppm
16,000,000 SHU	1,000,000 ppm

Quick answers

How many SHU is 1 ppm?: 1 ppm is 16 SHU.
How many SHU is 10 ppm?: 10 ppm is 160 SHU.
How many SHU is 50,000 ppm?: 50,000 ppm is 800,000 SHU.

The units

About these units

Ppm of capsaicinoids (ppm)

Parts per million of capsaicin by weight; 1 ppm ≈ 16 SHU.

Scoville heat units (SHU)

Times diluted until the burn disappears.

Learn more about heat units

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