convertimate Scoville heat units

Scoville heat units to ASTA pungency units

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

3,333.333ASTA

That's 1.25× as hot as cayenne pepper, while a habanero is 5× hotter. To stop tasting it, you would dilute it about 50,000 times in sugar water.

Convert the other way: ASTA to SHU

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 SHU to ASTA

To convert Scoville heat units to ASTA pungency units, multiply by 0.0666667.

Example: 50,000 SHU × 0.0666667 = 3,333.33 ASTA.

In the other direction, 1 ASTA = 15 SHU.

Every unit

That heat in every unit

Tables

SHU to ASTA conversion table

SHU to ASTA conversion table
SHUASTA
100 SHU6.66667 ASTA
500 SHU33.3333 ASTA
1,000 SHU66.6667 ASTA
2,500 SHU166.667 ASTA
5,000 SHU333.333 ASTA
10,000 SHU666.667 ASTA
25,000 SHU1,666.67 ASTA
50,000 SHU3,333.33 ASTA
100,000 SHU6,666.67 ASTA
250,000 SHU16,666.7 ASTA
500,000 SHU33,333.3 ASTA
1,000,000 SHU66,666.7 ASTA
2,000,000 SHU133,333 ASTA
5,000,000 SHU333,333 ASTA
16,000,000 SHU1,066,670 ASTA
ASTA to SHU conversion table
ASTA to SHU conversion table
ASTASHU
100 ASTA1,500 SHU
500 ASTA7,500 SHU
1,000 ASTA15,000 SHU
2,500 ASTA37,500 SHU
5,000 ASTA75,000 SHU
10,000 ASTA150,000 SHU
25,000 ASTA375,000 SHU
50,000 ASTA750,000 SHU
100,000 ASTA1,500,000 SHU
250,000 ASTA3,750,000 SHU
500,000 ASTA7,500,000 SHU
1,000,000 ASTA15,000,000 SHU
2,000,000 ASTA30,000,000 SHU
5,000,000 ASTA75,000,000 SHU
16,000,000 ASTA240,000,000 SHU

Quick answers

Quick answers

How many ASTA is 1 SHU?
1 SHU is 0.0666667 ASTA.
How many ASTA is 10 SHU?
10 SHU is 0.666667 ASTA.
How many ASTA is 50,000 SHU?
50,000 SHU is 3,333.33 ASTA.

The units

About these units

Scoville heat units (SHU)

Times diluted until the burn disappears.

ASTA pungency units (ASTA)

The spice trade’s unit: 1 ASTA ≈ 15 SHU.

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