Scoville heat units to million SHU
Type a value in SHU to get it in M SHU instantly.
0.05M SHU
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.
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 M SHU
To convert Scoville heat units to million SHU, multiply by 1×10⁻⁶.
Example: 50,000 SHU × 1×10⁻⁶ = 0.05 M SHU.
In the other direction, 1 M SHU = 1,000,000 SHU.
Every unit
That heat in every unit
Tables
SHU to M SHU conversion table
| SHU | M SHU |
|---|---|
| 100 SHU | 0.0001 M SHU |
| 500 SHU | 0.0005 M SHU |
| 1,000 SHU | 0.001 M SHU |
| 2,500 SHU | 0.0025 M SHU |
| 5,000 SHU | 0.005 M SHU |
| 10,000 SHU | 0.01 M SHU |
| 25,000 SHU | 0.025 M SHU |
| 50,000 SHU | 0.05 M SHU |
| 100,000 SHU | 0.1 M SHU |
| 250,000 SHU | 0.25 M SHU |
| 500,000 SHU | 0.5 M SHU |
| 1,000,000 SHU | 1 M SHU |
| 2,000,000 SHU | 2 M SHU |
| 5,000,000 SHU | 5 M SHU |
| 16,000,000 SHU | 16 M SHU |
M SHU to SHU conversion table
| M SHU | SHU |
|---|---|
| 100 M SHU | 100,000,000 SHU |
| 500 M SHU | 500,000,000 SHU |
| 1,000 M SHU | 1×10⁹ SHU |
| 2,500 M SHU | 2.5×10⁹ SHU |
| 5,000 M SHU | 5×10⁹ SHU |
| 10,000 M SHU | 1×10¹⁰ SHU |
| 25,000 M SHU | 2.5×10¹⁰ SHU |
| 50,000 M SHU | 5×10¹⁰ SHU |
| 100,000 M SHU | 1×10¹¹ SHU |
| 250,000 M SHU | 2.5×10¹¹ SHU |
| 500,000 M SHU | 5×10¹¹ SHU |
| 1,000,000 M SHU | 1×10¹² SHU |
| 2,000,000 M SHU | 2×10¹² SHU |
| 5,000,000 M SHU | 5×10¹² SHU |
| 16,000,000 M SHU | 1.6×10¹³ SHU |
Quick answers
Quick answers
- How many M SHU is 1 SHU?
- 1 SHU is 1×10⁻⁶ M SHU.
- How many M SHU is 10 SHU?
- 10 SHU is 1×10⁻⁵ M SHU.
- How many M SHU is 50,000 SHU?
- 50,000 SHU is 0.05 M SHU.
The units
About these units
Scoville heat units (SHU)
Times diluted until the burn disappears.
Million SHU (M SHU)
Millions of Scoville units: pepper sprays and extracts.
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