If you love screaming hot, burn your face off beef jerky this is it!Bakke Brothers brand Ghost Pepper Beef Jerky combines one of the hottest peppers in the world, Ghost Pepper, and makes the perfect jerky for anyone looking to breathe fire and experience pure pain.Notice there are NO added nitrates! It is also gluten and MSG-free as well.Refrigerate after opening. Ingredients: Beef, Water, Brown sugar, Red Chili Peppers, Salt, Ghost Pepper, Natural Smoke Flavoring, Habanero Pepper, Cayenne Pepper, Garlic, Lime, Onion, Black Pepper, Celery Powder Frequently Asked Questions About Ghost Peppers How many Scoville units is a Ghost Pepper? On the Scoville Scale Ghost Peppers are rated at 1,041,427 Scoville Heat Units. This is the rating of the hottest Ghost Pepper tested which makes Ghost Peppers 130 times hotter than the hottest Hatch Green Chiles which only have 8,000 Scoville Heat Units. What is a Ghost Pepper? Ghost pepper (also known as bhut jolokia) is a super-spicy pepper that originated in India. Although this pepper has been around for centuries, the western world was first introduced to the spicy pepper in 2000. At first, this pepper tastes smoky, almost sweet. But wait thirty or forty seconds—the intense heat sneaks up on you like a ghost. Can you die from eating a Ghost Pepper? While anything is possible, the general answer to this question is no. You could die if you had a serve allergic reaction, choked on the pepper, or overreact mentally so much that it causes you to have a medical condition such as a heart attack. Other than that you would have to consume at least 3 lbs. of Ghost Peppers to even ingest a dangerous amount of capsaicin, what gives peppers heat, and it is highly unlikely you would ever get close to eating that amount without having an upset belly where your body rejects the pepper preventing you from consuming more. What color is a Ghost Pepper? Usually, Ghost Peppers are around three inches long and about one inch wide. The peppers are shaped like a cone with a spherical top and pointed bottom, covered in thin, bumpy skin. The most common color for a ripened pepper is red. They also can also be yellow, orange, white, brown (chocolate), peach, and even purple, depending on the variety. What does a Ghost Pepper taste like? Well first off they are very hot but if you can get past all that heat they have a slightly sweet taste and a natural smoky flavor to them. Our Ghost Pepper products are not smoked and are pure so what you are tasting is the real deal. Related Pepper Guides & Recipes What are Ghost Peppers? How Hot Are They?The Habanero: Breaking Down the Popular PepperTop 10 Spicy Recipes for Game DayCarolina Reaper Fried Chicken SandwichCrispy Chicken With Jalapeno Flakes and Spicy Mayonnaise
