The Infinity Chilli pepper is a chili pepper

Chili pepper

Chili pepper is the fruit of plants from the genus Capsicum, members of the nightshade family, Solanaceae. The term in British English and in Australia, New Zealand, India, Malaysia and other Asian countries is just chilli without pepper.Chili peppers originated in the Americas...

 created in England by chili breeder Nick Woods of Fire Foods, Grantham

Grantham

Grantham is a market town within the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It bestrides the East Coast Main Line railway , the historic A1 main north-south road, and the River Witham. Grantham is located approximately south of the city of Lincoln, and approximately east of Nottingham...

, Lincolnshire.
For two weeks in February 2011, the Infinity Chilli held the Guinness World Record

Guinness World Records

Guinness World Records, known until 2000 as The Guinness Book of Records , is a reference book published annually, containing a collection of world records, both human achievements and the extremes of the natural world...

 title for the world's hottest chilli with a Scoville scale

Scoville scale

The Scoville scale is a measurement of the spicy heat of a chili pepper. The number of Scoville heat units indicates the amount of capsaicin present. Capsaicin is a chemical compound that stimulates chemoreceptor nerve endings in the skin, especially the mucous membranes.The scale is named after...

 rating of 1,067,286 Scoville Heat Units (SHU). On February 25th, 2011, it was displaced by the Naga Viper pepper

Naga Viper pepper

The Naga Viper pepper was the official holder of the Guinness World Records "World's Hottest Chilli" record as of February 25, 2011. The Naga Viper pepper, with its rating of 1,382,118 Scoville Heat Units , beat the previous record holder, the Infinity Chilli...

, which registered 1,382,118 SHU.

Testing

Testing of the chilli's Scoville rating was carried out at the University of Warwick

University of Warwick

The University of Warwick is a public research university located in Coventry, United Kingdom...

's Crop Centre during March, 2010.