Zero means no heat, and a regular jalapeño clocks in at around 5,000 units. The habanero, which held the record about 25 years ago, often exceeds 100,000 units. The chemical in peppers that causes ...

AFRICA faces a severe food waste crisis, losing about a third of its agricultural produce annually. In South Africa alone, 30 percent of the 31 million tonnes of food produced each year never reaches ...