The Scoville scale is a measurement of the pungency of chili peppers, or other spicy foods, as reported in Scoville heat units, a function of capsaicin concentration. Capsaicin is one of many related pungent compounds found in chili peppers, collectively called capsaicinoids. The scale is named after its creator, American pharmacist Wilbur Scoville whose 1912 method is known as the Scoville organoleptic test. In modern times, high-performance liquid chromatography is used to determine the pungen