Not as hot as other Dave's Ghost pepper hot sauce product I have purchased. So the claim is false I tried a teaspoon and other than a tummy ache my 12 year old neighbor didn't even flinch, his overall reaction to it was "That's the Best Dave's hot sauces can do" and shook his head. Well Dave the gauntlet has been thrown down, is you product man enough to step up to the plate and answer the challenge?