Once you have made a selection, the next step is to determine how much to use. This will require you to decide how "hot" your product should be. The thermometers below illustrate the approximate number of Scoville Heat Units required to produce Mild, Medium, Hot, and Super Hot food items. These Scoville numbers apply only to salsa. For suggestions which apply to other food products, please refer to the ClearCap® Applications Guide.

To determine how much ClearCap® Super Soluble Capsicum to add, divide your targeted number of Scoville Heat Units in the ClearCap® you choose by the targeted number of SHU’s in your food item. This number is the suggested dosage rate from which to begin your evaluation work.

For example, if you want to make a Medium Hot food item and you have no heat from ingredients other than the selected ClearCap® Capsicum, such as code: 01-025-00-06, then the calculation would be as follows:

Scoville Heat Units