Re: [CH] FFS follow-up
jim@wildpepper.com
Sat, 09 Mar 2002 08:57:42 -0500
Don't know if I qualify as one of the 'technical people' or not (I
usually think 'Cameron' for that ;-), but here goes....
Technically pure capsaicin, I believe, is 15 million Scoville. To get
one that registers 7.1 million, you cut it by a little over half.
Technical enough? :-P
Seriously- there are many different strenghts of oleo resin capsaicin
(ORC) on the market. I routinely see 1/2 mil, 1 mil, 2 mil, 4 mil, and
5 mil. I use the 2 mil in pretty great quantity for CaJohns Viscious
Viper. 1 mil is in my Backdraft. Most all of them use a soybean oil
for the carrier- IMHO that is what gives those extract sauces that burnt
cat hair taste as much as anything. The trick becomes in trying to
nuetralize that taste.
Also- since there is no independent verification of claims, no standards
that must be passed, and no real regulation of these claims, I can put
any number I want on there- if you are willing to pay the $99/bottle
this guy was getting, caveat emptor! You going to pay $110 bucks for
independent testing so as to get your money back? I think not :-)
-Jim C
Mild to Wild