Hot stuff: Pepper X is named world’s spiciest by Guinness World Records

New chilli far outstrips previous record holder with proud pepper breeder Ed Currie saying it left him with ‘horrible cramps’

A new pepper is coming in hot as the spiciest in the world, Guinness World Records has announced.

For a decade, the Carolina Reaper chilli pepper was ruled to be the hottest chilli pepper in the world. But now “Pepper X” has taken its crown.