[CH] Habaņero spelling

Craig Dremann (craig@ecoseeds.com)
Fri, 10 Jan 2003 00:11:22 -0800

RE: Habaņero spelling:

Apparently the scientists writing for the Journal of Food Science think
that Habaņero is spelled with a tilde:

http://www.confex2.com/store/items/ift/jfs67-0956.htm

CITATION: J. of Food Sci., Vol. 67, No. 3, 2002 
HPLC Analysis of Capsaicinoids Extracted from Whole Orange Habaņero
Chili Peppers 

AUTHOR(S): A.L. Kurian and A.N. Starks 

ABSTRACT:
A rapid, single-stage, quantitative extraction procedure is described
for high-performance liquid chromatographic
(HPLC) analysis of capsaicin and dihydrocapsaicin in whole chili
peppers. Individual and multiple Capsicum chinense
(orange habaņero) pepper samples were analyzed in a 2 y study. Peppers,
both undried and dried, contained average
values of 1250 ppm capsaicin and 540 ppm dihydrocapsaicin relative to
undried weight. Relative to dry weight, the
orange habaņero peppers contained 8840 ppm capsaicin and 3940 ppm
dihydrocapsaicin. 

KEYWORDS: peppers, capsaicin, dihydrocapsaicin, extraction, analysis