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