Tesco Bedfordshire Super Naga pepper

The hottest commercially grown chilli pepper will be exclusively sold at Tesco stores in the UK.

The heat of the Bedfordshire Super Naga, measured in Scoville Units, clocks in at a scorching 1.12m Scovilles.

Thepepper has been produced by Bedfordshire farmer Salvatore Genovese who also launched the notorious Bhut Jolokia in the UK; a chilli pepper 400 times hotter than Tabasco sauce.

“Customers will enjoy the chilli’s fruity flavour which matches its searing heat levels,” said Tesco' chilli buyer Gethyn Formby.