Banana peppers and pepperoncini are similar in that they both can get up to 500 Scoville heat units (SHU), which is how heat levels of peppers are measured on the Scoville Scale. In comparison ...

Two pepper types that are especially subject to such confusion are banana peppers and pepperoncini. Although they hail from ...

Characteristics of banana peppers: These medium-size peppers ... Also called: sweet Italian peppers, pepperoncini (in the U.S.) Characteristics of friggitello peppers: Hailing from Italy, these ...