Using chilies, what does Google Doodle mean today?

Google Doodle is Google’s way of expressing itself on a variety of important days that occur at any given time. For example, today, you can go to the search engine’s main page and find the Chili Theme embedded in their logo.

Then what is the meaning of Google Doodle on the stairs January 22, 2021 this time, showing Wilbur Scoville, Google wants to invite us to take a series of tests conducted by the professor to calculate the spiciness level of a food ingredient. Here’s the explanation.

Actually there is a special unit used to measure the spiciness of a food ingredient. This unit is the result of research conducted by Wilbur Scoville. There are several specimens of chilies that he uses, ranging from those that have a low level of spiciness to those that exceed the limits of the human tongue to hold them.

The man who is a pharmacist created the Scoville organoleptic test or it is also known as the Scoville scale as a unit of measure for the level of spiciness of chilies. This size is standardized in Scoville Heats Units (SHU) as the name implies.

Through this Google Doodle. You will be indirectly involved with the research conducted by Scoville.

In essence, Google wants to remind you of the people who have made spicy units come into existence with Doodle based on Wilbur Scoville’s birth date. by the way, Scoville was born on January 22, 1865.

Through a game, you will be presented with a simple game with several levels of spicy, especially chili. First of all you will try the Paprika which is not spicy at all or 0 SHU, until the Trinidad Moruga Scorpion which is unbelievably spicy or 2,000,000 SHU.