english: The standard measure of a food's spiciness is its rating on the Scoville scale, which measures how much its capsaicin content can be diluted before the heat is no longer detectable to humans.
non_english: De heetheid van pepers wordt uitgedrukt op de Scovilleschaal, die bepaalt hoeveel capsaïcine  verdund moet worden om niet meer waargenomen te worden.