Sanying (Tianying) Chilli

The classic high-heat dry chilli — a cluster-type facing-heaven pepper at 20,000–50,000 SHU, grown in Henan and Hebei. The workhorse for hot sauce, chilli oil and snack seasoning.

Indicative price: USD 1,500–1,800 per metric ton, FOB Qingdao — MOQ, packing and specification confirmed on quotation.

What is Sanying chilli?

Sanying — also sold as Tianying — is a cluster-type facing-heaven chilli and the defining shape of the Chinese high-heat dry-chilli market. Its heat sits in the 20,000–50,000 SHU band: strong and lingering, but still controllable in a blend when dosed by weight. See the high heat page for how it fits the band.

What is Sanying pepper used for?

• Hot sauces and chilli oil
• Snack and instant-noodle seasoning
• Industrial food and processed seasoning
• Chilli powder and flakes (high-heat)

Sanying vs Zidantou: sauce or powder

Sanying and Zidantou share the same 20,000–50,000 SHU high-heat band but suit different processing. Sanying is the cluster-type facing-heaven shape — the classic for hot sauce and chilli oil. Zidantou's conical "bullet" pod has thicker flesh that mills into a robust, consistent powder. If your line is sauce or oil, Sanying is the default; if it is heat-forward powder, Zidantou is the dependable base.

How to specify Sanying chilli

Name the variety, then the form (whole, powder, flakes or segments), SHU window, moisture and mesh. Heat is non-linear and variety-dependent, so "Sanying, 20,000–50,000 SHU, 60–80 mesh" is a far more reliable order than "hot chilli powder".

Heat values are representative per variety. Confirm your exact SHU window and form when you inquire.

Sanying by the numbers: heat at 2–5× the medium band

Sanying (20,000–50,000 SHU) sits 2–5× hotter than a medium chilli at 10,000 SHU, and 2.5–3.5× milder than extra-hot Jixin (50,000–70,000 SHU). In practice that makes it the workable middle: hot enough to carry a sauce, mild enough that a slight dosing error does not blow the batch the way a Jixin over-dose would. To hit a 10,000-SHU sauce from 50,000-SHU Sanying, dose about 20% chilli to 80% base.

Buyer Specification

The matrix below is confirmed together before quotation — our typical range against your target. Where a value reads Confirm specification, we set it to your requirement and document it in the quotation.

Values are representative ranges. Packaging (bulk, retail or OEM), MOQ and the document set (COA, batch traceability, phytosanitary) are confirmed on inquiry — always confirm your exact target specification before a final order.

In the same 20,000–50,000 SHU band

Other varieties in this band: Zidantou, Seven-Star, New Generation.

Frequently Asked Questions