That’s hilarious. Is that truly a possibility? Actually being poisoned by too much heat? 
Interesting. I once got a 6-pack of instant noodle bowl called something like Inferno Chicken that was hotter than the hottest Korean or Thai restaurant dish I’ve ever had (and I used to test the limits). My son, with a notoriously firey palate, couldn’t eat more than a half bowl at a time.
Samyang Foods’ stock price has soared 70% in recent months after its Buldak carbonara ramen went viral on TikTok, with the product becoming so popular in the US there were reports of shortages.
Looks like the problem is more TikTok than the noodle itself. Danish gov is incompetent in identification of the problem.
Ah, another TikTok trend. Whoda tunk 
You wouldn’t believe how many folks in one of my cooking groups make recipes they saw there.
I am curious about the actual claim of poisoning. What are the actual risks of ingesting too much capsaicin — besides a very unpleasant night? Death? What am I missing here?
Go on youtube and watch the midwits who eat a whole Carolina Reaper. I think poison isn’t the best term, and the authorities here may be over reacting. But certainly there can be short term bad health effects.
And one-off major effects if their body can’t handle the stress - a kid died after eating a super hot chip. They were sold as a single chip in a coffin-shaped container. I think the product was discontinued after that, although I don’t know if it was at health authority request.
That’s awful. I feel for the parents. Losing a child over something so incredibly stupid 
Eating too spicy food gives you diarrhea. Food poisoning can give you that as well, but by definition it is caused by bacteria as far as I understood. I feel the authority should say very spicy food damages your organs.
I saw that single chip on sale, and was tempted to offer to H, he should be glad that I didn’t.
Well now I have to try it.
OMG. Please report when you plan on doing it, and get back to us within 24 hours 
Thanks, that’s the one I was thinking of. Looks like he’d fall into the category of “if their body can’t handle the stress”.
I’ve had the regular superhot version and I already think it’s starting to cross the line between tasty yet spicy to just not good. I won’t even try the 3x spicy version. It’s still on the market though. I think there’s a Darwin award to the folks who follow these stupid trends and challenges, and you have to make smart choices.
But there was someone (a teen I think) who died after trying the one-chip challenge from Paqui, so the constant question of how much do you have to protect those Darwin award winners from themselves. The person who died I thought have had an underlying health issue that was unknown to the teen at the time.
Yes,
@ElsieDee’s post just two above yours mentioned it.
The Guardian taste-tests that ramen.
Thanks for posting this. Fun and interesting, and until they hit 3X they didn’t seem to be bothered too terribly much.
I wonder, though, about cumulative effects. It’s one thing to eat a bite or two of very spicy stuff, another to try to finish the entire bowl.
I tried a similar product today, considered by the interwebz (if Redditors are to be believed) to be somewhere between the regular and 2x Buldak in terms of heat: https://www.amazon.com/Volcano-Spicy-Chicken-Noodle-Pack/dp/B075ZRJDK4
I would consider my spice tolerance to be above average but not exceptional (for instance, Tabasco registers as spicy to me but I could easily drink it if I wanted to, while something like Frank’s Red Hot is more vinegar than spice). These are definitely hot, though not abusively so for me. I found the sauce too sweet for my liking so I only added about 3/4 of the packet - if I had used it all, they may have approached the abusive level. One thing I noticed, however, was that whatever type of pepper/spice they used didn’t have a building effect - each bite was hot, but the heat faded fairly quickly. No milk required, just one quick blow of the nose when I was done with my bowl and I was good to go.
I may order the regular and 2x Buldak’s to compare. I wouldn’t buy these again, more because I didn’t like the sweetness than the spice. The noodles themselves were a bit thicker than your average heat-and-eat ramen, and quite tasty IMO.
This is as spicy as I get with Korean ramen. And I add extras (food bits, not spice). It’s not that I’m a wimp; my digestive system can’t deal with anything more extreme, even if my mouth can. I’d rather the heat enhance the underlying food (which I’m still able to taste, hopefully). I’m not sure I’d ever do a recipe from Reddit …
Tried the 2x spicy Buldak ramen tonight. They are definitely hot, hotter than the Volcano ones I mentioned up thread, but still without much of a building effect. I used the whole sauce packet, but tempered the spice slightly by adding a tablespoon of peanut butter into the mix. This was intended more for flavor than heat reduction as the sauce doesn’t have much flavor beyond heat and a slight sweetness (less sweet than the Volcano version, however). I enjoyed them, but no desire to go hotter!
