Samyang: Denmark recalls Korean ramen for being too spicy

They were recalled because the level of Capsaicin has caused symptoms of poisoning in younger individuals

Is it really “poisoning” if some subset of consumers can’t eat something? Ok. It’s poisoning. Y’all really focusing on this part of my comment. We all know “the dose makes the poison” though. So “poisons” are clearly allowed to be sold as food.

Like if some Danes are severely allergic to shellfish are they going to pull all crabs off the market?

If it’s temporary until labeling standards can be defined and implemented, that makes sense to me but just blanket removal seems like an overreaction.

I had a 1x spicy variant from these producers and it was pretty intense but still enjoyable, and I'm used to some heat but normally try to stay below 100.000 Scoville (ish) to still have fun. I can imagine if you are used to nothing spicywise and try their 3x spicy stuff you might get poisoning. Maybe the time is ripe to have a global rating or warning label for spicy foods. Everyone always already tries to convey the spicyness-level, especially for guests/tourists and such. Why not try to make a standard for spicy warnings, you could even have region variability like in clothing labels.

I found the x2 were pretty tasty, but it'd be unpleasant for a few hours before the ring of fire, and that'd usually disrupt my sleep a bit, so it wasn't worth it. I just went with the regular spice level instead. I haven't tried the x3, but it seems like it's getting a bit silly by that point.

Unless it is demonstrated to be genuinely dangerous, it should be sold as normal. If no one liked them, they wouldn't sell.

I tried them too recently and I really like spicy food, but they were just nasty.

The regular ones are one of my favorite ramen packet brands. I've never tried the 2x or 3x spicy types. I could see 2x being good because you definitely build up a tolerance and I find the normal ones don't quite give the same kick anymore. 3x seems excessive but who knows.

I was inspired to eat one now (different flavor so probably not as spicy). The spice is fine but the noodles are gross. I think I'm just going to use the flavor packets with Top or Maruchan ramen.

I have friends that eat these daily

Yeah, alongside whatever other foods from other cultures that we dislike!

I've basically decided to give up on Buldak.

I like spicy food, generally, but I ate the black one too and it was all spice and no taste.

I then tried one that was supposed to be cheese flavour (and not even the spicy cheese flavour, just regular normal cheese) and that was also somehow just spicy in a really boring way.

What are you talking about, that stuff is delicious

The black one is the 1x and is the tastiest of the three in my opinion. The 3x seems to be tastier than the 2x (both red), but that’s based on memory, as I haven’t tasted them side by side. We buy the 1x quite often and add some extra ingredients to it (egg, spring onions, crispy chili oil, cheese). It’s spicy, but not extremely so according to our taste, especially not with the extra ingredients.

I don’t even find them that spicy but they fuck my butthole and accessories up.

You might have a high spice tolerance, I don't know, but if you are exemplifying Sriracha as an example, I would suggest caution. Korean spicy food doesn't play when it says things like "2x heat!" on the package.

Sriracha is about 2200SHU, the recalled noodles are 10,000SHU.

If you enjoy Korean red paste, it's a good heat, but some people don't quite know what they are getting into. If you're used to eating 100k or 200k SHU stuff, go for it, but I know there's a lot of tolerance variation from 2k to 200k people.

I mainline sriracha, I can’t take buldak noodles.

a pain tolerance builds up fast and people like the endorphin high that comes with the intense heat.

I've tried so many spicy things and I have the same thoughts. The hottest thing that still retains flavors, imo, is a habanero. I've tried tons of peppers and the sauces featured on Hot Ones and, yeah they are certainly hot; but there's not really any nuance and anything you put them on will taste entirely like the sauce. Even with just a dab.

My ex could barely taste the heat so they loved everything crazy hot by normal standards.

Not everyone has extreme reactions to it.

The 1x is super tasty, but yeah after that it's just hot it doesn't taste better. Dick measuring at that point

It's a dick measuring thing.

Negative reactions to capsaicin generally only happen when people who are unused to spicy foods ingest something too spicy for their level of tolerance. So yes, this is Denmark "not being able to handle spicy food". The problem here is probably people with zero tolerance trying to eat it as a 'challenge'.

You dont eat spicy ramen for the flavour, you eat it because you have a head cold and want to clear out your sinuses.

I have them stacked in my cupboard, confirmed.

Yep they'll be bad on sodium, though overall in terms of calories etc they're not the worst thing ever.

Here I can find cups with healthy stuff in them instead, pasta, lentils, etc, so it's possible to keep the convenience and substitute with healthier alternatives.