Buldak spicy noodles are back on shelves in Denmark after the food authorities there canceled part of their recall decision concerning the famous Korean instant noodles product, originally issued due to their extreme spiciness and consequent health risks.

The Danish Veterinary and Food Administration announced, Monday (local time), that two of the three products that had been recalled were not harmful to health, based on updated risk assessments.

“Based on the new analysis results and the DTU Food Institute’s updated risk assessment, the administration concludes that two of the products, Samyang Buldak 2x Spicy Hot Chicken and Samyang Buldak Hot Chicken Stew, do not contain capsaicin levels as high as those reported by the distributors in the marketing,” the Danish administration said in a press release.

  • Dearth@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    I got some buldak instant noodles to try. They are very very spicy. Ive definitely been served spicier foods at restaurants, but i dont think ive ever had a spicier instant ramen packet

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    2 months ago

    Wow. I had no idea the Danes were such wussies. Too spicy. Lol

    *I stand by what I said. The 2x and 3x are not very terrible on the spicy scale. The article claims the 3x is around 13,000 shu. I’m actually guessing that’s a typo/mistake and it’s supposed to be 130,000 SHU. Jalapeños are usually around 10,000 to 20,000 and the noodles are hotter than that. Serrano peppers float around 90k or so. Habanero peppers are usually 150k or more. Peppers vary wildly based on growing conditions.

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        2 months ago

        I eat them all the time, but I’m a freak of nature that uses hot sauces like mad dog 357 gold edition and da bomb on all my food. I think jalapeños to me are about as spicy to pickles for most people.

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    2 months ago

    I honestly do not get the appeal of super spicy food like that.

    It just tastes of hot. Hot is not a flavour.

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      2 months ago

      The “one chip challenge” did hospitalize several people and caused the death of a child with heart defect. They are potentially unsafe.

      Not wanting those kind of crap products sold in the food section and advertised towards kids isn’t nanny stating.

      There is no way a kid could make a qualified judgement themselves when it’s placed and marketed next to ordinary safe consumables.

      I don’t mind these products being sold, but I do have higher expectations for safety of products sold in a food section.

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    2 months ago

    They should have advertised it in norway as “so spicy, it had to be banned in denmark”

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    2 months ago

    Notice the ban was based on the information given by the dealers themselves.
    When the actual lab results came back it turned out to be not quite as strong as advertised.
    So I guess it’s false advertising, but that’s probably another department.

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      2 months ago

      According to the report, the capsaicin levels were calculated based on the Scoville scale information disclosed on Danish retail websites selling the noodles, rather than the noodles themselves, as no specific measurements of capsaicin or total capsaicin content are provided by the manufacturer.

      False advertising by the Danish themselves.