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.
Damn, Denmark really just called Buldak not as spicy as the label says.
“skill issue”
And apparently that’s better? You’d think they’d get in trouble for the false advertising now.
Better to get in trouble for false advertising than actually dangerously high capsaicin content, I suppose.
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.
Okay, this is the funniest possible option. It was just a circle of Danish people panicking each other over the scary spicy noodles. No actual issue was ever present by any empirical definition.
the ban sounds like great advertising material.
“so spicy that Denmark had to make it illegal”
“are you stronger than the entire country of Denmark?”
“criminally spicy”
When Monty Python’s The Life of Brian came out, Norway banned it. Sweden then advertised it as “the film so funny that it was banned in Norway.”
That’s beautiful, thank you for sharing. I’ve been a fan for ages but didn’t know that.
You’re not wrong. My interest in that brand jumped. But reviews basically said “it’s just spicy, not great flavor”
I thought it was delicious. And that’s when trying to eat the black package, which was so spicy I very nearly threw up. But it still tasted delicious.
I tried them and really enjoyed it. it was an amazing experience. wouldn’t call it delicious tho. more comparable to skydiving than a meal.
It would have been until they measured the capsaisin levels and declared it not as spicy as they were told.
Why is thumbnail moving?
LSD kicked in.
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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.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.
Which is why I wrote dealer, not the manufacturer.
But where is the most likely place for the dealer to get those numbers?Out of their ass
However, the Danish authorities maintained the recall decision on Buldak 3x Spicy Hot Chicken, the spiciest product in the Buldak line, stating that it is still believed to be harmful to health. They cited the high capsaicin level as posing a risk to consumers developing acute poisoning upon consumption.
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.
I’ve tried them. They are REALLY fucking spicy. Most likely a typo.
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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Buldak is back on the menu, boys!
The fire coming out in that animation
Man I’m all for spicy but there’s a point for me when I can’t even enjoy the flavor that just kills it. As much as I want to love them, I haven’t found a version that isn’t ‘light you life on fire’ hot.
I like it sometimes. The temporary pain is stress relieving for me. It’s not about the flavor anymore then.
Having done extreme spice multiple times you start to taste the flavors again btw.
Also if it’s not your thing why would you want to love them? I don’t think anyone should need to justify not liking some food.
It definitely takes a lot more than “a few times”.
I have the regular Buldak and use 1/4 of the sauce pouch. You get the flavor without the pointlessly high spice level.
Try the ones not called 3x spice and replace the water with coconut milk.
Source: Trust me bro.
As a Thai food lover, I’m trying this fusion.
Someone got the 3x spicy buldak where I work and it’s hot as fuck. I didn’t know there was a 3x version, the 2x was already hotter than I like. Still had to try it.
I want to try 3x, but I can only find 2x around here and don’t want to pay thirty bucks for one package from a scalper on Amazon lol
Animated thumbnail is awesome, never seen that before on Lemmy
Good for Denmark.
A coworker of mine introduced me to these about five or six years ago, when they could only be acquired in specialty Asian grocery stores. Now I can get them at Shaws and I fuckin love them. I’ve got three packs in my pantry at the moment. They’re best if you add microwaved chicken nuggets to them.
I actually tried a pack after seeing the previous article and recognizing them in the store. So news article marketing worked.
They’re really spicy though. To a level where it’s no longer enjoyable. On my second pack I only added 1/3 the included sauce and it was far better. I was used to Nissin packets of Soba-chili noodles and loved those. These Buldak packs are like 4-5 times as spicy.
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
I honestly do not get the appeal of super spicy food like that.
It just tastes of hot. Hot is not a flavour.
omg😭
