Testing the hotness of spicy noodles banned in Denmark

We have measured the hotness of spicy noodles banned by Denmark’s food agency; Buldak 3x Spicy instant ramen were banned in Denmark with a warning that they were so hot they might cause “acute poisoning”.
ZP has used the FoodSense Generation 4 to measure the hotness and in the video we give the Scoville Heat Units.
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[@yourstruly9978]

This is my favorite ramen. I put habanero peppers in mine.

[@V77710]

Wot..wow your heat tolerance is impressive. I can eat Habanero as is or Buldak, but won't dare mix em

[@mercster]

What is the rate of variance compared to HPLC with this device?

[@zimmerpeacock9703]

I would prefer to point you to research independent of us,; the device is still in use at the University, so here is the link to the link to research coming out of Minnesota- www.foodsensetechnology.com/post/hplc-determination-of-capsaicin-and-foodsense

[@samvittighedsfuld7586]

I think that was a pretty cool test. I am surprised by the result though, seeing as the 3x is supposed to be 13k SHU. Hell, the 1x is supposed to be above 8k SHU.

[@Spacemonkeymojo]

I agree... In another video (some news video) the anchor said sriracha is supposed to be 2000 SHU. I've eaten these noodles and they are way hotter than 2.5x sriracha. I'm skeptical about these results.

[@zimmerpeacock9703]

The good thing is that we have the raw capsaicin signal so I can line it up against other products with know SHU and see verify the results that way. This is anecdotally I did end up easting the product, and so I can subjectively say that my experience was in line with the analytical method. If any one has a certificate of analysis happy to see that - ZP

[@legi0naire]

The spice might not be ranked high but it comes in a large contrated volume.

[@zimmerpeacock9703]

@@legi0naire it's the 30 g of sauce per serving that leads to the subjective hotness

[@michaelpain1]

Yes meant 3x & 2x

[@lavihayoun05]

I thought you were gonna like, try the noodles.

[@mercster]

That would be, like, the least interesting part of this video, mate.

[@lavihayoun05]

​​@@mercster Then how come videos of people eating the spicy noodles have way more views than this science video ?

[@michaelpain1]

Everyone & their grandmas too have done videos trying the noodles & the Denmark ban reignited that this is the only one thats different and dictated the other information which is online & on some of the packs

[@loronwatson8294]

The 3x spicy is being ban ?

[@zimmerpeacock9703]

In Denmark yes

[@V77710]

Something doesn't add up to me..why does 3x buldak sting or burn more, than a 60k scoville cayenne chilli raw. Is it because of the oil in the food making it coat your tongue?

[@zimmerpeacock9703]

I did try two sachets of this sauce on one serving of noodles and still it's not super hot, we do have sauces in our possession which are 50,000 SHU, and if we ate 30 g of a 50,000 SHU we would be in a lot of pain, but this is 30 g of a 5000 SHU and so though hot it's not because of the intrinsic SHU but because of the size of serving (30 g)