Over 50% Have a Very High Spicy Food Tolerance

Food around the world can bear various different types of flavors, textures, tastes, and more. Needless to say, each culture prepares food in its own unique way that contains different ingredients. To specify, spice is a flavor embraced by many cultures worldwide. Known for its prominent color and ‘fiery’ flavor, many cannot tolerate spice in their food.

Thus, Real Research conducted a survey about public preference on spicy food. The survey aims to find public opinions on spicy tolerances, the countries with the highest level of spice, etc. Here are the results.

Highlights:

• 50.93% have ‘very high’ spicy food tolerance
• 39.98% say India has the highest level of spiciness
• 73.20% say spicy food is healthy

90.72% Enjoy Spicy Food

The survey starts with questioning respondents on whether they enjoy spicy food. A majority of 90.72% say ‘yes, I eat it often’ whereas 9.28% say ‘no, I find it repulsive’.

Next, the survey continues to ask why respondents eat spicy food. For 68.20%, spicy food makes them happy, while 10.8% feel ‘it is a thing nowadays’. Moreover, 5.67% say ‘it fires up metabolism’ and 4.29% say ‘it is a habitual menu’. Meanwhile, 3.52% eat spicy foods as it ‘helps release stress’ and 3.05% say it is ‘addicting’.

Furthermore, the survey also asks about respondents’ spice tolerance. Here, 50.93% say they have a ‘very high’ spicy food tolerance, whereas 20.30% have a normal tolerance. On the other hand, 20.21% have a ‘high’ spicy tolerance, 4.43% have a ‘low’ tolerance, and 4.13% say ‘very low’.

The Majority Try Out New Spicy Food or Product When Released

Next, the survey asks if respondents try out new spicy food or products when it is released. A majority of 85.58% say ‘yes’ and 14.42% say ‘no’.

Moreover, the survey also asks which type of newly-released spicy products respondents would try. On this, all 73.16% chose spicy dishes, 10.50% chose spicy snacks, and 9.29% chose spicy sauce/seasoning. Moreover, 5.36% chose spicy drinks and 1.69% chose spicy desserts.

Additionally, the survey asks which country has the highest level of spiciness, to which, the majority (39.98%) chose India. Following after, 35.04% chose South Korea while 6.82% chose China. Meanwhile, 4.84% chose the USA, 4.56% chose Thailand, and 2.22% chose Mexico. Lastly, 2.14% chose South Africa.

The Majority Would Like To Try Flamin’ Hot Cheetos

Next when asked which spiciest snack respondents would like to try out, the majority (60.12%) said Flamin’ Hot Cheetos. Accordingly, 12.13% chose ‘Paqui Haunted Ghost Pepper Spicy Hot Tortilla Chips’. Moreover, 6.48% chose ‘Samyang’s 2X Spicy Hot Chicken Flavor Ramen’.

Meanwhile, 6.13% would like to try ‘Jurassic Jerky’s Creeping Reaper Carolina Reaper Beef Jerky’. Adding on, 5.59% want to try the ‘World’s Hottest Chocolate Bar’ and 4.18% would like to try the ‘Death Nut Challenge Version 2.0 Carolina Reaper Peanuts’.

The survey then asks respondents — are spicy foods healthy? In reply, 73.20% feel spicy foods are healthy. In contrast, 26.80% feel it is dangerous.

To conclude, the survey asks if respondents would continue to eat spicy food. In response, 85.14% said ‘yes’ and 14.86% said ‘no’.