Denmark BANNED the WORLD'S SPICIEST Korean Noodles?!

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Күн бұрын

Denmark is the first and only country to ban three types of instant Ramen for being too SPICY 🌶️
📱 There's no doubt that spicy food products have been popularized by social media trends like the One Chip Challenge and the Fire Noodles Challenge 🔥
BUT, is it justified to ban these products?!
Watch now to learn some of my thoughts as a food scientist on this unexpected ban 👩🏼‍🔬
0:00 Introduction
0:35 The Ban
1:52 Just How Spicy?
2:40 Spicy Food Challenges
3:40 Is the Ban Justified?
4:16 Alternatives to a Ban
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✅ What products did the Danish Food Authority Ban? Hot Chicken Ramen 3x Spicy, Buldak Hot Chicken Ramen 2x Spicy, and Hot Chicken Flavor Ramen Stew Type
✅ What company makes these spicy noodles? Samyang Foods (a Korean Company)
❌ Are these noodles banned in any other country? No, this is the first time
❌ Is there a legal limit for the amount of capsaicin that can be added to food products? No
✅ What causes a food to be spicy? A molecule called capsaicin is what gives food its heat or pungency
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@penguinpingu3807 Ай бұрын

Warning label is the best way to educate people how spicy it is. Denmark just has skill issue.

@AbbeytheFoodScientist Ай бұрын

I agree a label would have sufficed! Your not the first person to mention a skills issue :)

@briang530 Ай бұрын

Samyang noodles are bloody good.

@ModernSurvivalSense 23 күн бұрын

I'm eating their 2x spicy noodles right now. I buy them by the case. What a bunch of weenies...

@sarah-vo Ай бұрын

super insightful!! as a samyang enjoyer, my partner and I keep joking that the danish health agency has skill issues lmao

@AbbeytheFoodScientist Ай бұрын

Someone else just commented that same thing :)

@sharonrae 16 күн бұрын

I agree😁 But I want to taste it shin ramyeon 🍜🤤😁😘

@ChristineNelson-pr1yi Ай бұрын

Fun video as always Abbey The Food Scientist!

@AbbeytheFoodScientist Ай бұрын

Yay! Thank you!

@jessmoore3426 Ай бұрын

I have always wondered this! Thanks Abbey!

@AbbeytheFoodScientist Ай бұрын

Any time!

@missyheck4590 Ай бұрын

Wow! This is so interesting! 😮

@AbbeytheFoodScientist Ай бұрын

Glad you think so!

@AlexandraKuechel Ай бұрын

Super interesting Abbey!

@AbbeytheFoodScientist Ай бұрын

I think so too!

@user-wd7ue4nu8i Ай бұрын

덴마크가 혐한국가였구나 불닭 덕분에 국제정세도 배우네

@skatingcanuck9837 26 күн бұрын

How about Danish people just read the label? How about Danish parents simply not allow their children to eat them? Korean children don't eat them.

@AbbeytheFoodScientist 21 күн бұрын

Yes, this all crossed my mind as well :)

@user-uk4jl4ot6y Күн бұрын

It is not true. Many Korean children actually eat them.( my daughter 9 years old, like them) But they are used to spicy food. Many children starts to eat kimchi at about age of 2. (Kimchi, is fermented cabbage with chili.

@jordanbabler5231 Ай бұрын

These are my favorite videos!

@AbbeytheFoodScientist Ай бұрын

I'm so glad!

@bettaaesthetics7791 Ай бұрын

I remember eating the world's spiciest noodles for breakfast because I love the flavor so much. However, I ate it too often with things that you shouldn't mix. Such as coffee and !buprofen. I gave myself bleeding stomach ulcers that made me burp all the time and took months to heal. 😭

@AbbeytheFoodScientist Ай бұрын

That is terrifying! I'm so sorry :(

@j7ndominica051 Ай бұрын

I'm concerned about what happened to the food that was on shelves and in warehouses. If I got some overly spicy food, I'd dilute it down with other unseasoned products or broth until it is normal.

@AbbeytheFoodScientist Ай бұрын

I 100% agree... Food authority told people to toss out any products they already had at home!! If I had to guess, any product in the store was also destroyed

@lba2746 Ай бұрын

@@AbbeytheFoodScientist You can redirect the food to other markets, say Norway or Sweden - if they use Scandinavian labelling. But open boxes are likely to be destroyed.

@WageningenBC23 Ай бұрын

You are on fire Abbey! 🌶️🌶️🌶️

@AbbeytheFoodScientist Ай бұрын

YES, love the pun ;)

@Mageroth 3 күн бұрын

could it be the Danes are concerned that people/kids might slurp the Samyang Spice packet right from the packet? ive seen a couple of YT shorts where a few people drink the sauce directly from the packet. ?!!

@lba2746 Ай бұрын

If you want to control the level of a substance in the Denmark, it shall probably go through the EU, which can last 2-3 years, if you succeed. The Danish food authority obviously consider the severity too high then multiplied by the frequency, so the warning label is not an option. And the ban, or withdrawal, can be carried through locally and immediately in DK with out waiting for EU regulation. The withdrawal is likely to be evaluated by the EU. A relevant question is: Are kids informed consumers, or are they more likely to follow their youtube idol? If you read EU food regulation there are a lot of local exceptions to make room for "local treats". We, Denmark, have salty liquorice with levels of ammonium chloride, NH4Cl, which are labelled for grown ups only. The NH4Cl level is regulated through the EU. NH4Cl & liquorice increases heart rate. Salty liguorice is not popular in the US or Asia because it is too strong. I am not a EU food regulation expert. I only use the EU food regulation as inspiration on how to deal with regulatory affairs issues in another industry. This in my few cents to put perspective on the issue.

@ChelseyHogarth Ай бұрын

Love the explanation of the possible alternatives! I always learn something new by Abbey the Food Scientist ❤❤

@jtgh79 18 күн бұрын

hahaha, they haven't seen how tzuyang korean youtuber mukbang queem eaten a dozen of them in 1 setting

@boitmecklyn4995 14 күн бұрын

As Uncle Roger said "Why so weak?!"

@michaelpain1 27 күн бұрын

Samyang shu 3x sauce test result was under 6k shu

@AbbeytheFoodScientist 27 күн бұрын

Really?! That is lower than what I was reading!

@michaelpain1 27 күн бұрын

@@AbbeytheFoodScientist a guy did a youtube video on testing it

@GeeHanShin 5 күн бұрын

Vikings are post to be strong 😂😂😂😂

@sharonrae 16 күн бұрын

Chill noodles is not my favorite food😡👎 Buldak hot noodles are not for me 🥵😤

@AbbeytheFoodScientist 15 күн бұрын

Oh, I'm a real baby when it comes to spicy foods (the opposite of my boyfriend, of course!)

@hcm9999 28 күн бұрын

I believe people in the west are making a mistake on how to consume the noodles. You are supposed to eat the noodles as if it were a soup, in a bowl of hot water. So most of the spices gets diluted in the soup. And most people in Asia only eat the noodles and don't drink the soup. They simply throw away the soup after eating the noodles. So it doesn't matter how spicy it is, you end up throwing away most of the spices. But apparently people in the west are eating the noodles as if it were Italian spaghetti. They boil the noodles, then throw away the water, then add the spices. In that way you end up consuming all the spices. The spices are not good for your health, usually they contain too much salt, and in this case, too much pepper. I live in Japan, I don't know what is written in the package sold in Denmark. But I guess the instructions on the package are probably WRONG. There is a video called "Uncle Roger DISGUSTED by this Egg Fried Rice Video (BBC Food)". But apparently the BBC host is following the instructions written on the package. It seems that most packages sold in the west have the wrong translation.

@AbbeytheFoodScientist 27 күн бұрын

I never thought about this! I think you're right that us Westerns are consuming the Ramen differently :)

@mtaylor44 26 күн бұрын

This is simply not true. Many are supposed to be "dry", where you drain the water (some have you retain a tiny bit because of the flavor pack). Westerners are probably familiar with Yakisoba, Mi Goreng, and Lo Mein, to name a few. The ones banned are not meant to be a soup, they are in this stir-fry noodle dish type of category. This is not a translation issue.

@hcm9999 26 күн бұрын

@@mtaylor44 Not in Japan. In Japan they are not even called instant noodle, they are called instant ramen, and ramen is always a soup. And you are not supposed to drink the soup.

@ModernSurvivalSense 23 күн бұрын

@@hcm9999 These specific noodles are not a soup. They are suppose to be stir fried, per the directions on the packaging.

@hcm9999 22 күн бұрын

@@ModernSurvivalSense yes

@jamilangon5798 Ай бұрын

aside from the taste of spice, it doesnt taste that good. there is a separate sauce for this and ill buy the buldak sauce and mix it with Pancit Canton or Mi Goreng 🤣🤣🤣

@AbbeytheFoodScientist Ай бұрын

Interesting... I heard some people just dilute it or eat it with some yogurt to make it less spicy!

@jamilangon5798 Ай бұрын

@@AbbeytheFoodScientist i think adding yogurt ruins the flavor of ramen/ramyun/instant noodles. but if they are used to it... maybe it is more of acquired taste, cuz i don't like yogurt unless it is used to cook biryani

@NikoBellaKhouf2 29 күн бұрын

@@jamilangon5798I like the taste as is and it's not spicy

@michaelpain1 Ай бұрын

Culley's noodles & Uncle Roger's are hotter

@AbbeytheFoodScientist 27 күн бұрын

REALLY?! Man, I can't take all this spiciness!

@michaelpain1 27 күн бұрын

@@AbbeytheFoodScientist fun fact the stores that it pulled in Denmark received a statement saying samyang noodles are as spicy as Jalepeno and Tabasco sauce 😂