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.
Why is thumbnail moving?
LSD kicked in.
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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.
They are hotter than a habenero burn. It is a slow burn though, so it’s mellow. If you aren’t used to that heat, it may be uncomfortable.
Buldak is a bit too spicy for me to enjoy. But Nongshim Shin Ramyun is much better tasting, and highly recommend for those that like spicy noodles that aren’t pure fire.
Good for Denmark.
The thumbnail is somehow a gif with flames over the cup, but then you click it, and the picture in the article does not have the flames.
Weird! Here’s the actual image resource that’s being loaded, with the flames: https://lemm.ee/api/v3/image_proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimg.koreatimes.co.kr%2Fupload%2FthumbnailV2%2F378743_20240716_162624640_94dbd938333e8.gif
Here’s the same resource on the site, with the flames: https://img.koreatimes.co.kr/upload/thumbnailV2/378743_20240716_162624640_94dbd938333e8.gif
Maybe this is a clickbait-type thing, so scrapers will drive more content to the article while it itself remains serious and professional-looking?
Edit: It does look like it loads it for sharing purposes, at least onto Facebook and the like. Not sure how it worked for Lemmy specifically. Maybe an actual web dev can answer.
You don’t have to use the same image for the feature as the embed preview. The featured image is often the default (and you have a fallback just in case), but you can also choose to replace it for socials. Don’t know what this is built in (on mobile) but it could just be using a different file.
I haven’t seen this before so grain of salt but I’m assuming it’s just to be eye-catching so you click to their site. I’m also assuming you wouldn’t want it to be a gif on your own site because of accessibility concerns, but that depends on your requirements which vary pretty widely by country.
do not contain capsaicin levels as high as those reported by the distributors in the marketing
Oh so they’re falsely advertising the product. Cool.
Damn, Denmark really just called Buldak not as spicy as the label says.
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.
“skill issue”
Ah so x3 is still banned.
People should be careful around extreme spicy food because it can cause harm.
so now the danish govt can sue them due to false advertising?
Apparently it was Danish retailers who made up the stupid high Scoville ratings in the first place. So maybe them.
They should have advertised it in norway as “so spicy, it had to be banned in denmark”
Take my money.
Lee Nong Shim spicy are the best though. I don’t like their Black variety, but standard red spicy rock. I’ve a feeling they’re a connected brand or a relabel.
Le long bun moth is great too.
Naw Nongshim and Samyang are different companies. Samyang is actually the first instant ramen company in SK, while Nongshim is the largest instant noodles company in SK. Completely different ramens too, Nongshim’s is powder/veg packet, Samyang’s is a red ass hot sauce packet (well, for their flagship, they have more flavors). And Samyang is much hotter, but they’re both good!
I like good instant noodles…
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 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.
Thanks for this! I’ll give it a try.
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”.
So they were given the go, because their false advertising was caught?
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
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
The fire coming out in that animation
