Capsaicin extract should be banned from food in general.
It’s unpleasant and tastes astringent, unlike the capsaicin coming naturally from peppers.
I’ll regularly eat incredibly spicy foods, I grow Naga, scorpion and ghost chilis, and I love the thrill of these treats, but also the flavor. Capsaicin extract is immediately detectable because the flavor and feel of the heat is different and unpleasant. It isn’t that it’s “too spicy”, it feels bad to eat.
If your heat doesn’t come from a pepper included in the recipe, it shouldn’t be consumed.
I’m with you I regularly eat spicy food, and also grow my own scorpion and ghost peppers and add them into my cooking. I hate most hot sauces in general, as they’re all burn and no flavour. I have however found some that do buck the trend, but in general I don’t go for hot sauces too often
If you could recommend a few, I’d be eager to try em. I mostly make my own sauces these days, vinegar or mustard based ones usually with the ghost peppers, and pickled Thai birds eye chilis with garlic, ginger and lemongrass, like a sambal oelek with a decent kick.
There’s a few yuzu based hot sauces out there that aren’t terribly spicy, but have a wonderful fruit flavor, so I’m thinking of trying to make a peach or mango Naga salsa/sauce next, but I gotta wait for good peaches or mangoes at the store.
I’ve had a couple spicy shark ones that have flavour. They also have the pure extract ones but I usually stay away from those
There’s a Korean BBQ hot sauce that I think is really good
There’s a matouks west Indian hot sauce I’ve enjoyed
I’ve found that hot sauces that are a bit chunkier and have actual ingredients like small chunks of chilli or pineapple tend to have a more balanced flavor and heat profile though
I don’t have a study or nothing, but I know a few other people like myself who like super hot foods and the vibe I get is that foods with capsaicin extract are edible, they’re not pleasant to eat and they lack a… rounded heat experience? It’s kinda hard to put into words. It’s sorta like “pancake syrup” vs maple syrup. Pancake syrup is sweet and sticky, but it isn’t good like maple syrup.
Edit: Nice autodownvote. Yeah, I agree. Nothing artificial should ever be eaten. No extracts. Hell, processed seaweed is too artificial. Frankly, if ypu can’t grow it, we should ban it because I’m an authoritarian tool.
Didn’t down vote ya, but kvetching about votes ain’t a good look.
Why? I said in the post, it doesn’t taste good and it artificially makes things spicier, but in an unpleasant, astringent way that isn’t flavorful like hot hot peppers. The manufacturer states they use the Carolina Reaper and the Naga pepper in the chip, but I’ve had it, and it lacks the flavor of those peppers and tastes bitter like other “challenge” sauces that use some amount of pure capsaicin extract.
It’s easier to get something spicier with pure extract and probably cheaper, but it ruins the taste of the heat.
Edit: it ain’t about extracts in foods or nothing, it’s not “artificial”, it’s just pure capsaicin from the peppers. It just affects the flavor and experience poorly.
Capsaicin extract should be banned from food in general.
It’s unpleasant and tastes astringent, unlike the capsaicin coming naturally from peppers.
I’ll regularly eat incredibly spicy foods, I grow Naga, scorpion and ghost chilis, and I love the thrill of these treats, but also the flavor. Capsaicin extract is immediately detectable because the flavor and feel of the heat is different and unpleasant. It isn’t that it’s “too spicy”, it feels bad to eat.
If your heat doesn’t come from a pepper included in the recipe, it shouldn’t be consumed.
I’m with you I regularly eat spicy food, and also grow my own scorpion and ghost peppers and add them into my cooking. I hate most hot sauces in general, as they’re all burn and no flavour. I have however found some that do buck the trend, but in general I don’t go for hot sauces too often
If you could recommend a few, I’d be eager to try em. I mostly make my own sauces these days, vinegar or mustard based ones usually with the ghost peppers, and pickled Thai birds eye chilis with garlic, ginger and lemongrass, like a sambal oelek with a decent kick.
There’s a few yuzu based hot sauces out there that aren’t terribly spicy, but have a wonderful fruit flavor, so I’m thinking of trying to make a peach or mango Naga salsa/sauce next, but I gotta wait for good peaches or mangoes at the store.
I’ve had a couple spicy shark ones that have flavour. They also have the pure extract ones but I usually stay away from those
There’s a Korean BBQ hot sauce that I think is really good
There’s a matouks west Indian hot sauce I’ve enjoyed
I’ve found that hot sauces that are a bit chunkier and have actual ingredients like small chunks of chilli or pineapple tend to have a more balanced flavor and heat profile though
Drop some knowledge, bruh. I can’t find a decent hot sauce that’s both hot and tasty, that’s not overpowered by bullshit like garlic powder.
Is it subjective maybe? Do some people like it?
I don’t have a study or nothing, but I know a few other people like myself who like super hot foods and the vibe I get is that foods with capsaicin extract are edible, they’re not pleasant to eat and they lack a… rounded heat experience? It’s kinda hard to put into words. It’s sorta like “pancake syrup” vs maple syrup. Pancake syrup is sweet and sticky, but it isn’t good like maple syrup.
I’m sure it is subjective. My girlfriend is obsessed with hot sauces and loves adding them to food
If I make me did spicy though she doesn’t add any which I take as a compliment
It’s probably fine for industrial cooking where it’s being heavily diluted. These crisps don’t use it though.
Why?
Edit: Nice autodownvote. Yeah, I agree. Nothing artificial should ever be eaten. No extracts. Hell, processed seaweed is too artificial. Frankly, if ypu can’t grow it, we should ban it because I’m an authoritarian tool.
Didn’t down vote ya, but kvetching about votes ain’t a good look.
Why? I said in the post, it doesn’t taste good and it artificially makes things spicier, but in an unpleasant, astringent way that isn’t flavorful like hot hot peppers. The manufacturer states they use the Carolina Reaper and the Naga pepper in the chip, but I’ve had it, and it lacks the flavor of those peppers and tastes bitter like other “challenge” sauces that use some amount of pure capsaicin extract.
It’s easier to get something spicier with pure extract and probably cheaper, but it ruins the taste of the heat.
Edit: it ain’t about extracts in foods or nothing, it’s not “artificial”, it’s just pure capsaicin from the peppers. It just affects the flavor and experience poorly.
Ban processed sugar because cherries taste better.
Edit War: I have no issues with you finding “artificial” spiciness off-putting; only your opinion it should be disallowed…