How hot do you like your food?
As hot as it comes38%
Properly spicy30%
A bit of heat10%
Barely any6%
None at all16%
38% of 50 respondents answered "As hot as it comes".
Spicy food
How much spice can people handle in Argentina?
Statistics from 50 accepted quiz answers. Updated September 2026. How these statistics work
Where everyone lands
Low26%
Medium38%
High36%
Question by question
Ordering somewhere that asks how spicy you want it, what do you pick?
The hottest they have26%
One below the hottest20%
The middle option22%
Mild16%
Not spicy at all16%
26% of 50 respondents answered "The hottest they have".
Hot sauce is on the table. Do you add it?
Always, before I even taste the food28%
Usually, after tasting22%
Sometimes26%
Never24%
28% of 50 respondents answered "Always, before I even taste the food".
Have you ever eaten a chilli raw?
Yes, regularly28%
Yes, once or twice30%
No42%
42% of 50 respondents answered "No".
When food is hotter than you expected, what do you do?
Keep going, it passes36%
Slow down and finish it22%
Reach for a drink20%
Stop eating it22%
36% of 50 respondents answered "Keep going, it passes".
What do you actually enjoy about it?
The heat itself26%
The flavour that comes with it20%
Both equally34%
Neither, I just tolerate it6%
I don't enjoy spicy food14%
34% of 50 respondents answered "Both equally".
What do you reach for when it is too much?
Water32%
Milk or yoghurt28%
Bread or rice18%
Nothing, I wait it out22%
32% of 50 respondents answered "Water".
Has your tolerance changed over the years?
Gone up a lot34%
Gone up a little22%
Stayed the same28%
Gone down16%
34% of 50 respondents answered "Gone up a lot".
Everyone here chose to take the quiz, and no answers are weighted to match a real population.
Statistics by country
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