How hot do you like your food?
As hot as it comes17.2%
Properly spicy40.6%
A bit of heat34.4%
Barely any3.1%
None at all4.7%
40.6% of 64 respondents answered "Properly spicy".
Spicy food
How much spice can people handle in India?
Statistics from 64 accepted quiz answers. Updated August 2026. How these statistics work
Where everyone lands
Low7.8%
Medium50%
High42.2%
Question by question
Ordering somewhere that asks how spicy you want it, what do you pick?
The hottest they have25%
One below the hottest25%
The middle option29.7%
Mild14.1%
Not spicy at all6.2%
29.7% of 64 respondents answered "The middle option".
Hot sauce is on the table. Do you add it?
Always, before I even taste the food15.6%
Usually, after tasting46.9%
Sometimes20.3%
Never17.2%
46.9% of 64 respondents answered "Usually, after tasting".
Have you ever eaten a chilli raw?
Yes, regularly29.7%
Yes, once or twice46.9%
No23.4%
46.9% of 64 respondents answered "Yes, once or twice".
When food is hotter than you expected, what do you do?
Keep going, it passes29.7%
Slow down and finish it40.6%
Reach for a drink21.9%
Stop eating it7.8%
40.6% of 64 respondents answered "Slow down and finish it".
What do you actually enjoy about it?
The heat itself6.2%
The flavour that comes with it60.9%
Both equally25%
Neither, I just tolerate it3.1%
I don't enjoy spicy food4.7%
60.9% of 64 respondents answered "The flavour that comes with it".
What do you reach for when it is too much?
Water65.6%
Milk or yoghurt15.6%
Bread or rice6.2%
Nothing, I wait it out12.5%
65.6% of 64 respondents answered "Water".
Has your tolerance changed over the years?
Gone up a lot20.3%
Gone up a little34.4%
Stayed the same29.7%
Gone down15.6%
34.4% of 64 respondents answered "Gone up a little".
Everyone here chose to take the quiz, and no answers are weighted to match a real population.