How hot do you like your food?
As hot as it comes22%
Properly spicy20%
A bit of heat22%
Barely any12%
None at all24%
24% of 50 respondents answered "None at all".
Spicy food
How much spice can people handle in Saudi Arabia?
Statistics from 50 accepted quiz answers. Updated August 2026. How these statistics work
Where everyone lands
Low42%
Medium38%
High20%
Question by question
Ordering somewhere that asks how spicy you want it, what do you pick?
The hottest they have12%
One below the hottest8%
The middle option24%
Mild24%
Not spicy at all32%
32% of 50 respondents answered "Not spicy at all".
Hot sauce is on the table. Do you add it?
Always, before I even taste the food10%
Usually, after tasting32%
Sometimes24%
Never34%
34% of 50 respondents answered "Never".
Have you ever eaten a chilli raw?
Yes, regularly24%
Yes, once or twice34%
No42%
42% of 50 respondents answered "No".
When food is hotter than you expected, what do you do?
Keep going, it passes22%
Slow down and finish it14%
Reach for a drink30%
Stop eating it34%
34% of 50 respondents answered "Stop eating it".
What do you actually enjoy about it?
The heat itself20%
The flavour that comes with it22%
Both equally24%
Neither, I just tolerate it10%
I don't enjoy spicy food24%
24% of 50 respondents answered "Both equally".
What do you reach for when it is too much?
Water56%
Milk or yoghurt20%
Bread or rice16%
Nothing, I wait it out8%
56% of 50 respondents answered "Water".
Has your tolerance changed over the years?
Gone up a lot32%
Gone up a little28%
Stayed the same30%
Gone down10%
32% 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.