How hot do you like your food?
As hot as it comes20%
Properly spicy16%
A bit of heat34%
Barely any14%
None at all16%
34% answered "A bit of heat".
How much spice can people handle in UAE?
Statistics from 50 accepted quiz answers*. Updated September 2026. How these statistics work
Asked "How hot do you like your food?" on the Sarahah quiz, the most common answer was "A bit of heat", chosen by 34% of 50 people in UAE.
Where everyone lands
Low32%
Medium40%
High28%
40% of 50 people in UAE scored medium on the Sarahah Spicy food quiz.
Question by question
Ordering somewhere that asks how spicy you want it, what do you pick?
The hottest they have22%
One below the hottest10%
The middle option36%
Mild16%
Not spicy at all16%
36% answered "The middle option".
Hot sauce is on the table. Do you add it?
Always, before I even taste the food22%
Usually, after tasting16%
Sometimes34%
Never28%
34% answered "Sometimes".
Have you ever eaten a chilli raw?
Yes, regularly32%
Yes, once or twice32%
No36%
36% answered "No".
When food is hotter than you expected, what do you do?
Keep going, it passes28%
Slow down and finish it28%
Reach for a drink30%
Stop eating it14%
30% answered "Reach for a drink".
What do you actually enjoy about it?
The heat itself26%
The flavour that comes with it18%
Both equally32%
Neither, I just tolerate it8%
I don't enjoy spicy food16%
32% answered "Both equally".
What do you reach for when it is too much?
Water56%
Milk or yoghurt30%
Bread or rice4%
Nothing, I wait it out10%
56% answered "Water".
Has your tolerance changed over the years?
Gone up a lot34%
Gone up a little18%
Stayed the same30%
Gone down18%
34% answered "Gone up a lot".
* Everyone here chose to take the quiz, and no answers are weighted to match a real population. Each question counts only the people who answered it, so a question some people skipped rests on a smaller group than the total above.
Statistics by country
Only countries with at least 50 eligible answers of their own appear here.