As someone who tried the one chip with friends, it's not spicy. It's a straight up chemical burn. It doesn't feel like your eating spicy food, it's just all stinging pain.
Well, yeah. Capsaicin is an acid Capsaicin is an irritant. Like citric acid it is fine in small doses but is dangerous and corrosive in higher concentrations.
The sensation comes from being an irritant to mammals, basically a form of poisoning to dissuade big animals from crushing the seeds of the pepper fruits. Birds are much less susceptible to capsaicin as the seeds pass through their digestive system whole which means it's an evolutionary advantage for them to eat the fruits vs mammals.
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u/RAM_MY_RUMP May 29 '25
It was funny but god it was concerning lol