It is a challenge that worries many. Last September, in the United States, a 14-year-old boy died after eating an extremely spicy potato chip, causing A challenge with a chip », a controversial challenge that consists of ingesting this ultra-spicy chip without drinking water for as long as possible.
Since then, several teenagers in the United States have become ill, or even were admitted to hospitalafter eating these chips, especially in California or Minnesota.
The hottest chips in the world
In September the young people Harris Wolobah suffered a “cardioventilation arrest due to ingestion of a food substance with a high concentration of capsaicin”There capsaicin being an active component of the pepper which causes a burning sensation, is specified in the autopsy report consulted on Thursday 16 May byFrench media agency. According to the autopsy, the young man previously suffered from cardiovascular diseases, which could have contributed to his death.
The chips in question contain the Carolina Reaper pepper, considered the hottest in the world according to the Guinness Book of Records. After media coverage of his death, the manufacturing company withdrew it from the market.
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Source: Madmoizelle
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