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Written by Jill Ettinger
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If your spicytooth seems to have gotten stronger recently, you're not alone. It appears our taste for hot and spicy foods is on the increase.
A natural extracts specialty firm, Kalsec, has developed a new heat index way of measuring the use of hot peppers in food production. Evaluating more than 2,400 restaurant menus in the U.S., the group found that since 2009, the heat index has grown 21 percent—with an 8 percent increase in 2012. Hot and spicy retail products increased by 16 percent.
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Read more... [Why Are We So Obsessed with Spicy Food?]
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