

Ngenxa yokuzwa ukushisa okubangelwa i-capsaicin lapho ithinta ulwelwesi lwamafinyila, ivame ukusetshenziswa emikhiqizweni yokudla ukuze inikeze isinongo esingeziwe noma "ukushisa" (i-piquancy), ngokuvamile ngendlela yezinongo ezifana ne-chili powder kanye ne-paprika. Emazingeni aphezulu, i-capsaicin izophinde ibangele umphumela ovuthayo kwezinye izindawo ezibucayi, njengesikhumba noma amehlo. Izinga lokushisa elitholakala ngaphakathi kokudla livame ukukalwa esikalini se-Scoville.
Sekuyisikhathi eside kunesidingo semikhiqizo enezinongo ze-capsaicin njengopelepele, namasoso ashisayo njenge-Tabasco sauce ne-salsa yaseMexico. Kujwayelekile ukuthi abantu bathole imiphumela ethokozisayo kanye nenjabulo ngokudla i-capsaicin. Imilando phakathi kwama-"chiliheads" azichazayo ithi lokhu kubangelwa ukukhululwa okuvuselelwe ubuhlungu kwama-endorphin, indlela ehlukile ekulayisheni kwesamukeli sasendaweni okwenza i-capsaicin isebenze njenge-analgesic yasendaweni.
I-capsicum oleoresin yethu ene-ZERO additive manje isithengiswa e-Europe, South Korea, Malaysia, Russia, nokunye. Izitifiketi ze-ISO, HACCP, HALAL neze-KOSHER ziyatholakala.