American Foods That Are Banned In Other Countries

Weird History Food is gonna get your palate banned. Food is one of those things that immediately sets one country apart from another, and edible items or practices taken for granted in one country may in fact be banned somewhere else. For example, people eat many strange - and sometimes horrifying - foods in the US, some of which would raise eyebrows in almost any other nation.
#banned #foodhistory #weirdhistoryfood

[@StefanMaring]

It seems that US food companies make it a challenge for themselves to make everything somehow unhealthy or toxic.

[@ipkandskill]

AKA how to control over population.

[@mydogboofer]

Profit over people

[@user-pn3im5sm7k]

By the book Talmudic

[@Trgn]

Only been so in the past 60 years, when food productions increasingly got controlled by corporates, corporatism had changed the entire diet practices worldwide. From how foods are produced to the foods for our foods, like animal feeds and fertilizers are all heavily industrialised. They don't care for customers' health only profit

[@scottmantooth8785]

*shelf life is the priority*

[@sillyfreeman]

i love how people go on vacation to europe and go "wow the food was so good" and then never wonder why and how

[@mrusername3438]

This isn't even remotely true for all Europe. Maybe for like 3 countries there lmao.

[@suwooshi]

​@@mrusername3438 Each and every country in Europe has delicious regional food. You have absolutely no clue what you‘re talking about.

[@mrusername3438]

@@suwooshi No I do. It's called having an opinion Jackass, you guys need to stop acting like your food is gods gift on earth. Only European that sticks out is Germany, Italy and France. Maybe you probably try more food around the world before thinking every Euro nation actually has "delicious" food. Countries like the U.K. do NOT have good food and you can't convince me otherwise.

[@yaboyisaac354]

@@suwooshi fuck no

[@tellzywellzy1604]

@@mrusername3438 il name more than 3 without putting any thought into like you didn’t in your comment Spanish Italian French German

[@tweetspie]

“The European Union is against the idea of their citizens eating yoga mat material.” 😂

[@Sundara229]

"God damn communists!"

[@user-pn3im5sm7k]

@@Sundara229 🤓

[@drzerogi]

Just because something that is in your food is used to make things that are not food, doesn't make said thing unfit for human consumption.

[@SieMiezekatze]

@@drzerogi this is why we don't eat american in a socialist society, you guys eat anything but proper whole foods

[@papaicebreakerii8180]

@@SieMiezekatze y’all are any better lol. Unless you’re from some backwater third world country where you’re farming all your food, there’s going to be chemical additives and preservatives everywhere in the food making process. That’s just how modern industry works. The bans on American food are mostly a political thing I think

[@kevinbuja8105]

I am an American now living in Italy, and one of the things I first noticed at the local butcher, was chickens actually look like……well……chickens.

[@lisa6371]

I'm also an American living in Italy. And the fact that the chickens and eggs aren't gigantic!!!!! (full of hormones) I get so sick when I go home for a visit. I'm not used to it anymore

[@debbiedeering7998]

Not like Turkeys!

[@Goldenskies__]

Omg, I remember when Trevor Noah said He was shocked by the SIZE of chicken wings in the U.S He said they were dinosaur-sized wings XD

[@martybee6701]

@@kevinbuja8105 I worked in Poland for a few years after the wall came down. One common sight was street corner chicken rotisseries where you could by a cooked chicken for 2 Zlotys ( less than a dollar) these were home farmed chickens, tasted delicious. Then...USA arrived flooding the country with battery farmed chickens putting many Polish farmers out of business. Around the same time McDonalds, KFC, Marlboro, Nike, Adidas, Coca Cola, Playstation also arrived. The Poles saw this as the height of Western exotica.

[@Nutty_Professor]

No Javex on them? They said in Europe, when a farm has salmonelly, they close the farm, while in the US, they just wash the meat in Javex. Is that true?

[@EmilyJelassi]

I make 98% of my food from scratch. Once you actually read the nutrition labels, you start to wonder why the USDA allows all of these additives and preservatives in our foods!! I’d actually prefer if they had to follow the same rules as are required in the EU!

[@susana5052]

Agree 100%!!!

[@debrapalmer9772]

Me, too.

[@paanne1013]

So right about reading the labels! I have been doing that since the early 1980's, now I make my food from scratch with organic ingredients. USDA and FDA do not care one bit about us, it is up to us to care about ourselves.

[@JaneLana-st8rm]

Agree 100%

[@JaneLana-st8rm]

I find it funny when dietitians on tiktok make comments like diet soda there’s nothing wrong with that when literally it has banned ingredients in the Europe

[@tarapetric4463]

I'm from Serbia and I was very shocked when I realized that most americans rarely really cook. what I mean by "really cook" is what they call "from scratch". they make brownies out of a box, everything is either frozen or pre-made. we just don't do that here and we only have a few frozen or pre-made options

[@Sapanator]

Now you know why we're all so fat here.

[@FatheredPuma81]

Really it's because of the working week. I know so many people that work 10 hours a day 6 days a week and come home exhausted and the last thing they want to do is spend another hour or 2 throwing together a homemade dish. Doesn't help that homemade dishes are often meant for like 10 people so you either do some math and work it out for however many are eating it or you eat it for the next 3 days straight. Of course there are always exceptions. I hear of stay at home parents that won't lift even lift a finger.

[@jasminjavorina199]

Croatian here - same story, we were all raised on real cooked homemade food - made from real actual ingredients. And as to the working week, our grandmas and moms used to cook a week's worth of food in a single day very often so as to save time during the week. (and for a very specific reason those meals tasted better with each passing day)

[@kuebbisch]

@@FatheredPuma81 For me cooking is a nice change of pace after work. I enjoy cooking after a hectic day at work. But then I also cook large portions and either freeze some for days I am working a late shift or take a portion with me to the office to reheat at lunch time. In my opinion cooking from scratch should be possible for most people, there are many easy fast recipes for workdays. Today we had boiled potatoes, green beans and a pork cutlet. Peel potatoes, put them on the stove, prepare/wash green beans and add them to the pot of now boiling potatoes. Put a pan on, fry cutlets. In 25 minutes total time a meal is ready.

[@FatheredPuma81]

@@kuebbisch The OP said "from scratch" and even mentioned pre-made brownie mix as an example. So I believe he was talking about more complicated dishes. I don't think many people can't make a simple Steak and Potatoes-esc dinner. Idk why I've never thought of freezing my food and reheating it tbh. Only issue is finding meals that work being frozen.

[@MisterOcclusion]

The American food industry sees consumers as another form of livestock…

[@jo5678]

Yeah I went to croatia and their sea food is awesome but what really got me was their chicken. I swear each time I go overseas I come back to the states thinking how awesome they have it and how highly processed inexible most food is in the u.s. and don't get me started on companies constantly changing names on ingredients labels.

[@BeckBeckGo]

To be fair…… No…. No that fruit is just hanging too low. I feel like I can do better? Yeah. Yeah I can do better. I could be an asshole by comparing the average American’s figure to the average livestock’s figure. But instead I’ll take the high road and appreciate this comment for the manner in which it was intended. I really feel like I’m finally growing up.

[@embalmertrick1420]

I think they purposely use poison in the food

[@amusedBYfools]

@@jo5678 traveling abroad really does make a person wiser.

[@amusedBYfools]

And I won't mention how manipulative and immature some comments are, Morgan.

[@Justb327]

The FDA needs to be under investigation

[@chedda70gg8]

Trump 2024

[@Rickybobby427xyz]

@@Justb327 real talk

[@guacoflaco]

"We investigated ourselves and found nothing wrong"

[@JamesHadfield-qz9rv]

extiction

[@molitararbutus8438]

never happen until JFK JR gets in charge as it's run by the Big Pharma they bought it out from the government it's not Federal at all!

[@mikefly562]

I know someone that works in food sciences and said that the USA has the worst quality of food on earth

[@mathewvanostin7118]

Its because usa food industry are ready to do all kind of immoral things to reduce cost while having great flavour Then they lobby the science lobb, law lobby, regulation lobby to not bother them about it. Or at least give them a good 30 years of being unbothered before regulating it

[@nooraadib]

and many other things compared to a first world nation

[@er8gg]

I believe it

[@VivAtreyu]

China is worst

[@deborahtruthseeker112]

Also, extremely high DEATH rates from cancer, heart disease, autoimmune diseases, extreme obesity, and diabetes, etc.

[@ArizonaSquatch]

The FDA needs to broken up. They shouldn't control the food and drug trade in America. There needs to be a Food Safety council and a drug safety council. Both are separate and should be that way.

[@malteseowl]

Don't blame FDA or anyone else, simply read the labels. Assuming (?) they are honest, then what you buy is up to you.

[@yabibiin]

Education isimportant,mostly American didn’t know what is “healthy food” .in Asia from kindergarten to college always teach right healthy food also provides healthy food in school for lunch 🥗

[@josem588]

@@yabibiin talking of food, now I know why Americans fell in love with the food of my country (Mexico) because they are finally eating something that is made with natural ingredients not some pathetic excuse of food like they always do.

[@Jfcountrylife]

So we are supposed to know all the chemicals as listed in the ingredients and for what purpose is.

[@LHallinan71]

Agreed, and sorry to be political but there’s only one candidate openly talking about our health and food.

[@bobikdylan]

Bread: flour, water, yeast. Wonderbread: Enriched wheat flour, Water, Sugar, Yeast*, Vegetable oil, Salt, Calcium propionate, Vegetable monoglycerides, Sodium stearoyl-2-lactylate, Sorbic acid, Enzymes, Ascorbic acid, May contain added wheat gluten, Diacetyl tartaric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides, L-cysteine hydrochloride.

[@qreendau]

ohh THAT'S why it's called 'wonderbread'!!! Because I wonder what half those ingredients even are 😦

[@Janoip]

As someone working in the Food Industry in Germany, some of that stuff only sounds special + or is just needed for the technical process to produce it in large quantities and near same products. Like Ascorbic acid (Vitamin C, for natural preservative, oxidation protection and because vitamin C is often added during the manufacturing process when products are heated, as vitamin C begins to be destroyed in certain quantities from 40°, at most temperatures above 100° considerable parts are destroyed.) L-cysteine is used in the form of the hydrochloride as a flour treatment agent and baking agent in the production of baked goods. It softens the gluten by depolymerizing the molecules of the gluten fraction through thiol-disulfide exchange with the intermolecular disulfide bonds (i.e. breaking the bonds that hold the long chain molecules together).[21] As a result, the dough becomes more elastic and develops faster. With high-gluten flour, a higher baked volume can be achieved because the leavening gas (such as the carbon dioxide formed by the yeast) can loosen the dough more easily.[26] Cysteine hydrochloride can also be added in the production of pasta to speed up dough production (an addition of 0.01% shortens the mixing or kneading time by 15-20%). It inhibits the formation of melanoidins during non-enzymatic browning and thus counteracts discoloration.[26] In addition to these applications, cysteine, like other amino acids, acts as a flavouring agent, flavour enhancer and nutrient.[27] L-cysteine hydrochloride or hydrochloride monohydrate is approved under European food law as an additive without maximum quantity restriction (quantum satis) under the number E 920.[28][29] In principle, it is subject to declaration, but not if it is no longer technologically effective in the labeled product in accordance with Article 20 of the Food Information Regulation and Section 9 (8) No. 1 of the Additive Approval Regulation. According to the Baking Ingredients Institute (an institution of the Baking Ingredients Association), the technological effectiveness of cysteine used as a flour treatment agent (i.e. already added to the flour before leavening) does not extend to the finished baked goods, but to the dough piece if it is offered as a semi-finished product, for example.[30] It therefore does not need to be labelled in finished baked goods. The Federation of German Consumer Organizations does not share this legal opinion Diacetyl tartaric acid DATEM (E472e in EU) is a emulsifier primarily used in baking to strengthen the gluten network in dough. It is added to crusty breads, such as rye, to impart a springy, chewy texture To name some, but the list for our Bread is still alot of shorter and more basic natural ingredients used. Best is still to make your on Bread, its easy, cost not much and you have alot alot of different ones to try, alone germany has over 3000 food register. But canned food, especially canned fruit/vegetables, is often even better than normal frozen food and comes close to fresh, the vitamins and minerals are still present to a very large extent.

[@Reece-us5lk]

No wonder I feel awful after eating it. 😂

[@BlaqMasq]

Well put

[@sarahsnowe]

It's a wonder anyone eats it.

[@genxbts5315]

I am from a 3rd world country. The poor people eat the healthiest like fruits veges and Fresh grilled fish. The rich people eat canned food and red meat. The poor are the happiest.

[@RS1Interviews]

Red meat is one of the healthiest things humans can eat, if the meat is of good quality.

[@oppressednolonger1497]

youre in a second or first world place now...america has been behind your country for some time now, congratulations, and please enjoy that bounty. Sadly america is in stages of destruction... wishing you to be glad of what is to your avail at least.

[@martybee6701]

@@genxbts5315 I hear in Africa rat is on the menu. Their rats are clean living in their natural habitat on fruit and veg. Not so the Western rat who derives nutrition from sewers and trash cans.

[@tias.6675]

Keep it that way. You all are SO BLESSED.

[@oppressednolonger1497]

not sure why but some half a century ago the USA was considered very advanced in terms of human health, advancement progress etc. It is being destroyed and is now going from descent from 3rd to 4th world country sadly.

[@jtgd]

FDA:“Your candy is not fit for human consumption!” MARS:”I never said it was”

[@everythingpony]

Yes they did

[@KonradvonHotzendorf]

​@@everythingpony no they didn't. They said chew it, not swallow 🙄

[@mysharona6754]

🤣🤣

[@chosenone6158]

Austria : ban mountain dew Also Austria: RED BULL GIVES YOU WINGS

[@lonestarr1490]

@@chosenone6158 Ok, let's see... Red Bull. Ingredients: water, sucrose, glucose, acidifier citric acid, carbonic acid, taurine (0.4%), acidity regulator (sodium carbonates, magnesium carbonate), caffeine (0.03%), vitamins (niacin, pantothenic acid, B6, B12), flavor, colorants (simple caramel, riboflavin). Well, that's not too bad. Far from healthy, sure. But at least none of the ingredients is weaponized.

[@frankrizzo2724]

Mountain dew also contains brominated vegetable oil. This not legal in most countries. More disturbing is that Pepsi was able to convince the FDA to include it under natural flavoring a couple years ago so it is no longer listed on the ingredient list. Surprised you missed that when researching the topic.

[@scottshorten9962]

i was drinking mountain dew for awhile,i couldnt sleep, it was awfull.

[@gabork5055]

You know you live in a society when kids keep buying overpriced flavorless lemonade filled with poison just because it's advertised everywhere. Money is temporary, but brain damage, erectile dysfunction and other such benefits of bromine are forever. Some energy drinks also contain an ingredient which would increase DHT levels, effectively turning people bald-forgot what its name was.

[@sitcomsTV]

I've just grap the Pepsi I just took a zip from to read the label. I bough it today and I hardly drink this stuff. It called my attention the words in italic: "Contains a Source of Phenylalanine" It just sounds bad....

[@PrezVeto]

​@@scottshorten9962 Yeah, that's the caffeine. Mountain Dew has way more of it than any other soda in the U.S. (excluding the "energy drinks", probably).

[@PrezVeto]

​​@@sitcomsTV That's in many things. It's just one of the amino acids. There's only a warning about it because some people have a rare birth defect that prevents them from clearing any excess amount they ingest from the body and the result can be life threatening. It's perfectly fine for everyone else. That's why the standard warning begins with "Attention phenylketonurics…" (i.e. people with the defect, phenylketonuria).

[@rodb335]

I truly believe these companies are paying the FDA and the pharmaceutical companies are paying these food companies. The sicker we are the more money pharmaceutical companies and hospitals will make.

[@wentoneisendon6502]

sickness costs the government tonnes of money each year so i highly doubt it

[@metalvideos1961]

Lobbying is what america keeps running. one of the reason why you will never have universal healthcare in the US as well

[@dykuvids6821]

@@metalvideos1961 yep ....

[@danielsmokesmids]

​​​@@metalvideos1961good. I'm not gonna pay for your broken foot

[@chelseyaustin6015]

the FDA doesn't do any of its own research. and "3rd party" research is typically funded to colleges by those same companies. FDA is a scam.

[@Gabrielle-Golds]

0:40 Skittles 2:09 Bread 3:06 Pork 4:25 Chicken 5:39 Mountain Dew 7:04 Little Debbie 8:36 Special K 9:50 Steak 11:22 Coca-Cola 13:13 m&ms

[@23ginamel]

Thank you 🙏🏾

[@NewMessage]

And yet, you risk jail time in America for Kinder Egg smuggling. Go figure.

[@CheapSquierBassPlayer]

It's terrible chocolate so nobody cares about it anyway.

[@KraziCutierin]

@@CheapSquierBassPlayer naw our chocolate tastes nasty. It smells like vomit.. I prefer European chocolate. And kinder eggs beat any American chocolate any day . Your taste buds is mess up from all our shitty American food 😂

[@CheapSquierBassPlayer]

@@KraziCutierin It's ok buddy, I'm sure europe has other talents.

[@CheapSquierBassPlayer]

@@KraziCutierin Europeans are all like "Let's make EVERYTHING taste like hazelnuts!"

[@SevenHunnid]

on my KZbin channel, i do food reviews while I’m super high😈

[@thisisme1999]

When I was diagnosed with high blood pressure I had to start reading food labels. American made food products have a shocking level of sodium compared to products from other places.

[@section8usmc53]

It's ridiculous. Low sugar, no sugar, no high fructose corn syrup, low fat, no fat, and so on. Yet the list of low and no sodium products is very short, and just like removing sugar, they often replace it with things that are just as bad or worse. My frozen dinner doesn't need 1/2 my daily sodium intake, because, it's frozen. 🤷🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️ It's only good for a year or so anyway before freezer burn, tons of sodium or not. Just the stupidest 💩 ever. 😒

[@danielsmokesmids]

Because it tastes good

[@maikeoto6903]

Having low sodium will actually exacerbate high blood pressure. You should make sure you have plenty of electrolytes. In fact many people don't get nearly enough and have gotten scared of salt due to out of date research.

[@section8usmc53]

@@maikeoto6903 ...and most people get too much sodium. Way too much.

[@maikeoto6903]

@@section8usmc53 not really. Our bodies are incredibly good and processing sodium. You'll just excrete the excess sodium in urine. The problem is where you don't have enough sodium to regulate normal bodily functions. Our diets used to have WAY more salt than we now do due to no refrigeration. Yet there were no reports of hypertension or other issues with kidney function. Our bodies are used to excess sodium, not used to not getting enough. You can have over 6 times the amount of salt the USDA recommends and it poses much less of a health risk than actually listening to their outdated guidelines. I say look into it more and you'll find that the little war on salt is a pathetic argument that's killed thousands.

[@gusfring8451]

I’ve never heard anyone say that American food is the “golden standard” and I live in America lol

[@guardianoffire8814]

American politicians do.

[@hogant.551]

There are some fake patriot Americans who have consumed fake patriot propaganda along with their toxic food. Therefore they have ignorant nationalism and who will say America is number one at everything good.

[@bridaw8557]

Subsidized cheap carbohydrate crops that have to be fortified because they’re devoid of nutrients; potatoes, white bread, corn for corn syrup. Gross 🤢 🤮

[@Jana_Slavova]

Golden standard for junk food they probably meant.

[@QUISPEECH]

Lol I was like bro relax😂😂I have never heard such a thing. We have been eating processed food since school lunch 😂😂❤❤😮 pray for us Americans bruh

[@colemankamryn]

Way to go America. The FDA is a joke, hell the American government is a joke.

[@andsoitbegins464]

I totally agree!

[@MrAdamNTProtester]

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[@brian-6022]

What's the FDA? How do you people find the time to figure all this stuff out. I'm way too busy counting money for that. Please keep me posted on what you find out!

[@finezyjnafantazja2495]

@@colemankamryn USA is just a giant corporation. Change my mind

[@irgendeinname9256]

"American government is a joke" aged like fine wine

[@Books-and-coffee0]

I tend to complain a lot about my country, Greece, but I'm so glad we have some of the best and healthiest food in the world.

[@Jose04537]

Because of the EU

[@kornelobajdin5889]

Love the Greece cheese. I buy it from lidl. Not bad taste for 2 euros.

[@bridaw8557]

Hell yes! Fresh and full of nutrients. Taste not ruined by all the additives

[@kornelobajdin5889]

@@bridaw8557 Its the Feta cheese. My co worker told me it was made from sheeps milk. So I guess its different than cows cheese. But a strong taste is what I like in it.

[@Epic_R3K47]

I love Feta

[@cheekyphuzz_thegod8558]

Who in the world believes America had the “gold” standard for clean food? That’s laughable, at best

[@joey8701]

Because the expensive health insurance and health industry here loves people to be sick.

[@josem588]

@@joey8701 as a Mexican I consider usa a third world country

[@josem588]

@@joey8701 and also pharmaceutical industry because they always have to buy his products and also for that reason many Americans that live in cities like Los Angeles go to Mexico for medical reasons.

[@Praisethesunson]

Only in America food has certified bleach cleaned foods

[@tompaulcampbell]

False data is rampant. Look who the President is!

[@tarnishedknight730]

After making my own bread for about three months, a friend gave me a loaf of what was my favorite bread. I made some of the best tuna salad that I've ever made to celebrate. I smeared it in the bread and took a slow and deliberate bite... and almost gaged! In just those few short months, I had gotten used to bread without all the extra "ingredients" that are in manufactured bread. Tasting it again, I really noticed the funky taste that I had once adored. On the upside, I no longer think about buying bread "just for old time's sake". The bread I bake may not be as soft and light as manufactured bread; but I can spread (homemade) jelly on it without tearing it to pieces.

[@dawnelder9046]

I am gluten intolerant. Twenty years now gluten free. Live in Canada so some things allowed in bread in the states banned here. But not enough. We went away for 3 weeks to visit the kids, and I forgot to put my husband's bread in the freezer. Imagine my surprise when we return and I could not see a trace of mold. It had been in the bread box. It should have been a slimy mess. I was having company for Easter and decided to buy rolls. Everyone loved them. Asked how I found them since I never eat bread. It was easy. Every where I went the rolls and bread smelt moldy. Looked fine. And that was just picking them up. No where near my nose. But strong smell. I hate walking threw the bread sections in stores because of it. When I finally found a store with sourdough rolls. Picked them up. Smelt like homemade bread. No moldy smell. The list of ingredients were normal homemade bread ingredients. I am convinced the strange ingredients stop you from seeing the mold which is actually there.

[@davidb2206]

The tuna is full of MERCURY now. It is not edible.

[@Dornogol]

Try visiting germany and getting some german bread, outs got onto the list of world cultural heritage

[@leonard3468]

Fresh bread would be what I'd miss most if I moved to the US. Sadly small bakeries are also disappearing slowly in Germany and being replaced by bakery chains, but those companies are still kind of regional and still doing it the old way, without any extra flavoring stuff or anything. I was really shocked when I once saw a video where an American in Germany was fascinated about the fact that you can get fresh bread everywhere. I just thought that was normal.

[@davidb2206]

@@leonard3468 Quality of "food" in the U.S. will kill you. These corporations could not get away with it, except for corruption and "donor" pay-offs.

[@papanam4267]

I had a friend who upon coming back to America after having lived and worked in Europe for years became very sick after she began to eat food back in the USA. She had to cut back and went feeling hungry for several weeks until her body finally began to develop a tolerance for whatever additional ingredients are in American food products. (And we wonder why we have higher rates of heart disease, ADHD, diabetes and cancer.)

[@josem588]

As a Mexican I thought we were the only country with steel guts in North America.

[@livinqlovelyy]

Adhd is caused by genetics you can't develop it

[@oppressednolonger1497]

along with issues with sanity. this is not a joke. people in US are actually losing their minds due to the chemicals and toxins in the air food water products etc. Pray.

[@gustavus0013]

Don’t start with the food causes autism/adhd bs 💀 there are plenty of people who are neurodivergent OUTSIDE the US.

[@klle3419]

haha that’s so ridiculous- it had nothing to do with the food - I have lived in Europe for over five years I go back-and-forth all the time and there is zero difference in the food, except that some countries of Europe make better food than other countries of Europe, whose food really sucks just like some areas of the US have excellent food and some areas of the US have too many franchises which have terrible food The US is ranked to third in the world in highest quality and safety and foods - look up the global food index

[@TopekaBodega]

01:17 Titanium Dioxide 02:42 Azodicarbonamide 03:41 Ractopamine 04:37 PRTs 05:56 Tartrazine 07:42 Food Coloring Additives 09:24 Fortified Vitamins and Minerals 10:50 Steak Tartare 12:38 Embargo on Coca-Cola 13:38 M&Ms Trademark Conflict

[@thelordz33]

None of those are food except like the last 3

[@Mr.Morden]

Hot Pockets confirmed safe.

[@josephjames259]

The first two are regular additives in the production of pvc pipe. Titanium dioxide also shows up in ranch dressing, toothpaste, etc.

[@ihategooglesomuch]

@@josephjames259 it's a white pigment.

[@idontcare.com34]

Now use human waste on food crops.

[@suzannehofer2541]

Absolutely. When I walk into Walmart, I wonder where the food is where real nutrition is because it certainly doesn’t come out of a box or a can!

[@brian-6022]

Wait - so you walked into a Walmart and thought "hmmmm, why is everything in a box or a can? For 99 cents I deserve better!"

[@wesman7837]

It's unbelievable what kind of garbage passes for "food" in America!

[@josem588]

Now I know why Americans fell in love with Mexican food because they are finally tasting actual food not some pathetic excuse of food.

[@galvinstanley3235]

​@@josem588 I like that pathetic food.

[@josem588]

@@galvinstanley3235 if you like garbage eat garbage

[@martybee6701]

@@wesman7837 Come to UK...we copy USA !!

[@georgetteclarke3538]

people were eating cats for a while /years in nyc until suspicions were investigated

[@romusz]

A note for those unaware... Titanium Dioxide (as found in Skittles) is what they make WHITE PAINT with. *DELICIOUS!!*

[@joebroart]

So yummy 😂😂

[@meman6964]

It is also the strong sunblock that lifeguards used on their nose. Titanium oxcide is metal, not food!?!?

[@andreaganther2073]

But it’s FDA approved!!! Lol

[@maribel3620]

@@meman6964 wait, this ingredient is marketed as natural for sunscreens. Is it toxic on skin??

[@wesmann64]

Please be aware that water is also a component of white paint. be careful out there.

[@darthszarych5588]

It's so frustratingly difficult to eat healthy in the USA! It's like you need a degree in chemistry and a ton of free time and to never have any food cravings ever. And then on top of that, when we get health problems from our low quality foods, it's hard to get health insurance and medical bills are criminally expensive! And people blame us when we get sick from our poor diets and sedentary life styles, but most of us dont have better options. Healthy food is very expensive and/or requires a lot of prep time that many people dont have because they have to work too many hours. Getting excercize when you work way too many hours at a job where you have to sit down all day is not always possible. We need to make it easier for americans to get healthier food, enough free time to excercize, and medicine that doesnt bankrupt us.

[@philp9896]

Agreed 100 percent

[@euqinemor]

It's actually not that hard, as a Brazillian living in the USA, all you need some free time once in a day and you can cook food for the next 5 to 6 days without even that much work at all. I'll share the most common brazillian everyday meal with you: Black beans with rice: Black beans, get around 300g of black beans and put it on an big pan with water, add a smashed garlic teeth and 2 bay leafs, a little bit of salt and let it cook for about an hour and half, take a look at it every 30 min to se if it needs some more water and that's it, once the beans are soft its done. you can make with with sausage slices to give it little bit of a "jeijoada taste" but it'll go bad faster ( 4 days). just add rice (you know how to make rice right?) You can eat it combined with a salad, or a fried egg or french fries, a beef... it's on you. Once you are done eating you can just put it on a refrigerator for the next days, and reheat it any time you want. WE EAT IT EVERY SINGLE DAY

[@thesaddestpikachu]

A lot of us just aren't educated on what's actually healthy and we try to be healthy but fail because what we think is healthy isnt. We also need way more health education other than "eat an apple and run" advice they give us in HS health class. I was overweight my entire life and was a very obese child and now as a 30 year old I'm still about 15 lbs overweight but feel a shit ton better than I ever have. It's still hard to eat healthy often and the food addiction is definitely still there its just easier to manage and I exercise more to burn the calories but I know I still eat like crap compared to most healthy foreigners. It's easy for them to judge until most of them have lived here and learned the struggle. Also to the guy above eating black beans and rice every day sounds like shit. Cool if you wanna eat like that but some of us need a variety.

[@euqinemor]

@@thesaddestpikachu Dude, it's the every day meal of Brazil as a basic of the basics, also there's TONS of ways to prepare those dishes and we eat A LOT of things with but NOT JUST black beans and rice, like vegetables, boiled eggs, fried eggs, beef, chiken, fries, you name it... just search on google images "Brazillan meal" and you'll see what i mean on how variable it can be.

[@euqinemor]

@@thesaddestpikachu Dude... just search "Brazillian meal" on google images to see how how "boring" we eat rice with black beans... everyday.

[@tlak]

The FDA is our worst enemy. People should use this list for what not to eat. We have a local Amish bakery and I only buy bread from them. If I leave their bread out for a day or two it starts turning green while the store one's might lay out a year. I buy three loaves at a time, two in the freezer and one in the refrig.

[@danni6756]

I make my own bread and it lasts a good week and a half. I’m sorta shock your Amish bread goes bad that fast lol

[@hoppinggnomethe4154]

The FDA is not your enemy. It was founded to save your ass, or there would be constant death from pharmaceutical drugs and mass consumption of construction materials! I didn't make up anything, because you should take a good look at the pre-FDA era!

[@aleksandarirons]

On my first visit to USA I bought a pack of "whole grain" toast bread from 7/11 store. When I opened it one slice dropped out of the bag, hit the table and jumped off like a ping pong ball right onto the floor. I pressed the other slice with my fingers and it acted like when you press a sponge. And it was as sweet as a cake. The amount of sugar in it has to be through the roof. I just threw it into the trash can.

[@thesecretshade]

Green?? Why? I mean if it's natural ingredients it's normal that it gets hard after a 3 days that's why we put our bread in a bread box. But green is not normal

[@tlak]

@@thesecretshade I figure it doesn't have the preservatives.

[@dboi4952]

America is one of the very few nations that uses fluoride too. It's good to travel outside the United States, you see a uniformity in the world as far as food and products goes. You realize America is in its own little bubble.

[@ruthanneseven]

Fluoride is also used in cleaning solutions for machines that separate meat. Especially for poultry. Soak in salted water for 30 minutes in iodized salt prior to cooking.

[@thisisarmando8393]

Fluoride is used in most parts of UK too

[@bradsalubby]

@@thisisarmando8393 True but NOT to wash chickens like they do in the US. I fear for any trade deal the UK does with the US. Floride washed chicken being flooded into the UK market. However I know we are not stupid enough to eat it thankfully.

[@ruthanneseven]

@@bradsalubby Chickens are not "washed" in fluoride. It is a common ingredient in cleaners and comes in many forms.

[@mozorellastick2583]

Fluoride is in drinking water i New Zealand. It's been linked to improved dental health and there have been no conclusive or convincing links to cancer or other issues. The government chose to add it to the drinking water, idk why they would do it just to give everyone cancer since it's more expensive than just not adding it

[@ShrlockHomebodyy]

1. Skittles because of Titanium Dioxide 2. Bread because of additives 3. American pork due to chemicals added during processing 4. Chicken - insufficient PRTs ("chlorine rinse") 5. Mountain Dew - yellow five chemical (similar to skittles) 6. Little Debbie snacks - additives such as yellow five and red forty 7. Special K cereal 8. Steak tartar 9. Coca Cola - American capitalism 10. M&Ms - trademark conflict

[@deborahlozano7134]

Thank you.

[@chiponline123]

Thank you!

[@777dragonborn]

The best bacon and ham meat we ever had was wild boar .

[@anthonyrousseau8050]

And that's just a fraction of the complete list.

[@unoki99]

I'm Swedish I often buy skittles here We also have (seasonally) marabou chocolate bars filled with m&m's. You can buy m&m's at every supermarket.

[@futavadumnezo]

I don't think it's the same thing though. The American version are literally poison.

[@ArchieArpeggio]

@@futavadumnezo No. Those ingredients has changed to some other that is legal in EU. That´s why we have Skittles in Finland too.

[@_.._.._]

@@ArchieArpeggio yup, here in Poland too

[@susabobus]

Germany too, we have skittles 🤷🏻‍♀️ They just take out forbidden ingredients

[@unoki99]

@spindletea we have em in the lösgodis section hahahaha

[@KramerPacer83]

Here in Japan, folks eat raw fish, eggs, and meats. And since living here, I can say I’ve felt WAY healthier than I ever did in America.

[@trublacking8572]

Bro I'm from the states and I know Japanese food healthy I say you could live off Japanese vending machine food and be more healthier than the food in America that's how bad it is

[@KramerPacer83]

@@trublacking8572 It's completely possible! I love the black coffee here though. They put it in metal cans and heat them up during the winter time. Super nice.

[@KramerPacer83]

@Marie Smith Oh no doubt you wanna be careful. One bad night at a traditional sushi restaurant and you're living on the toilet the next night. Haha!

[@Im-BAD-at-satire]

​​@@trublacking8572 I don't have Japanese food as an easily available option but I've been eating dried kelp snacks as well enjoy eating Sushi, soy sauce when you add a bit of lime juice to it can give it a very good flavor.

[@Youcanthandlemyhandle899]

Healthier than your relationship with your dad

[@elusiveart530]

As a young adult who lives in America, I’ve had to learn to really watch what I eat. Sometimes I wish I lived elsewhere

[@Twinkie989]

If you shop at ALDI, or asian markets, they tend to have stricter standards as they aren't American companies.

[@HeartOfFire-cp4vf]

Good idea

[@HeartOfFire-cp4vf]

As someone safe across the pond, and what you call little Debbie’s we have a nicer version called mini rolls, which won’t kill you, much,

[@TDoubleYu]

I mean, you can move

[@SmokeNGunsBBQ]

stop eating prepackaged shit and learn to cook.

[@jennifermoody6987]

This was such a brilliantly made video and I enjoyed it immensely!! What I find seriously disturbing as an American, is that our government not only allows citizens to be poisoned through our food, medications and water, but that there are federal agencies who are tasked with preventing small farmers from selling certain foods like raw or naturally processed milk and dairy products, organically grown meat, fruits and vegetables etc, to people who want to buy organic food, instead of the toxic and poisoned foods that are available in stores.. the USDA and FDA have literally managed to destroy so many different farmer's businesses and farms, including some Amish ones, and have even had law enforcement officers dump out several gallons of raw milk before the farmer even had the chance to argue his case in court.. their excuse for not wanting citizens to drink raw milk: "IT COULD CAUSE PEOPLE TO GET SICK!"

[@josem588]

Now I know why Americans fell in love with Mexican food because they are trying actual food and not hyper processed “”food””

[@heatherprincipe8537]

USDA and FDA are completely hypocritical. Europe bans way more unnecessary harmful chemicals than US does. It's upsetting and feel these USDA/FDA people who Refuse to ban these Unnecessary Harmful Chemicals should be all that they consume. I grew up in the entire 80's and do remember food already being organic and never saw/heard the word organic until somewhere 2000's.

[@davestevens4263]

The real reason is !? The government doesn't like compitition . & there not making taxes off of it ! Thats the obvious real reason. Just like u cant make your own likker . Bahaha fuck them ! 18 yrs now

[@theDurgaLove]

​@@josem588 all the oil that is why

[@josem588]

@@theDurgaLove At least Mexican food contains natural oil

[@mojododo6363]

Im from the UK and visited the USA for 2 weeks. For about 7 of those days, I was pissing out of my arse, I couldn't shift my headache & my joints were so stiff. 2 days after getting back home, all those problems just disappeared. Watching this, I'm not surprised my guts couldn't handle the American food & drink

[@tulip6043]

Girardelli chocolate makes you pee when you cough. The moment you eat it starts and then when you stop eating it for good you won't pee when you cough for years or ever again.

[@lukeraymond6927]

Same can be said visiting most countries that have cuisine outside of your typical diet. Most people’s digestive tracts get used to specific foods and freak out when you have something exotic.

[@MaxJanowiczSawicki]

I'm from Eastern Europe, never been to the US, but when I talked to my American friends about food related stuff, they mentioned having constant heartburns, one of them doesn't eat anything after 6pm so he could sleep normally, without any discomfort, and I was slightly surprised, since heartburns are very rare issue for me. 2 days later I've decided to get some nachos with a nacho sauce (El Nacho Grande, made in Ohio) and it was the only American made product which I ate in months, and guess what, about 2 hours later I started having severe heartburn, it was so bad that I had to go to the nearest pharmacy to get some heartburn pills. And it is not because I can't handle spicy food or anything like that, like I've tried super spicy Korean noodles and ate them with some spicy Chinese chips(crisps) and everything was fine afterwards. So now I don't trust American made products lol

[@josem588]

@@MaxJanowiczSawicki as a Mexican I agree

[@josem588]

As a Mexican I thought we were the only ones with steel guts but now I noticed that we aren’t

[@AJR-zg2py]

Just discovered your channel through this video - and I love your deadpan sarcastic humor lol.

[@carlbruhn1772]

In the US every human is a commodity, high profit food until your sick, high profit pharmaceuticals until your dead. Repeat on your children.

[@brian-6022]

Not on my children bucko. Some of us apex-profiteers repeat on your kids. Man America rocks!!!!

[@Cheolleema]

When you said "Go have some Swedish Fish instead" I was fully expecting the next product to be "Swedish Fish."

[@rainbowodysseybyjonlion]

You thought wrong.

[@luvbeinghiswife1148]

Another reason why we started our little garden. We obviously can't get everything we need from it but it helps. This is beyond frightening. 😳😳😳

[@thesaddestpikachu]

It's a huge privilege being able to have your own garden. As a city girl I wish I could have one but there's just no way, all the homes with yards are too expensive. I can't even keep plants or they'll die cuz our area doesn't get enough sun

[@ambiarock590]

I've found an app that lets you scan foods called "Yuka" and it's been nice. Ive slowly started changing what brands I buy to try and avoid as many toxic additives as possible

[@MrAdamNTProtester]

GOOD FOR YOU- Urban Gardening instead of LAWNS could heal the USA & all the people- keep that up I appreciate you!

[@renipatvilmoskorte7458]

M&M exist in Sweden but used to be banned due to the yellow dye. It had nothing to do with Marabou brand which is Swedish not Norwegian, just as Cuba Cola is Swedish not Cuban..

[@metalvideos1961]

you're right i just looked it up. didnt know this. thats why i always love to do my own research and never believe everything i hear or see. Now i wonder how it taste like haha. i am dutch myself maybe i can order it from somewhere.

[@deuteriumoxide1275]

Marabou was a sub company of Norwegian company Freia until they were bought by Mondelez. Both companies were founded by the same person, a Norwegian man named Johan Throne Holst

[@AFnord]

@@metalvideos1961 You mean Cuba Cola? Like slightly bland Coca Cola. It's nothing special. This video is just full of factual errors, not surprised they did not fact check the Cuba Cola thing either. It's named Cuba Cola because someone in the 50's who decided upon the name thought Cuba sounded exotic, and that's where the connection ends.

[@DovahkiinGangsta]

I rarely eat skittles, but coincidence has it, i just had some yesterday. I will notify my next of kin.

[@DovahkiinGangsta]

@user-du5zh3hj5j lol

[@D72T91]

😅

[@Gloriagal78]

😂

[@elainebelzDetroit]

Titanium dioxide is in a LOT of things! I remember back in the early '90s when I was in college, I got into cake decorating. I had a bottle of Wilton's titanium dioxide, used to make white icing really white and to make other colors in icing pop. Dad was shocked and told me how it's in house paint and soap and makeup. It's what provides "coverage" in makeup, as I understand it. I don't know if those bottles of titanium dioxide are still around or still used that way, but I'm pretty sure it's in quite a lot of confections, at least in the US.

[@omdhdk]

It's also used in A LOT of different tooth pastes as it makes the paste extremly white. I don't understand when science discorvers that something is extremly toxic that it's still allowed to use in products. It's still being used in Europe too 😅

[@Skateandcreate9]

@@omdhdksurely brushing your teeth with it isn’t as bad as actually consuming it 😅

[@mozorellastick2583]

@@omdhdk might tell you smth abt how toxic it really is. That or the industry is purposely ignoring warnings

[@drzerogi]

As an aside, remember that just because something that is in your food is used to make things that are not food, doesn't make said thing unfit for human consumption. Note: this isn't a defense of titanium dioxide per se, just something to be aware of.

[@easysneezy]

@@drzerogi like rubber and gum

[@paulsaulpaul]

Added sugar in food or any source of fructose (added) should have a surgeon general warning on it like alcohol and cigarettes. "This product contains added sugar. Consuming added sugar is addictive and habit forming, and will cause insulin resistance, fatty liver, and chronic metabolic disease."

[@SineN0mine3]

They should put them on bottled water too, don't you know if you drink too much you'll drown?

[@pixelcount350]

Every food has sugar in it

[@SunnyCress]

@@pixelcount350 they’re talking about added sugars, not naturally occurring ones, they state that clearly in their comment

[@Sundara229]

@@SineN0mine3 If you don't have a habit of checking food labels, it's easy to miss it. Many "hot" or BBQ-sauces for example contain upwards of 50-60% sugar.

[@shatteredking2774]

If surgeon general warnings don’t work for alcohol or cigarettes, why would they work on food?

[@Dumbstuffwatcher]

I bake bread often at home and it's good for 3-5 days, a week at the absolute most. We forgot a loaf of grocery store sliced "bread" in the back of the cabinet for almost two months, well past its sell-by date. It was not only not moldy, it was still soft. I'm wary of the stuff now.

[@noktrnl123]

I left a big Mac on the counter for 5 days just to see and it looked the same. Scary

[@EmeraldEyesEsoteric]

Yeah, it's a little thing called preservatives. The kind of bread you bake would go bad before they could even sell it.

[@Ass_of_Amalek]

they add both preservatives and in fact also stuff to make it soft. here in germany, bagged toast tends to last 10-15 days, I think. markedly longer than bakery or homemade bread, but certainly not 2 months.

[@justayoutuber1906]

I find the cheap white sliced bread smells funny - like dog food. Its disgusting smelling

[@brianc3761]

Understandable.

[@paidstacks]

This country cares about one thing that’s increasing the profits at all cost.

[@alexsullivan2957]

You earned a new subscription today! I really enjoyed your content. The information in the voice along with the visuals all flowed together so perfectly. Keep doing what you're doing!

[@stanford-nf4jk]

My paternal grandfather would go through several cases of 1 L bottles of Mexican Coca-Cola per week. Grandma swore up and down that it still contained traces of nose candy. He was never out of shape, either. He weighed 160 pounds soaking wet and never developed a paunchy belly like lots of lean people in older age. One note: I was forbidden from drinking it but Grampa would always give me some so I could keep up with him on long bike & hike trips. Still miss ya, Gramps 🙁

[@Ass_of_Amalek]

could be placebo, but it's not entirely implausible. coca cola nowadays is made with some small amount of coca leaves that had their cocaine content previously extracted. it's somewhat plausible that coke made in mexico or for mexico in a similarly badly regulated market may be made with coca leaves that are not cleansed of cocaine as thoroughly. I think if you could arrange the transport and not get caught, just using unextracted coca leaves would be cheapest - I don't think that there is much of a legal market for cocaine nowadays (dentists used to use it as a local anaesthetic, but it was widely replaced with less regulated alternatives), so a legal cocaine extraction operation probably would not be able to make much money from the cocaine (destroying all or most of it), and would then need to sell the extracted leaves more expensively than they bought them. it could also be though that today's coca cola recipe uses so lottle coca that even without extraction, the cocaine content would be negligible. I don't know.

[@EmeraldEyesEsoteric]

Yeah, its quite a shame. A bit of coke is fine if you aren't smoking or snorting it.

[@Ass_of_Amalek]

@@EmeraldEyesEsoteric low oral doses of cocaine have fewer side effects than caffeine

[@justayoutuber1906]

You should watch the Vox episode about the addiction in Honduras. People drink it thinking falsely it "cures" diabetes.

[@ledam2654]

@@Ass_of_Amalek I would provide scientific sources for statements like these.

[@100perdido]

I asked a Russian exchange student who was running the cash register at the grocery how Russian girls managed to be so thin compared to American girls. She answered "Pop Tarts. We don't have 18 different flavors of Pop Tarts in Russia". That pretty much answered my question.

[@berengerchristy6256]

Us Americans in general don’t like to cook, are too lazy to cook, or don’t know how to cook. I’m fortunate to have my parents. They set me up for success

[@MaxJanowiczSawicki]

It was a joke, since it is hard to find Pop Tarts in Russia, you can only buy them online or in some stores which sell imported products from different countries.

[@elenar6212]

They have no transfats in their sweets.

[@xeniagreenstein8283]

to be fair, russia does have a problem with obesity as well, like any other country in the world. however, the extra kilos come from fatty, fried foods that are a staple in our cuisine, like pan-fried potatoes or savory pasties with meat or cabbage that are fried in the pan. so it’s not due to the excessive consumption of processed food. you can just as easily gain weight by eating home-made food. also, most of the salads here have mayonnaise-based dressing which is obviously a contributing factor as well.

[@croozerdog]

my country considers american bread as cake due to sugar amount

[@Truckngirl]

When Wonder Bread was still being baked by Interstate Bakeries Corp (out of business 2012) I had the pleasure of delivering all the ingredients except flour, of the bread to various bakeries around the country (Columbus, GA; Biddleford, ME; Los Angeles, CA, etc) and my trailer always had a chemical smell after delivery. There were some 5 gal buckets of questionable chemical type names. Enough that I would NEVER eat the stuff.

[@josephwanjiku6853]

So it made you Wonder

[@Ubersnuber]

@@josephwanjiku6853 Boooooo!

[@feraltaco4783]

Wonder Bread is absolute garbage. It would taste better if you made sandwiches from actual cardboard.

[@Nicole-kx9vg]

What 😳 😐🥺😔

[@DarkeningDemise]

I wish we could easily buy European products in the US. Want to try their versions of our food to really see the difference. Especially the Mountain Dew. Guess you gotta be in the coastal states for those 'regional stores' where they sell all those foreign goods.

[@stellaomera8489]

the sad fact is.....we can eat your food in my coundry.......but u cant eat our food except for ordering it :/ i can say, your food is much much sweeter than our food.....even the toast as example

[@onkelhiphop]

It’s easy just go to the grocery or maybe a supermarket and buy non-processed food and there you go European food😊

[@flip4129]

You don’t need to buy European products. Enough Americans want healthy food that companies actually make them here. Just don’t be lazy

[@TheMaladru]

'Their version of our food'... You have to think that we don't eat 'your food' we eat 'our food'. This is a pure example on how some of the US citizens think that the entire world wants to be like them.. Enjoy your mountain dew, I love my crystal clear water from the mountain.

[@shaclo1512]

you can find Euro food in many russian shops in the US

[@bobikdylan]

The Gold Standard of clean food. Excuse me while I die laughing.

[@josem588]

As a Mexican I thought all Americans believed that they were the best country

[@ambiarock590]

The US isn't the gold standard of anything else that I can think of either lol

[@josem588]

@@ambiarock590 as a Mexican, welcome to the third world club !!

[@djperryboy]

​@@josem588 Some americans have actually started to open up their eyes. And then there are the Donald Trump/Countryside/Cowboy people. Oh man, they still think that they are the best in the world. I love USA. But some people need to study hard..

[@Curlyblonde]

More like the Gold Standard of Food Additives, Artificial Preservatives and GMO ingredients.

[@Fatimallen]

My friend went to the US and had a massive breakout of acne after she ate their food… too much sugar, chemicals and fats…

[@jonyoder2356]

She should have stuck with the foods she's familiar with then.

[@devaiskander9983]

A lot of these foods have never been imported in Italy, but some are legal here - like Special K and M&Ms. By the way, I didn't expect Special K to be this bad. It was by far my favourite breakfast cereal in my teens!😭

[@janetpendlebury6808]

You will probably find the recipes for the banned foods slightly different to what they sell in America.

[@m42037]

Because it's GMO and sugar and BHT artificial preservatives

[@stellaomera8489]

imagine eating something u thought its gonna be a good healthy breakfast, only to know now that theres bad chemicals inthere

[@devaiskander9983]

@@stellaomera8489 Yes, that's what I actually thought back then 😔

[@finezyjnafantazja2495]

@@devaiskander9983 As they say the version you can buy in EU countries doesn't have as much chemicals but it is not a healthy breakfast either. Sugary stuff is not a good choice for breakfast. One needs to start day with proteins

[@valmarsiglia]

Who could have guessed that trusting huge corporations to do the right thing could backfire so spectacularly?

[@gsaw5008]

😂😂

[@Brikiboi69]

Lol

[@Blaas123]

We actually do sell Skittles in Norway, but they were banned for many years indeed. Mountain Dew is also sold but as mentioned the finished product is VERY different from the one sold in the states.

[@YOCOSMINMAX16]

Mountain dew in Denmark sucks

[@omnisupreme6680]

Awesome, keep up the good work, we need more channels like this that's willing to enlighten the people, thanks for the hard truth about what we consume as a Nation, so many people are oblivious or in denial ! 😊

[@GreenDragonTeaLeaf]

As a ukrainian when I visited the US I noticed that everything I would buy on the fly from cafes etc, from croissants and coffee to burgers, was incredibly bland, barely had any taste at all. I even tried to add more salt - it didn’t help. I would compare it to eating cardboards. Meanwhile I also lived in Poland for a long amount of time and the experience was a polar opposite, everything was so freaking delicious. And I include tiny places like street food carts with hot chocolate and the tiniest belgian waffle stands. Best hot chocolate and waffles I’ve ever had.

[@heatherprincipe8537]

I believe it. I can assume animals are raised better with much more integrity and certain unnecessary chemicals in products banned.

[@martybee6701]

Most food is organic in Poland as many farmers can't afford pesticides and fertilisers. Does taste much better. Everything - meat, fruit,veg,dairy.

[@Just-Nikki]

@@heatherprincipe8537don’t buy animal products from Walmart or big chain grocery stores. There are local farmers all over America raising quality meat and dairy and they have a hard time selling it because people are ordering groceries from cheap box stores.

[@qicksilver8949]

They can cause organic fruits and vegetable to be bland here.

[@oppressednolonger1497]

sadly food in america has been toxic worthy of the dustbin for decades now. my cousin there used to work as a survey taker, asking passers by about 50 questions about how 'sweet' or salty' and promoted 'snack' was that was being peddled by some greedy marketer. . everything there, and sadly phood too, is just peddled stuff thats cheap and low quality at best and poison at worst :/ you have to work VERY hard and have a PhD (lol) to eat remotely healthy in usa, oh and not to mention rich too.

[@Shadowpixy]

One thing that is not on this list, but really should be regarding yellow dye being banned in most other countries is Kraft macaroni and cheese. To the best of my memory and knowledge, you cannot export Kraft macaroni and cheese to other countries without that warning about the yellow dye, causing behavioral disorders

[@edie4321]

Yes! It a hormone disruptor, too. It is so bad. It has probably already sterilized the picky eaters. We are under attack.

[@c.ladimore1237]

could have sworn you were gonna mention subway bread not being allowed to be called bread in UK b/c of sugar content. oh well.

[@JillWhitcomb1966]

The same with Pringles in the UK. They are not taxed as a potato chip (or crisps, as they are referred to in the UK) because they do not contain 50 % potato.

[@wentoneisendon6502]

thats Ireland. and it's because of a specific law in Ireland only

[@mattbenz99]

It isn't banned. Literally all the ruling was about was whether or not Subway had to pay an additional tax. The legality of Subway bread was never in question.

[@commisaryarreck3974]

@@JillWhitcomb1966 If you want another fun one, most US "cheese" can't even legally be called cheese in most of the world It's "cheese like product" at best and you're lucky if it's even 50% cheese

[@GrandmaBev64]

The food in jail sometimes says: "Not for human consumption" right on the label. (Lassen County California)

[@josem588]

As a Mexican Americans eat the worst food on earth

[@brian-6022]

Interesting comment. Since you brought it up and have the experience - I've heard there are many items on the jailhouse menu that one wouldn't normally consider edible. Are the stories true Granny? BTW, what landed you in the bighouse? Walmart Spam Heist perhaps?

[@jpbaley2016]

When I worked for FDA and conducted foreign food inspections, a majority of the firms I inspected were put on import alert for failure to meet regulations required to manufacture safe canned foods (the rocket science of foods), including firms in France, Scotland, and Japan.

[@jtgd]

The US does have high standards regarding foods being imported. The baby formula shortage is a good example

[@jpbaley2016]

@@jtgd All foods must meet the same standards that foods produced domestically must meet. But as regulations sometimes have to go through legislative approval, regulations may not be approved as quickly or easily as they should. Senator Hatch for years prevented FDA from establishing regulations on dietary supplements because he was part-owner in at least 3 large companies. Unlike the executive branch employees, there is no recusal for conflict of interest for legislators. They are able to vote on bills of which they have a personal interest in.

[@WHATISUTUBE]

Yeah, I was gonna say, there are American foods that are banned elsewhere but the same applies for foods coming in. The heavy processing that foods receive in the modern age isn't one sided, and it *can* have adverse affects. It's a matter of trade-offs and making decisions that might have some downsides, but you have to weigh them against the good side. That said, I've never seen a good side to the entire sugar industry so I gave up candy and sodas aaaaaagggeees ago. My daughter's never had that garbage either.

[@ascendedmaster1126]

Funny how the FDA still allows seed oils to be ingested. Another failure... I'm convinced they don't actually care about human health.

[@embalmertrick1420]

Is it still the case that Haggis can't be brought into the US?

[@1Mhoram9]

I like to buy imported flour from Italy and make my own bread. Totally worth it and easy with a bread machine.

[@tonyanorris6574]

What brands do you buy

[@Maggie-zb7gx]

They have significantly less gluten in their wheat over there

[@georgetteclarke3538]

kosher please

[@mahna_mahna]

I had Canadian Mountain Dew once. I definitely preferred it. Just a nicer, smoother taste, since it doesn't have caffeine there. It's also banned in places like Europe because of the brominated vegetable oil (which makes cloudy stuff clear). (Edit: See comments below. Apparently Canada changed their laws and allowed the caffeine back in.) (Edit: For those that can't understand that there might actually be OTHER replies to this comment: yes, we know it doesn't have brominated vegetable oil now. They finally took it out.)

[@blunderingfool]

Veggie oil? No wonder it gives Americans the shits.

[@justayoutuber1906]

Brominated vegetable oil is also a questionable ingredient.

[@mahna_mahna]

@@blunderingfool Oil by itself doesn't give you the shits, unless you have a fat absorption disorder. I also don't think MD is notorious for giving people the shits. If it did, it'd be more likely to be the caffeine and sugar (both can cause diarrhea). Or something else, like how coffee - even decaf - is notorious for making people poop. Also, I just googled to check and they did _finally_ take BVO out of Mountain Dew. When it got bit backlash because of European regulations, they said they were going to do this but it took them years. Apparently they switched in 2020. Probably to something worse. It's also worth noting that good ole Coca-Cola (and also Pepsi) had BVO in it as well up until 2013-2014. Gatorade, orange Fanta, and a bunch of other drinks had it (and removed it) as well. Mountain Dew just took the longest to get rid of it. All that said, the amount that was in MD and other drinks was incredibly small, especially in terms of giving people the shits. As far as I can find, MD probably had less than 8 parts per million of BVO.

[@DKant601]

It still has caffeine, just not the aforementioned dangerous ingredients. Source: I’m Canadian

[@ArcherSuh4721]

Canadian Mountain Dew and Mexican Coca-Cola (made with real sugar and bottled in the nicer-looking green glass) are the American soft drink connoisseurs' beverage of choice!

[@johnjohnson2855]

And they can’t figure out what’s causing cancer to skyrocket. 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@hannaht2068]

They Know, But won't tell people the truth... Titanium Dioxide is also Short-Chain PFAS.. a “forever chemicals” So your body can't break it down and it stays in body forever.

[@georgetteclarke3538]

it creates jobs

[@darthszarych5588]

I knew about a lot of the artificial colorings being banned, but I had no idea that steak tartar was legal in the USA! I always thought it was illegal to serve raw land animals here.

[@Midaspl]

TBH in Europe there are places where people eat raw meat as well. In Poland we love beef tartar with a raw egg on top. The case in the video is just Canadian government going full-communism during pandemic and banning basically everything (no doubt they would ban all meat consumption for the lower caste people in near future).

[@goooooonz8691]

The man who was suing MARS dropped his lawsuit with no explanation why.

[@WHATISUTUBE]

"Man sues corporate megabiz and mysteriously drops lawsuit for no apparent reason" Someone find out who he is and check to see if he moves into a massive mansion within the next couple of years. Or starts parking Lambos in his driveway.

[@karenruben999]

Or he is dead?

[@grocerygoat06]

Does MARS have assassins like Boeing?

[@PatThePauper]

I love your videos. Your V.O. is second to none. Good content, great presentation!

[@mahna_mahna]

The VO really makes this channel (and Weird History) for me. When the occasion video of theirs comes on without this narrator, I just can't watch it.

[@IOSALive]

Weird History Food, nice content keep up the amazing work

[@CaptainSlug]

Titanium DiOxide is an opacifier/whitener, which is used prevalently in making white plastic, whiter. Without it plastic was primarily beige. You'll also find it as a common ingredient in toothpastes.

[@smorales1489]

Its also used in skincare and sunscreens

[@SineN0mine3]

And paint

[@patriciov.catricura3074]

The weird part is, you can actually find Coke in Cuban grocery stores, but of course is expensive as hell

[@JadeCaro]

A teacher at my elementary school (outside the US) made sure to warn us about yellow 5 very sternly and it always stuck with me. I just didn't know that skittles had that because I didn't think a country with such regulated foods would let companies use that as one of their ingredients. I'm shooketh

[@THESPATHARIOS]

Ever heard of lobbying? These corporations lobby their way into making the gov turn a blind eye. Especially in the US

[@mg42lover]

The FDA is one of the finest corporations money can buy!

[@GodisLIGHTTTt]

That’s why you always have to Question God and what is Healthy. All the ancient teachers taught us everything about nutrition, soul work, fitness. America is the Land of the Occult, Black Magic practitioners have poisoned the Land.

[@seb0rn739]

10:08 Eating raw meat isn't necessarily unhealthy though. In Germany, eating raw pork (Mett) on a bread roll (Brötchen) is a very popular breakfast food. Thing is, Germany is among the countries with the highest food safety standards in the world so eating it is actually 100% safe.

[@dietznutz1]

​@mariesmith8454 nah, food is 99% of issues in the western world, we haven't eaten a natural diet for hundreds of years but it's the last 100 that have done the damage, raw meat is perfectly fine as long as the animal is

[@m42037]

@@dietznutz1 BS, in the 60s and 70s even the 80s people in America were nothing like today with the obesity problem!!! Not at all, today it's 74% of Americans overweight or obese that's worse than it ever was

[@m42037]

That is strange you guy's in Deutschland eat lunch or dinner food for breakfast, I been there many times. Bread meat and cheese, high fat and sodium read the package!! And I eat Müseli with organic fruit and almond milk for breakfast here in America, I don't eat garbage

[@dietznutz1]

@m42037 I'm not talking about just obesity

[@seb0rn739]

@@m42037 Müsli with fruits is a typical German breakfast food though. Also, fat and sodium are not necessarily unhealthy and a typical German breakfast is definitely healthier than sweet pancakes with syrup and bacon. The obesity rates of the two countries reflect that very well. However, I agree with @dietznutz1 that it's not just about obesity.

[@Darker1607]

We actually do have Skittles and Mountain Dew in Norway. Mountain Dew only come in 0,5 L bottles and Skittles normally in really small packages. Something we don't have in Norway is M&M's. Weird on what you guys say about M&Ms. Norwegians usually travel to Sweden for. Soft drinks, including Mountain Dew. Skittles (larger packs) and M&Ms.

[@Saddles_N_Sauvignon]

This makes me so happy I live on a ranch in the middle of nowhere so if I want groceries I have to drive 1hr 15min… so we raise and grow almost all our food. We also are big hunters and we eat everything we kill. All the left over parts go to our 5 ranch dogs.

[@paanne1013]

And that is the way to do it!

[@davestevens4263]

Hell yah that's awsome. The older i get 53 I realize there trying to k ill us & there doing it ! But alo g with there brainwashing & programing Americans are Fuckn ignorant

[@oppressednolonger1497]

your dogs eat better than most americans :/

[@martybee6701]

@@Saddles_N_Sauvignon Sounds like a good life. Which State are you in ?

[@Saddles_N_Sauvignon]

@@martybee6701 Central West Texas!

[@MasterPuyen-ss7zj]

M&Ms no harmful dyes?? 🤨 Yeah Right! 😅😂🤣 Sure buddy! 🫢🫣🤫🤑

[@Robsam28]

Humorously informative, well done.

[@sunrae3971]

11:06 Raw meat. We have similar raw meat in Germany called Hackepeter or Mett. Wonder why so many people freak out about illnesses or trichinosis. In Germany consumable raw meat has to be tested before and is only allowed to be prepared on sales day and it has to be disposed at the same day.The US covers up bad production that is all what happens, like with Salmonella. Instead of changing regulation in production the industry blames the customer.

[@Fido-vm9zi]

Probably just another scam

[@Fido-vm9zi]

Or we are not used to certain methods of prep.

[@GISP]

I will like to add that american breads on average has x5 as much sugar in em, and in EU would must be labeled as Cake. Subway got into troubles several times.

[@Nicole-kx9vg]

😳

[@IOSARBX]

Weird History Food, cool video dude

[@danr1920]

I worked at a cereal factory. Food safety was intense. We were in the process of getting rid of several food colors.

[@bluerisk]

Then you don't work and live in Germany. I do, and I also work in a company that produces food. The sponge in "Last of us" wouldn't scare me...

[@chelseyaustin6015]

that is why Trix just look sad now. natural colors degrade when exposed to heat and oxygen, which is why we use artificial colors.

[@stephenholmes1036]

Colours

[@heatherprincipe8537]

Good to know. For instance, Fruit Loops tasted great in the 80's and did not taste like chemicals. Got it sometime in 2000's and tasted Nothing at all like it did then because it tasted like chemicals.

[@heatherprincipe8537]

@@chelseyaustin6015 Never liked Trix to begin with.

[@farligelvis4980]

In Denmark "Special K" is a slang for Ketamine

[@PrezVeto]

It is in the U.S. too

[@williamshi4146]

An adam ragusea feature on Weird History Food... A crossover I didn't know I needed

[@Cesar-pq2ck]

Great music on this video. Good job, Mr. Video Editor!

[@GabGotti3]

My parents are European and I’ve been going back and forth my whole life. Even at 7 years old I realized how much better the food is there.

[@josem588]

Also in Mexico food is more natural than in the us

[@GabGotti3]

@@josem588 yes but you guys are all fat loaded up on Coca Cola in Mexico

[@mrnekomaneki01]

Funny thing about a lot of the stuff is when you see European and UK KZbinrs eat the candy and stuff the reaction is amazing. Also coke tastes a little different in every country for whatever reason so no two countries I feel taste the same.

[@user-wickedflower]

Beer is the same, they brew depending on country & preferred taste. Needless to say it’s sweeter than normal in America

[@chelseyaustin6015]

true. different countries have different formulas due to many reasons, but palate is one of them. there are 5 different formulas for coke just in the US.

[@paanne1013]

The sodas taste different because they are sweetened with real sugar instead of High Fructose Corn Syrup.

[@craigdaniels8779]

This is depressing lol so we basically been brought up on food that makes us stupid,fat, slow, lol

[@josem588]

As a Mexican is satisfying seeing you Americans finally accepting that you are NOT a developed nation

[@josem588]

As a Mexican living in the us I feel fortunate of knowing better about food than Americans do

[@MrAdamNTProtester]

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[@brian-6022]

Actually it's the other way around. First came the stupid, fat, and slow (you) - then came the food to keep you that way. Chow down!!!

[@user-qb1oh6er6u]

So informative 👏 and really very entertaining 👏 😀

[@initialdavid]

There's very little meat in these gym mats.

[@philhellmuth2771]

Best comment

[@Ass_of_Amalek]

obviously gym mats are vegan, they need the yoga people as customers.

[@justayoutuber1906]

If you do put it in there, management will ask you to leave.

[@ihategooglesomuch]

but newspapers contain much-needed roughage and essential inks!

[@christinaglahn8036]

Malk! Now with Vitamin R!

[@mayflowerpdx5706]

I drank an obscene amount of Cuba libres in my 20s. Now, I can’t even look at or smell one without inwardly gagging 😂

[@Dinapus_Olsen]

I am soooo glad I live in Norway, the food regulations are strickt, but for great reasons!

[@josem588]

Usa is a third world failed country and Norway a developed nation

[@calvinmakupson565]

When will Accountability be demanded??? Seems like we the American people have a huge class action lawsuit coming

[@robvegas9354]

Here in Australia we used to have the USA cans of Hormel foods Stagg Chili which was made with Beef. A couple of years ago the government here passed a law to ban Beef in the chili and now we do still get the cans but only with pork and chicken. Great video guys!!!

[@everythingpony]

Why no beef?

[@wentoneisendon6502]

@@everythingpony concerns of hygiene, rises in foot and mouth disease

[@jaynenord101]

@@wentoneisendon6502 😂🤣😂

[@reallyskeptical]

@@jaynenord101 you laugh but it's why we have had a clean industry with beef. Our last was 1872. No out break since.

[@jaynenord101]

No beef in the chili Sounds very over reaching government . . . USA likes to ban things that prevent cancer and it’s based strictly on lobbying from those with the most money😏

[@samwill7259]

Because in other countries their government regulators actually, you know, regulate. They don't just rubber stamp the notions of whichever lobbyist stuck the biggest bill in their back pocket.

[@MrGhoulie]

Why do all of these countries that ban unhealthy foods still allow the sale of cigarettes?

[@samwill7259]

@@MrGhoulie You ever seen how most other countries sell cigarettes? They put pictures of diseased lungs right there on the packaging and make the companies admit to what it will do to you and hold themselves liable.

[@blunderingfool]

@@MrGhoulie MONEY!

[@speedwagoncito]

@@MrGhoulie Money. I would also add that it's not the same selling something that pretty much everyone nowadays knows the actual risks you're subjecting yourself to by consuming it (and here we could also include alcohol, i.e), than selling something that is advertised as a completely safe for all ages product without actually telling you the risks you could be subjecting yourself to by consuming it.

[@MrGhoulie]

@@speedwagoncito I’m pretty sure everyone knows that skittles, little Debby, and Mtn Dew are very unhealthy regardless of the one controversial ingredient. I think that adding warning labels would be a better option than completely banning. Some people would like to still decide to eat skittles in moderation and have the choice

[@StooFras-TheFiresofHell.]

Our local Tescos in the UK used to sell American food products and I always noticed that the ingredients label was always covered up by a label obviously printed out for the UK, bottom line is it was simply covering up any unnatural ingredients contained in American food products.🤔

[@vincentalakija5515]

Have they banned it now?

[@StooFras-TheFiresofHell.]

@@vincentalakija5515 No they still sell the various products and the gullible still buy them.

[@IOSARBX]

Weird History Food, This is amazing! I can't stop smiling!

[@HoneyHexaComb]

I remember staying at a family 11 years ago , they kept their bread in a cupboard and it kept its freshness for days , whereas in my country it will grow mold if it was left for that long.

[@KitsukiiPlays]

Tbh, when I see something is FDA approved, my first thought is “this can’t be safe”

[@katie7748]

Especially after the last few years...

[@Jo-yp8wy]

@@katie7748 it's safe until someone sues. That's how America works.

[@KaBar41]

"Tbh, when I see something is FDA approved, my first thought is “this can’t be safe”" Ah! Yes! So I suppose since thalidomide was not FDA approved but was approved by Euro countries, you would happily take it to alleviate morning sickness caused by pregnancy, right? How do you solve the logical problem when an ingredient is approved by both the FDA and the Euros? Right? Do you just not eat eggs since they're safe to consume in both the US and Europe? But since the FDA approved them, they obviously can't be safe!

[@josem588]

@@Jo-yp8wy as a Mexican I wonder why Americans can sue someone so easily ?

[@jonyoder2356]

Don't be dumb