Americans React: US Foods Banned in UK & Europe | Why do we put up with this?

[@t.a.k.palfrey3882]

Why do you put up with this, you ask? It's because too many Americans consider any type of regulation a "threat to freedom". So, no food regulation, no gun regulation, no environmental regulation, no campaign finance regulation, and only regulation of abortion, school books, and drinking under 21. Europe does the exact opposite. 🤔

[@jamesoshea580]

The word "Freedom" does a lot of damage over there, it feels like to me.

[@bigfrankfraser1391]

@@jamesoshea580 to quote my wife "freedom is never free, it costs you everything"

[@finncullen]

US Government and Businesses deploy the word "Freedom" as a buzzword, a thought-terminating cliche, associating any attack on their practices as an attack on freedom. Any country that has to regularly tell its people how free they are, and has flags everywhere, is compensating. The more "freedom" is mentioned the less it has to actually exist - particularly if you condition your people to believe that the rights and freedoms that other nations have is "socialism and therefore EVIL!" - so yeah. Work harder for less and don't forget to have your Freedom Breakfast before you leave to work at your Freedom Job to make your Freedom Bosses extra rich, and if you get sick you'd better hope you have your Freedom Dollars to pay for your Freedom Medicine.

[@iaink5866]

​@@bigfrankfraser1391 Freedom isn't free, it costs folks like you and me

[@the5thson]

@@Millennial_Manc wow what a load of bollocks

[@Ryancrw]

The problem is America makes billions from health care, why would they want you healthy?

[@kimarnill7648]

Exactly, their health care is worth billions so it’s in their interest to keep people sick 🤢

[@LoveCats9220]

Nailed it!

[@stephenlee5929]

Not sure its health care, it is remedial work.

[@mystisith3984]

Bingo. There's a reason "Europoors" live 7 more years in average. 🇪🇺 owners have chosen to keep people relatively healthy & happy so we can consume more, in the long run. The 🇺🇸 govt & the associated "elites" choose to squeeze citizens like lemons so they die early & can't use retirement money (recuperated by wall street). All of us are owned (hello George Carlin) but one entity cares more about the cheptel than the other.

[@Justinian-IV]

UTV!

[@LMTDGames2]

America - prove the foods unsafe before banning. Europe - Prove the foods safe before it even goes into any product.

[@gilbertngo-ngoc-dong5814]

Add that the proof of safety/u safety is on the industrial using it😂 😂 Like asking the thieves to patrol the streets 😢😢

[@VoxelLoop]

This is basically how everything in the EU/UK works vs. the US! Everything is illegal by default, then regulations are changed to make it legal. Sometimes this results in issues like us getting behind on some new technologies, but a lot of the time it prevents issues like in this video.

[@kwalts88]

Skittles are not banned in the UK (or other countries) but many of the ingredients ARE. we do have them, but the recipe is different.

[@doggieclaude]

True. Different colours. I used to work for an American sports nutrition company, and every single product needed ingredients swapping before it could be sold in the UK and Europe

[@zedrathzerathul9132]

Same in Sweden, it the same for most fuzzy drinks from America, we have them with real sugar and not with corn syrup.

[@no1mafiaman]

Skittles are actually a British product first introduced in 1971

[@jenbug1988]

I got headaches eating skittles while I was in America. I was amazed by all the flavours wanted to try them all but my gosh the headaches after.

[@BigMcDoogie]

I love skittles and bought some when in the US… couldn’t eat them. The taste was massively different, almost chemical. Non organic (bleached) US chicken makes me run a fever and I’m violently ill. I usually have a cast iron stomach.

[@user-tonywright1]

In the UK Hershey is not allowed to call itself chocate as it doesnt contain enough cocoa to wualify. It can only be described as cocolate flavoured

[@annemieverbeke5965]

Belgian chocolate must at least contain 35% cocoa or they can not call it Belgian chocolate mostly chocolatiers use 55% They use the best beans and cocoabutter Some chocolatiers own a plantation

[@annemieverbeke5965]

We call it 'chocolate fantasy'

[@leonzac5240]

*vomit flavoured

[@metalvideos1961]

same in the EU. not enough cacao so it legally cant be called chocolate.

[@user-tonywright1]

@@metalvideos1961 Yeah, when the ruling was made we were in EU

[@shaunrye7740]

The way I see it is Europe and the UK ban anything that isn’t proven safe to consume. The US allows any additive until it’s proven unsafe

[@iaink5866]

And that's assuming it hasn't already been used for a long time, in which case it's allowed to continue

[@stephenlee5929]

@@iaink5866 'Well, it can't be that bad, we've used it forever' 😒😒

[@MedievalDarkAges]

Not no more we are being poisoned look at the sky's not vapour trails but chemicals people need to start searching into everything we have been lied to

[@snipost]

@@stephenlee5929 said the Asbestos supplier

[@c_n_b]

So why is tobacco and alcohol legal in UK and Europe?

[@sarahgreen653]

I agree with your theory Steve. I don't think it's a coincidence that the country with the highest medical bills is also the country with the worse food standards.

[@thefiestaguy8831]

I've always believed they're in "cahoots" with each other... i.e shareholders of each other's companies. Companies sell poor quality food... people get ill... go to hospital and fork out $$$$. Hospital gives the food company some $. Hospital refers people to pharmacists for drugs - drug company sells that person some massively overpriced drugs with a huge markup on them, drug company gives hospital some $$$. People then continue eating food laced with chemicals, the hospitals continue to support the production of that industry by giving the food companies $$$.

[@danielcreveuil]

There is no theory, only facts.

[@ruth1231]

I think a lot of Americans have been brainwashed into thinking the brighter the colour of food the better it is for you. Bread has to be bleached white etc. I watched some Americans on holiday in the UK trying raspberry yoghurt. They didn't like the colour as they weren't used to it but were blown away by how creamy and tasty it was. What they were used to was their raspberry yoghurt being bright pink whereas the one over here was a natural pink. Same with orange Fanta, Skittles etc - the brighter and more luminous the better in the US. American food manufacturers have messed with your food so much the majority think that unless the yoghurt etc is bright pink then it won't be as nice. I think Americans such as yourselves are becoming more aware of this now though - which must be hard because the people in America have been told for generations yours is the best country in the world so to have to actually think about that and realise perhaps you're not must be quite hard.

[@ORDEROFTHEKNIGHTSTEMPLAR13]

100% and not being horrible here but AMERICANS are so brainwashed..

[@ArthurTanner-d7s]

There's also the myth (invented by industry) that more is better, of anything. Huge portions of a food or drink which is then given a name like 'Royale' or 'Deluxe' that isn't better quality, just more of the same.

[@periair8874]

Same goes for Mountain Dew. Mountain Dew from the US is banned in Europe. So they changed the recipe only for the Europe Market to The Orginal recipe to sell it in Europe.

[@ArthurTanner-d7s]

@@periair8874 And it’s still disgusting.

[@periair8874]

@@ArthurTanner-d7s I saw a video docu on KZbin where they claim the Orginal purpose for Mountain Dew was as Soda for Whiskey and not as a Softdrink.

[@keithboult4028]

I saw a video of an American girl here in the UK, complaining about how quick, our food goes off, I think that explains, why you have all of these chemicals.

[@Mari77788]

on the contrary us washes their eggs to disinfect them while keeps them natural. end result is us eggs need to be refrigerated while the ones in eu can be stored at room temp

[@stevenham1937]

⁠​⁠@@Mari77788 I think you need to read more about this. How you wash eggs doesn’t disinfect the egg inside the shell lol. Washing them literally exposes them to pathogens and bacteria hence why they need to go in the fridge. There’s nothing natural about washing an egg that’s designed by nature with protections in place lol

[@trevorcook4439]

@@Mari77788everywhere but America I believe

[@trevorcook4439]

Not condoning US behaviour but a lot of America is designed to need a car to travel quite a distance to shop. Therefore wanting longer shelf life on products. Makes things worse in my opinion

[@franciscouderq1100]

Imagine the mind set of this girl complaining about EU food going off too quickly 🤷‍♂️

[@acerimmerz]

Just for one that is missing, American eggs are also banned in parts of the EU because of their bleaching of the shells - it actually destroys a protective layer that obviously in time can get other pathogens inside it - which is why American eggs are stored chilled. You very rarely see in the Uk and Europe a grocery store with eggs stored in the chiller - vast majority stored in ambient

[@ggoannas]

Yes and we Europeans still lick the cake mix bowl, make mayonnaise and Tiramisu with raw eggs and never worry about salmonella because we don’t wash our eggs.

[@florianfussl3769]

And European chickens are vaxxed against salmonella

[@Crodino11]

Even that no type of vegetables produced in the USA are sold in Europe, they have a high probability of being contaminated by the Botulinum bacterium

[@tmobz]

I looked this up the other day, and they don’t use bleach, but they do use detergent to wash the eggs which means they need to go in the fridge.

[@frostrangerofthefrozenrelm]

Our eggs being bleached is just a myth. Yes, they are washed but they aren't bleached. Our eggs are white 'cause we mainly use white leghorn hybrids in our factory farms and they happen to lay white eggs. You can get a flock of white leghorns or white leghorn hybrids such as the California white and they'll give you lots of large to extra large white eggs, no washing or bleaching needed

[@grampstin9375]

I saw a video of an American woman taste testing our food in the UK & her main complaint was that she thought it was bland, she liked the taste but felt that it just needed more herbs or more seasoning or just more something, what she doesn’t realise is that this is what food tastes like when it’s cooked without chemicals & artificial flavouring, I’ve been to the southern states in America & I loved the meat but so much of the stuff I ate that wasn’t home cooked just tasted so over the top, super sweet or metallic, it’s hard to explain the taste but “in your face” comes to mind or maybe “over the top”, it genuinely tasted false or unhealthy, the home cooked food & meat was fantastic though, Americans know how to cook but the pre prepared stuff shouldn’t be allowed

[@whatfloatsyourboat2333]

Yeah I'd prob stay away from. The meat and milk they are no better than the rest the animals are kept in horrible condition and some are not actual animals just cloned body parts

[@vaudevillian7]

That’s been my experience too - they use *all* the sauces and seasonings at once, remember eating something in a bar and commenting I wasn’t sure what it was supposed to taste of

[@susiepeters67]

I feel American tastebuds have become so used to an overuse of salt, seasonings and sugar that when they taste "normal" food it tastes bland to them ..... their tastebuds have become desensitised

[@_Hollie_]

I remember this from when i went over, it genuinely smells different as well. Its really hard to explain. I think for me i noticed how bad it was when me and my sister went. Then when we got back to the Uk we just didnt feel right, we are naturally very athletic people, but we were struggling to do certain things that we could do with ease prior. Looking back it was definitely because of what we were eating, but we were completely unaware of the chemicals etc that was in everything. We just thought thing (even from the same chain restaurants) smelled and tasted different because it was American and we were in a different place. When in actuality they just loaded everything with so much stuff that we had never tried because its illegal to be used in the Uk

[@Thurgosh_OG]

And yet if you try many foods in the US before they add seasoning/sauces etc. they have no flavour at all. US tomatoes, literally have no flavour. The colour is great, the texture is good but bite in and watery mush is all you get.

[@smi7leee]

America, makes you sick so they can charge you for health care😂

[@missjane1403]

As an Aussie, I agree with this sentiment. When you have countries like England, Australia etc whose healthcare is largely funded by the government, it makes sense for them to want to take preventative actions to save money, like having better quality control on food standards for one. And we luck out,...being able to consume better quality food, and not go bankrupt if we need a hospital stay!

[@David_randomnumber]

I would argue that's by accident. Most stuff the US uses and is banned in Europe is simply cheaper. Why use sugar if corn syrup is cheaper? Why use natural dyes if artificial ones are cheaper? Normally that's the point where the state should regulate but every time someone tries there are the 2 fear mongering campaigns: "it will double the price" and "they want to limit your freedom "

[@metalvideos1961]

its true though the FDA and healthcare industry work together. the US government doesnt do anything about it because of Lobbying from both parties.

[@mayapilkey3577]

​@missjane1403 it's a federal crime in Japan to be morbidly obese as it increases the strain on the Healthcare system. If your chubby/a lil over weight you'll get warnings. You can be given tickets and fined as well for being over weight

[@timothyallan111]

I was eating some toast and marmalade while watching this, and out of curiosity I looked at the ingredients on my marmalade and they are; sugar, Seville oranges, citrus pectin. That is it. Pectin is found naturally in fruit and is what makes jams ets set, but sometimes (depending on the levels of pectin in the fruit) it needs some help, and at home you might use 'jam sugar' which is just sugar with added pectin, so it's nothing outrageous. I also looked at my bread (some sliced sourdough) and the wildest ingredient was a flour treatment agent which turned out to be ascorbic acid - otherwise known as vitamin C. I am so glad that some of these US companies are finally being taken to task for breaking the basic trust that should exist with the consumer - it shouldn't be too much to expect for food products to be safe and not cause harm.

[@85parrot]

It's worth remembering that the flour has had a lot of stuff taken out though. Even wholemeal is just refined white flour with a bit of chaff added back in. Freshly ground flour contains fat (and all those nice fat soluble vitamins and minerals) but it goes rancid with contact to air. So they take it all out. What you end up with is refined carbohydrate, which might as well be sugar.

[@darienstewart8375]

​@@85parrot Have you tried the bread in Germany? It is really good 👍

[@85parrot]

@darienstewart8375 yes have done, I agree it's the best I've found

[@Brauiz90]

the best example for natural pectin is - APPLES! They contain Pectin in their peel...

[@richardsutcliffe6994]

Hope it was thick cut marmalade 😊

[@SeanHendy]

In 2008 in the UK there was an issue with the bread used by Subway's, because of the amount of artificial trans fats in their bread products. Subways had to change their ingredients and removed them, but it was pretty big news and put them in a very bad light.

[@ClezVideos]

Here, in Ireland, Subway was taken to court to pay more tax because their ‘bread’ has so much sugar in it that it’s considered cake and cake is taxed more than bread.

[@rebeccaradbourne5651]

​@@ClezVideoscome here to say it was mainly due to the sugar making the subs count as cake 😂

[@alisonwilson9749]

@@ClezVideos Us bread has a lot of sugar., apparently. A friend who has sugar level problems over there didn't get the same problems when eating my home made bread here in the UK. I just use a very tiny bit of honey to feed the yeast barm.

[@ClezVideos]

@ When I was in the US, I couldn’t get over how much sugar was in everything, including the bread.

[@SeanHendy]

@@ClezVideos just triggered a memory also relating to US food culture. This is going back about 20 years. One of the guys that worked for me, he could eat, like really eat. He took his girlfriend to New York for a holiday and of course we were all interested to hear about it when he got back. He said that he didn't finish a single meal during the entire trip, the portion sizes were that big.

[@steverobbins4274]

The Chlorination of meat in the US isn't about shelf life. Its about correcting the cleanliness of american meat processing plants. I worked in a Bacon/Pork factory and the floors there were very very clean.

[@kpodbot]

One word for why America company's do this..........PROFIT.

[@ORDEROFTHEKNIGHTSTEMPLAR13]

Exactly.. PROFIT comes before there WELLBEING and SAFETY..

[@moondaughter1004]

Yes and they only change the recipes for the European market to not lose out on profit

[@andynieuwenhuis7833]

​@@moondaughter1004 Most Europeans will buy their bread/pastries/dinner rolls from a Bakery, Not from the grocery story;the 4 main ingredients in bread are flour,water, yeast and salt.

[@moondaughter1004]

@@andynieuwenhuis7833 grocery stores in my country have their own bakery. I've been eating store cake every birthday. Also products like soda and candies also have different recipes

[@gottagowork]

Profit is only a side effect. Any corporation wants to make profits. Incl European ones. US have laws and regulations too, but very little incentive in adhering to them. When it's said that European free speech is better, it doesn't necessarily mean broader. Europe did't have SCOTUS 1976/78 legalizing political corruption in the name of free speech. Expanded just a few years ago. Because, of course... So, legislation tends to work in big business' favor. Because they can afford the politicians. Normal folk just don't have representation there anymore.

[@BrapMan]

In the UK the governement has a vested interest in keeping us healthy, otherwise we become a burden on the NHS. This is why our tobacco is much more heavily taxed than in the US.

[@emmarogers948]

Never thought of it that way but that makes alot of sense. There's still along way to go though.

[@reactingtomyroots]

Very true!

[@ecclesiaxxi6210]

That's changed recently, the food in the UK has been getting worse, also the govt. is apparently considering injecting citizens on benefits with a weight loss injection or they'll allegedly remove them from accessing benefits. Also I suspect they're pushing euthanasia (a) just evil reasons, but (b) to reduce the burden on the NHS. Also the UK for years now has been having the most % of overweight young people in the EU I believe, and recently there has been some relaxations re. the food... anyway ... I'm just saying because it used to be better, I'm wondering if "they're" moving over to another guinea pig after testing so much on the US that it's a mess over there.

[@emmarogers948]

@SevenEllen I agree sometimes the nanny state does go a little too far but having good quality food makes sense. This Ozempic idea been given to habitually unemployed (guessing those due to weight reasons) is not a great idea I wonder what the long term side effects will be.

[@pixiepetal-jennie2038]

I’m so grateful to be a Brit and have cleaner foods and household cleaning items that are readily available. My son brought some US sweets back from a trip and honestly, most went in the bin. Hersheys is not what I’m used to, waxy and bitter. Our bread is fantastic too. Palm oil can be avoided and corn syrup too

[@diarmuidkuhle8181]

Well, several food companies are already dropping standards post-Brexit. You'll find things specifically labelled 'not for sale in EU' because they don't meet those exacting regulations anymore.

[@russellfrancis6294]

I'm proud to be British too, so grateful.

[@emmarogers948]

Hersheys kiss taste reminds me of the smell of baby vomit 🤮 like a gone off milk taste

[@stuartfaulds1580]

@@emmarogers948 That would be the Butrylic Acid they add to the milk, which is the cause of that taste.

[@vaazig]

​@@beccawoodhouseYanks hate being reminded that they're not the land of the free, and not even a democracy, just about the same as reminded that their food is unfit for human consumption! 🤣

[@FaithlessDeviant]

I guess that particular additive that is found in yoga matts are to make the bread more fluffy and more resistant to tearing when spreading.

[@Mike-James]

Health care in Europe, wealth care in the USA. When I was stationed in Singapore in the sixties, I remember the on station coke machines and how easy they were to get free bottles of coke, they tasted so much better.

[@Rachel_M_]

Remeber to test your smoke alarms this clock change day, _"you did promise, didn't you?"_ UK - 27th of October USA - 3rd of November

[@Chloosome22]

? Confused

[@derekdelboytrotter8881]

@@Chloosome22 referring to the "most shocking British adverts"

[@Rachel_M_]

@@Chloosome22 look up their reaction to "Most effective adverts". I think it was a couple of months ago.

[@susangarvey9415]

I know mine works, it goes off even when I boil an egg😂

[@Rachel_M_]

@@susangarvey9415 😂. I can burn anything, it doesn't go off. As soon as I put some toast in, seagull in heat 😂

[@helenroberts1107]

Even in the tiny UK we try and encourage people to buy locally so food doesn’t have to travel far. In some restaurants they can tell you the farm the meat comes from

[@woofbarkyap]

In our local pub you can order a beef dish whilst watching its relatives strolling around the field outside

[@CaroleEvans93436]

I remember a US KZbinr who came here to the UK, to live off our fast food only - and he LOST weight!

[@reactingtomyroots]

That's amazing! And honestly not all that surprising.

[@pitchdark2024]

yeah he was prob exercising.. fast food makes you gain weight no matter what it is. I've gained a stone in the last 6 months purposely by switching to fast food

[@isabelkeyes7120]

Kalani Ghost Hunter has said this recently. He tried lots of takeaways here in the UK and lost weight! I still don’t think eating takeaway food regularly is healthy, but it’s interesting!

[@pitchdark2024]

@@isabelkeyes7120 takeaways are not healthy because of saturated fat, trans fats, sugars and salt.. which guess what, make you put on weight. Anyone that says they lost weight eating takeaway food is lying or burning off the calories

[@selina5598]

@@pitchdark2024 he ate UK Mcdonalds chips that only has potato, oil and salt in and lost weight because there was none of the shit America puts in theirs

[@dianeknight4839]

I am a Pepsie Zero (no augar). Coke is different in the UK partly because of the water. but mainly because we do not use corn syrup to sweeten. Have you ever done the tooth in a glass of coke, it can dissolve it completely!!!. Coke is also great at cleaning the bottom of your pans and cleaning the loo!!!!

[@colonelfustercluck486]

Coke contains phosphoric acid which really attacks your teeth in conjunction with the sugar (in whatever form). There are specialist dentists out there in the big cities who specialise in fizzy drink damage caused to children's teeth. Phosphoric acid is actually used by dentists in some procedures, where the removal of tooth enamel is required.

[@alisonwilson9749]

I use tomato ketchup for a first step in cleaning very dirty brass before finishing off with proper polish. Works well as a first step and saves a lot of elbow grease. I just spread it on and leave it for a bit, then wash it off.

[@randomistmech]

The reason our food is better is we have a public health service. Poor health costs the state more of the taxes they collect from us, so they're incentivized to ban potentially harmful substances in food. Public health goes WAY beyond health insurance, it has to be deeply integrated in legislation.

[@TwilightLimits-sk7kn]

Skittles is not completely banned in the EU, just the version containing the chemical. I'm a framer in Ireland, we have to comply with a lot of regulations to be able to produce food. Its the same with the factories, they have to follow a lot of regulations. The problem is, all the work is being put onto farmers and the factories and government are not always the most giving to cover the expense of meeting the regulations

[@probablyaddictedtoyoutube]

My dad is Dutch Military and when NATO moved us to Virginia for a few years, my dad suddenly became an at-home baker. I was 7 so I was confused but I remember him refusing to let us get burgers in drive thrus, eat school lunches, any bread products and most candy or "kid lunch/breakfast" products were off limits. He tried to explain why but my sister and I were to young to understand and just wanted to eat the same snacks as the other kids bc we were already being made fun of for our accents lol

[@StoryLover-7]

Your dad did good with these choices! :D Home made bread is just so good, my mom, if she has time always makes for us weekly a loaf of it in a ceramic holder for years now.

[@probablyaddictedtoyoutube]

@@StoryLover-7 I agree. In NL we love our bakers

[@maudeboggins9834]

Your father was doing the right thing & keeping his family healthy for the long term. I hope he is well & still enjoying his homemade bread

[@DougBrown-h1n]

Let me say I'm not anti-capitalist - but this situation in the US is the result of a distorted obsession with capitalism. Nothing is allowed to get in the way of commerce, be it unsafe foodstuffs, Inferior house building standards, medical necessities, the gun lobby, or the simple desire for workers to spend time with their family. You can list one example after another of the wellbeing of US citizens sacrificed for the sake of the economy. The quality of food should serve as a daily reminder that it's all about the producer, not the consumer who has little choice.

[@bignumbers]

It's not capitalism, it's corporatism. Big businesses lobby politicians for favourable treatment, exploitable loopholes, etc. They don't care about the economy, they care about pleasing the donor class

[@DragonShiryu]

While I agree with most of what you said in the video, a small side note on puberty. Historically, in Europe noble girls were often given away in marriage as kids for political reasons, and the union had to be consummated as soon as they were of "childbearing age", which was around 13-15 depending on the individual. So even before chemicals were added to food, the onset of puberty would still be quite early in life.

[@guuguu74]

One thing to note for example for health reasons, that U can not transport US-made eggs to EU and vice versa.

[@briandudley6686]

I read on a American Website that America requires eggs to be washed before being put on sale. That removes a film and means eggs must be stored in a fridge. In the UK we don't and eggs don't need to be put in the fridge and last longer.

[@Tempest_Elixir]

Steve just shaking his head and getting angrier by the minute 😂 Funny but understandable frustration

[@susansmiles2242]

I watched another reaction video yesterday looking at the difference between orange Fanta in the US and Europe. No surprises but the US version contains absolutely no natural orange juice or flavour

[@RustyDust101]

Ah, I see an IWrocker viewer. 😂

[@AIMAGINEWORLD777]

Yes @iwrocker did it and I couldn’t believe the differences of these US vs European foods wow

[@renefrijhoff2484]

@@RustyDust101 Yup, me too.

[@nigelanscombe8658]

He had already sussed the American versions were bad but his eyes have been well and truly opened to find European Orange Fanta contained mainly things like … water and Concentrated Orange Juice. 😳 His comparison mini series has been interesting to watch.

[@DatDirtyDog]

It's better in Europe because the goventments want to spend the least possible on the health services and an easy way to do that is to make regulations that keep people healther.

[@edwardolickiewicz6247]

Your right. It's the additives they put in food, medicines, perfumes. With all the herbicides and pesticides you spray on crops n lawns. Micro plastics in the fish. It stupifi the mass. Explains why Trump was voted it.

[@Gismo-ih7gi]

I'm from the UK and consume alot of american content. The thing that I found shocking was americans traveling to the uk, and being surprised at how quickly our fresh produce and meats go bad. Its so normal that the US version is packed full of preservatives and chemicals, that the natural break down of fresh food was a surprise. The thought of eating anything 'fresh' past about 5-6 days kinda freaks me out because of what was needed to acheive that. I do feel for any american trying to eat clean. When your standards agencies seem to go out of their way to make that harder. Even cost wise it seems alot more expensive. Judging purely on videos, things like fresh vegetables and fruits seem double the price of junk foods.

[@Mojova1]

"Banned in UK & Europe". Since when has UK not been a part of Europe? I haven't heard about the islands floating away after Brexit...

[@DreamDestinations-]

😂😂😂

[@lpfan4491]

It was a bad idea to call it EU. It's like if the USA was called "AM", it sounds like a short for the full continental name when it isn't.

[@krystynaoldakovska2233]

Exactly! It's a little bit annoying

[@jpjapers]

The craziest thing is that all of those numbered dyes are actually byproducts of the petrochemical industry and are created in oil refineries.

[@reactingtomyroots]

Yep!

[@StewedFishProductions]

RED DYE '40' and SUNSET YELLOW 'FCF' DYE - are two of the MOST common used DYES in US foodstuffs and drinks. BOTH are Petroleum-derived SYNTHETIC dyes. Food manufacturers can only use synthetic additives that the FDA has certified. The FDA are 'highly lobbied' by politicians; who do so for monetary contributions to their re-election and personal funds...!?

[@CyrilSneeer]

I’ve visited America a few times and absolutely hated the food. It’s almost to the point of it being inedible. I have no idea what chemicals, additives, E’s and preservatives they coat their food in but I was glad to get home and eat real food again.

[@michaeldoolan7595]

I worked for a confectionary manufacturer that made sweets for sale in the USA and Europe. Two identical sweets can taste completely different. Many additives used in the USA are illegal to sell in the UK and Europe.

[@GarethCartwright-h9l]

Coke is very iconic especially due to the fact they created the idea of Santa Claus wearing red. Until Coca Cola got involved he was always depictes as wearing Green outfits

[@antoinedacosta9141]

The most ironic thing is that Coca Cola is directly inspired from a French beverage the Corsican wine Mariani invented in 1863. Apparently John Pemberton copied the recipe and made a soda. Coca Cola now acknowledges that on the Belgian-Luxemburg website. Coca Cola is a unique variation of the Corsican Mariani wine.

[@martindaubert1636]

You get your pork straight from the farm but the growth hormone is given to the pigs in their feed at the farm

[@janescott4574]

There is also so much sugar in American sliced bread that it would technically qualify as cake in Europe including the UK. When my husband is asked how he would like his steak when we eat out he says “incinerated”! I’ve failed to educate him for 54 years!

[@emmafrench7219]

@janescott4574 The UK is in Europe.

[@janescott4574]

@@emmafrench7219 I know but a lot of Americans don’t realise it, on reflection I could have put “which includes”!!

[@SpaceCase1701]

That's why there was a court case about the sugar content of Subway bread in Ireland. The bread recipe used by Subway also has a much higher sugar content than typical bread in EU countries. In Ireland bread is classed as a 'staple food', and therefore does not carry VAT. But by Irish VAT laws, any bread dough cannot exceed more than 2% sugar or fat by weight otherwise it cannot be classed under the 'staple food' label and therefore cannot be tax exempt as a bread product normally would be. Subway bread was found to contain around 10% sugar and therefore had to be taxed.

[@heatherallen4648]

@@emmafrench7219 Actually the UK isn't in Europe any more (Brexit) but it's very close!

[@pfffetc6149]

@@heatherallen4648 UK is in Europe! It is not in the EU! There is a difference.

[@christinec4919]

I'm in Canada and we also have different standards than the US. I had the difference explained in simple terms to me years ago from a food inspector that in Canada food has to be "safe" whereas in the US food only has to be "not harmful" which gives license to companies to add all sorts of stuff.

[@wildadventure5101]

Recently a shop in England had some of there American important foods seized as they contained to high levels of what is permitted in the UK. I remember the seized jolly ranchers because of the something they contained. Because of a compound that is found in motor oil.

[@polychromide]

In the UK the term No Artificial Additives or Sweeteners is a key selling point for products.

[@Frohds14]

There was a court ruling in Ireland, which ultimately applies to the EU, that Subway can no longer call its buns bread because they contain far too much sugar for bread.

[@philiptodd7062]

Simple ingredients in bread yeast strong white flour salt and water that’s all you need substitute white flour for whole meal

[@Roman_Eagle]

The thing is it also tastes better, especially fresh. You can even add seeds for extra goodness and flavour. No supplements or extreme preservatives are required for everyday bread as plenty of countries buy a fresh loaf from a bakery or supermarket each day or every other day.

[@scottanderson3751]

Making sourdough I realised I’d run out of salt and couldn’t get any sometime sooner and needed it now,after looking around my cupboard I realised I had Marmite so used that instead-it worked a treat a paired really well with the cheese 😉

[@stephenlee5929]

In the UK bread is 'fortified' with Vitamins B1 & B3 Iron and Calcium Carbonate, as is Bread Flour.

[@alanmon2690]

Better to use wholemeal, not white flour.

[@izibear4462]

I know y'all like it sweet so add some monkfruit sweetener which is low carb.

[@listerofsmegv987pevinaek5]

While on holiday a few years ago. I met with an American lady while visiting Ampleforth Abbey North Yorkshire. We got talking and she commented on the quality of our food. And that in the six weeks she had been here (she had only recently retired) she had lost three quarters of a stone. She did say food back in the US tasted like cardboard. And wished she could take back our food. She still had 6 weeks left. Good video. If you want quality food with know chemicals in it get an allotment, and grow your own. We do and yes, we notice the difference.

[@dougbrowning82]

As bad as US food is, they still have bans on outside food coming in. They actually confiscate peoples' bagged lunches at the boarder.

[@annemieverbeke5965]

American tourists in Bruges , very often we hear the same comment. You have such good food and you are all so thin. We are absolutly not thin but mostly have a reasonable healthy weight

[@neilprice513]

In Europe we have health regulations on the ingredients allowed in our foods. Most American foods don't pass because of the extremely high sugar content and chemicals found in your processed foods.. In Europe we sweeten our foods with SAFE additives that don't increase the sugar content, we also use cane sugar and sugar beets for our sugar content, in the US they add in concentrated processed corn based sugars (High Fructose Corn Syrup) that can only be broken down by the liver. For example for taxation reasons, in the UK and Republic of Ireland, Subway's bread is categorised as CAKE. Simply because of it's high sugar content (compared to what is allowed to be in bread). US Fast food chains have different recipes and menu's in Europe because the original ones can't pass our Food Standards either. It's why US Influencers like to come to Europe and do videos on how different McDonald's tastes.

[@baronmeduse]

Here in Europe (I'm in the Netherlands) manufacturers also use fructose-syrup/invert-sugar. It's in lots of biscuits now, like McVities. There are also still many additives only under review. Titanium dioxide was only removed in 2022 and not completely. In the UK it isn't even banned.

[@alisonwilson9749]

Aspartame is allowed in the UK. It's high time it wasn't, it's disgusting and bitter (and also gives me a hell of a headache if I eat something with it in- you can't always check everything). I can't drink most soft drinks, and the damned stuff is even in sandwiches at the supermarket. I once couldn't find a single sandwich that didn't have any in it. It's in the mayonnaise they dump on most sandwiches these days, I think. It's not necessary and I don;t think it can be safe.

[@oliverlicari2641]

The reasons for additives in bread are usually to improve texture, speed of leavening, flavour, colour and shelf life. All factors that make it more financially lucrative.

[@dereknash3638]

I am 84 years of age fairly fit and have never needed to be on a diet, I was brought up to eat whatever I like but always in moderation. I am a meat and two veg person the only choice for me is if I like it or not, no such thing as junk food only over eating. As for Kelloggs have cereals for breakfast every morning except Saturday when it’s a full fry up. Take aways and McDonalds are also on the menu. The only thing which affects my diet is my taste buds.

[@tamzc2989]

Thank you

[@JackieOckwell-oc4ho]

Apart from the obvious chemical/additive/rubbish added unnecessarily to foods - I think one of the biggest issues these days is a lack of understanding as to what constitutes 'processed' - not just in the US but also here in the UK. I grew up in the 70's & 80's in the UK - just as home freezers became more affordable for homeowners. Along with that came a huge wave of 'convenient' frozen foods. Both my parents were born pre WW2, so lived through rationing and my mum learned how to cook from scratch - there was little option back then. My uncles all had allotments (veg patches), and food was wholesome. Both my parents worked, so when the freezer revolution occurred - mum did buy/try some of the frozen foods - 'birds eye' was and still is a big brand over here. But she also learned how to make the freezer work for her. I vividly remember helping to prepare and blanch all manor of fruits and veg from my uncles so she could freeze them. Also - asking the butcher to portion various meats in separate packaging - to be put straight in the freezer. I still use those practices today and often spend a day in the kitchen every couple of months just prepping either ingredients or even part meals for the freezer. Does that mean I don't eat Junk/processed? No. I do. But consciously. We eat out or have takeaway usually once a week - sometimes less. You will find some frozen processed foods in my freezer - often store brand (usually Sainsbury's) as they tend to have less rubbish in them than many big brands. But mostly our diet is fresh - or processed by me. I get a little frustrated by those who say they don't have the time to prepare from scratch and rely on prepackaged items. You either make the time now or risk less time in your lives later. However - I do appreciate cost plays a massive part in it for many - not just the price of the food but cooking/gas/electric. Sadly, even in the UK - cheap processed food is often more affordable than the 'cook from scratch' option. I do feel for you both and everyone in the US who cares about what they eat - its hard enough in the UK to avoid the rubbish, it would drive me crackers to deal with what you have to in the US. 🥰

[@annemieverbeke5965]

My parents also knew hunger during the war. My dad lived for the vegetable garden. We always had fruit, nuts, potatoes and all kinds of veggies. But they were lucky, had 2000m2land Not many people can aford this nowadays, I live in a city Have a small garden and also grow some things that are edible

[@LetsTalk_ManUtd]

It’s crazy that our “clean food” in the UK gets so much scrutiny and we say it’s full crap and full of this and that BUT YET it’s still a million times better than in the US. We don’t tend to think our standards are that great (maybe meat aside) but America has zero standards so it seems.

[@colinmorrison5119]

One of the drivers amongst the wealthy Tory donors that bankrolled Brexit was the opportunity to depart from stringent EU standards to make more profit. Fortunately, this hasn't, so far, happened afaik.

[@LetsTalk_ManUtd]

@@colinmorrison5119 there are many speculations both negative n positive but the bottom line is we have seen neither really.

[@Sir.T]

What you said about the pharmaceutical and the food industry working as one is definitely a thing in the U.S.

[@ellaparkerbooks]

Puberty was never as late as 17 in girls. Always been early teens until recently when it became around 10- even here in England- not necessarily the food’s fault

[@lstein3372]

The whole thing about adding stuff that's previously been taken out is mostly about extending shelf life. I'm not talking about shelf life as stamped on the final product, I'm talking about the individual ingredients in the processing plants that make the final products and their suppliers. If left in, some substances will accelerate rot and increase waste and thus profit loss.

[@GazilionPT]

Coca-Cola first entered the Portuguese market in the 1920s. They even got the (now) most famous Portuguese poet to write a slogan for it: "Primeiro estranha-se, depois entranha-se" (Something like, "First you find it odd, then you take to [drinking] it" - it sounds better in Portuguese). But by the early 1930s it got banned: the Portuguese equivalent to the Surgeon General quipped, "If it really has what it is supposed to have [i.e., cocaine], then it is dangerous, so it should be banned; if it does not have what it is supposed to have, then it's misleading publicity, so it should also be banned." Coca-Cola only re-entered the Portuguese market in 1977.

[@wulfgold]

UK/Europe - manufactuer's have to prove the food is safe. US - consumers/consumer groups need to prove it's dangerous. I'm not a vegan (at all), but if you like eating out and not feeling dirty after, have a google for vegan takeaway/restaurants. You'll be eating much less processed stuff and still have the benefits of someone else cooking ;)

[@lesleyannjones3697]

Vegan Cheese and Vegan take aways are high in the list of Ultra Processed Foods.

[@dougbrowning82]

@@lesleyannjones3697 Vegan food is also likely to have GMOs and glutens, which some people are allergic to.

[@peterworwood6483]

@@lesleyannjones3697 Vegan cheese, yes definitely - it's usually made of processed oil of some kind. "Vegan takeaways" is too broad of a category to usefully say anything about. It could be some kind of UPF, some meat replacements very much fit into that category, but "Vegan takeaway" could be a falafel, a veggie salad, anything that doesn't contain animal products really - plenty of options that don't involve UPF.

[@P5YcHoKiLLa]

12:25 Sorry but puberty has never started at 17/18, Puberty, the process of physical and hormonal maturation that leads to sexual maturity, typically begins between the ages of 8 and 13 for girls and 9 and 14 for boys. However, it's normal for puberty to start earlier or later than this. Puberty not starting until 17/18 would be very abnormal.

[@peterjackson4763]

8-13 is normal for girls now. German researchers found that in 2010 the average age for the onset of puberty was 10.5, but in 1860 it was was 16.6. In Norway in 1840 the average was 17. However there is evidence that the average age for menarche was 12-14 before the industrial revolution. There is some evidence that the start of puberty continued at the same age, but the process took longer. The reason isn't known for sure, but nutrition seems a good guess.

[@Drew-Dastardly]

Oooh. Look at Jimmy Saville over here.

[@comfycomfy6469]

@@peterjackson4763 you have to have a good BMI for puberty to start, which is why it is alittle earlier now as chldren are generally better fed.

[@BoomslangSkin3739]

When my dad used to order steak in a restaurant he'd say "Cut the horns off, wipe it's ass and put it on a plate!!"

[@reactingtomyroots]

😂

[@CazzyB1]

When Skittles first came out in the UK, I remember my youngest son used to turn completely hyper and would be climbing the walls after eating them. It took about 3 times of him having skittles before I banned everyone from buying them for the kids. I was actually really shocked at the effect they had on my youngest, who was about 3 at the time. No skittles ever again in this house 😊

[@alisonwilson9749]

Smarties did the same until they banned the red dye they used, and hat was in the 1970s IIRC.

[@susangarvey9415]

Lol, I came across a fox when we lived in London, was taking my dog out for an early morning walk and the fox had found a full MacDonalds strwberry milkshake that someone had dropped. Usually foxes run when they see you with a dog but this little fella wasn't leaving that milkshake for no one, he was as high as a kite, his eyes were like saucers and he spent most of that morning whizzing around the kids playground, I tbought his heart was going to give out. I'm going back about 10 years now, surely additives had been banned but the sugar content must have been mighty high. I think that poor fox thought his birthday and christmas had come all at once that day, I often wonder if he had a hangover when he woke up😢

[@jessicamotion4564]

Since studying a biomedical degree and learning about how virtually all processes in your body are regulated by hormones, I make every effort to makes sure no hormones are entering my body to mess up the intricate web of interactions that keeps me alive and healthy. That includes in my food and also avoiding hormone based contraception. If you see growth hormones added to meat, run a mile!

[@CummyPancakes]

Im not sure if its mentioned in the video but certain foods whicha re imported can be sold in the UK, however need to have false advertising covered on their box. The biggest one which you may have heard about is Pop-Tarts from the US get labled as "A good source of breakfast vitamins and minerals" Which is not accepted as fact in the UK by our health governance body. And pretty much every American soda is different from its counterpart or original because the regulation of colours and dyes are not accepted. I've heard it described as in the UK and EU its not safe to be sold unless its proven to be food safe, whereas the US its not banned unless found to be detrimental to health.

[@earthtaurus5515]

3:56 corporate lobbyists, if you want to go down this rabbit hole. Two words: Heritage Foundation.

[@jamesaubrey1110]

I remember, as a kid, Rootbeer, only available in McD. It was very sweet. Then it stopped!

[@Cal-q1w]

Those poor pigs being treated like that, where is the animal welfare, it’s disgusting.

[@nickwalters5380]

FYI, the 'blood' in a rare, or even raw steak is not blood. It's myoglobin, a protein found in muscle cells.

[@xanthipussofsparta6555]

No the blood is blood. Depending what part of the body the steak is from, the blood will contain myoglobin.

[@leighnisbett9691]

If you are doing steak , cook it to your prefered taste and take off the heat and rest for a few minutes to release the juices throughout the steak . This makes your steak juicer and easier to cut .

[@lemming9984]

urrrrgh!

[@oODJFriendlyOo]

@@xanthipussofsparta6555 NO! when you slaughter an animal the 1st thing you do is draw the blood out. There is no blood. Its red meat so the myoglobin is the red juice that comes out before well done. Ppl have been brainwashed ususally by their parents that its blood.. Blood is thick. That is like water. Why in white meat is there not a red liquid that comes out then? 🤔

[@Luggruff]

@@xanthipussofsparta6555 incorrect. All meat is drained of blood. Why do you think it hangs for a long while in the slaughter house? Also, Myoglobin stores oxygen in the muscle tissue, not the blood. Stop correcting people on topics you clearly do not know your facts about.

[@Nikki-yn7yv]

It’s not just junk food though it’s All foods ie: Bread, Milk your basic food stuffs have so much salt , sugar and additives even eggs are over washed and meat is messed with, chicken washed in chlorine etc. I know this because my husband is American and we’ve lived in both countries now when my mother in law comes to visit I ask her Not to bring any food stuffs certainly Not sweets would t let my family eat that poison!

[@BenjWarrant]

Very soft, very sweet 'Bye!' at the end there!

[@Gasten950]

Marabou was made by a Norwegian, Johan Thone-Holst in Sweden in 1916 and is usually considered a Swedish brand and it's the most popular chocolate brand here.

[@derekdelboytrotter8881]

I saw a video recently where this American couple put a loaf of bread in their garage to see how long it would last, 3 years later it still looked and smelled fresh. They put it back in the garage to carry on the test. 3 years is shocking, you'd be lucky in the UK if your bread last longer than 3 days

[@michaelayling8855]

Chicken bacteria is killed by cooking it properly.

[@Thurgosh_OG]

Many cases of poultry food poisoning do not come after the cooking but during the preparation where, in the US, particularly, many more bacteria of the Campylobacter, Salmonella, or Clostridium perfringens types, contaminate the meats.

[@whatelse1222]

And many chickens are given a rinse of bleach to prevent salmonella.

[@dougbrowning82]

Chicken bacteria is prevented by proper husbandry, which is lacking in American factory farms. Easier to dunk the chickens at the packing house than to regularly wash out the chicken pens on the farm, I suppose.

[@krisradjpaul278]

It’s not about bacteria it has more to do with the steroids injected into the chicken

[@ArthurTanner-d7s]

As @Thurgosh_OG says the problem isn't with the cooking, it's how the meat contaminates raw food, utensils and other parts of the kitchen that makes it so dangerous. This explains it. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qKGWn59qlNFsmtU&ab_channel=InsideEdition

[@Paul-yh8km]

Putting sugar into white bread are unnecessary, there is enough natural sugars in the flour already to make it rise. Putting it into wholemeal/brown bread is debatable, one UK manufacturer can do without, not sure why the majority of them can't do the same.

[@TheLettybird]

A few weeks ago I saw Cheez-Its in my UK supermarket, I immediately went on the website to see if it was made in the US or Europe. They were made in Europe and so I bought them! I also went on the American website to compare ingredients and there were a bunch of ingredients that weren’t in the European ones. Just remembered, did you know that the bread Subway uses for their sandwiches is classified as “Cake” in Ireland. I have only eaten subway once and was so horrified by my sweet sandwich!

[@claudiaclaudia3080]

OMG I am polish and live here my whole life but I was in US in 90s for holidays and I still remember Little Debbie sweetrolls😂 I have some facts about coca cola . My husband work for them here in Poland and of course is unhealthy but still product for our market I mean european is healthier than for americans one. They even talk about it on brand trenings. Ps. Sorry for my English but i am not fluent 😉

[@alisonwilson9749]

Your English is better than the English of some people who have it as their first language!

[@claudiaclaudia3080]

@alisonwilson9749 thank you so much, your words are very important to me and motivate me to keep learning 😘

[@zahidshabir4038]

UK and Europe - Banned until proven safe USA - Allowed until proven unsafe (sometimes)

[@davidwatkins8478]

UK is in Europe

[@dirkspatz3692]

@@davidwatkins8478 I think she/he wanted to say UK and the European Union (and some other European countries). Maybe the food administration in Ukraine, Belarus or Russia is not as strict as in the EU (and former EU Member UK).

[@steveclarke6257]

Titanium Dioxide.....is used as an "Optical Brightening" agent in washing detergents but its also rhe main constuant of White paint!

[@colinmorrison5119]

The more expensive artist paints, at that.

[@krystynaoldakovska2233]

Sunscreen and other cosmetic ingredients in EU

[@ajayjackson7727]

So glad you guys are bringing this to people's attention because a lot of people don't know these facts, thanks Steve and Lindsay for bringing them to people's attention 👍some so called 'treats' are anything but to our bodies. Defo Steve knowing the provenance of your food is really important, that's why buying from farms and farmer's markets is the best because the sellers can give you the history of the food and how it's made.

[@charlestaylor9424]

@ajayjackson7727 it can go too far I've eaten in a restaurant where the menu had the name of the man who shot the deer for the venison dish.

[@raekelly5615]

We, in the UK, have never had titanium dioxide in our skittles. Titanium dioxide is what we use to make white paint white. So, skittles are not banned here, but TiO2 in foodstuffs is!

[@stewartbladensb]

What you call “biscuits” in England we call Sones. We have them with jam and clotted cream.

[@narvik6136]

Just because you buy direct from a farm don't be lulled into a sense of security. Don't forget the drug speeds up metabolism and for that to work the animal must be alive so it makes sense that the farmers are adding it to the feed supplements or they are buying feed that contains it.

[@jonpeley]

This is just a business matter. Why are fire guns allowed in the USA? Because there's a huge lobby who gives a lot of money to both main political parties to look elsewhere. With the food happens the same. They don't care about the health of citizens, the only health they are worried of is the one of their pockets.

[@Ukhome-s4p]

It’s all about money, and making food addictive by adding other chemicals and loads of sugar

[@laurencebradbury2101]

Pubity starts at 17 in the states? got dam.. it starts at like 10 in the uk

[@module79l28]

If everyone in the US with a sizeable back lawn reduced it to half the size, created a patch and learned how to grow their own food, things would change. Even a relatively small patch would eventually produce more than a standard family could consume.

[@DaniëllaKL1970]

Wowzers this is great news. And yes ITS ABOUT TIME!!!

[@janetburrows137]

I was trained as a baker a good while back. They did add additives, just to prolong the shelf life of the bread. That’s the only reason!! As far as I’m aware most of the have been cut, thank God. ❤❤❤❤

[@alicetwain]

Puberty in a healthy and not underhourished child tends to occur around the age of 12-14, occasionally earlier and occasionally later. 17 is very rare. Also, steah isn't supposed to be moist. It's supposed to be roasted. It ought to taste like roast. (Well done meat team, here.)

[@wyterabitt2149]

17 was the normal average in the 1800s. Today the average is close to 10.

[@CaptainBuggyTheClown]

@@wyterabitt2149 .3 comments you lied about this on. Buddy, no it wasn't you're just stupid

[@alicetwain]

@@wyterabitt2149 It's 12-14 in Europe. Bu then our meat isn't pumped full of hormons.

[@bastiwen]

Steak tartare is great and safe IF prepared right and comes from a controlled source. Also, I find is so funny that the wxpression "As American as apple pie" exists because it was a thing in Europe since the Romans at least and the oldest written reciepe for a modern apple pie comes from the UK

[@sarahhenry9283]

Regarding puberty happening earlier, while chemicals may have something to do with it, it is actually happening all over the world simply due to electric lighting. Essentially the more light we get the younger puberty will start. (Countries nearer the equator with higher levels of sunlight and longer summers have always had puberty start earlier. Usage of screens also contributes to this so don't be fooled into thinking that keeping kids indoors will prevent it. I heard this on the radio and was stunned!

[@wallythewondercorncake8657]

Puberty happens at around 13, not "17/18" or "10". As parents, this is stuff you really should know

[@wyterabitt2149]

The average age of onset was nearly 17 in the 1800s, and was nearly 10 by 2010.

[@wallythewondercorncake8657]

@@wyterabitt2149 Very much doubt that

[@CaptainBuggyTheClown]

@@wyterabitt2149 No, you're just lying or incredibly dumb.

[@peterjackson4763]

@@wallythewondercorncake8657 You are very likely wrong. Though perhaps you are confusing the start of puberty with when girls get their first period (the third stage of puberty). Puberty is something that lasts years, not something that just happens.

[@Thurgosh_OG]

@@wyterabitt2149 The onset of puberty was 10-12 worldwide, in medieval times and is similar today, though the US does appear to be pushing this lower according to online reports.

[@huwburroughes6012]

Ractopamine is fed to pigs throughout their lives, buying from a farm doesn't guarantee they aren't using it especially since it's often just added to pig feed that is commercially sold.

[@gillh405]

Well done for taking the time to learn about the substances that people think of as food. I learned about all this stuff around 20 years ago. I came across a lady called Zoe Harcombe and I started to research her work. At the time, she was seen as a bit crazy and she was slated by both the medical profession and food corporations. Now, her work is widely accepted and it has changed many lives, I am sure. I still don't eat as cleanly as I ought to at times, but when I eat, at least I have a much better idea of what is going into my mouth. I am 66 years old soon, my weight is normal, I have no medical conditions, and I take no medication. You are so wise to be making the lifestyle changes you are - you will be rewarded as you get older. I am flying out to the US in 2 days. I think I will be horrified at the food available 😅

[@amathans]

Sofia is so lucky to have ALERT and caring parents such as you guys. Regardless of the poisons the FDA approve, it’s great to know that YOU, her excellent parents, approve what your little girl consumes. You are a wonderful Mommy and daddy for knowing this stuff and protecting your daughter. I have so much respect for how angry you guys are that this pointless stuff is in your foods

[@reactingtomyroots]

Thank you for the kind words! We're not perfect, but we do our best. :)

[@ClezVideos]

When Subway came to Ireland, they were taken to court to pay more tax because there’s so much sugar in the rolls/bread that it’s considered cake over here and cake is taxed more than bread.

[@catherineharrison9441]

Europe and Britain have very high safety standards regarding anything that can be put into the mouth, even down to the glue that sticks cigarette papers. Recently the food standards agency in Britain have even set laws governing salt,sugar and food colouring. McDonalds tastes different in Europe and Britain due to our regulations. The madness of the American population not screaming from the roof tops and demanding regulation to protect their lives from poisoning is beyond comprehension.

[@davidwatkins8478]

Uk is in Europe

[@catherineharrison9441]

@@davidwatkins8478 Britain is an island off main land Europe, we are not part of Europe. Europe is a large land mass made up of multiple independent countries. There are approx 21 miLes between Europe and British shores. Great Britain has a rich history of fending off countries from Europe…….French, Spanish, Germany etc etc. we are also sovereign to multiple commonwealth countries.

[@teoleno4019]

Uk not so much anymore.

[@peterworwood6483]

@@catherineharrison9441 Where do you think the people who "fended off countries from Europe" came from? Humans didn't spring out of the ground in Telford to populate these islands. The European landmass includes Great Britain, Ireland and the smaller British Isles too - continents are a geographical phenomenon, we are on the same continental plate. Also "we" are not the sovereign of any Commonwealth countries, the monarch is - it's a legacy of the imperialism of previous centuries, and something lots of Commonwealth countries have divested themselves from. I don't imagine that many if any Commonwealth countries will be accepting the sovereignty of the British monarchy in the next century, and more power to their elbows.

[@TanyaRando]

Since watching you I've started eating sourdough bread again, I'd forgotten how much I liked it. I've also started trying to increase the veg intake of the household, I'm roasting veg a lot, but am going to try using balsamic vinegar when I do them. No chips/fries, it's jacket potatoes and homemade potato wedges here. Your FDA release new medications to the general population long before here, due to more testing. When I try food I haven't had for years, it never tastes as I remember it, it's obviously all the dangerous chemicals that I'm missing and not a glitch in my memory. 😂

[@polheg1]

Glad that I live in the British isles. Looking at American food production, I wouldn't touch it with a barge pole. There are obesity issues here, but down to junk food, but at least you have the choice to eat healthily and safely. I am originally from Derry in Ireland, living in England, but due to Brexit, given the chance if we were still governed by the Tories, our food standards would match yours. Profit before people. Hopefully that will not happen under Labour.

[@Badgersj]

I think the trouble with the American food you're talking about is that it has to be made so it can be transported over large areas and kept "fresh" at the point of sale. So they establish rules for that, then of course these rules have to be universal. Do you have local bakeries, butchers, grocers? Do they have to conform to those regulations and stuff their produce with unnecessary chemicals? Costs more I know but they're generally better (and because it costs more you eat less of it at one go which is Good For You!)

[@alisonwilson9749]

Your eggs in the US don't actually last as long as ours, and yours have to be kept to lower temperatures as well- a lose-lose.

[@Badgersj]

@@alisonwilson9749 Oh I'm a Brit too! I was asking the Americans if they had local shops. Yes the egg regulations in the US are stupid. After all the egg is constructed to keep its contents safe and fiddling with it is dangerous so why do it. And if you can buy free range and fresh. Nothing beats an egg hot off the hen's bottom!

[@Alberto-xw8vx]

It's not only the ingredients but the quantity you are ingesting, America has an obesity problem, if everybody is fat is because everybody is sad.