Foods That Are Banned in Europe, But Not the US | American Reaction

[@amyloriley]

Simplified, in the EU, products need to be proven as safe before they are brought to the market; while in the US, products can be sold until they are proven to be unsafe.

[@rextrek]

THIS THIS THIS THIS $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

[@myfaceismyshield5963]

Precisely

[@E_Dtl]

Wrong, in the US "safe", means safe from law suit, not safe for the human organisme.

[@dontxtalk]

Yeah this is exactly what I was about to comment. If there haven't been lawsuits, the US is fine with anything, generally speaking. The EU needs you to prove that whatever you're adding to a product is safe through trials.

[@jounik]

Cancer-causing chemicals that extend the shelf life of goods are generally frowned upon in Europe. You do be right.

[@WookieWarriorz]

Keep in mind we have all the ssme products sold in the USA in the EU, skittles, Reece's etc they're just made without the banned chemicals, which means these companies could do the same for the USA but they don't

[@legolindirteso9430]

Simply because the FDA doesn't want to do the necessary tests...

[@judsdragon]

probably cos those chemicals make it cheaper to make so more profit if i had to guess

[@exosproudmamabear558]

@@judsdragon you are pretty on point if you ask me

[@marcothiel895]

ah whats why i found skittles here in gemany

[@uzetaab]

@@judsdragon Or will make it sell better, for example making skittles brightly coloured.

[@bluebear6570]

Look at McDonald´s. In the EU, they list three ingredients in their french fries - potatoes, salt and vegetable oil. In the US, the list 11 ingredients -7 of which are banned in the EU.

[@mockupguy3577]

Incorrect. Here in Sweden they list: potatoes, two veg oils, dinatriumdifosfat, and dextrose. Nor Salt.

[@boek2777]

It differs throughout the EU. We actually have some national laws that isn't regulated by the EU (they are few but does exist). Loads of American "foods" isn't seen as food in Europe. Very few American foodstuffs is accepted in all of EU. Salt isn't mandatory and is hence not mentioned.

[@tomleys7779]

Again, poor Merica…

[@rashkavar]

I wonder what ingredient is on the list in the US that isn't banned in the EU?

[@legolindirteso9430]

@@rashkavar Those that can be harmful for the health... The more additive they are, the less chances it will make it there... Make a comparison between bread in USA and in Europe... In Europe, simply put, max 6 ingredients... Look at the list of ingredients in american bread!...

[@MrTjonke]

The difference between US and EU lawsetting is that if it can possibly cause harm it is banned in the EU, while in the US they wait to see if it is harmful before they ban it.

[@wolfgangpreier9160]

This is not true. Poppy seeds and nutmeg, raw cheese, raw sausages and untreated milk is allowed in the EU and is known to sometimes cause harm. You are not allowed to clean chicken meat by bathing it in chlorine. And you are not allowed to drink tap water if it was cleaned with clhlorine, at least the utility company must warn you of using this water for any other than washing your hands.

[@Gazer75]

Of course, they only consider banning it if companies can risk getting sued. That would affect the bottom line :)

[@charisma-hornum-fries]

@Wolfgang Preier We also have chemicals in skincare, clothes, cars. We have stimulants as coffee, sugar, nicotine. None forbidden but the amount and settings matters in context. We're mostly talking additives, not part of the origin.

[@rextrek]

MeriKKKa is ALWAYS REACTIVE and Never Pre-Emptive

[@Dujma12]

that I totally agree EU does things to protect citizens, USA allows thing to protect companies. That is the main difference. USA doesn't care for human health while corporate profits are on the line while EU doesn't care for corporations while human life is on the line

[@Roque-Cachamuiña-gs1wd]

I think that a generation ago all Europeans saw the US as the example to follow, now we realize how lucky we have been to continue being Europeans and in this matter the European Union, with its rules, its bureaucracy and the Differences in understanding life between northern, central and southern Europe have been very important.

[@maxmoore9955]

EU is so corrupt, its unbelievable,

[@alphonsbretagne8468]

Wouldn't say a generation, I think it's most likely two. Humans born 1945 are almost 80 and a generation is considered to be about 35 years.

[@nirfz]

I would argue that there was never a full generation that thought the US is the best example to follow, but there are always a certin number of people who think that. But the %tage varies. Thinking about it, a number of CEO's and people in company leading positions often are inclined to think that how the US treat their workers should be an example to follow. And since a certain orange coloured US politician some european politicians recognized that straight out lying into peoples faces even though it is clearly a lie most of the times does not creat any problem for them and integrity seems to be declining. If there would have been a full generation who would have aimed to follow the US example throroghly, working rights, healthcare and things covered in the video would be vastly different in europe. (working rights and healthcare for example have been fought for and getting better for a long time. Even in the late middle ages there already were certain working rights and healthcaresystems in central european mines the miners organized for themselves and their families)

[@alphonsbretagne8468]

@@nirfz good point

[@FrankHeuvelman]

In Europe mutual understanding is hard due to all of the different languages. In America mutual understanding is hard due to having multiple interpretations within one single language. (Also known as creating alternative facts, America's number one export product.)

[@thenephilim9819]

I remember that at some point Taco Bell tried to open stores or franchises in Germany and they couldn't because their food didn't meet standards for human consumption 🙈

[@TheMightyHams]

Subway had a thing in Ireland a few years ago where a court determined that their bread legally couldn't be classed as bread anymore due to the sugar content 😂

[@leeriches8841]

Unfortunately we now have Taco Bell in Scotland and there’s also a Popeyes opening. As if we didn’t already have limitless unhealthy fast food 😢

[@badwulff]

The funniest stories with these franchises, to me, are unrelated to health concerns, but rather target audience - like when Domino's Pizza tries to open in Italy and fails miserably, and stuff like that 😆

[@minakatahizuru]

Lol

[@Tendo8002]

@@leeriches8841 Yeah that's hars but remember that the consumer sets the market. In Sweden there are as many pizzerias as there are parking spots..

[@McGhinch]

Good bread only needs about 4+2 ingredients: flour (could also be several flours mixed), water, salt, yeast + time and heat. Anything else should be an ingredient that gives it a certain twirl,e.g., nuts, seeds, spices, herbs, roasted onions and such. There is no sugar needed in a good bread.

[@RustyDust101]

Unless you want to give a sourdough starter a little kick-start, in which case you might need to add a teaspoon or so of sugar. But then, it will take a good three days of feeding and extending the sourdough, during which time it will have time to change the starch into sugars itself. Happy bacteria doing their thing.

[@pik33100]

You don't need yeast. Sourdough is enough.

[@ashs2ashsdust2dust13]

@@pik33100 Sourdough is produced by wild lactobacillaceae and yeast. Otherwise you would not have sourdough.

[@powidlkm]

@@pik33100 Sourdough contains yeast

[@depressedutchman]

@@pik33100 oof

[@Kelsea-2002]

I know some Americans who have come to Germany, and almost all of them have wondered that food tastes completely different here. Especially with vegetables, the amazement is always very great.

[@rextrek]

MeriKKKa is the SCHITHOLE COUNTRY you've heard sooo much about, with SPECIAL THANKS to republicans for the EXTRA SCHITHOLINESS ! MeriKKKa where we ALLOW 60,000+ Americans to DIE Every Year for LACK of healthcare and Medications they CANT Afford and No one cares..... ...MeriKKKa where we have over 40+MILLION with NO HEALTHCARE at all and No One cares.......... MeriKKKa where we have MILLIONS of HOMELESS Nationwide and No One cares... MeriKKKa, where ALL Repubs and the Corporate Dems ( NOT Progressives ) passed an $800+BILLION One YR Military Budget... yet we Average citizens getting Begged calls from VET GRPS ask for DONATIONS to HELP with VET CARE??? ...........WTF is ALL that Gdammed MOney going??? NO ONE Ever asks....Riiiight MSM???!!!!! .....and Again to Top it off , No Money for Child Day Care for working Mothers, No Dental, Eyecare, or Hearing aids for Seniors..... Merikkkka IS the Certified SCHITHOLE .. .with thanks also, to about 40% of Our Nation of Garbage People, Uninformed Morons , Racist, haters, Bigots....who constantly Vote against their own interests.... so glad I dont have kids and more years behind than ahead

[@DogOfHades]

Funny thing is that Vegetables in Germany taste bland for me, among other foods. I was in Berlin for 1 years in 2020. I came back to my island country (Cyprus) since then. I guess there are levels and levels. Probably a guy from Malta will tell me the same.

[@larswilhelms1]

That must be a fun reaction yeah! while on the topic, I had two friends from germany visiting norway and stayed at my house for a week. A funny reaction from them was our water, they had never tasted such great water and that it did not get this chlorine foam or whatever that is when boiling the water which they did where they live (I assume its different based on where in germany you live) in the end they drove back to germany with 20 liters of tap water which I found hillarious.

[@miceatah9359]

yes and even german food isnt all that good compared to ukrainian food (just one example since am from ukraine and live in germany for most of my life) just the veggies alone have a totally different taste so if german food is considered good by US americans i cant even imagine how bad it is in the US

[@miceatah9359]

@@DogOfHades yes just wrote that in ukraine the food is leagues above the stuff i get here in germany it does taste bland af

[@QuantumS1ngularity]

One of the first things that strikes any of us Europeans when we visit America, aside from the insane amount of flags everywhere, it's how much sugar does the food have. It is just unbelievable how much sweeter the US food is, to he point where you actually get sick of it. And to add insult to injury, it does not only contain more sugar, it's also in sometimes laughably big portion. I always thought of myself as a guy who loves chocolate and sugar. After my visit to the US i stood away from everything sweet for a whole month. That's how much i got sick of it.

[@iancomputerscomputerrepair8944]

Skittles and Mountain Dew can be bought in the UK, but they use a different recipe without the harmful chemicals in them. Buy a portion of Chips/Fries in a UK MacDonalds, there is 3 ingredients, the potatoes, the oil and salt, that is it. Buy a portion of Chips/Fries in a US MacDonalds and there is 9 ingredients used, one of them is to make the chips/Fries looked cooked.

[@lightninggornall]

skittles and mountain dew still contain chemicals that dont belong anywhere near the human body ,uk or not

[@conwaynoel3715]

Will the UK scrape those EU rules that govern food standards as the government has said it will do away with 2000 EU laws ?

[@klauslunde]

same skittles and mountain dew can be bought in norway with a dif re

[@nicostenfors5690]

Skittles and Mountain Dew can also be bought in Finland. The Mountain Dew i believe is made here in Finland.

[@demonic_myst4503]

its ironic while they alow and encurage the use of aspartame in native britosh drinks like lucazade despite dozens of papers finding it causses long term liver damage

[@dogstar5572]

McDonald’s was kicked from Iceland over 10 years ago. There is a happy meal from then, still in pretty good condition at a museum.

[@doc0815martens]

one wonders why 😂

[@AndreSomers]

For those for whom Iceland is a bit far and expensive to get to, you can see the same thing in Micropia, a museum connected to Artis zoo in Amsterdam.

[@ifzwischendurch]

They were not kicked out. It just wasn't profitable due to the financial crisis. Iceland has only 370,000 inhabitants and is located in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, far away from the European continent. Everything had to be imported.

[@dogstar5572]

@@ifzwischendurch And nearly 700,000 visitors a year. KFC did ok though.

[@dogstar5572]

@@ifzwischendurch With 750,000 tourists a year. KFC did ok though.

[@troublesometoaster4492]

I believe there's a whole trend on TikTok and KZbin of people, mostly EU citizens or US Americans living abroad, that get physically sick when visiting the US due to the additives in food that their bodies are not used to. I've also seen a lot of US Americans reporting that they lost weight abroad even when eating more, although we can't be sure without proper tests of course. It makes total sense but other factors such as more walkable cities and street from moving out could play a role in weight loss.

[@mifphilip]

i think another reason some lose weight even while eating more is deception, servings are smaller in EU so you think you have eaten the same as you would have in USA but it is actually half of what they'd normally eat.

[@troublesometoaster4492]

@@mifphilip Oh yes I totally forgot that! I was about to correct you on how I was talking about snacks and processed foods such as bread, etc., but you're honestly right, even those foods are much smaller in Europe. Candy bars and beverage cans are probably the biggest example, but I've seen it with other foods as well. As for eating out, then yes, unless you are in a country such as Portugal where servings are also usually a bit larger, it will make a huge difference.

[@JarlGrimmToys]

@@troublesometoaster4492when you can literally go out and buy a bucket of coke cola with a straw, that’s intended to be consumed in one sitting. You’re going to gain weight and worse. McDonald’s biggest cup size in the US is 1.2 litres. KFC’s biggest cup size is 1.8 litres. While 7-Eleven sell a cup that is over 3.5 litres.

[@troublesometoaster4492]

@@JarlGrimmToys WHAT, a liter of coke??? I believe our max is like half a liter, and I rarely saw people ordering it when I worked fast food. I do remember me and my friend being surprised when the medium cups were the size of her head when vising the US while they're I believe 33cl in here, but I never noticed the bigger ones, wow. Being McDonald's, I can only assume it to cost like $5+ for that size, while you can get two liters of coke for $1 at our supermarkets, way less than our smallest cup of coke (250ml).

[@JarlGrimmToys]

@@troublesometoaster4492 yeah it’s crazy. I bought a 2 litre bottle of lilt on Friday for a family movie night. We have 3 teenagers and they only drank 3/4 of it, that’s 500ml each over the course of 2 movies. And they could have finished it, but that was enough for them. So be be able to go into McDonalds and buy a 1.2 litre cup meant for 1 person to drink with their meal is too much. But then again many US restaurants have free refills, so people are used to drinking a large amount. But the idea of a 3.8 litre big gulp makes me feel sick.

[@zapster252]

I think a really important sentence from the video is almost a bit lost. It has been mentioned that some companies have changed their ingredients due to pressure from the public. I think that's really a very important point because it shows that things can be changed and how important it is to have people like Heidi to help spread these facts to the public. I think a lot of things in the US aren't changing for the better because people just don't know about them and the mainstream media give these issues a wide berth.

[@steveweidig5373]

The thing with chlorinated chicken (and other foodstuff washed in chlorine) is that this practice practically begs to cut corners as any shortcomings could quite literally washed away at the end. Problem is, if the washing then ain't thorough enough, you then potentially have a bacteria bomb at hand with a high risk of some potentially nasty outbreak.

[@julessimone4959]

The fact that the US has a higher rate of food poisoning confirms this

[@ninjahart]

You can get Skittles in EU and Norway now. I'm guessing they either changed the banned ingredients or have factories in EU making them according to EU rules.

[@romanc189]

We changed colors many years ago (at least 5 years what i know). There could be problem with titanium dioxide (banned in eu last year) on some older packages but in new ones is not anymore. For now all skittles in Europe, Middle east, south a nort africa are safe (acording to the eu laws), kosher, halal and vegan all in once. Even if there's not a logo. We use only one recepies (per color mix) for all. And i say WE because I literraly make skittles in factory.

[@RC-xz5bb]

I really think you hit the nail on the head in your previous video. In the US healthcare is private so no one cares if you are ill. In the rest of the world healthcare is public so it’s in the best interests of the country that the people are healthy.

[@julessimone4959]

Exactly alot of the things in these videos (food standards, worker's rights for example) would be better with universal healthcare. If the government is paying for healthcare they have a vested interest in keeping you healthy.

[@twwraistlin]

@@julessimone4959 ...but it seems like the US government do NOT have a vested interest in keeping its populace healthy, it has interests in making money...

[@karlbmiles]

So if I'm paying for my healthcare I don't have a vested interest?@@julessimone4959

[@johnbancroft5242]

Think about it, nearly all every civilised nation on the planet offers healthcare to their citizens paid a small amount of from your income tax. so they want the nation to be healthy, unhealthy people cost the government money, In the US it's the complete opposite, unhealthy people make private companies rich, so they lobby the politician (Bribe them, in UK English) the Government allows bad food into the market, people get ill, the Healthcare sector gets rich, then the Pharma companies get rich as well. That's why Healthcare for profit is unethical. When the government are paying directly for everyones healthcare. The legislation on many things are better and have a better outcome for most people.

[@nadinefeiler9204]

the problem with chlorine washing chicken, not mentioned in this video, is that it has the risk of not killing some bacteria but makes them go into a hibernation state. In this state they are not detected anymore by the standard tests. But after some time in the right conditions, they wake up again and are as infectious as before.

[@katydaniels508]

Your comment about Mountain Dew and toxic waste reminded me of a video called Why you can’t get Dasani water in the UK 😁

[@Pointillax]

I frequently hear americans disgusted about our "undercooked" red meat, and how it's full of diseases. Even grossed out by tartare, wich is literaly raw beef. But these food bans and regulations are the very reason why we can eat and enjoy not overcooking our red meat and you cannot. Because yes, if you undercook red meat in the US, you'll get sick, while in many european countries (not all), you can eat it raw and be perfectly fine. PS : I'm only talking about red meat. Absolutely cook poultry and other white meats all the way if you want to stay alive, no matter the country

[@peter_meyer]

I wouldn't want to let go of eating minced raw pork in Germany. It's safe to eat (because of being highly regulated), it's a national treasure.

[@terranaxiomuk]

@@peter_meyer Same in the UK. Even the cheapest budget food you can eat raw.

[@NickBR57]

Simon has other channels too. He's well worth watching and subscribing to. I'm glad I live where many of these things are banned - but there are still many things allowed that I would rather not eat

[@ClaymooreEOC]

Simon has ALL the channels! And a basement where his writers are allegedly locked up :P

[@NickBR57]

@@ClaymooreEOC 🤣

[@Badji85]

Yeah your bread is "Cake" basically XD

[@DruncanUK]

I have seen quite a few reports online of people who's health improved and allergies disappeared after moving to Europe but had a decline in health after moving back to USA again. I know this is just anecdotal evidence but I think it is enough to give pause and reason to investigate further. Keep safe and eat well.

[@allanmowz]

My step father always thougth he was alergic to milk. He grew up in Texas. All his life he avoided the milk. When he moved to New Zealand he tried our milk and has never had a problem with it. It turns out it wasn't the milk he was alergic to but whatever the US put into it. Also, while my mother was in Texas meeting him she tried baking cheese scones. What is supposed to happen is the cheese melts and makes gooey spots in the dough. But American cheese didn't melt in an oven. It burnt like plastic. Instead of gooey areas there were burnt black spots all over it.

[@vytisagafonovas3887]

Thers multiple account on internet where US citizens that thought are alergic to "bread" could eat bread products in EU without the allergies, while bread products in USA would cause them allergies

[@demonic_myst4503]

It goes borh ways their is chemicals that are banned in america that are legal in europe and the main diference u sue a compony it get it banned in maeirca in eu you oay off a french or germanpilitician Specificly one those countries the eu works of a proportionate representation system so larger countried have more power over the eu than peoppe in smaller ones somone in germany has several times more voting power than somone in ireland

[@Anson_AKB]

they said that skittles are banned because of some ingredients, most memorable to me is the yellow5 coloring. as soon as those companies remove those colors or replace them with "more natural" colors (eg beet=red, orange in softdrinks from oranges or carots, etc) they can sell them again. it was also said that "it might not be too dangerous if only a few skittles are eaten": maybe, but did you pause the video and look at the ingredients of mountain dew? it also has the same yellow5 color. thus skittles and mountain dew each may stay under the limits for "mostly safe" food, but it adds up if you eat several different foods with those ingredients, and i doubt that no other food contains those food colors, for a possible multiple of what even the usa would consider to be "safe" ! btw: in germany, laws and rules for pork are very strict, so that one common food is _Mett_ : ground and minced *raw* pork ! and i prefer the less fatty version "Puten-Zwiebelmettwurst" (mett with onion, from turkeys) ... i wouldn't dare to eat american raw pork or turkey from those animals shown in the video, not even when their outside would be washed with chlorine. afaik, they found 6 times more chicken in the usa that had salmonella, and that applies to those that were checked and found, even after washing their outside ...

[@chuckobscure5622]

I remember hearing back in the day that yellow 5 made your weenie shrink 😆

[@juniusluriuscatalus6606]

I'm beginning to love these videos. I've seen some others do similar stuff, but your seems a lot more honest. Excellent stuff to listen when doing something I hate like cleaning or dishes. Good job, keep it fresh and honest.

[@seakr9838]

It is seen outside the US unfortunately that : EU - foods have to pass strict tests. US - food producers have to pass well stuffed envelopes to the FDA.

[@fionam7768]

Great approach to the challenge of US bread - 2 lines is waaay better than 20 as a general rule. If you are at all concerned how the "less-preservative" bread lasts, I buy sliced bread and freeze it straight away. Then I can use as many slices as I want when I want and it as fresh as it was when I froze it. You can put in in the toaster or toast under a grill straight from frozen - just increase the heat a little or leave a little longer. To use untoasted eg for a sandwich, wrap 1-2 pieces in paper tower so it fits fairly snugly (I put the square of paper down like a diamond and the bread square in the centre, then fold the points of the 'diamond' in, turning the bread over so that the bread holds the points down with its own weight) and shove in the microwave for 8-12 sec on Hi - specific time will depend on your microwave's power. Leave for 10-20 seconds and ta da!! Microwaves heat water molecules, so it unfreezes quickly with the paper towel soaking up the resulting water before it can make the bread soggy. The waiting time makes sure that process is finished, and also allows any heat in the bread to cool, making it easier for butter to spread well on it if the butter is a bit cold or the microwaving a bit long. Cuts back on wastage, both of bread and extra trips to the store, and makes it v unlikely I will run out of bread, as I can keep a spare loaf in the freezer as back-up xx

[@dariobenoli3714]

In Italia abbiamo un approcio completamente diverso con il cibo. Perché dovrei fare "scorta di pane" se posso averlo fresco ogni giorno del fornaio sotto casa? Ok a noi piace fare da mangiare ogni giorno, ci teniamo talmente tanto che è diventato il nostro "Life style". A nessuno verrebbe in mente di fare scorta di pane, a meno che non sia strettamente necessario.

[@Kraakesolv]

No need to worry about the sweater, we all should use stuff more before washing to use less water and detergents! Much love from 🇳🇴 Edit: Oh, and the Skittles - they look fine here without using those specific colours. No reason not to use them in the US!

[@charisma-hornum-fries]

And who doesn't have a favorite sweater they want to wear all the time? No one should be judged.

[@anashiedler6926]

ah, well. no they don't. The blue ones are a washed out blue and the brown ones are a lot more greyish brown. All in all they don't look as fresh and nice as in the us. They look like us ones that have been left in the open for a few weeks. But they taste the same. Its just the looks of it. A very sad skittles rainbow here in europe (Austria)

[@Kraakesolv]

@@anashiedler6926 Hmmm. The video mentioned Denmark and Norway had banned the colours specifically and being a resident of the latter I must say they look almost the same? Now I have to buy a packet to check 😅

[@anashiedler6926]

@@Kraakesolv I guess even though the are not banned in the rest of the eu they use slightly different ingredients based on regional supply/restrictions.

[@nirfz]

Guys, don't underestimate that even Simon and his team can have research mistakes or inaccuracies in their videos. Maybe the mentioned countries were the first to react and until the dyes got banned in the EU they already banned the whole thing for a short time. The thing with farmed salmon is such an inaccuracy too, there's lot's of farmed salmon sold in the EU, but there are certain regulations to try and keep "problems" at bay.

[@danobanano2505]

I love your reaction.. 14:08 in the end, what you're allowed to eat comes down to this. The gov makes ALOT of money from these companies AND when the citizens get sick, they pay even more for medical bills. Again, a big income for the companies. In the EU, where national healthinsurrance applies. The gov tries to keep their citizens from getting sick, since they are the one paying for it, instead of the citizens. Simplified: US does it for the money, EU does it to prevent wasting money

[@prplt]

alot is not a word

[@Magpie_Media]

@@prplt It is a word. It's right there. Four big capital letters. Just not necessarily the right word(s).

[@danobanano2505]

@@Magpie_Media i bet he/she knows that i mean "a lot". I'm impressed liçá did understands the rest.

[@dennisstember5062]

You got healthcare wrong friend. Of course citiziens pay for healthcare here in europe and all over the world for that matter. Not the government. Everyone pays a monthly deposit towards a national healthcare service which pays your medical bills when you get sick. It is society caring for their own. Socialsim, baby.

[@psykauze]

I do not know if there was seen on other video but there is also differences on how EU and US sanitize their food. Like in EU, the eggs are not washed and stored on unrefrigerated shelves at stores and recommends to put the eggs in the fridge after buying them. FDA seems not having the same opinion about how to store eggs. Same for the milk and is more common in the US too, it was "kind-of" pasteurized then you can store your milk during months on an unrefrigerated shelf before opening the bottle.

[@petebeatminister]

If you want to get away from the factory bread, start making bread yourself at home. It is not difficult, not time consuming and also cheaper than buying ready made bread. All you need is a decent bread making machine, as you find them on Amazon for under $100. And then you just put all the engredients in, wait a few hours, and then take the ready bread out. That way you have full control over what you use. For example if I want to make white bread, I put in wheat flour, water, yeast, a tiny bit of sugar, salt and oil. Thats it, no dodgy chemicals or something. And 2 hours later I have a nice 1 lbs white bread - for less than a dollar.

[@lizzieburgess674]

You don't even need a breadmaker. Using a spoon, a bowl and an oven, you can have wonderful bread in a wide range of loaf sizes and shapes.

[@petebeatminister]

@@lizzieburgess674 Yeah, and you can save a lot of money on the gymn fees. :)

[@johnroberts5797]

In the USA colan cancer and prostate cancer are two of the most commen cancers out there, then the percentage rate is higher for a lot of other thing's as well, high blood pressure, and allergys are rampant because of what they allow these companys to put in there food products.

[@geraldherrmann787]

in europe we do not conceive the "bread" that is shown in this video as real bread. it is somehow in the vicinity of the bread-family 🙂

[@johnnygood4831]

There are a number of food items that are not allowed in Canada either. As well, there are a few Canadian items which are not allowed in Europe. But for the most part, the US has very unhealthy food.

[@jerpanils8875]

Funny fact: American tobacco industry, hate Scandinavian SNUS so much because people use it instead of smoking because it has NONE of the additives that cigarettes have and is thus less dangerous and a better alternatove than smoking. So they pressured the EU to raise tobacco taxes in Scandinavia for especially tobacco used in production of SNUS, which caused the price to rise with circa 70-80% percent

[@DontBotherToRespond]

Interesting video with a lot input, another theme to the topic could be the benefits both receive. -Like paid vacation days (and amount) -Workdays and daily hrs -Holidays in genrell -maternity leave -paternity leave -possibility for parental leave -Cost for giving Birth -safety of the job in general

[@tommyerickson1900]

Hi Heidi, love your channel. So, how far away from packing your bags and go for a long visit over the pond are you 😃😃

[@miasteijn9019]

2:54 It doesn't make the progress go faster, as I am almost posititive that eaten skittles or other things with those chemicals wil not quarentee you get cancer. But the more you consume those chemicals, the more your risk of getting cancer increases, but this doesn't mean you'll get it.

[@tonydakin2767]

You may wish to check out one of the videos that look into Coca - Cola's effort to get into the UK bottled water market. The water is marketed under the Dasani brand name. It gives a good insight into the differences between US and EU food / drink producers.

[@diedampfbrasse98]

Banning on a suspicion should always be prefered to "lets wait an see" when it comes to the foodchain. Especially as pretty much all of those questionable substances aint necessary, but merely help to boost profits of rich fs. Throwing new/more chemicals and drugs into the foodchain should be as hard as possible for a producer when the base product can easily do without or with alternative, natural ingredients humans know for centuries already. I am always amazed by how all that garbage which got banned in the EU was even allowed into food in the first place ... it seems we have ridiculously low obstacles for producers to test new stuff out on the common consumer ... that certainly needs to change.

[@seakr9838]

Fresh water salmon also helps you sleep, the proof? Just look at Bears, they eat a LOT of slamon and sleep all winter !!!

[@garywheble4534]

I sent my American Cousin a home bread oven so she can make her own bread she bakes now every Monday Wednesday and Friday doing a large bake on the Friday her Sister in law has also bought one because whenever she went there on a Beaking day she loved the smell and warmth also the newly beaked bread

[@DogOfHades]

If she sells it she is probably rich now

[@ericbatemanrodgers]

I make my own bread all I use is flour water and natural yeast

[@falcotol9299]

Smoking one cigarette won´t give you cancer either. It just all adds up.

[@Mellow_Wood_Hill]

I have IBD (autoimmune disorder) and it usually is found within the family, yet nobody in my family has ever had it, and coincidentally I was the only family member to study and live in the US. Cool huh?

[@Shenanigan5]

I remember going into McDonalds in the US about 10 years ago and they had a disclaimer on the wall stating their "chicken nuggets may cause cancer"....crazy. Nobody really cared though.

[@oakguard]

glad he mentioned salmon growing up near the harbor in Port Seton, Scotland always got fresh fish from the fishermen when i was in my teens i even asked this question which is better fresh or farmed? And they all agreed that Fresh water salmon resoundingly it tastes better, looks better and is healthier

[@EngelinZivilBO]

It's definitely not normal to have tomatoes that big and tasteless like they have in the USA ngl I always wondered why my relatives always spiced up there "fresh food"

[@mikoske]

In Finland the chicked industry has stopped using antibiotics completely, this has mostly been accomplished with clean living environments. Also pork & beef antibiotics heavily controlled.

[@paulprice1705]

These bans in Eu, would be a great study to see if in the countries that have had these products removed... do they have higher or lower population instances of cancer or autism and so on. After 2-3 decades these statistics should be relavent and identifiable (or not).

[@antcommander1367]

Cancer is what you might develop in life. Autism is what you are born with it. thanks to universal healthcare or simply ''not poking your nose someone else business'', it's not something that will show outsiders often unless they told you or noticing some autistic traits. since no one body is perfect.

[@helenm5124]

This isn't how research studies are done. Too many variants you don't take into account here. Also, in order to link long term cause-effect you need diachronic studies, can't just choose one moment in time.

[@paulprice1705]

@@helenm5124 I know its not a pure study.... but the statistics should be available, the % per thousand that have these issues, if there is a statistical relevance then real science studies to look into them... if there is no difference between countries like United States and European countries where these products have been removed, then no need to dig further (based on these stats). If there is a difference in the number of Autistic children, different types of cancers and so on, then they can use these indicators for potential greater study.

[@BrimirMe]

There are (at least) two (DSMx/ICDxx) different diagnostic systems in use in the US/Europe. In addition, every country or even local professional region/area, applies different versions in different ways, with different focus on different disorders. Comparison of about 12 different regions in my little country of 5 million, shows more than 100% difference in number of diagnosed cases for certain such disorders between each region. That difference has nothing to do with food. So, comparison between countries becomes very difficult, until you can verify that the people are diagnosed after the same principles.

[@paulprice1705]

@@BrimirMe Great point. One would think standardizing these things would be a great idea for these general reasons. For instance Netherlands has legal drug use, and science says they should have higher rates of mental illness... but do they compared to their neighbors per thousand population, Just to highlight if further investigation is needed is my kind of argument... and what you wrote above is perfectly true and relevant. Thanks. 5Mil pop, that is what we have here in New Zealand, are you in Denmark?

[@Gregory-F]

About bread and food safety in general: don't you have in the USA mobile app that give grades to food? Around here there is several, you just scan the barcode and the app gives a grade with a colour code. If is red just throw the product as far as you can ^^

[@cigmorfil4101]

And it's likely to just bounce back...

[@eddiec1961]

Thanks for this reaction it was interesting, I hope you had a great holiday, I think it is a to bigger ask to change food processing in the USA.

[@essi2]

Factboy video! Did not expect that xD EDIT: Simon Whistler has a whole slew of channels on different topics, highly recommend

[@net-twin-de]

The level that is normally approved in the USA for burgers from MC Donalds or Burger King etc. corresponds to the quality that in Germany can only be used to make animal food and under no circumstances may be used for people.

[@hundvd_7]

6:25 "Natural bacteria burps" are also chemicals. Mind you, this particular chemical is bad, but don't be afraid of something just because it has a long name. Dihydrogen monoxide is also used in the making of nuclear power, and yet we drink it every day

[@Hirotoro4692]

7:30 additional tests have been done since on chlorinated chicken and found that the chlorine does a terrible job of actually cleaning the meat, and yes, the hygiene practices of the entire farm to table process are far more important.

[@QivelGaming]

I have a feeling this journey will end with a one way ticket to Europe. :)

[@daverichards308]

I saw a lot of American products in Spain when I was there. Hellman's Mayo, Heinz Ketchup, Mac and Cheese, and I always read the labels when I shop at home. I was reading the labels over there and I was like, there aren't as many ingredients in them. The food was really good, and even the organic food was reasonable. Loved Aldi's over there. And Bluebeard is right, I don't know what ingredients are banned in McDonald's fries but I had a couple of 4 euro value meals which were a Big Mac, medium fries and medium drink. 4 EUROS!

[@Happymali10]

8:06 I love that subtle cut between the two chemicals, apparently Simon couldn't get both right in one take^^

[@driver288]

I can assure you. We do have skittles and Starburst here in Sweden 🇸🇪 now. Maybe with a change in coloring for the eu market. But they are here. At least in the base version, which is the best anyways. At first imported in the side by Greys American food store and later in whatever store.

[@HailHeidi]

I'm glad to be hearing that a lot of these items are are still around, but just without the bad ingredients. That's fantastic! 💜

[@Anvilshock]

@@HailHeidi With Skittles and Mountain Dew and whatnot, what's being sold is the brand name anyhow. It's just coattailing on the popularity and, if a foreign thing, its novelty. And what you're paying for is not the product. What actually goes into the stuff that ends up in your mouth is a vanishing fraction in actual worth. What you're paying for is its advertising budget.

[@nicoladc89]

Color Yellow 5 (in EU is called E102 or tartrazine) isn't banned in EU, EFSA said there is no scientific evidence that correlate Yellow 5 to side effects.

[@grahvis]

McDonalds Fries. USA - 10 ingredients, UK - 2 ingredients plus dextrose at the start of the season.

[@DomingoDeSantaClara]

It's USA 7 ingredients UK 3 ingredients UK has oil, potato and salt. The US has 3 types of oil, salt, potato, colouring and preservative.

[@Zill7711]

Please do more on what you can find out about food and nutrition

[@alexandermills9965]

Put it this way, you don't use chemicals in food or drink to be consumed in the body. It doesn't mean they are out right banned but they are used in cleaning products and some furniture and yoga mats. Which people don't tend to eat

[@magnusb6311]

We have instant mash potatoes, Mountain Dew and farmed Salmon from Norway in Sweden

[@fzoid3534]

Btw. Are breadboxes a thing in the US then? You know a box where you keep your bread so it doesn't mold that quickly.

[@chrisshelley3027]

Along the same theme you might want to take a look at eggs in the US v eggs in the UK and EU, they are quite different, a lot like this video and sadly the difference comes down to how the chicken is kept rather than about eggs themselves, but still an interesting watch :)

[@imcrazedandconfused]

Actually, when you compare US and EU product safety, all comes down to one very important huge difference (simplified): In the US, products are generally allowed to be sold, until they proved to be harmful. In the EU, you have to ensure or prove, that your product is NOT harmful, before you are allowed to sell it. It is a general difference in approach to handling the safety of products. In the US, the most powerful weapon of the consumer is to sue the company, that did harm with its products, and achieve high fines, to stop it from selling them or force them to take more care about product safety. In the EU, the most powerful weapon to guarantee product safety are regulations. Please continue your journey. It is really great to watch.

[@astartea8426]

It's not only food, a few years ago I discovered that there aren't as many ingredients banned from beauty or baby products as in Europe (Some are considered cancerous or even dangerous)

[@nozzlepie]

Looking at the ingredients of some supermarket own brand ( UK ) packet siliced bread here the only ingredients I wouldn't use are Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C) and DATEM (E472e), often made from soy bean, no yoga mat softener here.

[@eagle1de227]

As we germans have more than 3000 (registered) types of bread we can tell US Americans you don't have bread. Just toast... And i clearly remember my neighbor being in the US for over 2 month coming back with a slightly bigger... rear end (but growth hormones are safe and do not cause that! ... ?)

[@franciscopujol1591]

It's amazing that bread in the US has sugar!!!! I've grown up my entire life on bread that was maybe 4-5 ingredients: flour, Salt, water, yeast. And that's it!!!!! And is so good. Hopefully we in some instances could go back to more simple food, that is a lot more healthy.

[@petes5041]

Comment from the UK. My eldest boy was a nightmare, when young, wouldn't / couldn't sit still. Always on the go, running across desks in school and more. Finally saw a book about food additives, and stopped giving him good but mainly SWEETS, with certain ingredients, colouring mainly. The effect wasastonishi

[@pik33100]

Skittles and Mountain Dew are available in EU (at least in Poland). I think they used colors and other chemicals that are not (yet) banned here. You can also buy farm salmons from Norway here. Astaxanthin is not toxic, you can buy it as a dietary supplement and it is not cheap

[@nicoladc89]

Yellow 5 (Tetrazine or E102 as called in EU) isn't banned in EU. "The Panel concludes that the present dataset does not give reason to revise the ADI of 7.5 mg/kg bw/day" (EFSA - European Food Safety Authority)

[@slow074]

In US the authorities say it is ok to add ingredients first and then see if there is any hazards (because of private healthcare?). I EU/Europe authorities wants to test the ingredients first, or have the manufacturer prove their product is not a healthrisk. This is a general feeling and not close to objective observation from me with no data available.

[@GdzieJestNemo]

essentially since big chunk of healthcare uses public funds in EU countries. It's cheaper for gov to keep people healthy than treat them

[@MageThief]

I always take my time to read the ingredients, because I do not want to put crap and chemicals in my body, I only have one, body so I need to take care of it, if not, then a painful game over.

[@ZeroOneBimon]

Hey Heidi. Nice that i found you here

[@stuartfitch7093]

A good idea of how US and UK foods differ in ingredients can be seen in the food wars videos with such as MC Donald's US Vs MC Donald's UK. It is shocking.

[@jeremiemarion3966]

Usually countries with norms prefer a caution principle concerning new products and chemicals, if it isn't tested we don't know, and until we do, it's out. And toxicology made a huge steps forward in understanding poisonning that even small doses can sometimes have greater effects than huge doses. Which is the opposite of getting drunk for example the more alcohol the more intoxicated right. Well for some molecules very minimal dosage actually have harder consequences that larger one. Which is a problem to study some effects. As well as it is hard to test toxicity by having healthy non contaminated test subjects compared to intoxicated one through decades sometimes to be sure what's going on.

[@AudieHolland]

One thing I can say for sure about possibly carcinogenic candy: they won't kill you quickly. No company, how big and evil they may very well be, intend to wipe out their customers. Maybe it will inflict some diseases for which they will have to buy expensive medicines from some other big and evil company.

[@falcotol9299]

Why don´t you simply go to a bakery? The bread is more expensive but they have what you want and con give information to each sort of bread.

[@jonathanwetherell3609]

Chlorine washing of foods is not the problem, Many fresh salad stuffs are chlorine or chlorine dioxide washed in the EU What is the issue IS the chicken. Both the standards of production and the standards within slaughter and butchery are far higher in the EU. A typical US farm or abattoir would be instantly shut down in the EU. Chlorine washing kills most bacteria on the meat surface (where testing takes place) but not deep in the meat. The consequences are the very high levels of food poisoning in the USA compared with the EU.

[@merrydiscusser6793]

Exactly. One more danger is that if you do the chlorine washing wrong it can leave some surface bacteria surviving in a weakened but active state, while also rendering the usual test methods to detect them useless. Basically chlorine washing can hide dangerous bacterias if done wrong.

[@jonathanwetherell3609]

@@merrydiscusser6793 Correct.

[@gert-janvanderlee5307]

@2:45 I'm sure you're right that eating just a few Skittles won't cause instant cancer and that the build up of cancer is slow. But it would be concerning to me if I was American to see how often, even just in this short video, cancer causing is the reason for banning certain food items from the EU while it's considered no problem in the US. It builds up like you said.

[@RomanDrucker]

I don't know about the rest of Europe, but in my country, Slovenia, the concept of buying bagged bread from a grocery store is so alien to us. We buy fresh bread from the bakery (get it early enough in the morning and it's still warm from the oven), and most grocery stores have a whole section which is a literal bakery. There's no need for bread to have a long shelf life if the bakery is 10min away on foot or 1min by car, not to mention that the bread they make is incomparably better than any bagged nonsense you can find on a shelf. The only time sliced bread from a bag can be excused is if it's meant to be toasted, since toasters demand precisely cut regular slices

[@doc0815martens]

Regarding chlorinated chicken, in the U.S. in 2018, 8% (11% previously) of chicken tested positive for Salmonella by the USDA, while also in 2018 in Germany, only 1% tested positive by the Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (Bundesinstitut für Risikobewertung). 😉

[@timjackson3954]

Another issue of antibiotic overuse in animals is the residues that get flushed into sewers and rivers which can promote the development of antibiotic resistance in bacteria there which can eventually find their way back into humans.

[@adoburger4927]

9:58 mmm....M.D.....I remember when this came to the shops in Slovakia...a few ads on Slovak websites...then silence...at the moment I don't even know if anyone sells this crap here :D

[@Cau_No]

Just a note about the 'scary' long chemical names - they tell us exactly nothing about an actual toxicity. These names are only a systematic nomenclature that lets a chemist know how the molecules of a substance are composed. For example: Dihydrogenmonoxide (abbreviated "DHMO") would be the systematic name for H₂O - water. If a molecule has some unwanted side effects in an organism depends on that structure and how it reacts with its environment. Also, an element by itself (like Bromine, a brown liquid) gets different properties when it is part of another substance (like Sodium Bromide, a salt).

[@davidkerr4103]

Lass, you need sugar to make bread. The sugar feeds the yeast to make bubbles which allows the bread to rise. The salt kills off the yeast to stop it rising too much.

[@KrK-EST]

The natural thing is called bread yeast, i just bought some as i will make pizza this weekend, yes i make the doe and everything from scratch, all naturally.

[@d0nkeyWizard]

We actually do have Mountain Dew in Europe now but they had to make an entirely new recipe to avoid the banned ingredients so it doesn't taste the same as in the US

[@DriftKingNL]

Why am I not surprised to hear Simon Whistler?

[@Kristen242008]

Heidi, you should get the frozen bread dough (I get it at Walmart). There is like 4 or 5 frozen bread dough in the package, and there isn't a huge laundry list of ingredients in it. You just let it thaw and rise, then bake it. There really isn't any comparison to the flavor of fresh baked bread to store bought. It's sooooo much better! I want a bread maker so I can try to make my own bread (with herbs and stuff added).

[@sugoruyo]

You don't even need the "bread maker". Flour, yeast, water, a bit of time for the dough to rise and and oven to bake in is all you need. A mixer does help if you can't put in the physical work of kneading the dough. If you're used to US store-bought, industrially produced bread, your first own loaf will be quite the experience.

[@LexusLFA554]

It was said by Simon that the brominated vegetable oil in Mountain Dew has been removed after PepsiCo got under fire for using it.

[@janihaavisto79]

Also recognize the video host, Simon Whistler. Lives in ChezkoSlovakia if I'm not mistaken. This must be Brain Blaze or Top Tenz. He has several YT channels, Wargraphics ,Side project, etc.

[@stanislavbandur7355]

Czechoslovakia? I am born in Czechoslovakia and very said that such country is not here now (practically it is not problem in EU except changing money everytime)

[@janihaavisto79]

@@stanislavbandur7355 Fine leave that Slovakia part out of it. Can't remember how you guys spell just the first part

[@stanislavbandur7355]

@@janihaavisto79 It is not about spelling, it is uncertain way to say where somebody lives. (What if I will say that you live in Scandinavia which technically will be true, but not true for Czechoslovakia - should not be true even, but according your name I guess Finland)

[@chibioniyuri]

For fun, I went to look up the chemical nomenclature of azodicarbonamide for you! This will make a lot more sense if you look at the picture of the actual molecule at 5:57 while reading this. Ok. Picture a periodic table. Each of those elements has a certain number of electrons circling it. I'm not going to go too heavy into this, but each of those elements want to have a complete ring of electrons around them, so they bond with a different element to share electrons and become complete. That's the basics of organic chemistry. Sometimes they will form a strong bond, like three different bridges, and sometimes a kinda weak bond with only 1 bridge between them. When you look at that picture: White - Hydrogen Blue - Nitrogen Red - Oxygen Black - Carbon That group of 2 whites, 1 blue, 1 black, and 1 red is something known as an amide or a carboxamide. It's pretty interchangeable with carbonamide and is generally the suffix of the overall molecule for nomenclature reasons. That bridge of two nitrogen in the middle is the source of the azodi- prefix. The reqs for that are 2 bonded nitrogen with literally anything attached to them, but those attachments have to be identical. So, azodi-carbonamide.

[@allanmowz]

It get's worse. There are videos out there on why America duys it's foods certain colours. There are videos on comparing ingredients in one country to the other (FoodWars channel). And several others. And as you will hear in other videos where Americans report on how food is in other countries, when they go back to the US they actually get sick for weeks or months just because of the food. The short of it is that even tho the FDA says something is ok to eat it possibly isn't. The FDA is just another for profit company.

[@cutterboard4144]

15:15 I didnt have "MCDonalds" or the like for... i cant remember. 10 Years? I really rarely eat fast food, and if i do its mostly Döner :)

[@chipsthedog1]

Heidi please react to some of Evan Edingers videos, two I'd recommend are school meals USA V UK and Crazy ish Americans say on Reddit. Evan is American himself but lives in the UK and his videos are always good to learn something but also they are quite funny

[@jeschinstad]

I had heard about American bread, but I didn't fully understand it until I had some visitors from America. I made some simple sandwiches and they were in awe by how good it was. It's very strange. Is common American bread really that bad? It's very strange for a people that uses sliced bread as an example of all things good.

[@ronkelley5348]

In the UK and Europe in general, hygiene standards for poultry are much higher and there is no salmonella (flocks have to be destroyed if found). It's the lack of hygiene in US production that is the reason for the chlorine washing. If the hygiene standards were better, no chlorination would be required.