American Reacts to Top 10 American Foods that are Banned in Other Countries

[@melocoton7]

I mean, calling Pop Tarts "breakfast" is insane in itself.

[@Patrik6920]

Many dyes allowed in US of A, is illegal for use in europe... we wouldnt consider even giving that to animals... but its the american way... profit for profits sake...

[@rickchandler2570]

Yeah, no joke. Not like you’d consider a cup of sugar breakfast, but that’s about what a pop tart is made of.

[@sevenfifteen]

It's not so much about the dangerous ingredients, it's the simple fact that Americans totally ruined their taste. There are studies where people chose the artificial flavored chemicals as the "real" fruit, neglecting the actual real fruits. It's all about unrealistic flavors and sweetness. It's unbelievable how much sugar there is in absolutely every food sold in the US.

[@sevenfifteen]

@It`s okay. I agree. What I meant was, that due to the conditioning, almost nobody even questions those unhealthy foods. Why eating a fresh, expensive strawberry, when the cheap artificial product tastes so much sweeter, and so on.

[@AnneTervoort]

Norwegian here! 🙋‍♀️ just wanted to tell you that we DO have both Ritz crackers and Skittles here. They have been sold here for YEARS. They just have altered ingredients, so that they don't contain the dangerous chemicals 😊

[@LeMissT]

so it's possible! to eat the yummy things without risking cancer/asthma attack! wonder why US citizens don't care enough abt themselves ..

[@AnneTervoort]

@@LeMissT I think a lot of US citizens are also just not informed 🤷‍♀️

[@baph0met]

@@AnneTervoort The information is there, their fault for buying it regardless

[@selenenocturne9772]

We do have things like Skittles and Frosted Flakes, but like many things, it's made with different ingredients than in the US.

[@metalvideos1961]

Its made with European ingredients. 85% of the Coca-Cola in the Netherlands for example is made with Dutch water and European approved ingredients. Every American brand sold in Europe is made in Europe. Nutella for example makes a special Nutella version for the American market. European Nutella taste completely different. Because Americans don't like our version it's not sweat enough for them.

[@YoungMorningkeeper]

@@metalvideos1961 meanwhile I even find Dutch nutella way too sweet.

[@metalvideos1961]

@@YoungMorningkeeper it's the same Nutella you get everywhere in Europe it's all made in Italy. Since it is an Italian brand. But I personally don't like it. Have not dat it in years. I mainly buy Dutch brand chocolate paste. It's cheaper as well. It's called orinoko. Not sure if it is Dutch because there is also French text on it. But I like that one more. But yeah in general chocolate paste is too sweet. I do like duo Penotti though. That is Typical Dutch it comes out of the City Roosendaal.

[@DerMaje]

I occasional eat scittles and we have Frosties too in germany.

[@pierre-yvespoulard6617]

@@YoungMorningkeeper Same to me with the French one !

[@mildlydispleased3221]

Of course we have most of those foods in Europe but without the unhealthy shit.

[@bethlehemeisenhour5807]

Better Quality too.

[@amygone2pot]

It doesn’t mean we don’t have delicious brownies, it just means they won’t poison you 🙂

[@romystumpy1197]

I cant stand brownies , or cookies

[@charko4191]

yep btw If you gonna have fudge and brownies at least don't eat them together they are tooth rotting sweet enough on their own..

[@silviadinoia5943]

Milka brownies are so good!

[@module79l28]

I'm pretty sure none of us outside of the US is missing out on any of those 10 "foods"... and thousands of others too. I wouldn't touch any packaged US "food" with a 3m pole, even if it's not banned in my country.

[@MissJoyce88]

I tried poptarts a while ago and was enthusiastic after having seen them in so many series and movies. They were disgusting I cannot comprehend how anyone can eat those

[@cristakampert8740]

Funny, but also sad how you are like 'you guys don't have that, they are so good, you should try to get it in another country' while it is crap and explained that they have ingredients detrimental to your health. There is enough unhealthy food everywhere, glad the EU altleast protects their people from a part of it!

[@FulloutPostal]

especially when you know that the "good taste" comes from the exorbitant amount of fat, salt and/or sugar in those products... and that those can have an addictive effect...

[@NoblesseObligeify]

Yh, i was thinking same. There is a reason its banned... I don't even want to try it. There is plenty that tastes great, no need to try this.

[@xekon14]

“Food will give you cancer” “Get it, it’s so good”

[@jeffrey0415]

@@xekon14 i had the same tought lmao like this food can give cancer and he goes like but you have to try them they are so good or when he says i go for a 3rth XD

[@francescogallina2559]

Charlie, c'mon... this is not food. Try real, fresh, healty food. This is garbage for your body.

[@romystumpy1197]

I agree but charlie knows no different.but he can try and make food drom scratch

[@davebirch1976]

The problem is so many American foods have so many artificial flavours, colours and preservatives. In the UK McDonalds fries have only 3 ingredients potatoes, vegetable oil and salt. I can't remember exactly how many is in the American one but it's a lot more than 3

[@madeingermany7123]

US McDonald's French Fries are made of 9 ingredients. 🍟9 why?! - Potatoes - Canola oil - Corn oil - Soybean oil - Hydrogenated soybean oil - Natural beef flavor - Dextrose - Sodium acid pyrophosphate - Salt

[@shizuwolf]

I think it’s to make the food more addictive

[@davebirch1976]

I think some of it is to give them a golden brown colour.

[@MrAllesEd]

@@madeingermany7123 dextrose is sugar. Why put sugar on french fries🤷🏾‍♂️

[@metalvideos1961]

That's everywhere in Europe not only the UK

[@m68lanc]

Nearly every item mentioned we have in the UK, the only difference is the unhealthy ingredients have been replaced. I’m slightly confused as to why we can have a healthier version and yet the good old USA stick with the potentially harmful version! I guess it has something to do with the mindset “they are so good it’s worth it” after hearing about the potentially harmful ingredients. 😂

[@RannonSi]

My guess is that it's a combination of cost (cheaper to manufacture and longer shelf life) and income (more addictive).

[@giuliaorati4724]

Same in Italy (not all products, but still). So I was really confused! Really a pity that Americans COULD eat a better version of their own products but they don't o.o

[@DSP16569]

The title should be more: Top 10 American Foods that contains stuff that is Banned in other countries and therefore the other countries have healtier versions in their stores.

[@RannonSi]

@@DSP16569 Yep, but that title wouldn't get nearly as many clicks, I reckon.

[@Watthexe0815]

Same here in Germany 😊

[@zulynava4059]

“You don’t know what you’re missing out”. Yes, we do!

[@mutotoru]

cancer apparently ahahah

[@davebirch1976]

"skittles, one of America's most popular Candy's" they forgot to add "that was originally created in the UK and then imported to America" 🤣

[@tubros]

LOL, thanks for that one. Shit-a-load may not a appealing brand name? In norwegian the Skit in skitless mean litterary Shit and Less is one letter of load.

[@RaduRadonys]

I really know what I'm missing out sir, I really do. Diabetes, cancer, asthma, and lots of lots of other diseases. You can keep those foods in the US, thanks.

[@ellesee7079]

Lots of the foods are available abroad, like Skittles and Ritz Crackers, they are just made using different things to replace the banned colours/additives

[@dutchgamer842]

We don't have them locally made, we have them imported from the US

[@rua5818]

So many of these foods are, in fact, available in the EU. It's not the particular product, but the ingredients that are banned so, in the EU, among other places, they just use different ingredients. Charlie, you said several times, 'Just don't use the bad ingredients' and that's exactly what many other countries do. In the US the companies use the cheapest option, aided and abetted by the government, because it is paid legal bribes by big corporations to keep potentially life-threatening ingredients in the food supply.

[@digidol52]

Learn how to make things from scratch with natural, non-chemical ingredients. It's enjoyable, easy and the results are so much better. And better for you. Sometimes I think Americans are brainwashed by all that constant advertising.

[@metalvideos1961]

American ingredients to make your own food with is still of horrible quality compare to Europe. For example flour is made from GMO Grain in America. Not healthy for you

[@adriaandoelman2577]

@@metalvideos1961 you don’t seem to understand that most of our seeds are GMO too. Genetically modified organisms. It’s why we can grow potatoes and wine in all sorts of climates. It’s the pesticide that come with it that are really bad. And they are mostly owned by the toxic company Monsanto/Bayer. America does spray formaline on any crops like wheat. In Europe those pesticides are band on the crops for food but do get used on crops like cotton for clothing. GMO’s are not bad. But they’re owned by a dangerous reckless company with too much freedom (thank you America) and bad motives. they’re risky and need to be regulated.

[@adriaandoelman2577]

@@metalvideos1961 this is a video that explains it well. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bYXQlIuPpZ2rq5Y

[@metalvideos1961]

@@adriaandoelman2577 no its because of the GMOs. GMOs are well known to harm humans. they have done tons of research about it. some countries still allow it. but lots and lots of countries are against the use of it. Russia and China also banned the use of GMOs

[@metalvideos1961]

@@adriaandoelman2577 yes seeds in america are indeed full with GMOs you're right. that doesnt mean all seeds in the world are. France, Germany, Austria, Greece, Hungary, the Netherlands, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Bulgaria, Poland, Denmark, Malta, Slovenia, Italy and Croatia have chosen a total ban. Wallonia, the French-speaking region of Belgium has opted out, as well as Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland this are the countries in europe who banned GMOs completely. the seeds in america are indeed pumped full with GMOs. You want to read a good article to how dangerous the pesticide is to humans? the Roundup? people in Argentina in some regions are literally born with black marks on their skin birth defects cancers you name it. its so bad that they have Glyfosate rainfall. all because they live to close to a GMO soy farm. The video you showed me shows exactly the superficial way of GMOs that they are good for you and what not. they dont show real evidence. But if you rather want to believe a video then doing your own research be my guess. but there is a reason why countries ban the use of GMOs. they dont do that for the fun of it. and you talk about being used for cotton. do we consume cotton? no we dont. so doest hat have risk for our health? no it doesnt. so thats a strange comparison. GMOs are not healthy to consume.

[@gregclark5084]

As an American living in Germany I have learned how to make most American food from scratch Including bisquick mix and making brownies from scratch and they taste better than any box mix.

[@carinahansson2361]

Some years ago my local supermarket had american apples for sale, the apples looked like they were cloned, they all looked exactly the same and very shiny! After a few weeks they disappeared from the store to never return....

[@MsAnpassad]

Sorry, but brownies aren't that good. You should try baking swedish kladdkaka instead, preferably with Dutch Process Cocoa Powder (European cocoa powder are darker and taste more). It's the best chocolate cake in the world.

[@P1MKdrunkpingu]

There are counterparts for most of those products in Europe except for the pop tart thing. But there are far better and tastier options for most of those

[@TinyTeaKettle]

Lets be honest. If I as a European want a good breakfast I walk to my nearest bakery and buy some delicious pastry.

[@MineneUryuu]

This crap should be banned Worldwide, tbh.

[@amradzinovic4086]

It's funny how you continue to talk how good those things are,even if they are very bad for your health.So American. 😂😂 I still can remember how tasteless are vegetables and fruit in the USA.I wonder if anything is real and healthy there.

[@metalvideos1961]

He is used to eating crap that's why. Lots of people from Europe who goes on vacation in America get stomach pain. Because they are not used to the crap food in America. Some people get fatter as well even though they eat the same as in Europe. American food is made to make you sick. I would never eat American food.y dad brought me some American chocolates. Never even opened the box. I refused to eat it.

[@mrgrumpy6408]

We are missing out on type2 diabetes, obesity, heart disease and assorted cancers,

[@Bunny_Aoife]

we definitely had frosted flakes and skittles in Austria when I was young... not sure if they just had other ingredients or if they were just not banned back then.. but all in all, I'm glad to live in a country that seems to be on top of these things. And what amazes me the most, are carcinogenic dyes, I mean, what kind of monster decides to keep candy carcinogenic just so the yellow ones are a bit prettier than otherwise...

[@patrickholzer6415]

Same here, I know that both Frosted flakes and Skittles are a thing here, they probably just have different ingredients, just like coke doesn't have corn syrup in it here in Austria. But if a big company will get away with using cheap unhealthy alternatives, ut will use them.

[@dutchgamer842]

@@patrickholzer6415 we have European skittles and US imported Skittles

[@7rob27]

It’s not worth it if you’re jeopardizing your health. Seriously man.

[@metalvideos1961]

It's the food industry that lobbyies in the American federal government to make those dangerous products legal. People get sick have to go to the hospital hospital and healthcare industry earns tons of money. And the circle continues. America is not a country it's a business. It's a for profit country

[@DivineFalcon]

We DO have Ritz crackers here in Scandinavia. Without the cottonseed oil, obviously.

[@jonasfermefors]

Some of these products are breakfast related in in the states.. and the biggest culture shock about food may just come at breakfast time. European like way healthier breakfasts than Americans. We don't want our morning food to be a sugar bomb. A Pop Tart certainly wouldn't be classified as a breakfast food here.

[@mutotoru]

Poptarts would hardly classify has a snack too, and that might be the real reason why they never fully found a market here in Europe. I tried them and I love them, but a single poptart has twice the amount of fat and calories of a kids snack here in Italy, and a portion contains two of those??? That would be a big fat 400kcal snack :'D

[@MrAllesEd]

I heard you say so much times "it's worth it". Is it worth the cancer, though??🙈

[@sutreB]

We all gonna die some day. Better enjoy the time you have.

[@Supersly666]

We can definitely buy skittles in the Netherlands at the supermarket, movie theaters, gas stations, etc. Most of these products can even be delivered to your house, you just cant buy them in the supermarkets (maybe at Amazing Oriental though). But many of these products are hella expensive, as they need to be imported. However if you are in the military, you can buy them for US prices (or so I've heard) at a base near you, which is in many countries including Germany and the Netherlands.

[@Supersly666]

Also interesting to find out why they took Frosties and Rice Crispies off the shelf here. You can still buy them both under different 'healthier' brands at the Supermarket though.

[@embersfire2957]

You can buy a lot of those products in dutch supermarkts but it's not exactly the same product as in America. You can, for instance, buy the europeanen version of Skittles at Alber Heijn but those Skittles do not contain titanium dioxide as the American Skittles do.

[@weilwegenisso79]

Skittles are back since a couple of years and were banned before. Many grocery markets in Germany now have a so called "US food section" but to be honest... I am far away from calling these delicious. When this is how the rainbow tastes, rainbow can be used to empty your stomach

[@weilwegenisso79]

@@Supersly666 Kellogg's frosties can be bought in the last 40 years. Just the ingredients are not like the us version. And I prefer crunchy nut ;) honey, nuts, flakes. Love it. But I know, still not healthy;)

[@xXTheoLinuxXx]

For a lot of those products we have substitutes without those suspicious stuff. Believe me when you move to The Netherlands, you are way too busy with discovering new foods :) Due our colonial past it is easy to find or obtain things from Indonesia of Suriname for example. But if you miss something, there are some American stores in The Netherlands.

[@frosty6960]

Has he said when he is moving? Or why?

[@dutchgamer842]

We have a lot of US imported food, but it's not available in most of EU, but we can a lot of the on import in several stores in the Netherlands.

[@weilwegenisso79]

And a lot more if he tries German or Switzerland;)

[@Grigeral]

For the cereals, even while we were in the EU we still had our own versions of honey loops, frosted flakes and rice crispies. Frosted flakes were just named frosties, the others were the same name, all also by kelloggs.

[@thortorin9954]

we have similar cereals here in Denmark, so it ain't like we don't have those cereals

[@sarah_j_t]

I found the bread to be waaaaay too sweet in the US. Also, didn't manage to find any quality cheese either 😬🇬🇧

[@romystumpy1197]

Yes that awful kraft cheese slices .

[@Meira750]

When I eat American bread or bread in Israel which is also chemically loaded, I bloat to 8 mos pregnant size. In Italy, I can eat fresh bread all day and not have a belly. At least I'm too old to be asked, "when are you due?"

[@lenestvring7144]

Would be SO interesting to se you re-do this after moving to NL. I suspect your reaction will be quite different…

[@Foxhunter49]

As a Brit I found a terrific amount of American foods way more sweetened. Never found a decent bread, only one cheese. Butter and milk also tasted different. The only thing I found great was the beef, most of which I was home killed.

[@nelerhabarber5602]

We have all this food in Europe, but without this dangerous chemicals! For example mountain dew: The composition of American Mountain Dew differs significantly from that of European bottling. US-Mountain Dew contains only natural flavours and orange juice concentrate, but also the food additives sodium benzoate, brominated vegetable oil and E 105, which are harmful to health. European Mountain Dew, on the other hand, is purely artificially flavoured, but contains only food additives that are considered harmless to health.

[@dutchgamer842]

Some EU member states have the same as in the US. It's imported from the US over here for example. But not in Germany

[@nelerhabarber5602]

@@dutchgamer842 No, wrong, its BANNED in the EU!!!!

[@dutchgamer842]

@@nelerhabarber5602 I DID NOT mention a specific product!!!!

[@nelerhabarber5602]

@@dutchgamer842 ????? It was only an example, we have most of our "dangerous" products, but ALL WITHOUT the chemicals!!!

[@xxmilannathanxx]

The ritz crackers whaha🤣Do you know how many cheese cookies an stuff we have🙄 we don't need the ritz 😋

[@markz3708]

Charlie keep asking the question why don't they just take the items that may cause cancer out of the food. But the real question is Why would they take it out ? As long as the public keeps buying it and keeps giving it to their children they keep making money and that is what it is all about. So only the public can stop it As soon as they stop buying the dangerous stuff they will change it

[@metalvideos1961]

To make people fat and sick. Diabetes is a problem in America because of it. The healthcare industry earns tons of money that way. And that's what they want. They don't care about health they only care about profit. Food industry is lobbying in the American government. So they can get those dangerous products approved. Goes for everything in America. The federal government makes laws what their biggest lobbyists donators wants. Hence the healthcare industry is so expensive as well. America is a business not a country

[@sannajrgensen7241]

It is almost like the US care more about a products ability to sell then the products effect on the consumer. By the way are from Denmark.

[@NoblesseObligeify]

It isn't 'almost like that'. That is the way it is 😉

[@metalvideos1961]

They do that To make people fat and sick. Diabetes is a problem in America because of it. The healthcare industry earns tons of money that way. And that's what they want. They don't care about health they only care about profit. Food industry is lobbying in the American government. So they can get those dangerous products approved. Goes for everything in America. The federal government makes laws what their biggest lobbyists donators wants. Hence the healthcare industry is so expensive as well. America is a business not a country

[@pheniks0]

haha, "it's worth it" yeah, no thank you no cancer for me dude 😉

[@imnuts680]

I love how in a previous video he said: "Yeah, it's fair to ban Kinder Eggs, cause 10 people died SINCE THEY WERE LAUNCHED many years ago", but now with food that contains chemicals that can cause cancer he's like: "Oh, well, but it's so good!" Wtf

[@Liz11446]

You can get PopTarts, Wheat Thins, Ritz, Stovetop stuffing, and Betty Crocker brownie mix, and many of the cereals mentioned, in American British stores in the Netherlands. The products are imported and you have to pay import fees in addition to the product cost, so it's expensive. You can get PopTarts, Wheat Thins, Ritz, Stovetop stuffing, and Betty Crocker brownie mix, and many of the cereals mentioned, in American British stores in the Netherlands. The products are imported and you have to pay import fees in addition to the product cost, so it's expensive. You can also order these products on their websites. My favorite is Kelly's Expat Store. But notice the up-sale based on import fees.

[@michelrooijackers5764]

I drink 6 liter milk every week i love it so much but that's the dutch way i think

[@sutreB]

1-2 glasses per day is more standard.

[@michelrooijackers5764]

But I am not standard. Nothing is standard in this world🤯🤯🤯

[@sutreB]

@@michelrooijackers5764 wat bedoel je dan met "the Dutch way". Lijkt mij een beetje; de standaard in Nederland.

[@michelrooijackers5764]

Omdat Nederland erom bekend staat veel melk te consumeren

[@unoriginalsyn]

A lot of these things are available outside the US, we have betty crocker, pop tarts and ritz crackers here in Australia but they are different as they have to meet our food and safety protocols. Famously many US food companies have failed miserably here as they fail to understand the local market and tastes, MacDonald's and KFC for example have some key menu differences and of course are subject to our requirements for food products, there is a KZbin video out there (can't remember where) that is about why Starbucks failed here and that would cover a lot of info, oh and the BHA stuff, simply put, remember the Butyric acid from the chocolate? Basically the same stuff but in a form can actually cause your cells to mutate and that is what they mean by carcinogenic, mutated cells are the one that can become cancerous so the more mutated cells you have in your body the more likely you are to develop cancer, hope that helps a bit, love your channel 💕

[@justmaria]

Skittles hmm, I saw a article today about them being sued because of they containing known toxins and being unfit for human consumption. I would not eat them and they are not allowed in Sweden with those ingredients.

[@Anson_AKB]

even if "one serving of product x" (servings on labels are unrealistically small) would stick to some "legally safe" limits, a second serving would get you to twice the limit. and if you eat one serving of each of several of these items (with eg that yellow color that was mentioned several times in this video), you'll easily get to quite some multiple of those limits. btw: anyway, those limits mostly are only a compromise between unavoidable and dangerous ...

[@gegefinch9135]

in France, frosties and rice crispes have existed for at least 40 years and you can find them everywhere. "frosties et le tigre et en toi"

[@johnah2]

Lots of good info. I wish American corporations did like the EU. Arby's is good once-in-a-while. I can't believe they got rid of their potato cakes!! Stove Top stuffing is NOT tasty!! Charlie, NNOO!! Pop-Tarts are TOO SWEET!! They use those dyes because it cheap. Big business will try to use the cheapest ingredients for the most profit. They could care less about people's health. Charlie, don't recommend foods with carcinogenic ingredients, please...

[@shadowtheimpure]

When it comes to PopTarts, my go-to flavor has to be brown sugar cinnamon. EDIT: The Skittles transition will take a while as they need to formulate new 'all natural' colorings for their products.

[@truthseeker6532]

The double roast beef/half pounder (No cheese. Just the beef and bun) whatever it's called, with 3 Arby's sauce on it (bottom, middle and on top) is the best!!!!

[@SideWalkAstronomyNetherlands]

Last year they opened a "food square" here in my town: KFC, BurgerKing, McDonald, and one more I forgot. We now call the square "OB-city"...

[@tony199120]

The supermarket i work at sells pop tarts at 1.89 singles and 6,50 4 pack. Twizzler packs at 6,99 and Calypso drinks at 2,99 are also populair products, They are all suger rush products and any adult would grab a cheaper alternative, but dutch kids love spending their allowance and small pay checks on american products. We also have american monster energy, 2,49 a can. ( reg 1,79 ) the fun fact is its not allowed in the EU so poland makes a lot of these american products with illigal substances with alternatives to sell on the EU market.

[@helenamcginty4920]

Someone once gave me a bite of an American biscuit she bought in London years ago. 1st it was huge. 2nd I had to spit it out it was sooo sweet.

[@RAWDernison1]

Charlie "stay out of my kitchen" Vest. Good luck abroad, foody.

[@kevartje1295]

We actually have all of these or a version of these with other ingredients. The only thing we don't have to compare to anything is the poptarts. I'd like to try them. We actually recently got reeses in our local food stores and it's awesome but you get nauseous if you eat more then 3 cups, they're so sweet.

[@iampotsataja]

"They announced they will remove artifical food coloring from their human food products." Why is the word "human" there? Are they still gonna use artificial food coloring on some animal products or something? Just seems very odd phrasing.

[@chubbymoth5810]

Meat and fish is dyed in the US to make it more read for beef, some kind of orange for salmon.

[@dustylong]

@@chubbymoth5810 That's not the point though. Human food products are meant for humans to eat, but they also produce food for animals to eat. That's what iampotsataja means 🤗

[@metalvideos1961]

@@chubbymoth5810 fruit as well. They literally paint strawberries to make them look more red

[@baronvonlimbourgh1716]

Exactly.

[@peterkeijsers489]

Just think of this: any artificial additive (and sugars) is a health hazard. Why do you think the cancer rate is so huge in the US, compared to other developed countries?

[@donsland1610]

In my experience the food in the USA is very poor. Far too much chemicals and preservatives. This reaction just shows how people in the States have little idea what real food tastes like.

[@Cirkelo]

thinking of my own brownie recipe of that beautiful yellow organic butter, nice fresh organic eggs, brown cane sugar, some 80 percent dark bitter chocolate, rich organic cocoa powder, and a stick of full on vanilla, and then seeing that box of betty something powdered brownie mix... and nah, I dont think I am missing out dude

[@katrin712]

Charlie, what s been banned as probably been made another way, without the « bad » ingredients, with ingredients that you can more safely eat. We do have brownies prep boxes etc… And you can add color with natural stuff, but as they are often spices…

[@nimwey7701]

Those roast beef sandwiches doesn't even look like the roast beef we have here, it's kinda a pale meaty stuff, but no roastbeef at all🤮

[@metalvideos1961]

It's also full of hormones. It's disgusting

[@davidhayden6116]

holy crap I completely missed the fact that they're supposed to be beef, I just saw the pictures and assumed it was ham. what is going on in America 🤢

[@AikunIhana]

Most of the mentioned stuff are not banned here in Finland - per se - but our food chains just don't carry them... I don't recall the exact year, but over 12 yrs ago those most dangerous additives were a hot topic here in Finland and most of them just quietly were drawn back from the stores and never returned. But since the selection always changes over time we really didn't want for anything and haven't felt like we've missed out on something, You were wondering abt the 5yr change over time, for the certain company to loose the artificial/unhealthy stuff... they obviously want to use their stock of the ready made stuff and the materials and not go "cold turkey" withdrawing everything from the shops to burn it all, then thoroughly wash all the production lines or build new ones perhaps to be absolutely sure the new batches to be 100% clean to begin with.

[@helenamcginty4920]

I love regañas. Spanish savoury biscuit made using olive oil and flour basically. Mmm midnight snack time regañas and cheese.

[@sandrascott5299]

Skittles were originally British.

[@NoblesseObligeify]

Hoi Charlie, ik heet Joyce Nice banner you got in the background 😁 Trust us, we (the dutch) got better quality snacks/junkfood than the USA. Mainly because of all the crap that isn't allowed inthere. But there are a lot of cheaper healthy choices as well. (Eventhough prices are rising atm)

[@gusto841]

The Salmon thing is not a Joke , i remember it being banned on and off in different countries in EU as this fact was unveiled regarding the crap they were fed but it was overwhelmed by a similar but bigger case of Tuna that had a similar issue where the "meet" was dyed ... so yeah , buy only fresh fish whenever u can and pay attention to the origin of it if naturally caught in the sea or farm grown.

[@TheCovenant2]

I don't blame you for liking many of that stuff since you grew up with it :D Ofcourse your pellets and brain convert into liking it, especially when theres salt and/or sugar involved, some things the brain wants more and more of :D But we actually have similar products here - they usually just have less sugar and salt.. and well, ya know, those ingredients that are known for causing cancer and other health problems :D If you make it to Europe you will see :3 And afaik the EU also banned this specific "food colouring food" for salmons too - we had european countries (mostly Norway) which used this stuff too - since the EU banned it they just changed it to something else - its funny how "easy" it is just to replace a health threatening component with one thats not and still sell your product :D Keep it on, mate :3

[@seraphiccandy21]

I dont know what parts of the European union have banned frosted Flakes but we have them in most supermarkets in the Netherlands...

[@iverolaibakken869]

In Norway, we have Ritz, Rice Krispies and Skittles. Maybe they use different ingredients in the European versions?

[@wimschoenmakers5463]

Once your here in the Netherlands, forget about those delicious junkfoods you used to eat. Then your start to eat good healty food. 🥨🥦🍅🥐🥓

[@beahaasnoot837]

Helemaal mee eens... Amerikanen hebben geen benul van voeding.. Ha ha

[@Lootensansy2308]

But not the one you take out of the vending machine..but I love the bitterballen van onze noorderburen

[@Erik-Griffioen]

Yes, nice healthy Dutch foods like patatje oorlog, stroopwafels and Hema rookworst :D

[@NoblesseObligeify]

@@Erik-Griffioen 😂🤣😂

[@metalvideos1961]

@@Erik-Griffioen our meat is of better quality then American meat

[@Tommy-xq5jw]

We had pop tarts (toaster pastries) in the 80's in the UK. They were a kind of a fad though... x)

[@Choucheeeenn]

What really is shocking for a non-US person is how much "pre-made" everything is.... You need some stuffing? Leftover and bread. You want a brownie? Flower, chocolate and butter. They are only "nice" because of taste enhancers, but it's really nasty. People need a palate cleansing, and go back eating natural, tasteful things (and it still can be junk food, like fries or brownie).

[@katriencornelis9730]

We have rice krispies here in belgium, and frosties, but they are not the same ones i assume. Even Fanta between Belgium and Spain is a big difference, much more orange there

[@PsykoSockPuppet0510]

Mid-bowl of Honey Bunches of Oats as I watched this.. 😂

[@janrogers8352]

In the UK we've been eating Ritz Crackers, Rice Krispies and Frosted Flakes for decades, they just don't have the harmful ingredients. So if they can be made here, then it could also be done there.

[@Santriell]

Lmao the changing message behind you reminds me of the drawing board of "friends" that changed every episode ^^

[@Ad0rak]

Just saying, you can buy Skittles in Austria in pretty much every grocery store ... and have been able to for as long as I can remember ...

[@heidicross7255]

BHA and BHT is banned in Australia....but we have Pop Tarts, Skittles, Ritz Crackers, Gatorade, Wheat Thins, McDonalds (for the buns). etc so there must be a way to remove these harmful ingredients - for them to be sold here. Lets face it, American puts ground animal bones in their white sugar (which is so macabre and so unnecessary) because WE HAVE WHITE SUGAR without animal bones.

[@marisavl1]

Like european people tell you that UE is very strict with food. All industrial food is not avaiable and insane. Health is important for us .

[@bagoy9130]

"You're missing out guys,, Yeah, I think I'm okay about missing out on death.

[@MRgamerE]

In Belgium you can finde Pop Tarts in some stores

[@robyn2791]

We actually have a lot of these foods in the UK, with the dodgy ingredients replaced.

[@Lilyandmoomin]

We have ritz but not sure they have this ingredients. We have Frosties and rice crispies I will check if they have this ingredients.

[@eVOLUC]

i drink milk with bread when i wake up and before i sleep

[@liza6021]

Removing all chemicals from product is surtenley good for health but this will lead to an increase in the price of the product itself. Because natural ingredients are expensive. And such large manufacturers usually want to receive money and not spend it. So..here is the answer to the question "Why not just remove the chemicals?"

[@thesquire6352]

most if not all dangerous ingredients in american foods are added to keep the product fresh or soft longer to maximise the selling life of the product before you have to throw it away, honestly i wouldn't expect anything else the regular people and their health and safety are always overlooked to maximise profits, its kinda scary

[@pablolazaromartinez3541]

I can remember frosted flakes in the 80s in Spain 🇪🇸

[@gaminggrind7304]

Just so you know some of these we do have like the stuffing just not the same its without the chemicals lol oh and we also have brownie mix lol

[@Karawoolfe]

8:30 don't worry about us, we're not missing out, we have good stuff here!

[@VC-gt8fv]

We have a lot of these food in the UK we just have different ingredients in it. Basically they remove the toxic stuff, the colourings that make American food weird colours and half of the preservatives. So our food is actually fresh and tastes like it should rather than being rehydrated and preserved.

[@ravenna698]

Norway here. We do have Ritz crackers and Skittles, but they taste a little diffrent then yours.... me and my kids like the ones we have better.

[@douglasmcclelland]

Strange as the UK has Frosted Flakes (called Frosties) and Rice Krispies and have had for years!!!!

[@frosty6960]

Many of these products are for sale here ... but they are without the poison. Like Ritz crackers.. Thats the main point here. You can still have amazing foods, like brownies .. without putting poison in it. Not joking... Yes, we have skittles too. But with another coloring without the health effects. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Skittles_products

[@margaretnicol3423]

You say that you like most of what was shown and that's fair enough but when you add it all together you are basically living on a load of chemicals and far too much salt. Just think what that's doing not just to your body but to your brain! You say you don't drink much milk - OK but what is cheese made from? Before you buy anything - read the ingredients! Even McDonald's fries are full of chemicals. In Europe/UK they are made from potatoes cooked in oil. Check the difference. In other words - please eat more healthily and look after yourself - especially given the cost if you do get ill.

[@Jmvars]

We have Ritz crackers in Norway. I'm assuming it's without the bad stuff.

[@petragrevstad2714]

I think that as long as people buy these products, the companies who make them won’t get rid of the chemicals that are banned, for good reasons, in other countries… The current US to me doesn’t seem like it’s automatically take care of the health and wellbeing of its citizens…

[@dionslot864]

it contains cancer-causing substances “you must really try it” 😂😂😂😂

[@BlondeNordic]

We do have similar products as poptarts and honey cerials and even m&m but they are a bit different and hole lot safer for you to consume. Yeah we have Rice crispies as well and i live in Finland :)

[@metalvideos1961]

Never seen pop tarts in the Netherlands.

[@BlondeNordic]

@@metalvideos1961 We have in Hypermarkets a section which sells American foods and drinks.

[@metalvideos1961]

@@BlondeNordic yeah but i am 100% sure its not imported from america. they can still be made in europe. check the boxes when you buy it. or they are made in america but they removed american ingredients. same as nutella does. they make the american version of nutella here in europe as well. but they ad extra ingreidents because americans dont like our nutella. its not sweat enough for them

[@pixelbartus]

The sad thing is: farm raised salmon would also be stupid, if it would be raised as good, clean and ecofriendly as possible. People think they do something good to the sealife, when they are eating farm raised fish, because the fish wasn't cached in the sea. But guess what: salmons are eating fishes. And how do the farm raised fishes get their food? someone has to go fishing. So farm raised fish leads to more fishing, than just fishing the fish we want to eat.

[@mikeyb2932]

Should Europeans really consider themselves missing out on stuff like pop-tarts? An American family moved to Denmark and in this video they tell us why. In most of their Tuesday videos they have a 'Try it on Tuesday'-segment and in this one pop-tarts come in to play. Travelin' Young - Why we moved to Denmark: kzbin.info/www/bejne/kGncdYiqqr1goaM Travelin' Young has other videos too, that I think will interest you - like 'Leaving America for Europe - Copenhagen, Denmark - We are now Americans living abroad', 'Our First Trip to DK and What We'd Change Today - A breakdown of our 2012 trip to DK', 'We interview Rufus Gifford as we celebrate the 4th of July at Tivoli Gardens.' (By the way Denmark has the biggest celebration of 4'th of July, outside of the USA), 'Why we *almost* left Denmark!!' and 'Top 5 Reasons We Want to Stay in Denmark!'. If you want links, let me know.