Californian Reacts | Popular American Foods Banned In Europe (and the world)
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- čas přidán 6. 04. 2023
- Popular foods are commonly eaten here in the US that are banned and illegal in Europe and other countries around the world. And I've eaten these!
Additional chemicals legal in the US, but banned in other countries:
Titanium Dioxide -
“A recent example of a food additive being banned in the EU but allowed in the U.S. is titanium dioxide,” Galligan said.
The European Food Safety Authority banned the ingredient last year because of concerns about potential connections to cancer, but the FDA has “not taken any action on titanium dioxide following the EFSA assessment,” he said.
European research determined that while the data is not conclusive, a cancer link could not be ruled out, which makes this additive concerning for daily use.
In the U.S., titanium dioxide is commonly used in salad dressings, coffee creamer and some white sauces.
Azodicarbonamide -
Azodicarbonamide, sometimes found in bread and rolls, is used as a bleaching agent and flour improver, according to CSPI.
The watchdog has recommended avoiding this additive because of two chemicals that can form when bread bakes.
The first is semicarbazide, “which caused cancers of the lung and blood vessels in mice,” CSPI said. The second is urethane, a known carcinogen.
Brominated Vegetable Oil -
CSPI said that brominated vegetable oil is used to give a cloudy appearance to soft drinks like Mountain Dew, but the additive has been a topic of concern since the 1970s.
Brominated vegetable oil “is still poorly tested” today, the CSPI website said. It has been found to leave a residue on body fat, and it was linked to the deaths of two people who consumed very large amounts of the ingredient.
Certain additives in sodas can be dangerous when consumed in high amounts.
Potassium Iodate -
Bread and rolls in the U.S. may also contain potassium iodate, a chemical intended to strengthen the foods, according to CSPI.
The additive is a kind of iodine, and studies show that too much iodine can cause issues like hypothyroidism.
In fact, the World Health Organization has warned against the use of potassium iodate in flour since 1965.
Potassium Bromate -
You may find potassium bromate on the ingredient lists for your go-to sliced wheat bread or flour tortillas, according to the nonprofit Environmental Working Group.
Bromate is known to cause cancer in animals, and the small amount that is used to create a more appealing crumb structure could have adverse effects on humans, too.
Spraying food with chlorine is soo strange to me. Like chlorine Cannot be good for you
iTS BECAUSE OF MONEY, CRAM AS MANY CHICKENS IN A SHED, THAT NEVER SEE DAYLIGHT OR SOIL, COVERED IN SORES,NEVER USING THEIR WINGS, IN FACT SO BAD, TO MAKE THEM EDIBLE THEY HAVE TO BE WASHED IN CHLORINE.
I'm not sure why we're so chlorine happy here. Perhaps one can store it longer? I know that's very popular here as well. Let the chlorine have a good long time to soak into the meats 😅
it is weird as you can just clean it and cook it why use chlorine
Chlorine is used in majority of swimming pools. At the correct dilution it's completely harmless. The problem with chicken from the US is that it would be considered as unfit for human consumption before it gets to the chlorine. Hence the chlorine.
Cooking chicken at the right temperature and making sure it’s properly cooked through, will stop salmonella poisoning in chicken and also pork.
You don’t need to bath your chickens in a chlorine bath.
We are absolutely obsessed with bathing our food in chemicals and having a long "shelf life" it seems. That's one thing my family and I always enjoy about going out of the US, their food tastes so good and fresh! Because it is compared to what we typically eat.
I think everyone knows that, its more about kitchen hygiene. Touch the uncooked chicken, cook the chicken, then make a salad, wash your hands, eat -> Salmonella. But not from the cooked chicken, you got it from the salad you touched after the chicken without washing hands first. Its kind of an overregulation to save people from themselves.
Skittles are still available in the EU but Titanium Dioxide is banned, so it's not in the EU ones.
Good to know!
Skittles are a UK sweet. They're made in Plymouth.
@@srprice2383 … and in Europe
I'm from the UK and remembered years ago my wee cousin running past us shouting, "I don't eat blue smarties they make me loopy". There ok now but they really made him loopy!!!
Ever wondered how COKE A COLA got so popular?
we have always had different ingredients
Smarties never had blue ones. That was recent thing advertised as 'the blue one' on tv. They never had blue in when I had them.
@@srprice2383 im sure they did it was over 20 years ago.
Orange ones a girl I know her sister used to so hyperactive after eating them
Great reaction as always.. 8:49 with mountain dew the main reason its banned is because it contained brominated vegetable oil, which is concidered a toxin
AMERICAN BREAD in the UK is classed as confectionery because of the amount of sugar thats in it..
I think it's important to point out that stuff like for instance Coca Cola and many other foods, while available in the EU, IS different compared to the U.S: versions, where in the EU sugar is used and in the U.S. corn suryp...
On another note, I'm not surprised that the average life expectancy in the U.S. is lower than in many other western countries - and even going lower as we speak...
"It seems that US food companies make it a challenge for themselves to make everything somehow unhealthy or toxic." - original video comment
What are your thoughts? Have you eaten any of these before? 🥘🍲🥫
no direspect, but i didnt know that SWISS ROLL was a thing in america.
We in the UK have known about the industrial plastics in your bread, the chlorinated chicken and the bleached eggs. Plus many other foods that have cancerous agents and chemicals in them. Most American food is processed, and I would not even feed it to a pig, it's disgusting. I have also seen a BBC 3 part documentary which proves that your food industry add chemicals to your food that make you think you are still hungry, when in fact you are not in reality. And all that crap is actually APPROVED by your FDA!!! A few years ago in England the meat sold at McDonald's was declared 'UNFIT FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION' so they now use British meat. The same applies in all US junk food outlets here, KFC, Burger King, and all the others. If you watch comparison videos between the UK and US made by the 'Insider Food' You Tube channel you will be blown away by the many many extra chemicals and colourings in your food compared to ours! I have been inside McDonalds and KFC kitchens, and I would not eat ANY American food if you paid me. It is pig swill. It's no wonder the US is top of the league in the world when it comes to obesity and health problems, in the laughingly called 'Land of the Free' where ONLY PROFIT matters. All they care about is money and profit, and US citizens come LAST!
Did you know that when Americans come and live in England, they eat the same amount of food but get healthier and lose weight, BUT the moment they return home to the US and eat American food they feel sick and even vomit, until their bodies get used to eating that muck again, then their headaches start and they put on weight! There are many videos on You Tube about it from Americans that have lived here. Check them out!
Americans who have stayed in Europe for 6months or more, say they loose weight, even though they eat the same amount of food but gain it again once back in the USA. Some American women
go as far to say their periods change in Europe but go back again once back in the USA. you really have to ask, what the hell are they doing to your food, that having the goal of profit before safety?
Pigs that need electric prods to make them move because they are so crippled by all the chemical additions. Beef, that has 'enhancers' and 'tenderisers' and load of antibiotics and of course chicken washed in chlorine, plus bread that lasts weeks, eggs that need the freezer because they are not fresh etc etc Makes you wonder, if there is maybe a tie up between 'food' producers and the
'health care professionals'!!
When you said you are going to look at your yoga mats differently. Did this video subconsciously plant a subliminal image of the yoga mats with peanut butter and jelly on them? Or was that me?
Lotus position and lunch altogether 😂
Ha! I actually was imagining little ground bits of yoga mat (like ground beef) in my bread 😅
I love Reeces in the UK but thats because its the EU version made in Germany. We get the US version imported but it just tastes bland, and artificial very sweet.
In the UK and EU, Reeces is peanut butter coated in chocolate. In the US its corn syrupy peanut butter, surround in corn syrupy candy 'choclate'.
Smarties the original and best. Way better than M&M’s!
5:50 The funniest thing is that the USA actually uses metric units to legally define the imperial units.
Walk around a European supermarket and look for food from the US. You'd be lucky to find anything.
You can buy AMERICAN BREAD in the EU but you'll have to look in the confectionery aisle because of the amount of sugar they put in it..
if you eat skittles, it's not dangerous, if you don't consume too much.
if you drink dew, it's not dangerous, if you don't consume too much.
if you eat the rolls, it's not dangerous, if you don't consume too much.
if you add it up from all the foods which are just a bit short of the limits, the sum easily can be too much.
and most importantly: WHY? to unneccessarily have neon bright foods ???
I also.dont eat Kellogg's but more because kellogg was an eugenict the Nazis would have been proud of xD
What did he mean at about 13:50 when he talks about patè being served hot? I've never heard of patè being served hot, is that a thing, or is he on about something different to what we think of over here as patè?
unfortunately, many Americans who eat for a while in Europe notice improvements in their weight and health without going on a diet and even enjoying the food with relish during their vacation.
Skittles is not banned in Sweden. Its popularity is lower than it was for 10 years ago but you can still buy them.
You can but not with the same creepy ingredients
Kellogg's largest factory i n the world is in Trafford Park Industrial Estate, Trafford, Greater Manchester. Opened in May 1938.
Thanks Mark, I had no idea Kellogg has a major factory there, and it's been around for a long time!
there's difference between those who are really ban and those who have adapt their receipe to europe rules.
You'll get skittles here in Europe, but not the same as in the US. Everything looks pretty much the same, but it's natural ingredients here. And Marabou is not Norwegian. Freia is Norwegian and much better than Marabou 😉
Fun fact: Coca Cola tastes better in Europe and especially in Scandinavia because of the water (it's not chlorinated) 😊
Never heard that the E.U. will ban Skittles, I only hear and see it on CZcams.
The E.U has banned KELOGGS Special K because of adding too much iron
A little over the top with 'Steak tartare', at least outside of the US? I do enjoy that and 'Mett' (Minced Raw pork steak) in Germany at the Brew pubs. Got my other British mates to try it. They liked it, then I told them what it was!
Used to enjoy game (Wild Meat) from butchers in the UK, especially some of the 'High' meat (left to hang and ferment). There was a well known butcher in Newmarket famous for his 'Game' and was by 'Royal Appointment'. However when the health fascists stopped it, they went bust! However, I must say, it was all natural products with little or no chemicals involved.
Skittles are banned in the Eu
Main issue is who owns the FDA - I think we all know who
We can get skittles in the uk 🇬🇧
You can but not with the same creepy ingredients
Yeah they took the Yellow 5 out of them and went with caratine which is a natural product
Is this why I see so many Americans washing chicken ? I’ve never washed chicken in my life , but if its because it’s been sprayed with chlorine It makes sense .
Coke is different in USA, it's really sickly. Maybe they don't use cane sugar.
I am always confused as to how people accepth chlorine washing. Seemingly those people never been in a pool, would you really think it kills all crap ??? Just saying.
Raw cow meat is a delicatess in Korea and raw pork in Germany every child eats it in the morning it's the most famous stuff to put on ur bread. It's just American isn't know for sanitize food xD
Skittles are English not American! They're made near me.
Skittles were first made commercially in 1974 by a British company.[3] An animated television advertisement from that year bears the logo of the "Galaxy" company and is copyrighted by Jack Candies Ltd, a Mars distribution subsidiary.[4] They were first introduced in North America in 1979 as an import confectionery.[2] In 1982, domestic production of Skittles began in the United States.[2] - see wikipedia
Steak Tartar is quite normal in Europe. In my opinion, it shouldn't be on the ban list. In Germany, you can get a so called "Mett-Brötchen" at your local bakery, at least in the northern part of Germany. Raw minced pork ground meat on a bread roll with onions. If you're lucky, you can also get it with beef ground meat (Tartar) but it is more expensive. Tartar and Mett is not the same as usual ground meat that have to be cooked.
Another speciality in Northern Germany is Matjes-Brötchen (slightly fermented raw herring in a bread roll). It originates from the Netherlands, where it is called just herring. I don't know why we call it Matjes. This word sounds very Dutch, but the Dutch don't use it at all.
Maybe Matjes got some lower German origin? The westphalian version my granny spoke sounds a heck lot like Dutch. I bet like Friesian and Dutch hot a lot in common, too, so maybe that's why Matjes sounds somewhat Dutch-y to us but the Dutches themselves don't use Matjes themselves :)
Ironically, I believe Skittles are not originally American?
You're right! According to Delish, "Skittles Originated In Britain. Though you might think they're a quintessentially American candy, Skittles were only available in Britain for five years before coming to North America in 1979."
@@californianreacts I think they were initially not super popular in Britain though, so they were kind of 'relaunched' in the 80s.
@@iantellam9970 Oooh I see, it seemed very American to me but maybe simply the popularity (plus me having no idea about the history of Skittles), and their resurgence/relaunch in the 80's. Quite interesting
Here in the UK we have shaken ourselves free of the EU so we will soon be able to add all your chemicals too!
No we won’t..because we are more educated in what we eat than the yanks.. 🙄🇬🇧
@@Ionabrodie69 it may depend on a renegotiated trade deal with the USA,Brexit,the gift that keeps on giving!
@@b.critical7873 still won’t eat their crap.. I will grow my own and buy from local farmers before I will eat imported American rubbish.
I am in Romania which is part of EU but we do have Skittles here. Never heard of a lawsuit against them. m&m, coca cola, mounaint dew is found here but not so much of betty swiss roll as mostly those rolls would be under a different label than little betty or they would be made at a local pastry.
the basics: the americans products here are in accordance with eu regs, if not bug off. simple, whats the purpose of the video again? profit is the american bible, simple everyone knows it. but them again the usa does need to be called out, the more the better.
Cuba cola is swedish lol =) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuba_Cola