American reacts to American food BANNED in Europe!
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You can find most of those products in Europe. They're just manufactured without the banned chemicals
Australia is the same for the most part, a lot of products here have cane sugar instead of corn syrup though that one is mostly just cost and availability.
Turns out if you make bad things expensive and rare then the manufacturers don't want to use them.
You can indeed find many American food brands in Europe, but they are most of the time locally made in local factories, IAW European food standards. That's why Americans who visit Europe often find that the same product does not taste the same on both sides of the ocean.
yeah true i was like honey cereal and m&ms dont we have that too
I haven't seen any of it in Belgium.
@ You don't have Skittles in Belgium
in the eu you have to prove that something is safe before it can be sold, in the us you have to prove that something is unsafe for it to be banned
Year, and many people don't understand the following: Why is there no diffinet proof something cause cancer? Simple: An Experiment to feed people with shit to cause cancer is an unethic experiment. Eating shit to mice and observe cancer should be enough, sadly big companies lobby against that.
Yea, we consume more healthy foods and to be honest most of food consumed is actually cooked in home from raw ingedients or eaten in restaurants. The shop instant food just taste like shit even if it's safe. But while we eat more healthy foods we are smoking much more and drinking a lot alcohol but we tend to walk/ride a bike much more during a day. I think we treat time differently, in Europe punctuality is also important (slightly different depending on the region, but in general we are punctual) it is when it comes to time for an activity that we are nowhere in a hurry. It is known that if you have an appointment at 7:00 to do something with someone, you come at 7:00, but when it comes to the activity itself that you will be doing, there is always time to do it and there is no need to rush anywhere. Same with eating, cleaning, entertainment, etc. there is always time to do something/experience it in detail without looking at the time. Turns out we just do less than Americans.
YES! Exact like this. It one of many reasons, why people in Europe demonstrated massive against TTIP, because this would have changed the „Vorsorgeprinzip“.
Thanks for pointing that out^^
@@haggihug3162 yes, and companies would have gotten rights to "arbitration" without proper courts, and also would have gotten the right to sue countries "for lost revenue" that change laws, eg forbidding unsafe products or having new or changed laws concerning environment, health, etc. and i'm not sure whether the EU could have prevailed before at least accepting some of it.
thus i am glad that 6(?) years ago the new american president decided to cancel the negotiations for that trade agreement, although he did it for different and unreasonable reasons.
In the EU we have Frosties (Frosted Flakes) and Rice Krispies. They are probably adapted to meet EU regulations.
Not probably. They are adapted ingrediens to meet EU regulations and we have the Ritz Crackers in Germany/Europe.
Yeah i just had some frosties for breakfast and i live in France
Yes, i'm tired of seeing videos claiming that the producs are banned or that they "don't enjoy these things in X country..." These companies are out there to make money, they will obviously sell those products changing the ingridients, it just makes the product a little bit less profitable
I buy rice crispies in Spain but the formula is completely different. It’s basically plain rice. Nothing similar to US.
right
I have heard that, that in the USA they ban things that have proven to be dangerous while in the EU they only allow things if they have proven to not be dangerous. I like the second approach.
Innocent until proven guilty XD
@@dalewallace4802 materials are not persons
This is what you get with privatized health care system and government that is run by big pharma and insurance companies. More money is being made if you have an unhealthy society hahaha...
@@Duconi Thank you captain obvious.
We have some of these products. they just have ingredience to meet the EU standart/ regulations.
The sad part about that is... that it showes these products don't need these harmful chemicals they put in there in the US
Not as addictive and cheaper to make. Sad.
That's a point. When you are uncertain about ingredients (or even certain, they aren't good/healthy) and you have the possibility to leave them out or exchange them - why not do it?
We don't suck on rocks and imagine they taste good. But we have a whole other level of awareness when it comes to food in Europe. Food drives your body and damages it like bad motor oil does to engines. Everyone buys the best motor oil, not to ruin his car. But bleached bread is okay, some chemicals here and there, an extra not-needed portion of sodium, salt and of course sugar is no concern… Rethink your perspective, dear Americans. “Healthier” doesn't mean Asparagus and Brussel sprouts all the day. 😆
Except for eastern Europe. We get leftovers from western products and it's probably worse than US products with food coloring. Hell, they sold us old horse meat from Germany and we thought it was a low quality beef.
@@stelalala8887 Every german who had döner and highly processed minced meat had that horse meat ( and the more than 20 year long dead beef in the early 2000´s ).
We didn´t know about this untill the news told everyone. Thank the company that tried to act with american ethic to boost profits.
Btw: i don´t have problems with horse meat. It´s even healthier than beef and tastes good. But i want to know what i´m buying.
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Did a quick research: The dutch retailer Jan Fasen bought horse meat in Romania and Slowakia and sold it to a big corp in France.
So east europe ate reimported east european horse meat like the rest of europe.
@@Ugramosch oh, even better. I just have a feeling americans feel like we're so much healthier and eat and live better because our governments care about us enough to ban some popular products when in reality it's all (literally) horse sh*t. Nutella and Coca cola have different ingredients depending on the market, you can actually taste the difference in some sweets here on the eastern market and those intended for Germany or UK.
In Europe , food such meat, sausage, cheese, milk etc. are constantly checked. Hormones in milk that promote cancer or chickens that are washed with chlorine are strictly forbidden in Europe.
Therefor chickens are pumped with Antibiotics in the EU. Before getting an infection with multi-resistant bacteria, I'd rather have my chicken disinfected.
I remember a while back a ton of eggs needed to be destroyed because there was the tiniest amount of some anti lice stuff found in it called fibronil where I'm from. This stuff in the dosage found are harmless but still anything that shouldn't be in there and it is denied for consumation.
Reproductive and growth hormones are allowed in the US... Reproductive hormones only are allowed in Europe. Not growth hormones. Part of the reason people are switching milks to plant milks, even in Europe.
Consumation or consumption? 😲
@Phillip Banes All EU countries where only E-numbers are allowed to be added to food as additive.
Farm-raised salmon isn't banned in Europe. In fact, there are several salmon farms throughout Europe! The thing is: the European farms don't add colorants to the salmon.
But salmon farms are a huge factor to wide spread pollution of the sea and fjords. Should be avoided at all cost.
Understandable. Well i don't live near a Fjord. So maybe it depends on where you are living and if it is ok for the environment and the Fishes. Who the Hell needs Food Coloring for Fishes anyways? Weird.
@@silviahannak3213 if you pollute the fjords you pollute the oceans too. 🤷🏼♂️
Nobody needs food colouring, but the meat from the fish farms looks pale when compared to a wild salmon.
And they said that farmed salmon is banned in Australia and New Zealand. It's not, in Australia anyway. It should be!
Yes they do add colour additives in European salmon farms.
In most cases it's the ingredients that are banned, not the product itself. Frosties, rice cripsies, pop tarts etc are all available in the UK
uk is not in EU anymore so they can get this stuff
@@arturfryga9164 not really relevant as UK had and still has mostly the exact same rules as the EU when it comes to food.
@@arturfryga9164 We had all those things when we were part of the EU. Ritz crackers too. They just don't include the nasty stuff.
@@arturfryga9164 - SORRY, but a bit of an ignorant comment... Because we have had those products for many years (while being part of the EU!?). The UK manufacturers just produce the products WITHOUT the banned ingredients.
@@arturfryga9164 this was a rather poor "gotcha" on your part. We'll likely keep similar if not identical standards due to wanting to maintain trade relationships with EU countries.
Why would you want Little Debbie's if you're in Europe?!
They have actual Switzerland there.
Little Debbie Cakes are very dry (but a pretty cheap snack for a lunch box for kids). Hostess Ho Ho's are a creamier, gooier, snack and at least years ago, they cost about twice as much as the Debbie Cakes. I can't think why any European would want either of them, unless they were in the states.
@@CabinFever52 you're right. We prefer to eat sweet snacks from bakeries, hand-baked the same day ;)
@@CabinFever52
Why would you give cheap cakes to your kids?
@@katyroseable For them to be sick and whiner all day so the parents don't feel bad when they are shot in schools.
@@CabinFever52 Most Europeans wouldn't even see things like that as a suitable snack for a kid's lunchbox. If they want something sweet, it would usually be fruits or maybe something from a bakery.
Banned for new products but not for existing ones must be a uniquely American solution. Americans go where logic fears to tread.
Which is extra funny when same exact products are already made without these for markets that don't allow using banned substances for existing products
..there is a loghic behind it...Profit at all cost... in US ppls health isent a priority, profit is...
..also means more sick ppl that has to use a heath care system designed for profit also...
..its what u get when profit is valued above all...
I haven't eaten white bread for over forty years. British bakeries make a huge range of different breads, wholemeal, seeded wholemeal, olive bread, cheese bread and scores of other types.
That crap you call bread in the US is classified as cake in Britain because of the high sugar content.
Which bread are you referring to? Sandwich loaf in the grocery store?
@@timothyreel716 there shouldnt bè a difference, here its either loaf or sliced, but generally all bread is pretty much the same, just store bought is a bit blander
@@giannicolamatteo8155 Maybe not, but there is!!
US bread is actually classified as cake or pastry by the majority of european countries and certainly by the EU
@@phillipbanes5484 yes, but with around 2-3 times more sugar, hence why they're classified as pastry or cake.
A friend of mine (she is American) moved from America to Austria and she didn’t change her eating habits but lost weight because there is less sugar in our food ◡̈
We have swiss rolls just not little debbie's etc. We have our own brands. We also have rice crispies, just without the weird chemicals in the US version.
The aspect of the EU I'm most grateful about it's the health regulations it can impose unilaterally by being such a big market. If the EU ceases to exist, the greatest tragedy would be not having the privilege to impose health regulations as strict as the ones we have now as single small countries.
That's actually one of the things I want from the government: being the national version of that nightmare mother-in-law who checks whether you dusted on top of the cupboards, whiped the underside of the tv and the floor under the carpet, and sticks her obnoxious nose into every last corner, box and pot:
Only not with _me_ , of course, but with every single food, medication, clothing producer ... if it comes close enough to any human or animal, I want it put through the acid test.
we don't need these sweets in the EU, we have real chocolate :P
@Phillip Banes What is your problem bozo?
@@phillipbanes5484 eh...as someone whose tasted the difference (and is also a Belgian native) I can attest to that claim. Japan and australia for instance have good chocolate in general too, simply because they don't use whatever BS american companies use in the US...chocolate that tastes like cardboard, cheese that's more plastic than actual cheese...coffee that tastes like dishwasher soap...ngl, but anything mass market in the US falls under the category "quantity before quality"
Where?
Hersheys is not chocolate.
Industries in USA decide to give u anything then u don't have choice to see a doc.USA is first in obesity,diabetics,cancers ..
My daughter went on an exchange trip to the U.S. and came back with a little box of rainbow colored Fruit Loops. Sometime later, we found a box of them at the store here in Germany -- and they were only made in four very pale colors, i.e. no artificial colors but instead natural colors like beet and spinach juice. They still taste basically the same, however, just not as appealing to a child's eye.
Yes, here in Portugal they are pale too
*RYAN*
We have MOST of these in the UK, some even by the same brands....BUT ours are made over here according to our laws. That's the difference. So it's not the product itself per se that is the issue, but the recipe used to create it. Yes we have rice crispies, and rice crispy treats. But not a US recipe! ☺️
Yes we have Skittles, again, different recipe, safer colourings! 😘
Never heard of ho hos, but we have Cadburys version, and all supermarkets have their own version of the exact same thing. 😜
Skittles are British not American. Britain had Skittles in 1974 and weren't available in the US until five years later in 1979.
Well I learned something. Cheers!
Now you know ... thx!
We have Swiss rolls in Europe, since they are easy to make, like many of products listed; it's easy for them to be made without those chemicals that get them banned in Europe. Some of those products banned in Europe are available in Europe, just using different formulas that don't include the hazardous chemicals.
Also just to point out, Skittles aren't American, they're British, so Watch Mojo got that one wrong. Tho certainly the American version of Skittles wouldn't be sold in the UK, they use different colourings as far as I am aware.
I am german and tried Skittles once. I had to throw them away. It was disgusting.
@@phillipbanes5484 dude...sometimes you CAN just generalize if it is implied that they mean all or most of europe's nations. You got to stop with those comments if you can't even grasp the context of what's written down.
Cadbury, do their own line of chocolate swizz roll.
and at special times of the year, you can find different flavours. for example, at Halloween, they might be orange or even green on the inside!
@@DKQuagmire cadbury is damn good though. I'm a belgian and I know belgian chocolates and swiss chocolate are lauded as the best, but Cadbury shouldn't be denied its spot among the greats
In the UK We have frosted flakes, rice crispies, Ritz crackers and pop tarts, rice crispie treats and lots of other things. They just don't contain all the chemicals and colourings that the American versions have
We do have swiss rolls - just without the bad chemicals.
In the UK we have many of these, but they are manufactured with different ingredients. Also, crunchy Cheetos here are vastly different to the American ones. I've tried both, sorry, but the American ones are awful.
In Spain, these foods are not popular, maybe except for the Kellog's cereal (which you can find in the supermarket). I've never tried a Pop Tart or that roll you mention, and one time I ate Skittles and didn't enjoy them - why do you like them!?
Snacks are a wideworld concept and every country has their own ^^
spain has some pretty damn good snacks though and I like to think my country Belgium can be proud as well in that department
I DID try Pop Tarts. I'd heard so much about them, I bought some from a UK-based US grocery store. They are... well, I won't say 'bloody horrible', but I certainly won't ever buy them again.
Not when you can buy apple turnovers and fresh (i.e. made that day, not six months ago and sealed in foil wraps) Swiss/Danish pastries so easily over here. There's just no need.
There aren't those rolls, but there are others, like Tigretón
You definitely need to get a PO box. That way we can send you our candy and stuff so that you yourself can experience the difference. Because not being artificial is not the same as not being tasty.
we don't have Hostess or Betty Crocker, but we do have Cadbury's Swiss Rolls.
we do have Ritz, Pop Tarts, all 3 cereals, but without the added poison.
I am surprized that they didn't bring up why your eggs need to be kept in a fridge or why your meat products are pumped full of hormones.
We do have Betty Crocker they’re just different to the US version.
Government trying to kill us that's why, it has nothing to do with profits
@Phillip Banes European countries I’ve seen all of those brands in the U.K. and most of them in at least 1 other European country.
@Phillip Banes Because that's what's in the video you weirdo.
@Phillip Banes because it’s a comparison video. Of course they’re all being compared to one country, the US because that’s the point of the video.
Specifically it’s comparing to Europe as a continent not as individual countries so I’m not speaking for any specific country but as a European. As I’ve bought Betty Crocker in 4 different European countries I’d say it’s fairly safe to say we have it in Europe.
So, basically, if I come to the US, I am going to get cancer? Did I understand this video correctly?
Yes, or you are rich. Enough money for cooking clean, enough money for a bio supermarcet or really money going out eating on real Europeans level in restaurants. Its normal, its for vomating every meal there
There is a higher risk and small amounts should get no harm, the regulation there is just that they just take action if it's too late for some people.
Like PFAS contaminated waters, over 200 million drinking.
If I would be american I would avoid these with their cost in health care xD
Only if you eat their food.
🤔That's if you don't get shot first
Stay away from High Schools and you’ll be safe 🤷🏼♂️
In italy there isn't a single food produced in other countries, except some German brand that you can rarely find in small stores. So i never tried american treats. But i don't think that's because bans...it's mostly because it's difficult to meet italian taste. One example is Starbucks. There's only 2 Starbucks in all Italy (1 opening soon) but the first one is already going to close for failure. Nobody goes to Starbucks if near it there are hundreds of bars and cafes that does the same thing but healtier and that answer better to the tastes of people. Same goes for everything else when it comes to food.
Nothing can top Italian Café 👍🏻 Greetings from Germany
Yeah! And that is why, for example, from Poland, Italians import food worth EUR 1.6 billion every year. Poland is only the fifth exporter of food to Italy. You probably also have pepper, coffee, cocoa from plantations in Italy.
You're not well, sir, get your lungs checked out.
I looked up the ingredients some of the products as sold in the UK and USA:
Kellogg's Frosties (Sainsbury's UK)
Maize, Sugar, Barley Malt Extract, Salt, Niacin, Iron, Vitamin B6, Riboflavin, Thiamin, Folic Acid, Vitamin D, Vitamin B12
Kellogg's Frosted Flakes (Walmart, USA)
Milled corn, sugar, malt flavor, contains 2% or less of salt. vitamins and minerals: iron (ferric phosphate), niacinamide, vitamin b6 (pyridoxine hydrochloride), vitamin b2 (riboflavin), vitamin b1 (thiamin hydrochloride), folic acid, vitamin d3, vitamin b12.
Kellogg's Rice Krispies (Sainsbury's, UK)
Rice, Sugar, Salt, Barley Malt Extract, Niacin, Iron, Vitamin B6, Riboflavin, Thiamin, Folic Acid, Vitamin D, Vitamin B12
Kellogg's Rice Krispies (Walmart, USA)
Rice, sugar, contains 2% or less of salt, malt flavor. vitamins and minerals: iron (ferric phosphate), niacinamide, vitamin b6 (pyridoxine hydrochloride), vitamin b2 (riboflavin), vitamin b1 (thiamin hydrochloride), folic acid, vitamin d3, vitamin b12.
Rice Krispies Treats Original Chewy Marshmallow Snack Bars (Walmart, USA)
Toasted rice cereal (rice, sugar, salt, malt flavor, niacinamide, reduced iron, vitamin b2 [riboflavin], folic acid), corn syrup, fructose, vegetable oil (soybean and palm oil with tbhq for freshness), sugar, corn syrup solids. contains 2% or less of vegetable glycerin, dextrose, gelatin, natural and artificial flavors (contains milk), salt, datem, acetylated monoglycerides, soy lecithin, bht for freshness.
Kellogg's Rice Krispies Squares Marshmallow Snack Bars (Sainsbury's, UK)
Kellogg's Toasted Rice Cereal (35%) (Rice, Sugar, Salt, Barley Malt Flavouring, Niacin, Iron, Vitamin B6, Vitamin B2 {Riboflavin}, Vitamin B1 {Thiamin}, Folic Acid, Vitamin D, Vitamin B12), Marshmallow (33%) (Glucose Syrup, Sugar, Beef Gelatin, Flavouring), Fructose, Palm Oil, Invert Sugar Syrup, Glucose Syrup, Humectant (Glycerol), Flavouring (contains Milk), Emulsifier (E472e, E472a), Antioxidant (E320)
We have most of these, or a version of them, they simply changed the recipe. It's not as colourful or more expensive to produce, which is why they do not change the US recipies if they do not have to.
I'm in Austria, and you have such a huge variety of sweets and baked goods here, you would never want for anything, Ryan...plus, Ritz Crackers are available here now at Billa.
And even white Hersheys. I don't get it? What happend to our Lebensmittelverordnungsgesetz..or whatever it is. Food Control..Why do they let that in? Igitt. I will never buy it. Hope nobody will.
@@silviahannak3213 ,same with KitKat
As a german: for most of these products we have look-a-like's. I have never seen Ho-Hos or Swiss Rolls, but they look a damn lot like Milka Tender e.g. And lucky enough we have skittles. But this reminds me of a joke I once heard: In america, there are things legal in foods, that are forbidden in construction here.
That's the kicker.
There's much stuff that would be perfectly viable, if still juck food, by not putting in additives there's little need for in the first place.
Also, there's the usual varaible of "things that american corporation says that is overzealous wastes of time in cleanliness, that their entire net worth wouldn't be enough to corrupt italian officials from jailing then"
As others have said, some of the products supposedly banned in the EU & UK are found here like Frosted Flakes (known as Frosties) & Rice Krispies, just adapted to meet the regulations. Original Ritz Biscuits are one of my favourites to consume
Greetings from Finland and an expat. Yeah, there are things there (US) which aren't available here, however, there are things here - healthy and well worth trying - which aren't available there. New tastes and textures to explore.
Sure there are things I miss, like frozen pie crust or certain types of pie (pumpkin or cherry specifically), nevertheless I can make these from scratch, so not really a bad thing.
As to stove-top-stuffing, well other than being unavailable/banned we could make it from scratch but it really wouldn't be popular here. We don't stuff things (ourselves yes). And turkey or Thanksgiving isn't really a thing here (remember Puritan colonists and being fed... Didn't happen here. Happened there).
Ah culture shock and cultural surprise. Such fun. Know and grow.
Well said, Greetings from Austria.
In Germany you can buy most of them. A friend of mine bought Fanta once (import from America) and it had 20g of sugar/100ml while the Fanta made in Germany had 10g sugar/100ml. And I noticed this with a few other sweets too.
The thing is, Fanta with reduced sugar has more sugar substitute to keep it sweet. Go look those ingredients up.
Fanta with just sugar (back in the day) tasted beautiful. Seven Up (or Sprite) with just sugar tasted good. Same for everything.
Any of those with 'reduced sugar' now contain sweetening chemicals with a questionable health profile.
Once upon a time, if you needed a sugar hit (as a diabetic, for example, but also if you played sport), drinking a Fanta or Seven Up would do it. Not now, though, since there might not be any sugar there.
@@sualdammacsamildanach8154 The stuff has even below 10g/100ml now. I noticed that a while with mezzo mix, and not in a bad way. Slightly less sweet, but it brings out the flavours more.
No artificial sweeteners or other substitutes, just less sugar. Especially compared to the US version.
@@sualdammacsamildanach8154 No it wasn't sugar reduced. The German Fanta has less sugar.
I just bought a box of fruit loops LOL not even 15 hours ago. Manufacturing processes are changed in europe to remove toxic stuff allowed in the US.
@Phillip Banes presumably the european union countries given they all have to abide by almost the same regulations
@Phillip Banes European Union, and since most other European countries buy goods manufactured inside the EU or manufacture them within the EU standards for them to be sellable, then I would believe most of Europe is under the same umbrella.
Before my country entered the EU, we had Cheetos and they were actually making waves. Then, EU day came and Cheetos disappeared from the shelves because we now had to adhere to stricter regulations. About 15 years later and Cheetos came back, so we do have them, but the recipe was changed to meet EU standards.
Okay, what really worries me that it apparently takes 15 years to for the producers to ... do what exactly? Give up on the hope that the silly EU would see sense and let them sell their Cheetos as are? Nobody but nobody can tell me that it takes that long to tweak a cereal recipe.
Evan Edingar did a informative video about the same topic of US food banned in the UK and vice Vera
It really does come down to the weird differences in views on health and consumer laws from Europe to the US. In Europe food additives/food production needs a way higher standard than what you find in the US, and our consumer laws are pretty strong, somewhat on par with our workers laws.
But this seems to be a non factor in the US(unfortunatly it seems to have to do with lobbying, and the "legal corruption" you see in regards to a lot of US laws), as this is where it becomes "freedom of choice" vs "health and safety".
On the other hand it is very uncommon for someone to sue any manufacturer in Europe compared to the US. Here a dead rat found in cereal(as an example) would lead to a local news headline, and bad PR for the company that made it, but that would pretty much be it. In the US they would likely be sued withy claims in the millions.
So there there seems to be a strange difference in mentality, and our expectations as consumers. Also I would say that the US seems very divided in their views on health, as some are super fixated on it to the point of obsession, while others seem to have little understanding/care of it at all. As Europeans we seem to have more focus on eating healthy as a general civil discussion, media pieces and common general awarness.
@Phillip Banes Get help, you comment under every single comment that doesn't praise america.
If you haven’t already, watch the video comparing McDonald’s in the US and UK. The amount of chemicals used in US McDonald’s is quite staggering. Even the fries have a huge list of ingredients, where as in the UK it’s just potatoes and the oil used to fry them.
I had a care package sent from the US a few month ago and I was shocked how colourful the snacks and the food was, I mean really, really shocked.. the majority of it looked like the stuff butcheries, bakeries and confectionery stores put in their window displays.. and it felt like the model food would taste exactly the same.. I even got the EU-adapted variants of it as a sort of test and not only were the US products double as sweet, but they had kind of a chemical aftertaste to them. 😳
You can get Rice Krispies in Scotland I’ve got them in my cupboard
We have all these things ,just not the poisonous version 👍
here in germany we do sell poptarts in some stores (i dont like them they taste really weird) but yeah the ingredients that can harm you or people can be allergic to must be either printed fat on the ingredients list or in a seperate ingredient list below the other ingredient list
We have skittles, Frosties and Rice Krispies in Austria, and possibly some of the other examples as well. They just don't contain as many dangerous chemicals.
Funny thing, too, the larger companies that are in Austria (like McDs) can afford to pay their employees the same as required in Austria, along with the benefits, but for some reason, they act like they would go bankrupt if they had to do it in the states.
@@CabinFever52 Because we are paying for majority of NATO defence in taxes so businesses cut corners
@@timothyreel716 , who is/are "we"?
@@CabinFever52 US tax payers, that's why business cut expenses because of our government giving our infinstructure to the rest of the world
@@timothyreel716 , don't worry, I already know you are talking about the biggest warmonger nation of them all.
You banned Kinder Surprise egg because "children can swallow the toy in it", don't act like we are the unreasonable...
Btw, I run out of Rice krispies treats from my last trip. SEND MORE!
the kinder egg ban is such a joke because the toy is in a big yellow capsul. i'm 28 and can just fit it in my mouth. i doubt a 3 year old can choke on that
@@Angelika5378 especially because they have „kinder joy“, which is two egg halves (right and left, not top and bottom), one with chocolate and the other one with the toy inside. But that meets the regulations.
@@Angelika5378 that is NOT why they are banned in the US, due to a 1930 Federal law none edilble products[ the big yellow capsule] can NOT be put in anything edible[ the chocolate shell]
@@marydavis5234 that's stupid of them ( at least that they didn't change it since the 30's)... by that logic, spoons and forks shouldn't be allowed either cause you don't eat them, but they do go in your food... and the little spatula that comes with Kinder Joy? That is a choking hazard, if you think about it.
Here in Australia we also don’t have most of those foods except Ritz, the cereal and the skittles but without the chemicals and are manufactured locally to our standards
We quite have everything of that in germany, but from differents brands with different ingredients and maybe sometimes different names.
rice krispies are often given to babies, not containing sugar etc.
Greetings from Sweden Ryan! I have watched a couple of your videos now, I am enjoying them quite a bit. Your channel will continue to grow I am sure of it :) Keep it up!
I‘m from Austria and I definitely had Skittles as a kid but I have no idea if they are still available. But I‘m pretty sure M&M‘s were never banned because my mom has been buying them quite regularly for the past 10 years or so. I‘ve always thought of M&M‘s, Smarties and Skittles to be more or less the same, so it seems kinda odd to me that their food coloring is apparently that different from each other.
We have them all in the U.K. too but they have different ingredients. The US ones are weird they taste way different.
I can tell you for sure I never liked Skittles and always loved M&M's and Smarties, they're not very comparable imo, even Smarties is pretty different from M&M's.
(Danish guy btw and bought some of these products from Sweden and Germany)
@@mattemathias3242 I like all of them in the U.K. though tropical skittles are way better than normal and peanut M&Ms are the best. But I’ve tried all 3 in the US, in other European countries and Japan. They’re a bit different in different places, Japan have cool flavours, but the US versions are just weird. The skittles just taste like chemicals I didn’t even like them as a child I couldn’t figure out what flavour they were supposed to be.
@@mattemathias3242 Yeah, I've also never been a big Skittles enjoyer myself. Obviously Skittles aren't filled with chocolade but I meant that the shell is pretty much the same as M&M's.
Ja skittles gibts noch bei uns :) sogar verschiedene varianten... lg aus wien :)
I don't understand why so many products are name "Swiss" something in the US when it's either not Swiss or an insult to the real product lol.
But yeah we have most of these products if not all of them, just our own versions and own brands without the banned products. We sometimes even have the real deal but without the harmful stuff.
They are called Swiss rolls here in the US, as they orginated in Switzerland
@@marydavis5234 They aren't. Their exact origine in not known apart from "Central Europe" but it's most likely Austria, so a neighbour of Switzerland but not Switzerland.
@@bastiwen Bruh
No, Ritz would not change the recipe unless they have to even if they could - it's cheaper this way!
For most of the products that are banned, we have healthy alternatives in Europe. It is possible, just not cheaper.
@Phillip BanesStop spamming.
@Phillip Banes All countries in Europe. On top those in the EU.
We have nearly all of this products in Germany. All the cereals, farm-salmon without artifical red color, skittles, milka tender instead of those rolls, crackers, etc. They just don't contain harmful ingredients and artifical food coloring. ;D But most of the sweet stuff is not that well liked because even though they reduced the amount of sugar, it is still too sweeet for european taste.
Europe allows only ingredients proven, not to be harmful, USA allows ingredient unless proven to be harmful... That's the difference.
Watching videos about food in USA and elsewhere it's very obvious that there is something strange going on with food colors. A popular snack has to be shiny white or eye-hurting colorful it seems.
Rice Krispies and Frosted Flakes (AKA Frosties) are sold in England and until couple years ago we were part of EU. I have been eating Frosties since 1970's. I assume as Kellogg's don't import then from America they have adjusted the recipe to work with "local" food restrictions.
Kellogg's cereals are sold in all of the UK, not just England. Many of the EUs food safety standards came from the UK.
I love your videos! And if I may suggest a topic for another video that would be reacting to the Eurovision Song Contest 😁 sending all the best to you from Portugal!
meh.. it's overdone... much like Eurovision itself.. I mean if he were to react to songs from... say...up to 2015, maybe... but for the last about 4-5 years... it just sucks too much now. It's not even about music and talent anymore.
I also bought multivitamin, lemonade syrup as a child because I thought it was healthier because of the multivitamin
As an Austrian i was surprised to hear the Countrys name that often. I didnt knew that we has that much stricter rules than the EU rules. Especially not hearing Germany alongside was surprising ^^
Even more surprising since we have nearly most of all these products without the dangerous stuff inside.
Austrian here as well, I just came back from a holiday in the US and this video and a lot of other things I experienced there make me so glad that I live here and that Austria is so strict when it comes to food.
I live in Ireland and we do have Swiss rolls but they are primarily made by Cadbury. We also have Rice Krispies and the Rice Krispy treats (basically a brownie type thing with rice krispies covered in chocolate) are a staple of novice home baking and very popular. All the other stuff, yeah illegal AF. Skittles used to be available but they seem to have been banned in the last few years.
In Romania, we don't have Betty Crocker, Little Debbies, Ho-hos, and a few other foods presented here... at least to my knowledge, but we do have Dr. Oetker for all kinds of baking products, including cake mixes and other things beginners or lazies... oooh and some pretty tasty frozen pizza too, and for little cake-like snacks or treats, we have 7Days, Eti, Magura, Kinder, etc. As for breakfast cereals, well.. we have stuff from Nestlé in a bigger variety, but I prefer the store brands for choco balls for example, cause you get good taste, good quality and good price. The milk... well it explains why lots of Americans coming to Europe suddenly gain the ability to digest dairy without taking Lactaid ( or whatever the meds are called, for intolerance to dairy). The rest.. we do have, but they're manufactured differently... heck, even soda is different, cause it doesn't have certain sweeteners and coloring agents.
I think this leads us to one of the most shocking realizations you can have as an American. That all your beloved "American" brands and products are widely available all over the world... but they're just better.
Better to who??
@Phillip Banes Absolutely not. I love the country and most of the people. Certainly all those I've met in and outside of the US had great character and we're generally speaking the sort of nice people you like to spend time with. But the food (especially junk food, convenience products etc) are just better in other places. It's not anti American because the companies are still American. And I use their products every day. They're great. But governmental regulations force them to higher standards in other parts of the world. And they deliver on that. So kudos to them.
@Phillip Banes These are not opinions, but hard facts proven by science. You are just salty.
@Phillip Banes It's not about safety. Sure opinions vary on f.e. food safety levels, but the argument shouldn't be if something is safe or not. There's always room for improvement. Even if it's something as minor as using artificial food coloring or natural food coloring. Why settle for less? Mainly for those companies to keep costs down and maximize their profits. In the EU f.e. ingredients are more expensive and therefore so is production. But as long as they don't mark it up to the consumer it's all good. They still make enough profit. But hey, at the end you do you. But imo the government could do better and push for improvements. But if you're happy with how it is, I'm not going to tell you that you can't. I'm not in the position to do so.
If the entirety of the world, especially countries that have nothing against america says ALL the same things, while having the same brands on the shelves, I would argue that it would be more complex to translate the whole thing than separatelly converge on it.
the producers adapt their recipes to EU regulations, so we can get most of theses products, but not exactly the sames recipe. In EU we apply the "precautionary principle", mostly.
I am from Austria and i am 99% sure we have skittles... But since i never buy them it's just 99% sureness... Well looks like i am going shopping skittles today
The Skittles we have in Europe don't contain the banned ingredients
Spain, you have on products a sign of denomination origen, and many many control about chemicals, real calories etc and even the control on brand were if promise something different than reality. USA have unhealthy food to people turns ill insurances health and hospital bill keep raising.
Here in Europe, is better prevention than to sorrow
In the 90s Frosted Flakes and Rice Crispies were common in the UK
They still are and in every supermarket.
I'm pretty shure, for the most (maybe all) we have substitutes without the questionable ingredients 😉
In Germany synthetical hormones aren't added to diarys, but it's common sense, that farm animals are stuffed with medicals and antibiotics and even if not, milk is a baby food and animal milk contains a lot of growth hormones naturally. My daughter got just plant milks after stopping nursing.
Basically, most countries ban ingredients that are potentially damaging. So, you would have to prove a new chemical or so is not a health risk before it is allowed to use. In the US, generally stuff can only be banned if proven to be dangerous.
@Phillip Banes You are the most nonsensical here.
@Phillip Banes in the European Union, it is like this. Granted, some stuff was grandfathered in when new bans or limits have been introduced, but they are usually rectified reasonably fast. And then, indeed, any chemical or other substance, even DNA engineered plants, must be proven to be no health risk to be allowed. Also, usage of rather normal ingredients are limited by law, as they can be damaging in larger quantities. That‘s why, for instance, Coca Cola has way less sugar in the EU than in the US. Or way less fat. And many ingredients that are potentially carcinogenic are simply banned in the EU because of the probability of them being health hazards.
The same is true in the field of pesticides, herbicides and artificial fertilisers used in agriculture. The EU bans a lot, even preemptively, and moves on to ban a lot that has been grandfathered in.
As can be seen in this video, those ingredients are perfectly legal in the US, which proves my point - the US do it the other way around. There may be exceptions, but generally that is true - especially considering agricultural supplements and food ingredients.
I think aside from the fact that the US has the opposite philisophy to the EU about food safety, there's an element where food produced in the US has to 'look' a certain way to appeal to the consumers more.
This appears to be disregarding the health issues that could be associated with those ingredients there purely for cosmetic purposes. I'll take the pop tarts for example; we have these in the UK, that meet our food safety standards. I know we also have imported pop tarts that have all sorts of warning labels and must plainly show that the product contains artificial colour and/or flavourings.
So, naturally, food producers are going to continue the practise until there's less demand.
Love how he coughs looks pale and pasty and says yeah but those are good as Al Murray would say "Classic,Classic American" 🤣😂🤣😂
He's been coughing for weeks now, wish he would see a GP just to make sure everything is ok. But that's probably not covered by his health insurance.
In Spain all this products are forbidding too. We’re too restricted with bad food .
Here in Germany we have most of the US stuff but without those critical ingredients..
Kellogg's UK factory in Trafford Park, Greater Manchester operating since 1938 is the biggest Kellogg's factory in the world. Products manufactured here are all to UK and EU standards. 😊
Hello friend. Do 10 Best Places to Visit in Croatia if you are bored or something. Not as interesting as Germany but is worth a shot :)
I live in the UK and we have pretty much everything on this list.
In a town where I live, in our local shopping center, or "MALL" as Americans might call it, there is an actual shop that sells exclusively American foods only, especially cereals, sweets and other treats, like Lucky Charms (which they have in the window). Iv'e been in there, and on the back of the packaging there is usually a European sticker, stuck over the ingredients, with all the ingredients in our standard metric system.
I really enjoyed your videos and comments also learn lots
I'm from Austria and I saw Pop Tarts for the first time in a supermarket some time ago. So a recipe was found that comply with European laws.
We've had 'safe' poptarts in the UK for decades. They just don't taste very good, so they're not that popular.
@Phillip Banes Shut up
@Phillip Banes As I wrote: in Austria. But actually it doesn't matter because the list of banned ingredients is uniform throughout the EU (with some minor exceptions).
American food is the most unhealthiest in the world.
In Germany (Berlin) we had/have
- Kellogg’s Frosties (Frosted Flakes
- Rice Krispies (not seen for a couple of year
- Pop Tarts
- Skittles
Kellogg’s was my daily breakfast, when i was a kid😄
We have also the „Swiss roll“ or kind of.
In Greece , we don't have Hohos or what was the other one.
But we have a brand namded 7 days, thats making the same thing. They Actully make many different things that are very good. And those rolls are a part of it. Th3y sells them 1 by 1, but also make XL ones
Just search for "7 days Swish roll"
The small ones are 20grams and the big ones 200g
A lot of times we don't really realize how good quality of food and health service we (Europeans) have compared to other countries.
@Phillip Banes Same as America is not a country, yet people call themselves americans, hence europeans.
Anything too artificial, too heavily processed is unhealthy. I don't want to eat chemical crap made in some huge factory. Why can't you guys just cook from scratch with good produce, as fresh and unprocessed as possible? That's what I do every day.
Do not put all Americans as being the same, We are Not the same, I cook from
scratch , I never buy boxed or canned foods.
@@marydavis5234 That is, indeed, very commendable. However, I think that many in the USA use convenience stuff too much and too often, and they might be the majority.
Hi Ryan, you might be happy to know that we have Rice Krispies and other cereals from Kellogg's in Europe but the recipes are just a bit more safe than the USA versions.
7:45 rice crispies and the like were on sale in Italy when I was a kid but I haven't heard of them since the late 80s or early 90s...
I live in swizerland WTF is a swiss roll 😅
they just made that up 😂😂😂
Same as their 'Italian spice mix" for seasoning food. Or "Italian cheese"😅 Something totally plastic that makes every Swiss or Italian cry.
@@silkyh no, google it, it says Swiss rolls originated in Switzerland, it is just a chocolate sponge cake with cream and it is rolled to look like a log.
@@marydavis5234 Maybe you should google it because they originated in Austria.
The main cause is a difference of perspective on safety of addictive between USA and Europe:
In USA you must prove an addictive is unhealthy to ban it
In Europe you must prove that the addictive is safe to add it.
Puffed rice cereals are sold in EU but they don't contain BHT. Products have just slightly shorter shelf life.
I live in Germany, and I have never seen any of these except for the Keloggs ones, and imho, literally any off-brand cornflakes from Aldi (supermarket chain from Germany) are better than Keloggs cornflakes.
Why should we want any other swiss rolls when we have Cadbury swiss rolls.
I’m sorry to say, but all of this is mainly because EU regulations are actually to protect the People (Yes, People, not Costumers). Whereas many laws in the US are more like protecting the Company’s/Corporations to not get sued.
"You guys don't have this?" you mean ACTUAL pastries? Yeah, we do, Bakeries start work around 3am so you can have freshly baked everything, even cream-filled chocolate rolls, they just won't last until the next ice age like yours or come wrapped in plastics.
We can get rice krispies and frosties in the EU, just the recipe is different. The best example to visually see that would probably be fruit loops. The EU version only has 3 muted colors, an ashy purple, a berry red and a shade of yellow. Compared to US really colorful version. I bet the flavor is also different. The EU one tastes sweet and like a generic bland fruitlike flavor. I love them though, they're my go to cereal besides cinnamon toast crunch (but I get an organic version from a local brand instead).
The laws are based in two various ways....
EU banning to prevent damage.
US banning after damage was done.
The irony is that Kellogg's once started with the aspiration to make and propagate "healthy" vegetarian food...
Ritz Crackers are sold in Europe, but not all the varieties you know from the US (mostly you get only the "Original"). There is also some competition by European brands producing very similar products.
You can get farm-raised salmon in Europe, but only from farms observing certain regulations.
For nearly each of the Skittles colors you can find another one which is not banned, but maybe a little more expensive or not as bright. European Skittles are produced in Poland, but you can't find them very often at least in German stores.
Given that Skittles originated from the UK and only became available in the US 5 years later, I wonder if the original UK version used the unsafe colours, in the early years.
We have most of these in the UK however they are made with UK recipes that exclude the odd colourings and cancer giving additives. It is odd that most of the things do not improve the taste of things but just change the look fractionally but at a risk to the consumer........?
I have seen the rice crispies in Finland and the frosted flakes have also been here atleast in the 90's cause there is the finnish dubbed ad including Tony Tiger
Some of these you can get in UK but sometimes with different ingredients. We have betty Crocker, ritz, frosted flakes rice, skittles & pop tarts.
And thanks to Brexit, you now also get all the yummy, tasty, healthy American chemicals, too. Isn‘t that great? Your chicken may taste the same as your swimming pool thanks to the chlorine, but hey! sovereignty and no more EU regulations for you.
In Australia Rice Crispies are called Rice Bubbles, which were among my favourite things to eat as a kid. Frosted Flakes are called Frosties.
Nearly every single product mentioned is available in the UK, the only difference is the harmful or potentially harmful ingredients have been replaced with an alternative. This could be done in the USA but won’t because it’s all about the profit margin.
7:45 Why is that weird? In countries with socialized health care, the government has a vested interest in keeping the people healthy. Why would they take the risk of getting people sick just to let food manufacturers make a few cents more? Better ban potentially harmful things until it is determined, if and in which dosage the substance is safe. The truth is, that we have those things, but without the banned chemical, obviously,
In Europe we have most of those foods but we just leave out the poison so they tend not be quite so colourful, or as sweet.