I'm English but I remember a story out of Ireland a couple of years ago where the Irish court ruled that Subway cannot call what they serve "bread" because it has too much sugar to fit the definition of bread. It is instead classed as confectionary.
There was a focus on artificial dyes and sources of food poisoning, but the item on beef missed the main reason it's banned from Europe - artificial growth hormones!
As a UK chef I can always tell the difference between EU standard beef and US standard beef. Huge tumor holes and insanely engorged arteries are the biggest giveaway that you are eating US standard beef. Its disgusting, I wouldnt give it my worst enemies, let alone my dog. (My dog gets treat like a princess though and only eats the finest of pure bread Angus steak when we eat steak)
@@geddon436 the lack of care and regulations in the feeding regime. USDA allows some horrible practices with beef and chicken to the point where all they care about is pumping the numbers and not actual animal welfare
I know when Walmart came to the UK they tried to enforce US Labour laws here, specially around Annual Leave (vacation time off) . But unfortunately for them it didn't work out well for them as our National Labour Laws protect workers rights and what they wanted to bring in directly contravened them. Although why a big company didn't research this beforehand is beyond me 🤷♀️
Walmart bought the major share in ASDA superstores and made a huge loss selling of a big chunk of that share back to British owners but they still own about 30% of ASDA.
@@Thurgosh_OG When they bought Asda the quality of food plunged. I stopped shopping there and went down the road to Aldi where the quality is high and for less money.
The huge elephant in the room is High Fructose Corn Syrup which is used in many processed foods in the US as it i s cheaper than sugar but just as sweet. Our bodies cannot metabolize it properly and some studies suggest it is addictive. It is banned in Europe.
Too true. I know UK coke tastes different from US coke because they use High Fructose Corn Syrup where it is banned in UK. Says it right there on the can, “original taste”,
My fiancée is from the US (we live in the UK) and something we found weirdly different is milk. US milk makes her Ill so she's always avoided it. British milk doesn't have the same effect, and apparently this is common.
It's because of the different packing process rather than the Cleanliness of the original material. even German milk taste different compared to finnish milk, and Lidl was in a kind of pickle when they entered Finland and imported German milk into stores. Taste is different. So Lidl had to acquire milk from Finnish dairies into their stores.
“Fresh milk” in the USA isn’t really the “fresh & pasteurised” milk that we know in the UK and Europe - it is actually UHT (ultra high treated - AKA ‘long life’ - milk in a carton that DOESN’T need refrigerating until it has been opened) milk that is re bottled and sold as “fresh” milk when it really isn’t! UHT milk has a certain tang to it 😖 and using UHT milk on a bowl of cereal is rather unpleasant…..unlike the usual fresh milk from the dairy chillers in the supermarkets!
@@rebeccat94 My apologies Millie, I had not intended to imply that's what you were saying, I didn't realise my comment could be taken that way. I understood what you were saying but thank you for clarifying. 👍
I would say it goes further, I found out that I am not so much lactose intolerant as allergic to powdered milk - and it's added everywhere instead of the "normal" one, as it's easier. It's even used to made an UHT milk!
When a country is more invested in getting corporations as much profit as possible instead of caring about the health of its electorate, this is what you get......
German here. With regard to the difference in taste of some products in Europe, it is not all due to law regulations. Some items like e.g. Nutella, Coca-Cola, Mars etc. taste different in from one european country to another. Mars for example is sweeter in Spain than in Germany, because international brands adapt their product to the taste of their target group. Although ex-Yugoslavia does not exist anymore and you can buy Nutella (imported from Italy) in Croatia nowadays, I still bring my cousins the German made Nutella as they are used to the "german" taste, because my parents brought some every year and they grew up with it. So it may very well be that you get 3 or more different tastes of Snickers whilst travelling through Europe.
I recently saw a video of a young American student who was studying in the UK...He said when he went back to the US for the holidays h would get sick after just one week of being home. Dr's told him it was allergies... But when he we went back to the UK his illness would quickly disappear...It wasn't long before he found out from a UK Dr that it was due to the food he was eating when he went back to the US...ugh 😩
I learned during my decade living in the US, just how much the FDA is controlled by commercial interests, incl the agriculture and pharma industries. In the EU, the UK, Australia, and many other nations, the agencies regulating medicines and food are distinct, and are entirely independent.
Yes, in Italy we have NAS (food only), a special force from Carabinieri (ex-army) that check the quality and the hygiene of every single restaurant/shops/farm. If the shops do not pass the inspection they are put under seizure and are obliged to burn the contaminated products and pay fines. The law here is so restrictive that a food can be defined as contaminated even if it has been refrigerated without a label with the preparation date or if you refrigerate chicken and beef in the same fridge.
You can actually find many American food brands here in Europe, but their productions almost entirely come from local factories, and using local agricultural products, in order to meet the European food standards. This is why Americans who come to Europe usually find that the same food products don't taste the same on both sides of the ocean.
@@darthgardner I wonder is Baxters, the famous Scottish soup brand alters their ingredients for the US by adding sugar and fructose syrup to their products?
@@tonys1636 and Coca Cola too. You would be surprised how different it is in every country. For example Japanese coca cola has a LOT less sugar than coca cola manufactured in Hungary.
The really puzzling thing is that US food is pumped with chemicals and hormones, for ease of mass production and yet US food is a lot more expensive. Evan Edinger made a few videos a while back comparing food prices in US/UK food stores and US/UK Aldi and the food in the UK is so much cheaper.
@@NicholasJH96 And the prices of our (UK) groceries are quite a bit less than the US as well. Which was surprising given that US tech, white goods and clothing prices are way lower than in the UK.
That's partly because food is relatively low value for its mass so the cost of transport, especially by land, impacts the price more in the US than the UK where food has much less far to travel on average from producer to consumer (the US not only being much larger but also much less densely populated). When I was young I noticed that the price I paid in the UK for US superhero comics was less than the price printed on the cover - it took me a while to discover this was for a similar reason!
@@girlsdrinkfeckSomeone done the math I watch a video on it and when price of food and healthcare was taking into account a Brit on the same wage actually walks away with more money and it was quite a large amount also American food is about 3x the price of British on the the other tech products and clothing house products are cheaper in the US
Things like Skittles and Mountain Dew are not banned in Norway. Only the ones from the US. They have made safe alternatives that they sell here now. Shows they could do it in the US too, but they won't unless banned.
I have just watched another TH-camr's reaction to a similar video about the same topic. She was shocked at what she's been eating all her life ! Bread, milk. In the UK we use natural colours and flavourings. US bread contains nearly 3 times as much sugar (13.06gms) as UK bread ( 5gms). Pate is NOT served hot !! We have it cold on toast or bread.
I'm from the UK and after much confusion on trips stateside I discovered my hives and projectile vomiting were because I'm allergic to Red 40 and Yellow 5. Luckily I don't have to worry in the UK but in the US I now have to check the labels lest I not ruin the trip for myself and my companions lol.
It was interesting to me that you described those choclate products as delicious. I can say that after many, many years living in Europe that those products are almost inedible to me, so sickly sweet and of such poor quality when compared with European products. I do think your tastes can develop so that too much sugar can become unbearable
@@Cheepchipsable I firmly believe this is why British cuisine has got a reputation in USA for being bland. Nope, we just haven't destroyed our taste buds with salt and sugar so we can taste, and enjoy things like butter on bread instead of slathering everything in BBQ sauce.
Hi Guys. There are a number of other things and reasons why certain American Foods are banned in Europe and the Southern Hemisphere. US Beef is banned because of the growth hormones used. Also the dye used to colour the meat. Also, US dairy, particularly Milk is also banned as the growth Hormones affect the Milk and US Milk is advised NOT to be fed to infants for this reason. US Salmon from Salmon Farms is banned because of the horrible and poisonous dyes used to colour the flesh. US Eggs are required by your laws to be "cleansed" in a bath of some acidic solution. This certainly cleans the outside of the egg BUT ruins the shelf life of the eggs. So US regulations then require eggs to be refrigerated. In other Countries, eggs do not get that acid like bath (and tend sometimes to be stained) but also means they do not need to be stored in fridges. At Supermarkets outside the US, eggs are placed on shelves, not in fridges. At home, they can be kept in a basket on the shelf in a kitchen. US bread is advised not to be consumed in Europe due to the very high sugar content of ordinary bread. All these things are the reason often US travellers go overseas, eat approx the same foods but lose weight! The high sugar content added to so many different foods: Frozen veges, bread. Etc. There are dozens more examples but I'll stop now. Cheers. Oh, I've lived and travelled in the US over a 40 year period.
Yes.... I wouldn't buy any food if it said America on it but to be honest never seen any.. I wouldn't touch American or china food imported food... especially rice.. get my ricethat's organic ...grown at the himalayan mountains ..x
@@moniabolletta8923 Instead of asking the question, do your own research and you'll find out. Sweetners are added to vegetables before being frozen, to give that sweet taste of surprise!
That was fascinating. I knew there were problems with our food, but this is really ridiculous. Do we have a death wish, or something? Seriously, I am also going to do some more research regarding how I get my meats. Also, my veg. I follow the Ikarian way of eating, it does really bother me that I make the effort to follow one of the healthiest ways of eating on the planet, and my own countries foods get in the way, providing aspects that can have the effect of introducing illness and hastening death. Grim. Thanks for showing the video. I appreciate it. Hope you have a great day. Peace
Skittles aren't banned in Sweden, just the USA verson is. Cuba cola is Swedish also thank you very much. We also do have the original M&M's as well as the US ones but, again, not the kind you are used to.
We have the M&M in Sweden, not the m&m (yes the dispute was over the trademark and by changing from lowercase to uppercase they got around the court decision).
14:30 US-Steak isn't blocked in Europe because of raw meat, we eat Tartar (raw beef) and Mett (raw pork) in Germany, but we have a problem with genetic modified food or animals that were feed with those. The USA use genetic modified corn to feed their animals and food made from those animals is not allowed in Europe.
Living in Norway, I can confidently say that we have both Skittles and Mountain Dew readily available in store. The "fact" that we've banned Skittles and/or Mountain Dew here has come up before, and I'm not sure where it's from. I'm guessing the confusing might come from us banning certain dyes used in said products. With modern manufacturing and food production, we can find alternatives, as the EU countries have (Norway's not in the EU). I'm guessing Norway simply imports the EU versions of Skittles and Mountain Dew, without the harmful dyes found in the US versions. I don't think Little Debbie is a thing here, but that may just be because it's not a popular brand here so we don't have a non-US version of it in store. You can, however, buy Little Debbie in online specialty shops that ship to Norway.
I think what the video means is that these things don't exist in the US formulation. Mountain Dew here in Canada is different than the US version because we have a law that prohibits caffeine in any fruit-flavoured beverage. Prior to energy drinks, Mountain Dew had the highest caffeine content of sodas in the US, but was caffeine-free here. Of course, that was back in the late-20th, so I'm not sure if the same rules still apply.
Yes I think correct. They are managed and manufactured more strictly to remove the harmful elements. I would doubt very much Norway would accept the US version. They seem quite tight and up on health issues.
I once heard an interesting story. There was an american man who went to Europe for a holiday/vacation of 2 or 3 weeks. When he was in Europe he discovered that he had forgotten to take his medicine/drugs against his allergy. He feared he would get ill as a result of that. But to his surprise his allergy disappeared when he was in Europe.
As an Aussie I also hate when US chains try to come in and take over with their rampant predatory capitalism. Starbucks tried but our coffee and cafe culture meant we know what good coffee is - and Starbucks ain't it. We have thousands of local cafe's that are not only cheaper but also provide far better quality. I'd prefer to pay a little more anyway if it means supporting a local business rather than a massive corporation.
@@daisybelle1025 It seems to me that there is a Domino's pizzeria in Italy, I believe in Turin... from what I know people get their pizza there when they want to do a courage test (or feel particularly self-harming)
A can of Spam sold in Europe and the UK (made in the Netherlands) by Hormel tastes completely different to a US one as no harmful additives/chemicals or colour added and has a lower salt and sugar content.
Hi, from Sweden, we have some thing called "non stop", it's similar to m&m but whit darker chocolate, and not so bright colors! Try it if you have the chance. Its a must for decorating our gingerbread houses during X-mas.
@@Thurgosh_OG And I've found the sugar free version of it, which makes me happy I can drink the stuff again - not Scottish but eh, Northern England is near enough.
Those were turkeys, you were right. Just before that image they were talking about chicken but by then they were talking about ‘poultry’ which includes turkeys AND chickens, and they were showing turkeys. Thanks for the content 😊
i remember when we first got mountain dew in england it would turn your pee green. Then the whole ban on tartarine kicked in and now we get a version which is safe and doesnt make your johnson glow in the dark
What is scary for Brits who take note of what our government is doing, is that their current rush to "diverge" from EU law and regulation post Brexit in the name of having our own laws, is that food standards will be reduced to open our markets to American produce in the hope of getting trade deals. I suffer from eczema, 3 hours after eating my first american food in Florida 10 years ago, I had a whole body flare up. When I got home my dermatologist was convinced it was the food as it cleared within days without a change in medication.
Many of the UK food standards started higher than EU standards in the past, and it took them some time to catch up. Of course it's not impossible it could then get worse once now the UK has left and if it does that will be unacceptable. But until it does the suggestion is might is mostly paranoia.
UK standards are actually higher than EU expectations ...I've ran many kitchens, and the checks and processes are top notch.....take your propaganda elsewhere
American here living overseas for over a almost 2 decades. One thing I will definitely say is that I 100% noticed the differences in the local food vs back at home. One easy item to note is bread...if you leave out bread on the counter for a 1 day here it gets moldy back at home leave bread out and nothing for several days.
It hurts me to say it but a lot of the problems with the US are caused by the greed of unchecked capitalism overpowering ethics. Corporations want more and more money, and to hell with the wellbeing of the people. Unfortunately those that benefit have too much political power for it to change any time soon.
Sugar is the big marker of US food. Bread has over 6x as much as Europe. US coffees have huge amounts of sugar. US processed foods even more. The main law difference is that they can put additives in US food until they are proved harmful. In Europe it is the reverse, you have to prove it is safe before you can add it.
I really know a lot of specialties that we eat in Switzerland, but we really don't have anything like a "Swiss Roll" here. A look at the list of ingredients shows that it's sugar with fat and fat with sugar - lots of water and a bunch of chemicals from the chemical kit - delicious. "Sugar, Corn Syrup, Water, Enriched Bleached Flour (Wheat Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamin Mononitrate [Vitamin B1], Riboflavin [Vitamin B2], Folic Acid), Palm and Soybean Oils with TBHQ and Citric Acid to protect flavor, Palm and Palm Kernel Oil, Dextrose. Contains 2% or less of each of the following: Soy Flour, Cocoa, Soybean Oil, Eggs, Corn Starch, Cocoa Processed with Alkali, Whey (Milk), Leavening (Baking Soda, Sodium Aluminum Phosphate), Salt, Caramel Color, Sorbitan Monostearate, Sorbic Acid (to preserve freshness), Polysorbate 60, Soy Lecithin, Mono- and Diglycerides, Egg Whites, Natural and Artificial Flavors, Red 40, Citric Acid."
Swiss Rolls are popular in the UK but they are rolled sponge cake, with jam or cream fillings, not a chocolate (and I use that term loosely) wrapped chemical bomb.
7:38 Those were NOT CHICKENS! they were steroid turkeys. No chicken is ever and has ever been, half the size of a fully grown human 😅🤣 Mrs midwest was right, they are turkeys.
The main difference between American and European companies is that American companies are allowed to sell products until it kills someone and then the litigation starts and can take years whereas in Europe you have to prove that your product won't kill anyone before you're allowed to sell it.
LoL I refused to eat skittles as a kid the moment I read Shallac on the ingredients. We had just used shellac on a home project lol. It was food grade apparently, but they stopped using it in 2009 so I think I was right back then to give them a miss, aside rom the bad food dyes. 😉 Unfortunately Greed drives industry - buy from local small farms & organic whenever you can. It's the best clay to support your area and give healthier food to your family sans the chemicals of Greed. My daughter has ADHD and red food coloring was AWFUL. Her behavior was almost manic after eating cheese puffs or anything with food dyes.
It's kind of funny that M&Ms have been banned in a couple of European countries over dubious copyright type infringements but they are freely sold in the UK right beside Smarties, the actual sweets that M&Ms copied/ripped off in the 1st place
Smarties predate M&Ms by about 4-5years and had sales and manufacturing in Europe and the Empire/Commonwealth before WW2. They also had issues with food colouring.
@@denisrobertmay875 I remember when my kids were little in the 90s and if they were hyper people would say have you given them smarties 😂 but I know they removed the E numbers 😊
It's a trademark not copyright issue. m&m logo looked too similar to an already established product. So m&m changed to M&M on the packaging in those countries and the issue was resolved.
I remember Mountain Dew being a thing in the UK in the 90s, but then it vanished and came back as an energy drink about 10 years or so ago. I never knew about it's origins as an alcohol mixer, but now I think about it the name Mountain Dew does sound like an old fashioned mixer name like Canada Dry or things like that, which ironically if they marketed it in the UK as a drinks mixer they would probably do really well.
I'm surprised about the bread: Starting with French bread made to the "baguette" name are made according to the French legal description and can only be made with flour, water salt and yeast - and bakers are generally up at 4 am to get things started... Moving on to sliced bread - the industrial variant mostly found on supermarket shelves also contains sugar to speed up the yeast and produce the loaves faster, and the US generally puts a lot more sugar in that than you would find in European industrially made loaves.
The reason you don't have dye warning notices on your foods in the US....they might loose sales which means less profit which I believe is an offence worthy of the death penalty to big corporations, never mind the peoples health, just make more profit!
Just pause to think about this comment: This product is now available with REAL sugar! There is food for a LOT of speculation about what is normally used to replace REAL sugar in 'Murican foodstuff... Regarding Iceland and McDonald's: Before the 2008 US-generated Financial Crisis, there was a single McDonald's outlet in tiny Iceland. Seeing that McDonald's HAD to pay it's workers a living wage in Iceland (no labor exploitation allowed, we have UNIONS!), McDonald's decided to quit and make a run for it when the crisis hit. The joint is just a regular hamburger joint now, it has a different name and serves better burgers than McDonald's ever did.
21:24 One good tipp if you want healthier bread: Buy bread made from rye instead of wheat. Rye bread is in general better for your health than wheat bread.
Yeah if you ever are in France or Germany try they bread from the bakkeries. They basically only use the 4 (yes four) ingredients you actually need to make bread. Flower, yeast, water and salt. There bread is delicious it taste so good with just 4 ingredients. Supermarkt bread has added sugar for sweeter taste and to boost the yeast. But we dont have to. Yes rising of the bread take a bit longer. But there is no need for added sugars. There is one downside the bread turns old after a few days. It basically dries out. But then again there are a lot of recipes which use "old' bread as a base.
I'm Portuguese and it's the same here. And with those 4 ingredients you can make a lot of different types of bread depending on the amount of water, the time it takes and so on. We also eat bread with everything here so it has to be good😂.
Every time you expressed why the US still has all this allowed I just kept shouting out ‘lobbying, lobbying, lobbying’. We have that over here in the UK but when it comes to health and safety concerns it isn’t as influential and companies can’t bribed with as much money here in the UK as they can in the states. Legalised bribery is probably the biggest problem in politics.
I would have thought that the m&ms would have had trouble with the carnuba wax they used. Carnuba wax is mostly used for polishing cars so you think its composition would be suspect.
"freshly chlorinated" mmm yummy 😆 Meanwhile in the UK we vaccinate our chickens meaning they don't need to be chlorinated and also we can eat runny eggs.
It's about welfare standards too. Chicken farms and egg production in the USA are about profit above all. Disease can spread far more easily. In Europe we don't wash the natural protective coating off eggs, which is why we don't have to store eggs in the fridge.
There's actually nothing wrong with doing directly at all. Plenty of food is sold that is washed like this in the UK, most salads that are prepackaged (lettuce, or full salad bowl etc) will be. It's not unhealthy. The issue comes from the idea that it gives a business an area they could cut corners on, and rely on the wash to cover cost cutting elsewhere.
@@wyterabitt2149 the problem with the American way is, it still leaves the eggs open to salmonella bacteria, by vaccinating the chicken you're limiting the risk of salmonella for both the meat and the eggs, so in the US it's more inefficient as it costs more money and time because they have to chlorinate the meat and wash the eggs.
@@wyterabitt2149 There's nothing wrong with washing food, I always do (no-one wants a slug in their salad or earth in their leeks) but in the case of eggs, it's a bad idea to wash the shells.
@@hatjodelka I lost track of the comments on my phone. I had just read one about chickens (not eggs), I scrolled a few times, then went back and saw the word chicken and replied. But it was to the wrong comment! My comment was taking about actual chickens, not eggs.
the Special Ks, like many other things on this list, are also found in Europe, but the composition - and the origin of the cereals used - is completely different: in practice, only the name is the same, even if it is a different product (in fact, many Americans are surprised by the fact that many products they usually consume here have a completely different taste).
I saw another video similar to the one you are watching and it said the main difference is that the FDA look at the probability of something causing damage, where as everywhere else looks at the possibility. In my opinion, it is also about animal husbandry and how little care is taken of animals such as chickens and cattle in the USA compared with the UK and EU.
M&M isn't that popular in Europe, because of it's taste, not because of its origin. Europeans have gotten used to quality staff like Belgian ans Swiss Chocolate, so M&M tends to too sweet for most of the people I know, because it has less choco and more sugar than European products.
We have flour in the US called self-rising flour, it has the baking powder and baking soda already in it, So you do not need to buy either baking powder or baking soda.
@mary davis we have it too (you can use it for cake and sweet preparations). I'm talking about the "standard" flour the one you call all-purpose, that you can use to make bread, pizza dough... If you look at US flour is bleached (illegal in EU) and has many additives. Our flour is just grain, than you can have different "thickness". In Italy you can have 00, 0, 1, 2. Same with your milk
A core problem is that regulation authorities are far too close to business, and influenced business demands. In other countries, regulation authorities are entirely independent of business, and not influenced in their decisions by the impact their a business. Their only criteria is whether something is safe. Even airplane manufacturing in the US is directly influenced by lobbying. It was why when a plane was banned, the US unbanned it ahead of everywhere else, despite other countries not being convinced changes had made it safe. It turned out the manufacturers had simply lobbied the US authorities, saying they needed it to be flying again. Many in the FAA were unconvinced that the decision was wise. It was only allowed fly elsewhere once exhaustive studies had been done to make sure it was safe. That taking that time cost the company a fortune and even endangered the company's survival was immaterial in other countries. They would not let it fly until they were convinced it was safe for passengers to fly in. In the US, the question posed is "prove it is dangerous." Elsewhere, the question posed is "prove it is safe." It is much harder to prove definitively that something is dangerous, so often a dangerous thing is allowed in the US that way. Europe demands a manufacturer prove something is safe. The onus is on them to justify releasing it. The American approach means the customer can be put at risk if the fact that it is dangerous is proven, even if suspected. People knew for over a century that cigarettes weren't safe, but they only proved that they were dangerous in the mid 20th century. The experience with cigarettes led Europe and much of the world to place the onus on manufacturers to prove safety. It is more cautious, but protects people.
There are other reasons to ban US Beef but the biggest reason for the ban on raw beef is that in any countries you cannot guarantee the freshness especially if bought as pre packaged meat. Beef takes time for the connective tissues to break down for optimal consumption. Usually takes 20 to 24 days to "age" , in NZ the time is 2 to 6 weeks depending. Prepackaged meat could have been packaged for months and frozen before being sold on the shelf so not suitable for raw beef dishes. Use a butcher.
I've noticed that the narrator is down playing or laughing at the facts in the vlog. If that's the prevalent attitude in the US, then the US has got REAL problems.
Ractopamine is not used to help fatten pigs but to encourage the development of lean muscle mass. In the EU the vast majority of poultry are inoculated against Salmonella, and hygienic production methods helps reduce any other diseases so chlorine washes are unnecessary.
Not sure if its in this vid but another good one is American farmed Salmon, which initially is Grey prior to adding Pink dye to make it LOOK like proper Salmon
At one point he asked, "why are we still allowing it?" MONEY is the answer. Congress easily looks the other way whenever corporations need to make money. Capitalism at its finest 😂😂
Hey Guys . saw the video , shaking your head about Haggis and black Pudding . On your tour , you went to the Pub and ordered Haggis & Beef & Ale pie , Both plates were empty ! well done , im sure if you had seen Black Pudding on the menu , you would have ordered that ? please dont eat with your eyes ??? So happy your tour was a sucsess
I'm gluten intolerant and I either make my own bread or buy gluten free brands. Tesco and Morrison's supermarkets now have large ranges of foods that are gluten free, it's just quite expensive.
Much of this is why many Europeans are trying to prevent the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership. It wouldn't be tragic if American suppliers abided by our food laws, but they try to enforce their laws. But we have no intention of lowering our food standards, nor of endangering our own cultivation of grain by genetically modified imported grain. So far, Consumers have been able to prevent this law from being passed, but unfortunately money still rules the world. Who knows how long we can still fight against it. If this goes through as planned by the companies, I see black for consumers.
Swede here and the "ban on m&m" is a bit misleading. Yes there where a copyright case in 2016 that banned Mars from using the m&m trademark in Sweden due to it being too similar to the "m" brand from Marabou but Mars got around that by changing their trademark to M&M, aka from lower case to upper case.
Durring the post Brexit arguments in the UK one major concern of many people was that a trade deal with the USA would mean that we would be forced to import American chicken. Those arguing against said that though cheeper the low wealthfare standards use of chlorine and dependency on antibiotics in American farming practices could lead to long-term health issues
The Coca-Cola company were very clever in WWII in that, wherever US military were posted in significant numbers, they would finance the building of a Coca Cola bottling plant there to supply the troops. It was a brilliant way of spreading their brand around new parts of the world and being seen as patriotic good guys. Of course after the troops home many of the bottling plants remained in production for the local population.
@@marydavis5234 I cannot remember the last time I ever bought coke. The last time I bought any brand of cola was a long time ago for a guest who drank rum and cola. English malt or white vinegar would be better and cheaper for cleaning rust (and limescale).
What surprises me is the FDA rule that considers money more worth than the health of people. I am referring to their standard of "Generally Considered Save" for food products. If food can in any way or form cause any form of illness, handicap, disease, disorder, etc etc etc, even if at low percentage of consumers being at risk, I would not consider it save for consumption.
When I visited family in the US, we had chicken for dinner one night. It looked artificial and tasted really bland. It was horrible. I already knew about yellow 5 colouring and avoided anything that had it in the ingredients. I only drunk 100% fruit juice.
Tbh it’s just a quick glance at the matter, barely scratching the surface. Each item deserves a full review. But the overarching point is - I believe - one not even mentioned in the video: consumer information and food labelling. The US, which often portrays itself as the ultimate champion of free markets, conveniently forgets that a free market is free on both sides, buyers and sellers and always makes sure buyers won’t have the full information to make an educated buy. Very minimalistic requirements for food ingredients, lack of mandatory nutritional facts, loose definition of products… and intense, expensive lobbying to keep things that way are the perfect recipe for low quality, unhealthy food. On the other hand Europe - especially the EU - has engaged for 30 years in a strong push to increase food labelling requirements and consumer information, and it’s still improving, in spite of the agressive agrifood industry lobbying.
about what you said when the video was talking about Coca Cola, and about American brands shoving their way into other countries, you might want to watch the Cheddar video on why Walmart failed in Germany. It is a funny story. It's actually kinda hilarious how we Germans basically put Walmart in it's place in Germany.
Raw meat is a delicious 😅 a fine Mett Brötchen in the morning is a guarantee for a good day But raw meat is heavily controlled and you can smell and see if something is wrong quite easily
I remember during the 80’ I used to buy Mountain Dew in Japan then I guess between the 90s , I dont see any mountain dew in stores and Vending machine in Japan. Now I understand why.
One thing they didn't mention with Coke is that while it isn't banned for heath reasons in most countries - the US recipe for it is. Most countries outside of the US have a different tasting coke because it does not contain things like refined corn syrup.
I'm English but I remember a story out of Ireland a couple of years ago where the Irish court ruled that Subway cannot call what they serve "bread" because it has too much sugar to fit the definition of bread. It is instead classed as confectionary.
I heard it was classified as cake. Maybe I recall wrongly.
Yep. Subway "bread" is the worst. The main reason I NEVER go there!
I bought some hotdogs rolls from Costco, when I went to eat them I had to throw them away because of the high sugar content.
Dough with sugar is not bread, it's pastry.
I only eat sourdough bread now as no added sugar (only naturally occurring) and a much lower salt content. (Clue in the name).
As American as apple pie 16:37 , except that most European countries were eating it before the US was even formed.
Do you mean we were eating Apple pie before the US was formed? If yes, then yes we were and continue to do so.
I believe Mcdonalds has more stores in Europe than the US now too.
@@wonkyboy not in Belgium because we have a frituur culture
Exactly.
Apple pie is british, as us base ball.
There was a focus on artificial dyes and sources of food poisoning, but the item on beef missed the main reason it's banned from Europe - artificial growth hormones!
And it's not banned because of any health risks to humans, but because it's bad for the cows
As a UK chef I can always tell the difference between EU standard beef and US standard beef. Huge tumor holes and insanely engorged arteries are the biggest giveaway that you are eating US standard beef. Its disgusting, I wouldnt give it my worst enemies, let alone my dog. (My dog gets treat like a princess though and only eats the finest of pure bread Angus steak when we eat steak)
@@James27Simko interesting. what causes the huge tumor holes?
@@geddon436 the lack of care and regulations in the feeding regime. USDA allows some horrible practices with beef and chicken to the point where all they care about is pumping the numbers and not actual animal welfare
@@geddon436 also, tumours
I know when Walmart came to the UK they tried to enforce US Labour laws here, specially around Annual Leave (vacation time off) . But unfortunately for them it didn't work out well for them as our National Labour Laws protect workers rights and what they wanted to bring in directly contravened them. Although why a big company didn't research this beforehand is beyond me 🤷♀️
Possibly, a case of 'It works in America, so it works everywhere.'
Walmart bought the major share in ASDA superstores and made a huge loss selling of a big chunk of that share back to British owners but they still own about 30% of ASDA.
It's called arrogance.
@@Thurgosh_OG When they bought Asda the quality of food plunged. I stopped shopping there and went down the road to Aldi where the quality is high and for less money.
Same with Germany, Walmart failed here pretty fast 😅
The huge elephant in the room is High Fructose Corn Syrup which is used in many processed foods in the US as it i s cheaper than sugar but just as sweet. Our bodies cannot metabolize it properly and some studies suggest it is addictive. It is banned in Europe.
Too true. I know UK coke tastes different from US coke because they use High Fructose Corn Syrup where it is banned in UK. Says it right there on the can, “original taste”,
High Fructose Corn Syrup is actually banned in just over 140 countries.
My fiancée is from the US (we live in the UK) and something we found weirdly different is milk. US milk makes her Ill so she's always avoided it. British milk doesn't have the same effect, and apparently this is common.
It's because of the different packing process rather than the Cleanliness of the original material. even German milk taste different compared to finnish milk, and Lidl was in a kind of pickle when they entered Finland and imported German milk into stores. Taste is different. So Lidl had to acquire milk from Finnish dairies into their stores.
I'm from the UK and can't drink standard milk due to Lactose intolerance. I carry Lactase capsules with me everywhere, just in case.
“Fresh milk” in the USA isn’t really the “fresh & pasteurised” milk that we know in the UK and Europe - it is actually UHT (ultra high treated - AKA ‘long life’ - milk in a carton that DOESN’T need refrigerating until it has been opened) milk that is re bottled and sold as “fresh” milk when it really isn’t! UHT milk has a certain tang to it 😖 and using UHT milk on a bowl of cereal is rather unpleasant…..unlike the usual fresh milk from the dairy chillers in the supermarkets!
@@rebeccat94 My apologies Millie, I had not intended to imply that's what you were saying, I didn't realise my comment could be taken that way. I understood what you were saying but thank you for clarifying. 👍
I would say it goes further, I found out that I am not so much lactose intolerant as allergic to powdered milk - and it's added everywhere instead of the "normal" one, as it's easier. It's even used to made an UHT milk!
When a country is more invested in getting corporations as much profit as possible instead of caring about the health of its electorate, this is what you get......
The UK does not have “Little Debbie” rolls. They would have no chance up against Cadbury's Mini Rolls.
Now owned by Mondelēz International, an American company, along with Kraft-Heinz, Nestlé, etc. so it makes little difference.
@@avaggdu1it does, as we won't allow the stuff that's in little Debbie's, in Cadburys mini rolls.
German here. With regard to the difference in taste of some products in Europe, it is not all due to law regulations. Some items like e.g. Nutella, Coca-Cola, Mars etc. taste different in from one european country to another. Mars for example is sweeter in Spain than in Germany, because international brands adapt their product to the taste of their target group.
Although ex-Yugoslavia does not exist anymore and you can buy Nutella (imported from Italy) in Croatia nowadays, I still bring my cousins the German made Nutella as they are used to the "german" taste, because my parents brought some every year and they grew up with it.
So it may very well be that you get 3 or more different tastes of Snickers whilst travelling through Europe.
I recently saw a video of a young American student who was studying in the UK...He said when he went back to the US for the holidays h would get sick after just one week of being home. Dr's told him it was allergies... But when he we went back to the UK his illness would quickly disappear...It wasn't long before he found out from a UK Dr that it was due to the food he was eating when he went back to the US...ugh 😩
That happens with Americans who live here in Portugal. When they went to US they got stomach ache because of the food.
@@elsacristina9 It's very clear that all these additives they use is not only not good for them, but is actually making them sick
I know people who are allergic to some additiv in the food
I learned during my decade living in the US, just how much the FDA is controlled by commercial interests, incl the agriculture and pharma industries. In the EU, the UK, Australia, and many other nations, the agencies regulating medicines and food are distinct, and are entirely independent.
Yes, in Italy we have NAS (food only), a special force from Carabinieri (ex-army) that check the quality and the hygiene of every single restaurant/shops/farm. If the shops do not pass the inspection they are put under seizure and are obliged to burn the contaminated products and pay fines. The law here is so restrictive that a food can be defined as contaminated even if it has been refrigerated without a label with the preparation date or if you refrigerate chicken and beef in the same fridge.
That's pretty much everything in the US. Big Pharmacy is another. Famous example is insulin cost .
@@amaroaverna923 Sounds like a mafia waiting to happen.
@@alalalala57 No, it's one of the best service that we can get. They prevent food poisoning.
You can actually find many American food brands here in Europe, but their productions almost entirely come from local factories, and using local agricultural products, in order to meet the European food standards. This is why Americans who come to Europe usually find that the same food products don't taste the same on both sides of the ocean.
Spam being a classic example as made by the same company (Hormel) but an NL factory.
heinz and kelloggs to name a few.
@@darthgardner I wonder is Baxters, the famous Scottish soup brand alters their ingredients for the US by adding sugar and fructose syrup to their products?
@@tonys1636 and Coca Cola too. You would be surprised how different it is in every country. For example Japanese coca cola has a LOT less sugar than coca cola manufactured in Hungary.
The really puzzling thing is that US food is pumped with chemicals and hormones, for ease of mass production and yet US food is a lot more expensive. Evan Edinger made a few videos a while back comparing food prices in US/UK food stores and US/UK Aldi and the food in the UK is so much cheaper.
Uk junk food is better for you than American junk food.
@@NicholasJH96 And the prices of our (UK) groceries are quite a bit less than the US as well. Which was surprising given that US tech, white goods and clothing prices are way lower than in the UK.
That's partly because food is relatively low value for its mass so the cost of transport, especially by land, impacts the price more in the US than the UK where food has much less far to travel on average from producer to consumer (the US not only being much larger but also much less densely populated). When I was young I noticed that the price I paid in the UK for US superhero comics was less than the price printed on the cover - it took me a while to discover this was for a similar reason!
@@Thurgosh_OG american wages are a LOT higher than UK, u cannot compare prices directly without taking in gdp
@@girlsdrinkfeckSomeone done the math I watch a video on it and when price of food and healthcare was taking into account a Brit on the same wage actually walks away with more money and it was quite a large amount also American food is about 3x the price of British on the the other tech products and clothing house products are cheaper in the US
Things like Skittles and Mountain Dew are not banned in Norway. Only the ones from the US.
They have made safe alternatives that they sell here now. Shows they could do it in the US too, but they won't unless banned.
The reason there are no warnings on your foods is because the corporations that manufacture them own a lot of politicians.
I have just watched another TH-camr's reaction to a similar video about the same topic. She was shocked at what she's been eating all her life ! Bread, milk.
In the UK we use natural colours and flavourings.
US bread contains nearly 3 times as much sugar (13.06gms) as UK bread ( 5gms).
Pate is NOT served hot !! We have it cold on toast or bread.
Favour?
@@almostyummymummy yep. That's the one .
@@enemde3025 just finished watching it about 90 minutes ago.
There's another American TH-camr called Hail Heidi she's also covered this I think 👍
Pate is not served hot - but it is heat treated when its made :)
I'm from the UK and after much confusion on trips stateside I discovered my hives and projectile vomiting were because I'm allergic to Red 40 and Yellow 5. Luckily I don't have to worry in the UK but in the US I now have to check the labels lest I not ruin the trip for myself and my companions lol.
The colouring is coming back in the UK, I found it in medicine's, I had a big problem with that
@@blackcountryme Oh no! Thanks for the heads up. I'll be extra vigilant when checking ingredients now.
It was interesting to me that you described those choclate products as delicious. I can say that after many, many years living in Europe that those products are almost inedible to me, so sickly sweet and of such poor quality when compared with European products. I do think your tastes can develop so that too much sugar can become unbearable
Yea I'm sure its just my taste buds, obviously they change and can be changed.
Taste is relative. Stop eating sugar and salt and your taste buds will notice much smaller amounts in food.
@@Cheepchipsable I firmly believe this is why British cuisine has got a reputation in USA for being bland. Nope, we just haven't destroyed our taste buds with salt and sugar so we can taste, and enjoy things like butter on bread instead of slathering everything in BBQ sauce.
Hi Guys. There are a number of other things and reasons why certain American Foods are banned in Europe and the Southern Hemisphere. US Beef is banned because of the growth hormones used. Also the dye used to colour the meat. Also, US dairy, particularly Milk is also banned as the growth Hormones affect the Milk and US Milk is advised NOT to be fed to infants for this reason.
US Salmon from Salmon Farms is banned because of the horrible and poisonous dyes used to colour the flesh.
US Eggs are required by your laws to be "cleansed" in a bath of some acidic solution. This certainly cleans the outside of the egg BUT ruins the shelf life of the eggs. So US regulations then require eggs to be refrigerated. In other Countries, eggs do not get that acid like bath (and tend sometimes to be stained) but also means they do not need to be stored in fridges. At Supermarkets outside the US, eggs are placed on shelves, not in fridges. At home, they can be kept in a basket on the shelf in a kitchen.
US bread is advised not to be consumed in Europe due to the very high sugar content of ordinary bread.
All these things are the reason often US travellers go overseas, eat approx the same foods but lose weight! The high sugar content added to so many different foods: Frozen veges, bread. Etc. There are dozens more examples but I'll stop now. Cheers. Oh, I've lived and travelled in the US over a 40 year period.
Yes.... I wouldn't buy any food if it said America on it but to be honest never seen any.. I wouldn't touch American or china food imported food... especially rice.. get my ricethat's organic ...grown at the himalayan mountains ..x
sugar... in frozen vegetables? How the heck is it possible to put sugar on frozen broccoli or spinach, for goodness sake?
@@moniabolletta8923 Instead of asking the question, do your own research and you'll find out. Sweetners are added to vegetables before being frozen, to give that sweet taste of surprise!
Macdonalds chips in UK, 3 ingredients (potatoes, salt and vegetable oil), USA fries have more than a dozen including colouring.
The FDA regulated in the US,all the ingredients in the salt and vegetable oils have to be listed on US labels.
That was fascinating. I knew there were problems with our food, but this is really ridiculous. Do we have a death wish, or something? Seriously, I am also going to do some more research regarding how I get my meats. Also, my veg. I follow the Ikarian way of eating, it does really bother me that I make the effort to follow one of the healthiest ways of eating on the planet, and my own countries foods get in the way, providing aspects that can have the effect of introducing illness and hastening death. Grim. Thanks for showing the video. I appreciate it. Hope you have a great day. Peace
Skittles aren't banned in Sweden, just the USA verson is. Cuba cola is Swedish also thank you very much. We also do have the original M&M's as well as the US ones but, again, not the kind you are used to.
Actually, when I was in Cuba in 2018, Coca Cola was sold (especially in Havana), but was made in Mexico to get round the embargo.
We have the M&M in Sweden, not the m&m (yes the dispute was over the trademark and by changing from lowercase to uppercase they got around the court decision).
14:30 US-Steak isn't blocked in Europe because of raw meat, we eat Tartar (raw beef) and Mett (raw pork) in Germany, but we have a problem with genetic modified food or animals that were feed with those. The USA use genetic modified corn to feed their animals and food made from those animals is not allowed in Europe.
That super soft "bread" looks and feel more like some mildly sweet pastries in Europe. Like French brioche.
Living in Norway, I can confidently say that we have both Skittles and Mountain Dew readily available in store. The "fact" that we've banned Skittles and/or Mountain Dew here has come up before, and I'm not sure where it's from. I'm guessing the confusing might come from us banning certain dyes used in said products. With modern manufacturing and food production, we can find alternatives, as the EU countries have (Norway's not in the EU). I'm guessing Norway simply imports the EU versions of Skittles and Mountain Dew, without the harmful dyes found in the US versions.
I don't think Little Debbie is a thing here, but that may just be because it's not a popular brand here so we don't have a non-US version of it in store. You can, however, buy Little Debbie in online specialty shops that ship to Norway.
I think what the video means is that these things don't exist in the US formulation. Mountain Dew here in Canada is different than the US version because we have a law that prohibits caffeine in any fruit-flavoured beverage. Prior to energy drinks, Mountain Dew had the highest caffeine content of sodas in the US, but was caffeine-free here. Of course, that was back in the late-20th, so I'm not sure if the same rules still apply.
Yes I think correct. They are managed and manufactured more strictly to remove the harmful elements. I would doubt very much Norway would accept the US version. They seem quite tight and up on health issues.
I once heard an interesting story. There was an american man who went to Europe for a holiday/vacation of 2 or 3 weeks. When he was in Europe he discovered that he had forgotten to take his medicine/drugs against his allergy. He feared he would get ill as a result of that. But to his surprise his allergy disappeared when he was in Europe.
I did hear another lady say her period got messed up when living in the US.
@@Cheepchipsable Growth hormones in meat ?
American bread is basically cake.
As an Aussie I also hate when US chains try to come in and take over with their rampant predatory capitalism. Starbucks tried but our coffee and cafe culture meant we know what good coffee is - and Starbucks ain't it. We have thousands of local cafe's that are not only cheaper but also provide far better quality. I'd prefer to pay a little more anyway if it means supporting a local business rather than a massive corporation.
Starbucks is ridiculous. I never go there.
They've tried in it Italy too....imagine trying to open a Starbucks and a dominoes in rome 🤣🤣🤣
@@daisybelle1025 It seems to me that there is a Domino's pizzeria in Italy, I believe in Turin... from what I know people get their pizza there when they want to do a courage test (or feel particularly self-harming)
The UK version of those mini Swiss rolls are made by Cadbury.
Yes, I never knew they existed in the US under any brand name.
..so now Kraft - an American company who'll probably sneak poisons into Cadbury Swiss Rolls!
A can of Spam sold in Europe and the UK (made in the Netherlands) by Hormel tastes completely different to a US one as no harmful additives/chemicals or colour added and has a lower salt and sugar content.
Hi, from Sweden, we have some thing called "non stop", it's similar to m&m but whit darker chocolate, and not so bright colors! Try it if you have the chance. Its a must for decorating our gingerbread houses during X-mas.
The only country where Coca Cola is not the best-selling soft drink is Scotland, where we prefer Irn Bru ( pronounced iron brew).
Aye, right enuff.
@@Thurgosh_OG And I've found the sugar free version of it, which makes me happy I can drink the stuff again - not Scottish but eh, Northern England is near enough.
Before McDonald's left Iceland someone ordered fries and a big mac to store them. And today these are still pristine.
I need me a big mac.
Those were turkeys, you were right. Just before that image they were talking about chicken but by then they were talking about ‘poultry’ which includes turkeys AND chickens, and they were showing turkeys. Thanks for the content 😊
i remember when we first got mountain dew in england it would turn your pee green. Then the whole ban on tartarine kicked in and now we get a version which is safe and doesnt make your johnson glow in the dark
I remember that too 😂
What is scary for Brits who take note of what our government is doing, is that their current rush to "diverge" from EU law and regulation post Brexit in the name of having our own laws, is that food standards will be reduced to open our markets to American produce in the hope of getting trade deals.
I suffer from eczema, 3 hours after eating my first american food in Florida 10 years ago, I had a whole body flare up. When I got home my dermatologist was convinced it was the food as it cleared within days without a change in medication.
Many of the UK food standards started higher than EU standards in the past, and it took them some time to catch up.
Of course it's not impossible it could then get worse once now the UK has left and if it does that will be unacceptable. But until it does the suggestion is might is mostly paranoia.
UK standards are actually higher than EU expectations ...I've ran many kitchens, and the checks and processes are top notch.....take your propaganda elsewhere
@@daisybelle1025 very true
American here living overseas for over a almost 2 decades. One thing I will definitely say is that I 100% noticed the differences in the local food vs back at home. One easy item to note is bread...if you leave out bread on the counter for a 1 day here it gets moldy back at home leave bread out and nothing for several days.
Loved the reaction bro and sis 🏴
It hurts me to say it but a lot of the problems with the US are caused by the greed of unchecked capitalism overpowering ethics. Corporations want more and more money, and to hell with the wellbeing of the people. Unfortunately those that benefit have too much political power for it to change any time soon.
Overstuffed goose liver is in exactly one pate Pate de Foie Gras.
Sugar is the big marker of US food. Bread has over 6x as much as Europe. US coffees have huge amounts of sugar. US processed foods even more. The main law difference is that they can put additives in US food until they are proved harmful. In Europe it is the reverse, you have to prove it is safe before you can add it.
And while sugar is really bad that high fructose corn syrup the US uses is so much worse
always amuses me about american as apple pie, when it was created in england
I really know a lot of specialties that we eat in Switzerland, but we really don't have anything like a "Swiss Roll" here. A look at the list of ingredients shows that it's sugar with fat and fat with sugar - lots of water and a bunch of chemicals from the chemical kit - delicious. "Sugar, Corn Syrup, Water, Enriched Bleached Flour (Wheat Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamin Mononitrate [Vitamin B1], Riboflavin [Vitamin B2], Folic Acid), Palm and Soybean Oils with TBHQ and Citric Acid to protect flavor, Palm and Palm Kernel Oil, Dextrose. Contains 2% or less of each of the following: Soy Flour, Cocoa, Soybean Oil, Eggs, Corn Starch, Cocoa Processed with Alkali, Whey (Milk), Leavening (Baking Soda, Sodium Aluminum Phosphate), Salt, Caramel Color, Sorbitan Monostearate, Sorbic Acid (to preserve freshness), Polysorbate 60, Soy Lecithin, Mono- and Diglycerides, Egg Whites, Natural and Artificial Flavors, Red 40, Citric Acid."
Swiss Rolls are popular in the UK but they are rolled sponge cake, with jam or cream fillings, not a chocolate (and I use that term loosely) wrapped chemical bomb.
7:38
Those were NOT CHICKENS! they were steroid turkeys. No chicken is ever and has ever been, half the size of a fully grown human 😅🤣
Mrs midwest was right, they are turkeys.
The main difference between American and European companies is that American companies are allowed to sell products until it kills someone and then the litigation starts and can take years whereas in Europe you have to prove that your product won't kill anyone before you're allowed to sell it.
LoL I refused to eat skittles as a kid the moment I read Shallac on the ingredients.
We had just used shellac on a home project lol. It was food grade apparently, but they stopped using it in 2009 so I think I was right back then to give them a miss, aside rom the bad food dyes. 😉
Unfortunately Greed drives industry - buy from local small farms & organic whenever you can. It's the best clay to support your area and give healthier food to your family sans the chemicals of Greed.
My daughter has ADHD and red food coloring was AWFUL. Her behavior was almost manic after eating cheese puffs or anything with food dyes.
Very interesting video and great reaction guys. Great to see you back on reactions vids.💖
Thank you!! 😁
Cleaned eggs aren't sold outside America because it cleans the protective layer and increases chances of bacteria and cuts shelf life
It's kind of funny that M&Ms have been banned in a couple of European countries over dubious copyright type infringements but they are freely sold in the UK right beside Smarties, the actual sweets that M&Ms copied/ripped off in the 1st place
Smarties are miles better though
Smarties predate M&Ms by about 4-5years and had sales and manufacturing in Europe and the Empire/Commonwealth before WW2. They also had issues with food colouring.
@@denisrobertmay875 I remember when my kids were little in the 90s and if they were hyper people would say have you given them smarties 😂 but I know they removed the E numbers 😊
It's a trademark not copyright issue.
m&m logo looked too similar to an already established product.
So m&m changed to M&M on the packaging in those countries and the issue was resolved.
I remember Mountain Dew being a thing in the UK in the 90s, but then it vanished and came back as an energy drink about 10 years or so ago. I never knew about it's origins as an alcohol mixer, but now I think about it the name Mountain Dew does sound like an old fashioned mixer name like Canada Dry or things like that, which ironically if they marketed it in the UK as a drinks mixer they would probably do really well.
I'm surprised about the bread: Starting with French bread made to the "baguette" name are made according to the French legal description and can only be made with flour, water salt and yeast - and bakers are generally up at 4 am to get things started... Moving on to sliced bread - the industrial variant mostly found on supermarket shelves also contains sugar to speed up the yeast and produce the loaves faster, and the US generally puts a lot more sugar in that than you would find in European industrially made loaves.
Coca Cola is widely sold in Europe, but it is a different recipe than you have in the US. Made with cane sugar and not corn syrup.
The reason you don't have dye warning notices on your foods in the US....they might loose sales which means less profit which I believe is an offence worthy of the death penalty to big corporations, never mind the peoples health, just make more profit!
But anything less than letting corporations do what they want is socialism 🤣
I think it's probably more to stop lawsuits, if they admit to what things do on a label they may open themselves up to prosecution.
steak tartare is heaven.. especially with fried garlic dark rye bread ... yum!
🤮 each to their own.
@@sandrapaterson8678 LOL....😆😆😆😆 You do not know what you are missing
Just pause to think about this comment: This product is now available with REAL sugar! There is food for a LOT of speculation about what is normally used to replace REAL sugar in 'Murican foodstuff...
Regarding Iceland and McDonald's: Before the 2008 US-generated Financial Crisis, there was a single McDonald's outlet in tiny Iceland. Seeing that McDonald's HAD to pay it's workers a living wage in Iceland (no labor exploitation allowed, we have UNIONS!), McDonald's decided to quit and make a run for it when the crisis hit. The joint is just a regular hamburger joint now, it has a different name and serves better burgers than McDonald's ever did.
21:24 One good tipp if you want healthier bread: Buy bread made from rye instead of wheat. Rye bread is in general better for your health than wheat bread.
Yeah if you ever are in France or Germany try they bread from the bakkeries. They basically only use the 4 (yes four) ingredients you actually need to make bread. Flower, yeast, water and salt. There bread is delicious it taste so good with just 4 ingredients. Supermarkt bread has added sugar for sweeter taste and to boost the yeast. But we dont have to. Yes rising of the bread take a bit longer. But there is no need for added sugars. There is one downside the bread turns old after a few days. It basically dries out. But then again there are a lot of recipes which use "old' bread as a base.
I'm Portuguese and it's the same here. And with those 4 ingredients you can make a lot of different types of bread depending on the amount of water, the time it takes and so on. We also eat bread with everything here so it has to be good😂.
Every time you expressed why the US still has all this allowed I just kept shouting out ‘lobbying, lobbying, lobbying’. We have that over here in the UK but when it comes to health and safety concerns it isn’t as influential and companies can’t bribed with as much money here in the UK as they can in the states. Legalised bribery is probably the biggest problem in politics.
The ingredients on American food always looks like a list of chemicals for a chemistry experiment.
In the uk Cheddar cheese can only come from cheddar in Somerset England 🏴 ❤
And if you want to take a bath you have to travel to Somerset, so stock up on cheese while you're having a soak.
I would have thought that the m&ms would have had trouble with the carnuba wax they used. Carnuba wax is mostly used for polishing cars so you think its composition would be suspect.
"freshly chlorinated" mmm yummy 😆
Meanwhile in the UK we vaccinate our chickens meaning they don't need to be chlorinated and also we can eat runny eggs.
It's about welfare standards too. Chicken farms and egg production in the USA are about profit above all. Disease can spread far more easily. In Europe we don't wash the natural protective coating off eggs, which is why we don't have to store eggs in the fridge.
There's actually nothing wrong with doing directly at all. Plenty of food is sold that is washed like this in the UK, most salads that are prepackaged (lettuce, or full salad bowl etc) will be. It's not unhealthy.
The issue comes from the idea that it gives a business an area they could cut corners on, and rely on the wash to cover cost cutting elsewhere.
@@wyterabitt2149 the problem with the American way is, it still leaves the eggs open to salmonella bacteria, by vaccinating the chicken you're limiting the risk of salmonella for both the meat and the eggs, so in the US it's more inefficient as it costs more money and time because they have to chlorinate the meat and wash the eggs.
@@wyterabitt2149 There's nothing wrong with washing food, I always do (no-one wants a slug in their salad or earth in their leeks) but in the case of eggs, it's a bad idea to wash the shells.
@@hatjodelka I lost track of the comments on my phone. I had just read one about chickens (not eggs), I scrolled a few times, then went back and saw the word chicken and replied. But it was to the wrong comment!
My comment was taking about actual chickens, not eggs.
The one thing I couldn't eat when in America was the bread ! 😪
Me either it is rank,😢❤
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When it comes to chicken in Europe and Sweden, you need to prepare it well, and you will not get sick. In this way you prevent getting salmonella
Hello from The Netherland, love your vid's. And from beardman to a other, nice beard Sir.
Yeah we still have skittles in the uk, but as it said we have natural flavours.
the Special Ks, like many other things on this list, are also found in Europe, but the composition - and the origin of the cereals used - is completely different: in practice, only the name is the same, even if it is a different product (in fact, many Americans are surprised by the fact that many products they usually consume here have a completely different taste).
I saw another video similar to the one you are watching and it said the main difference is that the FDA look at the probability of something causing damage, where as everywhere else looks at the possibility. In my opinion, it is also about animal husbandry and how little care is taken of animals such as chickens and cattle in the USA compared with the UK and EU.
M&M isn't that popular in Europe, because of it's taste, not because of its origin. Europeans have gotten used to quality staff like Belgian ans Swiss Chocolate, so M&M tends to too sweet for most of the people I know, because it has less choco and more sugar than European products.
Not just that, but every single European country has it's own chocolate and pastry factories, that suit to the local "taste".
I applaud yous twos for sharing this vid, which was less than complimentary on your food in the US.
Just a simple example: here in Italy (and I think in EU in general) flour has 1 ingredient, as it should be. Look at the ingredientS of yours
We have flour in the US called self-rising flour, it has the baking powder and baking soda already in it, So you do not need to buy either baking powder or baking soda.
@mary davis we have it too (you can use it for cake and sweet preparations). I'm talking about the "standard" flour the one you call all-purpose, that you can use to make bread, pizza dough... If you look at US flour is bleached (illegal in EU) and has many additives. Our flour is just grain, than you can have different "thickness". In Italy you can have 00, 0, 1, 2. Same with your milk
@@bexyr Not all flour in the US is bleached which means all extra ingredients are removed
But you can make a sandwich with baguette,we do that all the time,it's even the first way of making sandwiches.
You two are brilliant. Stay safe. 👍❤️🏴
A core problem is that regulation authorities are far too close to business, and influenced business demands. In other countries, regulation authorities are entirely independent of business, and not influenced in their decisions by the impact their a business. Their only criteria is whether something is safe. Even airplane manufacturing in the US is directly influenced by lobbying. It was why when a plane was banned, the US unbanned it ahead of everywhere else, despite other countries not being convinced changes had made it safe. It turned out the manufacturers had simply lobbied the US authorities, saying they needed it to be flying again. Many in the FAA were unconvinced that the decision was wise. It was only allowed fly elsewhere once exhaustive studies had been done to make sure it was safe. That taking that time cost the company a fortune and even endangered the company's survival was immaterial in other countries. They would not let it fly until they were convinced it was safe for passengers to fly in.
In the US, the question posed is "prove it is dangerous." Elsewhere, the question posed is "prove it is safe." It is much harder to prove definitively that something is dangerous, so often a dangerous thing is allowed in the US that way. Europe demands a manufacturer prove something is safe. The onus is on them to justify releasing it. The American approach means the customer can be put at risk if the fact that it is dangerous is proven, even if suspected. People knew for over a century that cigarettes weren't safe, but they only proved that they were dangerous in the mid 20th century. The experience with cigarettes led Europe and much of the world to place the onus on manufacturers to prove safety. It is more cautious, but protects people.
There are other reasons to ban US Beef but the biggest reason for the ban on raw beef is that in any countries you cannot guarantee the freshness especially if bought as pre packaged meat. Beef takes time for the connective tissues to break down for optimal consumption. Usually takes 20 to 24 days to "age" , in NZ the time is 2 to 6 weeks depending. Prepackaged meat could have been packaged for months and frozen before being sold on the shelf so not suitable for raw beef dishes. Use a butcher.
I've noticed that the narrator is down playing or laughing at the facts in the vlog. If that's the prevalent attitude in the US, then the US has got REAL problems.
Ractopamine is not used to help fatten pigs but to encourage the development of lean muscle mass.
In the EU the vast majority of poultry are inoculated against Salmonella, and hygienic production methods helps reduce any other diseases so chlorine washes are unnecessary.
Not sure if its in this vid but another good one is American farmed Salmon, which initially is Grey prior to adding Pink dye to make it LOOK like proper Salmon
At one point he asked, "why are we still allowing it?" MONEY is the answer. Congress easily looks the other way whenever corporations need to make money. Capitalism at its finest 😂😂
Hey Guys . saw the video , shaking your head about Haggis and black Pudding . On your tour , you went to the Pub and ordered Haggis & Beef & Ale pie , Both plates were empty ! well done , im sure if you had seen Black Pudding on the menu , you would have ordered that ? please dont eat with your eyes ??? So happy your tour was a sucsess
I'm gluten intolerant and I either make my own bread or buy gluten free brands. Tesco and Morrison's supermarkets now have large ranges of foods that are gluten free, it's just quite expensive.
I bought a secondhand breadmaker and make my own gluten free bread. It is much nicer than what I get in shops.
Much of this is why many Europeans are trying to prevent the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership.
It wouldn't be tragic if American suppliers abided by our food laws, but they try to enforce their laws.
But we have no intention of lowering our food standards, nor of endangering our own cultivation of grain by genetically modified imported grain.
So far, Consumers have been able to prevent this law from being passed, but unfortunately money still rules the world. Who knows how long we can still fight against it.
If this goes through as planned by the companies, I see black for consumers.
Swede here and the "ban on m&m" is a bit misleading. Yes there where a copyright case in 2016 that banned Mars from using the m&m trademark in Sweden due to it being too similar to the "m" brand from Marabou but Mars got around that by changing their trademark to M&M, aka from lower case to upper case.
Durring the post Brexit arguments in the UK one major concern of many people was that a trade deal with the USA would mean that we would be forced to import American chicken. Those arguing against said that though cheeper the low wealthfare standards use of chlorine and dependency on antibiotics in American farming practices could lead to long-term health issues
Tartar is solo good, best with fried bread (not toast bread) and garlic
The Coca-Cola company were very clever in WWII in that, wherever US military were posted in significant numbers, they would finance the building of a Coca Cola bottling plant there to supply the troops. It was a brilliant way of spreading their brand around new parts of the world and being seen as patriotic good guys. Of course after the troops home many of the bottling plants remained in production for the local population.
I never buy coke, as it is used to clean rust of Nails and other metals .
@@marydavis5234 I cannot remember the last time I ever bought coke. The last time I bought any brand of cola was a long time ago for a guest who drank rum and cola.
English malt or white vinegar would be better and cheaper for cleaning rust (and limescale).
What surprises me is the FDA rule that considers money more worth than the health of people. I am referring to their standard of "Generally Considered Save" for food products. If food can in any way or form cause any form of illness, handicap, disease, disorder, etc etc etc, even if at low percentage of consumers being at risk, I would not consider it save for consumption.
So yellow 5 pretty much explains why there's so many Karens in the states?!
When I visited family in the US, we had chicken for dinner one night. It looked artificial and tasted really bland. It was horrible. I already knew about yellow 5 colouring and avoided anything that had it in the ingredients. I only drunk 100% fruit juice.
In australia, Mountain Dew is almost colourless, they colour the plastic bottles and cans fluorescent green so it looks like it’s that colour.
Yea I noticed that in Iceland!
What about the mouldy chicken which is them ble4ached and put back onto the market?
Tbh it’s just a quick glance at the matter, barely scratching the surface. Each item deserves a full review. But the overarching point is - I believe - one not even mentioned in the video: consumer information and food labelling.
The US, which often portrays itself as the ultimate champion of free markets, conveniently forgets that a free market is free on both sides, buyers and sellers and always makes sure buyers won’t have the full information to make an educated buy. Very minimalistic requirements for food ingredients, lack of mandatory nutritional facts, loose definition of products… and intense, expensive lobbying to keep things that way are the perfect recipe for low quality, unhealthy food.
On the other hand Europe - especially the EU - has engaged for 30 years in a strong push to increase food labelling requirements and consumer information, and it’s still improving, in spite of the agressive agrifood industry lobbying.
In Poland tartare (raw, finely chopped beef, raw egg yolk, onion and spices) is very popular. and of course very tasty.
Tartrazine Is Also in Cheese Sauce Mixes, such as KD... It's Written in Capital Letters on Canadian Sold Packages............
nice post guys well done from the UK
about what you said when the video was talking about Coca Cola, and about American brands shoving their way into other countries, you might want to watch the Cheddar video on why Walmart failed in Germany. It is a funny story. It's actually kinda hilarious how we Germans basically put Walmart in it's place in Germany.
Raw meat is a delicious 😅 a fine Mett Brötchen in the morning is a guarantee for a good day
But raw meat is heavily controlled and you can smell and see if something is wrong quite easily
I remember during the 80’ I used to buy Mountain Dew in Japan then I guess between the 90s , I dont see any mountain dew in stores and Vending machine in Japan. Now I understand why.
One thing they didn't mention with Coke is that while it isn't banned for heath reasons in most countries - the US recipe for it is. Most countries outside of the US have a different tasting coke because it does not contain things like refined corn syrup.