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Why there’s no European Google? (ploum.net)
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[–] Exatron@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (3 children)

For example, in Europe McDonald's French fries contain 3 ingredients (potato, salt, oil) and in the US there are around 20 ingredients... The US adds all that extra shit to make the frier oil last longer, to make it easier to clean, etc. and fuck you for being poor if it gives you cancer.

That's actually a very poor example because the US and Europe have very different regulatory frameworks. The US actually requires more details when listing ingredients than Europea does.

[–] 1984@lemmy.today 9 points 1 day ago

There is a bigger picture here. Food in America is using ingredients that is not allowed in the EU because its seen as toxic. That is what the focus should stay on i think.

[–] FrostyPolicy@suppo.fi 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That’s actually a very poor example because the US and Europe have very different regulatory frameworks. The US actually requires more details when listing ingredients than Europea does.

In the EU you must list all ingredients in your product. Ordered by what it has the most.

[–] alakey@piefed.social 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

And in the US you must list all ingredients and all contents of those ingredients, as well as any and all additives (like extra iron, vitamins and so on, even if those come from "natural" sources). You can't just say potato, salt, oil, you have to say: image

Doesn't mean you get different shit, just means they scrutinize it a lot more in the US. There are small differences here and there with stuff like food colouring, but you are not getting "just 3 ingredients in the EU and 99 in the US", that's just a bullshit grifter line being repeated by people who didn't bother to actually read.

[–] adarza@lemmy.ca 2 points 19 hours ago

in the uk, the ingredients list for mcd french fries is literally potatoes, oils (rapeseed, sunflower), dextrose (when needed--i.e. early crops that are low in naturally-occurring sugars). salt added after cooking. source

very much different than what they use in the u.s., which introduces multiple allergens. source