Why France Bans These Popular American Foods
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I'm French, and today I'm investigating to find out why my favorite American snack (peanut butter M&M's) is banned in Europe! There are so many American foods that are either restricted or banned here, including every day foods like eggs, beef, or chicken and I want to understand why! I'd love to read your thoughts about this, so leave me a comment, I read every comment :)
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As a German, my mother told me that Kellogs and the like were unhealthy back in the 70s. I still eat oatmeal with fresh fruit today.
Every single culture that immigrates to the USA takes on the disease profile of the USA (Heart disease cancer and stroke) and the studies have been been available for the last 40+yrs. Europeans have a better diet than North Americans: NEVER GIVE THIS UP EUROPE or you will die a horrible death and your family will be bankrupt trying to pay your medical bills. Cereals and Grains are not necessary in your diet. Cereals and Grains area almost devoid of any nutrients of importance.
Health requires essential amino acids and essential fats; there is no such thing as essential sugars or essential calories. Americans are the greatest at lying in the world.
We ate them in the 80's for breakfast all the time. Could not imagine buying them now. I made my kids oatmeal from when they were babies and my 10 year old now makes it herself.
@@arnodobler1096 In America, farmers often use glyphosate to dry out the oats. It's even found in organic oats. I avoid oatmeal.
@@JohnPMiller You should avoid all US cereals.
@@arnodobler1096 we eat bread in Europe, not breakfast cereals. sadly marketing works pretty well.
Europeans will never know the joy of colorful froot loops ahhaha
And peanut butter m&ms :’(
Bonjour, Bobby - it might be a good idea to explain to Lucile that "allowed" should not be pronounced "a-load". ♥ Thanks!
I love Lucky Charms but they made it Gluten free, now it tastes like cardboard. What is the percentage of people who can't eat gluten? 8%? So, 92% gets no flavor.
i saw them in the States, don't get the appeal.
@@christopherhurley8694 Gluten is another issue. It is partly a business
The problem with the "let people decide for themselves" approach is that without regulations, dangerous products fill grocery store shelves. And then deciding to not eat crap becomes extremely difficult. Take the simple example of the Cheerios shown. A German mother can go to the cereal aisle, pick up a box, and on a busy morning serve that to her children with relative peace of mind. An American mother would have to decide to not pickup up the box of Cheerios. And then she has to come up with a more labor intensive option, and explain to her children why they can't eat Cheerios when all their classmates do. Even fresh products are problematic. If we decide that we don't want to eat hormone pumped meats, we need to give up meat or raise our own cattle. That's a tall ask.
I totally agree. I also feel like when something isn’t banned, it puts so much responsibility on the consumer to constantly read labels and keep track of whether a company has been acquired or quietly changed their recipe without us knowing. That’s way too time-consuming, and companies know most people won’t be able to keep up or feel motivated enough to read the label of every single item they put in their cart after a long workweek. If people can barely read and reply to my short emails at work, I don’t think they can keep up with reading an ingredients list-especially when faced with 20 different options of tomato sauce, all while feeling overwhelmed.
the simple question is this: do europeans really have fewer choices than americans? or is it the corporation that has fewer choices in europe? it's really just a framing of narrative. europeans are generally far more willing to restrict the corporation directly, whereas americans are just slaves to their corporations.
Simple to make oatmeal. Try it.
@@ParisianThinker That is a good breakfast option. Also yogurt parfait made with home made granola (simple to make in a big batch ahead of time) and plain, whole milk yogurt. If one knows where to find it, most grocery stores carry that. But neither is as simple as pouring cereals from a box into a bowl and milk on top. It is also problematic that the basic ingredients for these options are "hidden" in US grocery stores. What will be a lot more prominent are the instant oatmeals and various flavored fake yogurts.
I'd rather have "nanny state" than a healthcare system overwhelmed by very sick patients. Sue me, Americans :)
I live in the American south. Buying bread without additives is expensive and the shelf life is a day or two only. The store that I can buy it from is A DRIVE. Ditto for quality cheese and imported chocolate. I think so many Americans would appreciate having better quality foods at a reasonable price and in closer proximity. But some of us really are stuck with whatever the closest store stocks.
I had that problem on the prairies. You can stock up and keep it in the freezer until you’re ready to use it… bread, cheese and chocolate.
That's why there's bakeries almost everywhere in France (including small villages). You buy your bread daily or almost daily.
It's not an easy question, since it's often a balance between practical and healthy. Same why there's so many preservatives in food, because people want to eat fresh, but want to be free to wait a week to eat fresh. Somewhere, there's a line to trace.
Cheese and chocolate, if it doesn't last a few days (or often more), either you didn't keep it in the right conditions or you bought low quality.
I recommend making a habit of making your own bread and leaving cold cereals and store bought junk food in the past. If you want a treat, first check to see if you are dehydrated or hungry for something healthy. If you still want a treat, make something from scratch. *I find fruit and spices help to avoid products with added sugar.
I recommend getting a bread maker, you just dump the ingredients the night before and you get freshly made and cheap bread that you know what you used to make it.
@@UYNiko yes! my husband does this 3 times pee week, takes 5 minutes.
I agree more with the European approach.
If we agree that harmful ingredients should be banned, an ingredient that could be harmful and even dangerous should be treated as such until proven safe.
If it is safe, it will be allowed later and if it isn't it is a good thing we banned it in the first place.
If it isn't safe, the harm will already be done.
I don't want to be responsible checking every ingredient I don't know on the list, especially when sometimes they use different names for the same ingredient.
At the very least include a clear warning that the product may contain harmful ingredients.
An uninformed choice is not a choice. I cannot agree to poison myself if I don't know it might be poison.
In that case why isn't alcohol banned? Why isn't tobacco banned?
Thanks!
Wow, thank you so much for your donation! This is so generous of you!
@@LucileHR Glad to help. We have enjoyed your videos and how you present the content. Very helpful and honest. Thank you again!
I find the german version of fruit loops better. Those vibrant colors...they don't look like food to me, they look poisonous🤢
Totally understandable haha
Agreed
right. But I generally don't like cereal, same with donuts: wayyy too sweet.
Steak & eggs don't need color agents, and they don't have ingredient lists.
@@emultra759with the eggs is the problem that in US the chickens are not vaccinated against salmonella and they are washing the eggs. In EU is mandatory that chickens are vaccinated against salmonella even for local farmers. Usually each village is having a veterinary which is vaccinating the chickens of small farmers.
Thanks for talking about these US/EU comparison videos! Im really enjoying them.
Thanks you so much for watching them :) they are very fun to make!
Happy New Year to you all the way from
Austin Texas . Claudia.
I appreciate the research you do for your videos
Eye opener video for me. Thank you Lucile😊
Happy New Year🎉
Thank for you watching!! Happy new year to you too!!
Thank you for bringing this to my attention.
Thank you for watching my video :)
@@LucileHR You're welcome, Lucile. I always enjoy your videos...learn so many things from you. Happy New Year!
Thank you for sharing this with us here in the states. We are bombarded with so much misinformation. We need more of this. 💚💚💚💚
Thank you. As an American, our lack of oversight of our food supply is very disturbing. Thanks for putting a spotlight on it.
imo the government wants to keep everyone sick and poor.
The food lobby (e.g., the Snack Food Association) is very strong.
To me, both Fruit Loops and Cheetos are gross. The whole United States food industry is messed up as just a casual glance at obesity and cancer rates would reveal. My beef stew at Galway's on Ile de La France tasted so much cleaner and more robust than what we have here.
Money controls the USA
Not entirely. But in many ways it’s no different than anywhere else in the world.
@ I agree with that but it’s not just junk food that has all kinds of additives.
@ I’m good with your definition of junk food. Too much of our food is unhealthy and extremely processed. Add that manufacturing adds way too much salt and sugar it is hard to get truly healthy food in the US.
Yep.
The overpowering government and the privileged elite control Europe.
Coming from the US to the EU, with the idea in mind that “the EU doesn’t allow harmful additives”, I was surprised to see saccharine being sold alongside maltitol and stevia in grocery stores. There’s also the additive numbering system, which I think is naturally a bit less transparent than it should be, since you have to look up what the numbers mean.
Seeing the faux sugars in juice threw me for a loop too (mostly the -itol ones)
I immediately downloaded Yuka app and went through my kitchen. I was loving it, but I scanned my coffee, which is just plain coffee beans, and Yuka said it was too high in calories. The two alternate suggestions were for artificially flavoured pods. I’m still interested in the app, but I’m going to look into their methods more.
High in calories is just a warning, it could be fine in moderation, mesure with a scale an amount that has an acceptable amount of calories for you and use that amount going forward, if you are a pretty active person it many not even be an issue but sadly most people are not active so the warning seems warranted for most people.
@@UYNiko My main point was simply surprise that plain coffee beans would be marked as high calorie. Secondly, why would flavoured coffee pods with a lot of weird chemicals be suggested as better? Their methodology needs a look.
I use the app too. It’s obviously not perfect, and sometimes it misses things too. I use it more as guide rather than a way to say a hard no to foods/products
The EU has socialized medicine, thus the Government is paying, so they have rights to choose what you eat. Americans lead the world in obesity, heart diseases, cancer and early death rates. As Bobby stated freedom of choice outweighs what is right or wrong. Money talks.
European vs American perspectives are so different!
@@LucileHR That is true. Allow me to eat a fresh made French baguette daily and I'll be a happy camper.
I do agree that corporate greed is driving cheap and bad food processing in America. Big Food and Big Pharma is out of control. But just to clarify, when you said "the government is paying" . . . . actually it is the taxpayers that are paying. The government doesn't generate money, they get it from taxpayers. Also, the government doesn't have "rights", in America, we the people do. Perhaps that's the difference in perspective, but that's also where society can change the directive.
I hate the communist derivation of public healthcare of claiming the right to have a say in people's choices of every single aspect of their lives under the premise that everybody has to pay for the potential health consequences.
Leads the world? Not even close. Moreover, Europe is fast catching up in each of those areas.
I went to elementary school in the seventies, an eighties for middle school and our school didn't have vending machines.School lunch was made every day. Things have really gone downhill. There's actually a woman named vanny, the food babe, and she has a petition and a cause to stop kelloggs for making the cereals that are filled with artificial food dyes and coloring.
Virtually every "food" product in an American grocery store is like eating or drinking from a chemistry set! The oligarchs here make so much money from manufactured food and of course, they're also the ones making the regulations. The saddest thing about the USA having such low quality food is that we pair with low quality and unaffordable healthcare.😲😭
In the United States, the free man is granted the right to accumulate wealth to an extent. However, in Europe, the government is perceived as being overly powerful.
I absolutely love that you’re bringing this up-it’s something that’s been on my mind for a while, too. It can be so hard not to buy certain items, especially when we love them or feel hooked on them, but I’ve been working on showing more restraint myself. Just now, in my late 20s, I’ve been making more of an effort to cook everything from scratch and have gotten better about not buying my go-to comfort snacks like Funyuns, M&Ms, or Hot Cheetos. But how do we expect kids to show the same restraint, especially when these products are so clearly targeted at them? What kid isn’t going to want addicting, great-tasting snacks? I really wish there were a better, faster way to get unnecessary and harmful ingredients out of our food and drinks. It feels like we’re just hoping a random online post about one ingredient will make a difference, when we all know there are so many others in things like Mountain Dew that also need to be addressed or replaced.
I just stumbled upon your channel for the first time. I'm aware of our food system issues in the United States. Thank you for the Yuka app. Game changer. I had to pause your video and scan everything in my refrigerator and pantry!😂
I tried those Cheetos before - and they are also hard to find in Germany, where I live. Not just due to the ingrediencies, but also since there is a trademark issue going on with the brand name. Anyway: Like the Cheetos I bought, I noticed yours also has an "export" logo on the packaging, so I assume that there are already less questionable ingrediencies in there, so that they are allowed to export them. Not 100% sure on that, but why else would the package say that. I also had some of those Flamin' Hot ones from other European countries. A shop nearby sells them imported from Turkey and they tasted totally different. They also have Cheetos in Poland, but there they don't produce the "flamin" kind, just the standards. Weird thing.
Anyway: Nice video, well done 🙂
Amazing incredible video! Thank you, love love this video. Merci c’est un sujet très important. 🙏💝
As a Southern California kid, they banned a bunch of unhealthy foods my sophomore year of high school, but freshman year, a common school lunch was a bag of hot Cheetos and a Coke because if you bought a bag of chips, it came with a free soda.
Here in London, England 🏴 I've seen some American foods here like inside of Tesco, Morrisons, and even in Iceland shops. Great Video Lucile, and I wish you a Happy NYE 2025! 🎉❤️🥳
Thank you so much for watching! Happy NYE to you too!
I live in the US and tend to snack on home made stuff, my idea of fast food is Chipotle instead of McDonalds, and always carry a bottle of water or ask for water or alcohol instead of soda at restaurants. To me water is not just the healthier option, but it lets me savor the food I'm eating better. The American mindset for me trends on maximalist, as in - if a soda and a water both cost $1, we will choose the soda because you're getting more for your dollar (soda being water AND syrup). When I go to get distilled water from the supermarket the carts next to me have sodas or Cool Aid which I can see them drinking next to their dinner that day - they are stocked in the same area and are just as cheap as the water. One time a few years ago, I went to a fast food restaurant with a friend and I had my water with me, and they still offered me the drink since I ordered the combo because it was cheaper than ordering the entree and fries separate, they still offered me the soda after I declined the cup for the soda machine and the clerk seemed so dumbfounded. He said ''But, it's free''. It ain't free if I have to spend money later on insulin or some weight loss program. I also notice my palate does not agree with a lot of processed foods because I just don't eat enough of them to build a tolerance to normal levels of flavor. Hope this gave some insight.
Aren't there WARNING labels on junk food packages telling about the possible health risks?
It would require a formal act from U.S. FDA. The process is extraordinary difficult. Warning labels on cigarettes took decades to enact.
Meanwhile, smoking which has not been banned, is the leading preventable mortality risk factor in Europe.
Good to know! Thank you
Thank you so much for watching this video :)
Feeding pigeons (specifically) is illegal where I live in California. But it's not enforced so lots of individuals do it. They almost always scatter chunks of white bread that causes a fluttering frenzy. After a few minutes nearly every chunk is gone (the remainder, I am told, are consumed by terrestrial rats). One day, I saw lots of Cheetos on the ground. Pigeons came and went, but did not eat any. I was impressed by their perspicacity.
As bad as some of these things are, and as addictive as some of it is, alcohol has caused problems to individuals that is so alarming and devastating that this is relatively minor. I, myself, don’t eat much that contains red dye, and do try to eat healthy foods. I’m all for healthier living, so thanks for doing some investigating into these things. You gave some useful insights. Thanks!
Most of us can make better
choices, so let’s do it.
M&M's are my favorite candies. I like the peanuts and mars. They're colorful as well. Merci et Joyeux Nouvelle Année, Lucile!
J'aime mieux carambar caramel.
Thank you - this is so important and as Americans we have to work very hard to avoid these super processed foods!! You are 100% correct - the additives & sugar are addictive and its not the healthiest choice! This is very good information. Health is more important. Natural food is better - and Americans have to demand healthier, less processed foods. That is happening - but it must happen faster for everyone's benefit. Thank you again!
As a Southern American, I agree that additives are a problem here. Worse than additives, added sugar is an even bigger problem. Even our sugar has added sugar! I use to be a "I will eat what I want!" guy until I received 2 medicated stints and a balloon plasty. Now, I "consult" my friend in Dijon about what I'm eating, what they eat, etc... 100+lbs lighter now, 11 months later, I KNOW that the US food industry is dangerously flawed.
Very good video. There are so many chemicals, sugars, and preservatives in US food. The same reason "Wonder Bread" (one of the most popular brands in the US) is BANNED in France; the bread is full of additives, GMO enriched flour, and preservatives. I've lost 90 pounds since moving to France. I enjoy the fresh, natural, and unprocessed food in France.
Did you know that high fructose corn syrup is actually more expensive to use than regular cane sugar? The reason why the US corporations use it is because corn is heavily subsidized by the government, making it dirt cheap to purchase thus making the fructose syrup process much cheaper than using cane sugar
I would like to see Lucile get a hands-free microphone for her presentations.
I feel I need to hold something to get in the mood to talk haha
@LucileHR Ha-Ha! Well, OK. Comme on dit en anglais : "Whatever floats your boat." Merci pour vos vidéos et Bonne Continuation ...
OMG, for a split second, I thought Mountain Dew was going to be your sponsor!
Looool that’s so funny!!
Met a retired food inspector in the USA and tried to ask questions about our food and he kept saying: " You don't want to know"
In Mexico packaged foods high in sugar, salt or fat are all clearly marked as such. That seems more practical than the process of outright banning.
It might seem obvious which foods would be marked that way, but sometimes I was still surprised.
I have live most of my life as American or under American foods when living in France and Europe however today I live in France there is not one American made food or drink I miss it has been nearly 20 years and I am OK and doing just fine without them it could be that I am half French thanks MOM for that she is the family health nut she is French born so am I Paris if anyone is asking! For me the American hospital in Neuilly-sur-Seine just outside of Paris, but most American call it Paris so do I thanks to my US army father (RIP) who came to France at the tail end of WWII!
I think the issue is the lack of education surrounding food in America is appalling. I’m sure it’s not all great but the handling of food in Europe in general is great! I am very careful with what I eat in the states. I’ve raised my children who are still young against many of American fast foods as it’s just addictive and bad for you. Not all but too much of it is junk.
The Canadian version of Froot Loops is identical to the European one. And a lot of the foods that are sold in Europe are the same as in Canada we have the same dyes that are sold in US.
when I was in Paris 2 weeks ago, I tried several American brands just to compare - Fanta, Coke, Peanut M&M and one or 2 others. it was just a test. I really enjoyed the French version much more. We Americans are really screwed over by the food producers. Same companies - yet they poison everything over here in the states
It's so interesting how the ingredients are different!
@@LucileHR I have 5 - 100 ml cokes from paris in my fridge . Now the problem is when do I enjoy. Mybe I will have one on New Years Day. I pretty much drink filtered water only. I do crack from time to time and eat our crap food but for the most part I try not too.
I actually love the European Fruit Loop colours! They're a nice, gentle shade and the colours go well together!
Merci, I am hesitant about food dye
3:45 wait, holy crap is that the guy who does those like food videos from different countries, like he has videos where he tries pizza from a bunch of dif countries, different plane rides etc...? That's TOTALLY him isn't it? I've never subscribed to his channel but I've watched his video for years. Lol this is so trippy, so I'm now watching his GFs yt channel.
Lucile, here is a suggestion: you should make a video about obesity in the U.S. compared to France or the E.U. This is a topic that concerns many. Tks for your videos.
Flaming Cheetos are very popular on Native American reservations - where the US, from the beginning, took away whole foods such as buffalo meat and replaced them with flour, sugar and processed foods. These types of foods are popular in "food deserts" throughout the country where it isn't possible to get good quality foods at a reasonable price. There's a lot of money to be made from people being unhealthy.
Also these things are designed to be addictive.
Rubbish.
Hopefully RFK works to band these bad additives in the American food. Im not excited about his vaccine plan but his food plan looks solid.
Not sure how it will pan out. The rest of their party is so strictly against adding regulations to businesses. Especially ones that will hurt profit. Also, RFK said a lot about it but, Trump has said almost nothing about food so I really don’t think it’s on the priority list as much as deregulation is.
He can ban all the products he likes but it'll be tied up in lawsuits for years while they continue to be sold. He has to prove that these things are harmful, and given how he's failed to prove that vaccines are harmful, I wouldn't hold my breath. I'm not saying that they're not harmful, I suspect that they are. But that's how it works in the US. Good, bad, it just is.
RFK opposes vaccination, not food additives. His health care (and nutrition) policy is based on debunked conspiracy theories.
@@MichaelTheophilus906 Which is anecdotal and singular and proves nothing general about vaccines and their efficacy and likely side effects. Plus, 1959?!? That was 65 years ago and vaccine science has advanced just a wee bit since then, I think. Also, the point of the shots wasn't just to not get covid but for it to be less severe if you did get it. I can't believe that this still needs to be explained. Fox News "science" is not actual science.
@@MichaelTheophilus906Wow, with that evidence you’re ready to publish in the AMA 😅
The "let people decide for themselves" is just code word for "let the food industry do whatever they want". Back when he was campaigning for president (I think it was for his second term), Bush jurnior kept saying during the presidential debate that he believed that people should have a choice when it came to healthcare. That was code word for not instituting any system that might remotely resemble proper access to healthcare in the US.
I asked my 9 year old Grandson would he rather eat a colorful cereal which is less healthy or a cereal with less color that taste good and is healthy and he chose less colorful and healthier. It is sad we Americans have such crap products. The products which are better for you are much more expensive. I think we should take these companies on one by one and start boycotting. It will take time but, a change needs to take place.
Back when I went to school, which I graduated in 1977, I don't remember ever having vending machines. Now all of a sudden I want some Pepsi. Thankfully I bought the really tiny cans of Pepsi. And then the last time I had one, I didn't even finish it. Okay I will be back after I go to the kitchen.
I’m Mexican-American, me and friends, would never eat hot Cheetos, plain. We, would always ask, the cafeteria lady, if they can add, Nacho cheese, and Jalapeño’s, my Gawd, was it 🔥
Wow, Kiana Docherty's latest video meshes perfectly with this. She did a great job showing how snack food manufacturers pull strings at the US FDA.
The FDA just banned red dye 3.
In Paris, where the Seine does flow, Lives Lucile, with a charming glow. She loves her snacks, oh what a treat, But health's her guide, she won't be beat.
Carcinogens, she does evade, Like the plague, she’s not swayed. American snacks, she does implore, "Remove the harm, and add no more!"
With a smile, she munches on, Her healthy snacks, from dusk till dawn. Lucile, so cute, so wise, so bright, In her world, health is the light 💗💗💗.
Your boyfriend's response does not surprise me at all for the reasons you mentioned...
I'm from France but went to middle school and high school in the U.S., in the cafeteria we always had multiple food stations of which 1 or 2 were dedicated to balanced healthy food, and between 3 to 7 stations were dedicated to junk food... 2 stations served only Red Baron Pizzas, 3 to 4 stations served the usual hamburgers, cafeteria made pizzas, fries.. basically just junk fried foods. While the lines for the junk food stations were always huge, the lines for the healthy food stations were never more than 20 or so students per healthy station, of which, 90% of the students in the healthy station lines were international students.
The flame retardant in Mountain Dew is water.
As an American and Mexican, we can't always eat hot Cheetos like that. We NEED more chili on it because we can't taste the spice on hot Cheetos. It's too mild
Did you ever try it, with Nacho cheese, and Jalapeño’s, it’s 🔥
In France, where even the dogs smoke, they ban foods with food coloring.
Dear Lucile what app do You use for food investigation? Greetings from Poland ❤
I use Yuka! There are many other apps too :)
Well, I did not experience it but we also use to have vending machine in middle and high schools in France. I'm 30 and I think it was removed a few years before I went into middle school I believe.
I’m from Finland and we had soda machines in secondary and high school, but that was around 2008-2011 and they were banned I believe before 2015. Which is good in my opinion, sugary beveridges isn’t something that school should offer or encourage.
Here's a quick tip that I follow when I look at the ingredients:
- If it's a "mile long" list of ingredients, I stay away from it.
- If it has ingredient(s) that I can't pronounce or don't know what it is, I stay away from it.
- And I look at the 5 listed item below.
- Even if it's labeled as "Organic", I look. You'd be surprised sometimes..
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I remember eating M&M when I was a child.
But as I grew older and had a medical issue, I began to be cognizant of what I ate.
And I began to read the ingredients on packaged food.
And these stand out:
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1. High sugar content
2. High salt content
3. Preservatives
4. Artificial flavor/color
5. Natural flavor/ingredient
As for the soda in USA, almost all soda has Sodium Benzoate.
When combined with vitamin C, citric acid, or ascorbic acid, can convert to Benzene, which is a known carcinogen.
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Here's my take away on why I want to live in EU.
1. Lifestyle - Walk rather than drive to do anything.
2. Food - Tastier. It is matter of opinion, but I find the food in EU statisfyingly delicious.
That's because the ingredients are mostly in their natural state.
Have a healthy and peaceful life in 2025, Miss Lucile.
Bonne et heureuse année
あけましておめでとうございます
Happy New Year
yes. It should read like a recipe, not a chemistry experiment.
I noticed in passing that Twinkies are also under fire. For many Americans, Twinkies are a staple of life.
Not really
So that is why 'fruit loops' is sometimes used to refer to someone who is a little mad.
More products are banned in the US from Europe. The game with dyes and banning is weird and the US has stricter labeling laws. Some of the same dyes have different names in Europe. Processed food world wide is an issue.
its widely known to be a lot worse in the US than in Europe though
@@user-md3wm7vu1f Everything is worse in the US is the normal thought. I think its personally Europe's way to prove they are better than the US. Eurocentrism is just as bad as American centrism. Some of the same companies in the US make the same things in Europe they just package them differently because labeling laws are different from country to country. In the US they are forced to put the chemical composition. You can't just say "Natural flavors". That can mean anything. Companies try to change laws in the US all the time about easing labels. They rarely win completely. The EU and US have different agriculture also. US is mainly hard wheat and the EU is mainly soft wheat. That just means the US has a higher protein content and if you have gluten issues your experience in the US will not be great because there is naturally more gluten in high protein foods. Process food is something everyone should get away from in every country though.
@@rnkelly36 i see US products with "natural flavors" or "artificial flavors" on labels all the time. i think in europe theyre just more concerned about the health effects (especially on children) than proving theyre better. a lot of banned substances are known carcinogens or have other potential issues and havent been thoroughly tested like the examples in the video. you can tell just by comparing the labels of the fruit loops products that the european brand is less processed. of course theres plenty of junk/processed food in any country, but the US tends to be more corrupt (according to corruption indexes) than most western european countries, so the food companies have an easier time loosening regulations.
@@MichaelTheophilus906 As with the European decision to market unwashed eggs, there is a price paid for those decisions as well. Salmonella contamination on mass-produced eggs in the EU is over 70 times the rate of washed and refrigerated eggs in the US. Having lived for a short time in eastern Europe as well as the US, I will take the US standards on those any day so long as sufficient refrigeration is available / affordable.
It is crazy that your first thought of your country being criticised is to not reflect on why that is the case but to immediately try to turn it back around at all costs.
Yeah processed foods are a problem all around the world but there is one country in particular that is universally known to struggle with obesity, diabetes and the like and the fact that one doesn't even have to name the name of said country speaks for itself. Different labelling laws don't suddenly make your candy neon colored or your cheese burger survive 12 years in the back of your closet.
Apart from that like the other person said it is widely known that the EU is known for banning stuff or imposing regulations, which goes way beyond the food industry but crucially includes a lot of food items and food practices as mentioned in the video. Whether that's good or bad is a completely different talking point, but there is no denying it's a fact.
I have watched many youtube videos about food from experts on nutrition, and Lucille you are one of the most informative videos about food. Maybe part of the reason American are heavier than the French is because our food has too many additives. Lucille, you have been to the United States, does the food in France taste better?
The rate of cancer is actually higher in Europe compared the USA... and relatively higher in France compared to other European countries. France is also the largest consumer of pesticides in Europe.
Idk about your pronunciation of "allowed" haha but great video as always
I can tell you M&M's give me nightmares.
Wow... Pepsi removed something. While in India Cadbury sent a Legal Notice to a video maker for highlighting the "Sugar Content"!
As a kid I liked hot Cheetos and 3 musketeers, I wish someone was looking out for me
Healthy Diet Starts with Morning Prayers and Healthy drinks…..This is Why Peoples post their Morning routines on RUclips. Put your Health First in Everything you do. Put Health and Safety First in Everything you do and then you will find your WAY in life….Americans like to Shop Costco and Grocery stores for Health Foods. In American schools children are feed healthy foods and taught to eat and drink Healthy.
Apart form all the chemicals that is banned in EU, the rules are not that strict. There are differences from country to country. Where i come from, Denmark, the egs are in the refrigerator, so I guess they are washed. There are local traditions that EU do not regulate. An example is cheese production. In France I know they use raw milk in cheese production. It is not allowed in the north. It has to be pasteurized.
Food dyes, preservatives, and ultra processed foods are why I eat food I prepare myself, or by a restaurant that prepares with healthy ingredients…
With so much awareness about the long term adverse metabolic effects of ultra-processed foods, I’m surprised why people are still purchasing these products like cereal, cheetos, candy, coke etc. There’s a ton of good knowledge available on the internet on this subject.
I used to hear that we mainly eat with our eyes -- that's what makes it more appealing.
I love Cheetos but can’t find them anywhere. I found similar called wotsits in the UK, they were good 👍🏼
Brightly coloured foods having been appealing to me since I was a child. They just tell me that the food is artificial and cheap. Naturally colourful foods like a caprese salad are appealing but artificial colours are a red flag to me.
the food culture here in the UK is very similar to that in the US but even though we're no longer in the EU , our food standards and regulations are thankfully the same as the EU's ...I believe that in the US they can put things in food until they're proven harmful but in Europe they must be properly tested
Your video is wonderful!! You are such a sweet soul! (actually thinking American companies CARE about the consumers!! 😂🤔). I’m sure you know, in America, it’s ALL ABOUT profits, and money. 🤷🏼♂️. But what’s actually more eye opening, is how STUPID many U.S. consumers actually are, especially in more UNEDUCATED, rural, small towns in places like Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Kentucky, Mississippi, Tennessee, Ohio, etc. …….it’s very sad, but VERY true. 🤷🏼♂️🤷🏼♂️🤷🏼♂️
Anyone knows why that app, Yuka, is available in so few countries? I understand, of course, that health is a very delicate subject and the devs are probably trying to play it as safe as possible... so, they do some kind of basic research before "release"? Do they need permits? Whatever is written on the product varies too much from one country to another?
Sad that we have to call the industries out, since when why does the industry think it is a good idea to lace our food toxins in the first place just raising the sales?
I hate spicy food, especially Flaming Hot Cheetos. However, I have a sweet tooth and would be disappointed if the sweets here that have additives (all) were banned lmao. But I only eat once a day and it’s a salad with grilled not friend or crispy chicken and quarter of an avocado (it’s natural fat but still fat so best to eat a small amount) and a small less than a tablespoon of dressing.
Your idea was to ban it, but mine and I am also European are like that. Let everything be legal and let people decide whether they want to eat/drink/smoke etc.
That’s one way to look at it, but I also feel like when something isn’t banned, it puts so much responsibility on the consumer to constantly read labels and keep track of whether a company has been acquired or quietly changed their recipe without us knowing. That’s way too time-consuming, and companies know most people won’t be able to keep up or feel motivated enough to read the label of every single item they put in their cart after a long workweek. If people can barely read and reply to my short emails at work, I don’t think they can keep up with reading an ingredients list-especially when faced with 20 different options of tomato sauce, all while feeling overwhelmed.
I agree on everything being legal as long as there are proper warning signs (ie a label to say that something is possibly carcinogenic or can have other adverse effects)
1:30 Looking *not funny* doesn't mean it looks *sad.* Looking funny is not the food's purpose.
I rinse my food, before cooking/eating, with apple cider vinegar.
It's funny how normal peanut M&Ms are perfectly fine, but peanut butter ones aren't.
What the heck are Americans doing in their manufacture of peanut butter?
I saw one of those Data videos on Facebook the other day which showed the US has by far the most prisoners in the world. I think this video goes a long way explaining why that is. :)
I always wondered if there was something in the water (in the U.S) but it turns out it's in the food.
Thank you for bringing awareness to this subject. I was raised on products that have proven to be harmful. My desire is that U.S. consumers will make the decision to value their health, and stop purchasing this stuff. Thats the only way it will change.
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Thank you so much for your posting!
I'm Japanese and I'm interested in your comparing EU & the US about foods.
In Japanese, there is the word "医食同源（いしょくどうげん ishoku-dougen）＝Eating healthy prevents and cures disease. "
Thank you, I'm hoping RFK will lead us away from the garbage. A snack is fine, but it should not give you cancer, etc.
RFK is anti vaccine and supports junk food. Look up his picture with him pigging out on McDonald’s food with Trump as an example.
Eating McD with Trump and Elon, he probably didn't find it so funny.
@arnodobler1096 Well, Trump brought RFK on board to get the crap out of our food. Let's see how it goes.
@Remybrook How many millions flow from the food industry into politicians' campaigns and pockets? US Inc.
Lucile you remind me of my aunt. You look exactly like her ❤
I'm in my 30s now and try to be more mindful about my health. But those foods, especially flaming hot cheetos are engineered to be highly palatable and addictive. I was soooo addicted to hot cheetos and other snacks when I was a kid. It's really bad.
Exactly. It can be so hard not to buy certain items, especially when we love them or feel hooked on them, but I’ve been working on showing more restraint myself. Just now, in my late 20s, I’ve been making more of an effort to cook everything from scratch and have gotten better about not buying my go-to comfort snacks like Funyuns, M&Ms, or Hot Cheetos. But how do we expect kids to show the same restraint, especially when these products are so clearly targeted at them? What kid isn’t going to want addicting, great-tasting snacks? I really wish there were a better, faster way to get unnecessary and harmful ingredients out of our food and drinks. It feels like we’re just hoping a random online post about one ingredient will make a difference, when we all know there are so many others in things like Mountain Dew that also need to be addressed or replaced.
I rarely defend corporate America, but I have to note that just because something "may" be carcinogenic doesn't necessarily mean it is. I enjoy your thoughtful videos on culture very much, but I believe this topic to be way outside your area of expertise. Yes, it does seem that the prevailing tendency of the USA is to make corporate profits uber alles. But just because the EU does something differently doesn't mean it has taken the most intelligent or evidence-backed approach. (I will say I am very grateful to the EU for forcing Apple to put USB-C charging in its devices!)