Europe: you can't sell this unless it's proven safe US: you can sell this until it's proven unsafe How I love European regulation when it comes to food-safety

It might be one reason why the US has the lowest and falling life expectancy, and highest infant mortality rate amongst developed nations.

It's refreshing to hear Americans realising that it's profitable for citizens to be sick but the complete opposite in Europe.

Something not mentioned here is that UK McDonalds fries only have 3 ingredients potatoes, oil and salt, whilst US McDonalds fries have 19 ingredients. It's a really simple way to see the difference in attitudes to food processing between the 2 countries. UK Fruit loops are to Americans, what nasty American chocolate is compared to British chocolate.

British cereals are said to lack flavour (looking at you, Shredded Wheat) but you can always add things on top like sugar, honey, fruit to give it sweetness. In the US, you can't remove the sweet, and apparently harmful, chemicals since they're built-in.

I think in the U.K/Europe things are banned until they are proven to be safe, in America things aren’t banned until they are proved to be unsafe.

Canada also bans American milk and other foods, no just a European thing. America places very low standards on it’s food regulations. Maybe that’s part of the reason American life expectancy is 4 - 5 years less than other industrialized countries.

Im a retired US expat living in Sicily. All the vegetables here are grown without insecticides and meat is free range without antibiotics or growth hormones. Even the local wine has no additives. My only concern as someone who love fresh fish is the amount of plastic refuse in the Mediterranean.

Additives in small quantities may not be harmful but if every single food item got some in them you easily get over that threshold.

The FDA isn't there to watch over consumers health. It's there to watch over producers profit. This is what you get when you allow big businesses to "sponsor" politicians. In the USA capitalism has spun out of control.

If you think this is shocking then you should check out a KZfaq video by an American called Dr Livingood, UK vs US food standards. On this video he does exact, side by side comparisons of exactly the same product, exactly the same brand in the UK vs US so you can instantly see the difference in ingredients in the same brand and product between our two countries.

I lived in the Stars for 2 years and the food made me unwell. When I came back to the UK after just a few weeks I felt so much better and the taste of food back home in the UK is just so, so much better. No one cares about fruit loops here either.

there a metric ton of vids on youtube of americans that moved to the uk or Eu and found there heal vastly improved so it dose make you wonder what your food over there is doing to you as when they go back home they get ill again

You have to remember, in the USA the most important thing is the DOLLAR. So lobbyist from the food producers fill some pockets with cash to leave the regulations as they are. So you get chickens raised in shit washed with chlorine to make them edible. Same with your eggs, their washed, removing all the natural defences and thus have to be refrigerated.No egg is refrigerated in the UK. Beef, well the same husbandry here to, so its filled with antibiotics "enhancers" and "tenderisers" and added salt for taste. The very best beef comes from Scotland (Aberdeen Angus) and its world famous like their Scotch! In Europe, because the Dollar is not king, then husbandry of the animals, produces stressless animals and happy animals. Meat eats tough if the animals are under stress hence the "tenderisers" (a batch of chemicals). Strange thing, if Americans live in Europe for over 6 months, they say they loose weight, even though they eat the same amount of food. The women report, that their periods change when eating European food. I guess you make up your own mind as to whether American food really does affect people. American food is known for the amount of sugar used. Its a cheap preservative-makes things last and last and last.Plus its addictive! and it adds fat to your body. Then there is the amount of salt used.( future heart attack) If food is highly processed it looses its flavour-hence the amount of salt needed.Being the kind of guy I am, I distrust big companies and so my next thought was if food producers dont care about their customers health, would they have a tie in with health companies too?

In the US, it's all about the profits over anything else, including the well-being of its citizens. In the EU, profits matter, after all, it's a capitalistic economy, but well-being of its citizens also matter a lot more than it does in the US. Also, the US seems to have the attitude that if it's not proven to be unsafe, it's safe for consumption, that's crazy because in a sense, the US government is basically saying that the American people are lab rats until things go wrong, and it's no surprise that so many countries ban so many of their foods and drinks, being as you don't really want to take chances on things we consume. But the US is too capitalistic that, that overrules everything else, money is the only thing that seems to matter, and if people get sick, they think, great, it will help the health care industry out lol, and it does make you wonder if the food and health industry are in it together because the more Americans that get sick with what they eat, the more money the health care industry stands to gain, both industries stand to benefit by lower standards and higher profits, the American people on the other hand are being screwed over with lower health conditions and needing to use the health care system more, and in many cases, they don't even stand to benefit with lower food cost because this is all done for the benefit of the companies not the people. What Americans really should be asking themselves, why are so many countries around the world banning these products?

The freedom to eat poison.

Within the EU bread from America is considered as cake. This is due to the high content of sugar.

US milk is banned in Canada.

American's perception of breakfast seems very strange to me. Insanely sweet cereals, chicken and waffles, donuts etc. They all taste nice, but breakfast for you guys seems to just be whatever you can find on a normal lunch/dessert menu, doused in sugar/syrup.

When someone tries to change the system in the US, the owners of the country yells communist, all the slaves get scared and fall in line.

Greetings from Australia. The obvious problem is who owns the FDA and then who owns the politicians. Anybody who tries to do anything about issues like this is called a Socialist. I would suggest the very great majority of Americans do not have even a very basic idea of what socialism is. It seems to apply to anyone who puts forward any plan to increase the welfare of US citizens which is a complete no no as American basically only exists to benefit big business. P.S. "American Healthcare" is one of my favourite oxymorons along with "Civil War". Keep up the good work guys!

The UK gets a bad wrap for food, but ive watched a few different videos about the shit they put in US foods and on balance, i think the US probably has the worst food in the world. Are they purposely trying to kill you? Its bizzare.

I remember going to the States in the early 70's and everyone was just normal sized , but when I returned in the late 80's they were hugely overweight. Fast food had taken off and I could not get over how big the burgers and fries were. The soda's came in jug sized cups ...unbelievable. in the 90's this happened in Europe and the UK. In Australia in the early 2000's I never saw a fat person , this was a country of sporting people . Twenty years later teenagers there make a sedentary old man look skinny , and sports fields that were once packed every evening have seen declining use. A lot of companies have made a lot of money making people unhealthy and fat ..the consequences of which , are that the "health" industries have flourished....... all seemingly aimed at the young generation as a lifestyle model.

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Here in the UK and the EU, we are treated as citizens of our country, I feel in the USA you are treated purely as customer's to be ripped off.

The EU (and the UK still ) have strict regulations on the level of somatic cells in the milk. BST has the effect of raising the cows cell counts markedly . The hens shown in cages are egg laying birds and not meat birds. The US keeps its meat birds at higher densities than are allowed in Europe.

Bromide, is said to reduce your sex drive in the UK.

US: Regulators protecting companies UK: Regulators protecting people

Nettles and Spinach in the fruitloops are not flavor - these are for color. They are green. A lot of food coloring comes from natural sources. Red usually comes from the beetroot (If I remember it correctly, originally the Red Velvet Cake used to be colored with beetroot juice).

The one thing they ban from sale in the UK is American chocolate. Fortunately it's not commonly found in my area.

You're not wrong to believe that the politically powerful for-profit health care industry benefits massively from poor public health. Of course it does, and so does big pharma. That's why you're told so many lies about the UK's national health service.

It's so weird, food is already naturally working for us, but the US just messes with it. WHY do you want the bread to look whiter!? In Sweden that makes it looks cheap and unhealthy. I'm much more likely to buy bread that is darker. For the taste and the health. I just don't happen to like bread that often is naturally dark. But I don't know if what I like has anything to make it darker, it's just so backwards over there. And yeah, in small quantities most of this is probably no problem. But when it's in so many things... it ads up. And it shouldn't be worth the risk. Disgusting.

Both times I have been to the US (1st Disney World and then DC, Boston and Cape Cod a few years later) the food made me physically sick with terrible cramps, diarrhoea and nausea. As soon as I returned to the UK within 24 hrs all my symptoms had disappeared. If I go back to US I will be super careful about what I consume! Can’t believe you all live off that crap!

In the US you need to prove an addictive is unsafe before it is banned. In the EU you need to prove an addictive is safe before it is allowed.

You said it at the end, I was going to say in England the doctors want to cure you so you don't come back, in America there's no intention to cure because they want the custom..because you're a customer...

I live in Norway,allthough we have a lot of prossessed food,we eat moore fresh foods,and food that are in season.We altso make a lot from scratch.

How is it that human medicines are very expensive and the same medicines can be mixed with animal feed or injected directly into the animals?

I have aean loads of vids that show people going to America are very sick because of the food. Americans who move to Europ loose wait whtout changing there diet and feel better. I like that we are cairing for animals more, not enough but more.

E-numbers are just codes for food additives. They can be natural but also chemical bad and chemical not bad numbers. like E-100 is Curcumin E-101 is Natural Vitamine B for yellow orange colouring, E-140 is green colouring made of plant leaves, E-160 colours made of plants , E-300 conserving agent , its just Vitamine C, etc etc etc

america is crazy sorry guys get out🤤🤤

E-numbers are not necessarily bad. It's just a number that is assigned to food additives. For instance vitamine C has E-number E300. Others however might be quite lethal.

Mountain Dew US was apparently sued by someone prteneding there was a mouse in a can and only found out after drinking it . The experts called in by PepsiCo's lawyers offered a stomach-churning explanation for why it couldn't be true: the Mountain Dew would have dissolved the mouse, turning it into a "jelly-like substance," had it been in the can of fluid from the time of its bottling until the day the plaintiff opened it, 15 months later. 6:51 And he didn't talked about the conditions the cattles are raised, pretty much the same as the poultry. ( think about it : if chicken are properly raised, no stain on the eggs, then no need for "cleaning" and to keep the eggs in freezers). 7:46 For now at least, there is still time.

I cannot and will not ear american baked goods. Far far too much sugar.

a bit UK centric, i live in finland i bake the bread myself. its 5 minutes work with an automat. and then i know for sure whats in there: wheat/grains i mix myself to taste ; some sugar, some yeast, little salt, water -> BOOM no E-stuff, color represents my mix - if i put more rye in, it will go darker...i like it. last long enough in a classic breadbox - no need to preservative chemicals or shit like that. Baking yourself, what a foreign concept, eh?

To me in the USA it all seems to revolve around the $$$$

Eggs 🥚 in America must be kept refrigerated because of the enormous salmonella risk from Bleach washing (chloride) the battery Chicken carcasses and eggs 🤢🤮 No brown/blue/spotty eggs from free-range chickens in the USA 😮 that can be kept ambient for 2 weeks like here in the UK

Of course as health care in UK and Europe is paid largely through taxation, so it is in the government's interest to keep the public healthy to keep costs down. Inversely In the US the health industry is privatised and is for profit, so actually the system works best when people aren't healthy.

It isn't 100% safe, but in Denmark where I live, you'll be fine eating raw chicken most of the time. Salmonella has really been beaten back. By the way, E-numbers can be for completely natural things that are nutritious and good for you(Like E300 C-vitamin and E160 Paprika). Some of them are not though.

Just don’t eat processed food (crap).

EU standards: We aren't chancing this food harming anybody. FDA: Some of you may die, but that's a sacrifice I'm willing to make.

I'm a UK Coeliac. it's common here. er well now it is. I have multiple intolerances including my local tap water. Couldn't even consider visiting the USA.

Donuts as breakfast food?! Might as well get out the birthday cake and coca cola...

The US has a notorious history of setting rules and standards for the world but not complying themselves. From pharmaceuticals, to technology privacy, all the way to human rights.

I was a baby in ireland in the 80s, before certain E-numbers were banned, and I had a full blown fit after a strawberry petit filous (a yogurt literally made for babies and toddlers) E-numbers are so damgerous.

i tried mountain dew once it was rancid poured it away

7:25 That is not quite accurate, while the chlorine wash itself isn't harmful, it only fixes problems on the surface to make it seem everything is fine for tests. It can basically "wash away" traces of very serious problems in the meat under the surface and hard to get places that the wash can't reach

TLDW: Most foods and drinks in the US is bad. Most people outside the US know this. PS: Breakfast is meant to be healthy, donuts are not healthy. Incredible.

The type of lobbying in the USA is illegal in most of the countries in Europe and it has nothing to do with Universal Healthcare. In Europe you are not really allowed to directly affect the political decision making process.

hi, dutch here, 9;35 I was just thinking the same thing, very disturbing and frightening. My advice is to buy a bread maker and make your own bread. It's even tastier without all the sugar they put in it

I don't know for sure, but I assume the foods from Europe that are banned in the US are things like raw milk, all cheese made from raw milk or maybe only the soft ones (I know that large commercial Dutch cheeses are not made with raw milk, but local farmers who sell their own frequently use raw milk instead of pasteurised), or certain blue cheeses. Maybe certain fermented foods as well. Surstrümming is hard to get as well, but as far as I know that's because shipping by plane isn't allowed because the cans can burst because of air pressure, and the smell is impossible to get rid of, not because the food itself is banned in the US, though it is hard to come by. I know kinder eggs aren't allowed either, but that's not an issue with ingredients but presentation. I can't really think of more, but I'm sure there are other things. Every so often there is some kind of food scandal somewhere, and the EU is not free from that. I recently listened to a podcast about a wine scandal, where some Austrian wine makers added a dangerous chemical to the wine because it made a failed crop taste sweet. The chemical is not deadly in small doses but one bottle of wine per person is a deadly dose. That's a few glasses, that's really not that much, especially if you happen to drink it at a party, or a long dinner. And you could get brain damage and kidney failure from a much smaller dose. Luckily they caught it before people were harmed. But apparently there was a big scare and all Austrian wines were banned for a short time in several countries, so the Austrian wine industry really suffered from that. (there was also the issue of disposing of it properly, you can't just pour it out somewhere)

The reason why they use nettles and spinach is the colour and the flavour. During the war nettles were collected, dried and use this tea, because believe it or not it taste like tea, English style, of course and dried spinach again colour and in the olden days pre-the 1800s, anything that was died, green clothing, wise, or fabric was done with nettles spinach. There’s another dandelions that the other one and drive dandelions and the leaves make coffee, when it’s mixed with chicory

you are right. lobbies work with one another. some make you sick and others promise healing.

the basic is that, in the US, the safety of products is considered AFTER the fact, and only if enough peoples complain and have the money to sue the company that released the product... meanwhile, in the EU, the safety is mostly considered BEFORE the release of a product (and when there are f-ups, the outcry is huge) let's say it in game analogy: the release version in the US is the early beta test version and customer are the testers, while the beta test in the EU was done before release and by the producer team, internally and with mandatory update to the authorities

Cohoots with pharmaceutical companies probably , the more sick you are the more money is made , that's pretty appalling .

The sickness angle... hadn't thought of that ... could be true...in some ways it would not surprise me...

How does everyone in the US not have cancer or some debilitating kidney or liver issue. Next time I go to the states I'm changing my diet to vegan for the duration and absolutely no bread until i come back to the UK😥

Mountain Dew is too sweet. The fact that is called mountain dew is an insult.

Something not mentioned here at all is that American food regulatory authorities are less stringent on the presence of foreign bodies, mice droppings, insects etc in foods made available to the public in the United States. I'm told that the presence of such items are precisely limited (ie: in parts per million or whatever the measure is) but at a higher level than would be acceptable in the European Union.

You're all DOOMED!

To me, it's quite shocking to see what americans have to eat. I mean, it's not like every family of 4 can just start growing their own stuff and slaughter their own animals, or have enough money to shop in "organic" places which are - at least here in europe - usually way more expensive. I am soo glad, we don't have an organisation like the fda here, but institutions that actually work.

Little side note on cows, specifically dairy cows. Cows have been bred for literally millenia by now. The current top dairy cow produces around 50 liters of milk a day, roughly 12 gallons a day. A single calf drinks between 7-9 liters a day (roughly 2 gallons) a day, so that was the roughly natural limit of what cows needed to produce. Calf twins are incredibly rare, and mostly one is so weak that it dies within minutes or hours after birth. Or it even kills the cow bearing them during pregnancy. Basically, nature has intended for a cow to give milk to raise ONE offspring. Yes, that is brutal, and not a nice fact, but we have to face it. Thus, the natural limit of two gallons a day means that a calf slowly weaning itsself by starting to eat grass reduces the amount required in a natural cow by the same amount until a cow falls fallow again. Whereupon milk production sets in only with the next pregnancy. Now humans came along and decided we needed more milk, and bred with the specific goal of increasing udder size and milk production. This results in cows that would be completely unable to survive in nature without human 'interference'. Because milk in udders of turbo-cows (I kid you not, that's the termn they were given) NOT pumped off by humans will DIE, painfully, over a period of several days, as their udders become swollen, the milk rots inside it, creating infections, the whole nine yards. Even when humans regularly pump the milk for our own use the udder size makes milk cows have uncomfortably large udders, distending their bowels by the huge weight hanging from it. Imaging having to carry around a water dispenser's bottle around your belly. Now increase its size five- to six-fold. It's really easy to understand that this is not healthy and increases the likelihood of other complications. NOW add in rBST (the hormone that increases milk production) into THAT mix. You can see why the EU thought that cows already producing milk at top limits being pushed way beyond those by hormonal stressors is not something that should be done. Even without any scientific indications that rBST may have any effects on humans directly. That milk produced by hormonal overdriven cows may change taste is another thing. But that is another aspect that is so personal science rarely touches it. So I prefer cows that are NOT forced-fed crap, that live a healthier, happier life, even when they produce 'only' 7-8 gallons a day, thus are NOT profit maximized, no matter their discomfort.

So glad Canadian milk does not have that RBST....same with the potassium bromate ...not in Canada.

EU Standards protect animals that we eat, human health and ensures employment rights (min 4 weeks paid leave, sick leave paid, maternity and paternity leave rights) and many more

I have a magic solution to give more sweetness to my cereal if I want to, its called, a spoon, and some sugar, you put it in your cereal, add milk and just eat.

Going unnoticed gains benificy

If the EU dont do it, and dont allow farms in their jurisdiction to do it, why would they allow farms outside their jurisdiction to sell products that do! It defeats the purpose of not allowing it locally. If we make something 10mm and you make it 3/8" were not going to buy it, its too big. Thats what happens when you run on different standards, its why britsin abandoned the BSI standards. ANSI and ISA isnt the same, which is bigger, international markets or US markets? Whether the US see that as fair or not is really irrelevant, its a standard that you either meet or don't. If you dont comply why assume a whole market as big as yours domestically (the EU) will change? If you want to deal with them you deal based on their standards, as I'm sure we have too using your ANSI standards to sell into the USA. That goes for your food safety standards too, like hagis for example. Is that the USA declaring economic warfare on Scotland? Question: if the US government were financially responsible for healthcare how long do you think it would be that these things would be banned? Now ask yourself, is that socialism or capitalism driving that mindset?

generally in the uk foods come with lower added sugar because of the sugar tax but a similar thing happens with salt too. The benefit is you can choose to make your food more salty or cereal more sugary by just adding salt or sugar or honey etc whatever you want. Dont raw dog some shredded wheat or weetabix that shit taste like cardboard without adding sugar.

Haggis is BYOOOTIFYOOOOOOOLLL. It tastes lovely ignore the rubbish you hear...mmmmmm

No spinach (juice) is not for flavor - it is the color to make them green.

Hello from Switzerland, for a few years now I have had a strong tendency to no longer believe even our health authorities (and especially the WHO) about what is safe and what is harmful. I think having some common sense and sticking as close as possible to the naturalness of products seems to me to be the wisest thing. To make it clear, the E numbers are additives that are not contained in a natural food but are added (for better shelf life, color, etc.).

It sounds like AMERICAN FREEDOM COSTS AMERICANS A LOT…HEALTH ACROSS GENERATIONS🙈🙈🙈😳😳😳😳

We have Mountain Dew in Australia but we make it, along with Coca- Cola, Fanta etc, with very safe ingredients.

In the US something has to be proven to be dangerous, in the EU it has to be proven to be safe.

Hey Guys. Get a little bit of land. Plant your own vegetables. You'll get fit with all the digging. Get some six foot wire and some stakes and surround a bit of your land. Built a tiny hut with a little slope to the entrance. Put some 1 foot by 1 foot by 1 foot boxes in the hut. Then get some point-of-lay pullets (chickens) and let them free in your hen run. You'll need a sack of corn and a sack of layers pellets and some oyster shell grit. When your chickens have eaten all the weeds and bugs in your hen run you can go sit with them and explain Einstein's theory of relativity. They'll sit around your feet and listen.

Europeans cooks their own meal to a much large extend than in US. That might be the reason we care for our food

The FDA seem to approve anything without testing.

I remember going to America years ago and thinking how bad the food was.

I'd suggest to all my european fellow people to ease a bit on the high horse and really pay attention to food health standars legislation that is being passed and already passed all accros Europe lately, it's a "boiling frog" situation and that's why so many people are ignoring it.

the reason why people with a gluten sensitivity and react to bread in the USA don't have as many issues with bread in Europe is to do with the type of wheat grown which is a hard type containing more gluten whereas in Europe the species is a soft type and not the chemicals/processing.

Our UK Mountain dew is not dangerous. I would be a bit scared to make my kids eat USA breakfast cereals, sugar is bad enough.

the concept of your cannel is cool, sitting together but toutcing no other )

To introduce new foods into the market in most countries it’s ridiculous testing…… in America it’s a brown envelope full of cash and it’s safe and in the shops before you no it

There's loads of Brexit fears that didn't happen. Tension were full of propaganda more so than leavers

Evan Edinger. you don't know how you feel about those chickens??? We mistreat them like they aren't living beings

LEAVE THE COUTRY ,IMMEDIATELY WHILE YOU STILL CAN !!!!!

I think in general, countries that have a national health care system have better food standards. If the government pay for the healthcare (via our taxes) then they don’t want people getting sick via the food if they can help it.

from hilarious cost of living & travel costs comparison look up " Is it Cheaper to fly to Poland to do your Grocery Shop? " it's pretty mindblowing that you can fly to a country on the other side of the continent (not even the cheapest one) and save money :D

Sometimes I think the US are not a country, but only a market, built to please the fat cats

Bromide can cause impotence allegedly. You really dont want to be consuming it, I refuse to eat polluted chicken and that is what it is.

You can keep your fruit loops. We'll keep the strict food standards that stop the cancer chemicals in our food.