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its Amazing how much less sugar common foods in Germany have than the USA. It took us a bit to adjust but when we got back all the bakery sweets here tasted dis

by influx 8y ago

its Amazing how much less sugar common foods in Germany have than the USA. It took us a bit to adjust but when we got back all the bakery sweets here tasted disgusting. Wish we could change the culture here to be closer to European in that aspect.

chki 8y ago
When I was about 10 years old my parents took my siblings and me on a 5 week vacation to the US (I'm from Europe). It was a lot of fun, but I distinctly remember that it was impossible for me to eat the bread that we would buy at the supermarket because it was just too sweet. And this was not because my parents just bought some bread but they actually tried to find some "normal" tasting bread and it was not possible. But for pudding the problem was kind of the reverse: It was hard to find normal tasting pudding because instead of sugar and fat there were artificial sweeteners in everything.
- Gibbon1 8y ago
  I used to eat rye bread because it was heartier than white or 'wheat' bread. Because unlike modern wheat rye still had historical ratio's of carbs to protein. Now it's just rye flavored white bread. And all the healthy hippie dippie bread have buttloads of hidden sugars in it. So now I mostly avoid bread.
  - cyphar 8y ago
    You can always bake your own bread. Takes only about 10 real minutes of your time (plus 2 hours proofing and 30 minutes baking), you know exactly what's in it, and it's certainly cheaper (you just need flour, water, salt, yeast, and optionally a little bit of olive oil).
cirrus-clouds 8y ago
>"its Amazing how much less sugar common foods in Germany have than the USA" This news article from 2015 states that Germany is second to the US in sugar consumption. The data comes from market research company Euromonitor: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/02/05/where-people-around-the-world-eat-the-most-sugar-and-fat/?utm_term=.47a69aed4717 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/02/05/where... A more recent published report (some of which uses 2008 data) looks at the consumption of "ultra-processed" foods in Europe. "Ultra-processed" refers to food made in a factory with industrial ingredients and additives invented by food technologists. Which countries in Europe consume "ultra-processed" food more than any other? The top three are: UK, Ireland and Germany: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/feb/02/ultra-processed-products-now-half-of-all-uk-family-food-purchases https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/feb/02/ultra-proces...

by influx 8y ago

chki 8y ago

When I was about 10 years old my parents took my siblings and me on a 5 week vacation to the US (I'm from Europe). It was a lot of fun, but I distinctly remember that it was impossible for me to eat the bread that we would buy at the supermarket because it was just too sweet. And this was not because my parents just bought some bread but they actually tried to find some "normal" tasting bread and it was not possible. But for pudding the problem was kind of the reverse: It was hard to find normal tasting pudding because instead of sugar and fat there were artificial sweeteners in everything.

Gibbon1 8y ago
I used to eat rye bread because it was heartier than white or 'wheat' bread. Because unlike modern wheat rye still had historical ratio's of carbs to protein. Now it's just rye flavored white bread. And all the healthy hippie dippie bread have buttloads of hidden sugars in it. So now I mostly avoid bread.
- cyphar 8y ago
  You can always bake your own bread. Takes only about 10 real minutes of your time (plus 2 hours proofing and 30 minutes baking), you know exactly what's in it, and it's certainly cheaper (you just need flour, water, salt, yeast, and optionally a little bit of olive oil).

cirrus-clouds 8y ago

>"its Amazing how much less sugar common foods in Germany have than the USA" This news article from 2015 states that Germany is second to the US in sugar consumption. The data comes from market research company Euromonitor: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/02/05/where-people-around-the-world-eat-the-most-sugar-and-fat/?utm_term=.47a69aed4717 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/02/05/where... A more recent published report (some of which uses 2008 data) looks at the consumption of "ultra-processed" foods in Europe. "Ultra-processed" refers to food made in a factory with industrial ingredients and additives invented by food technologists. Which countries in Europe consume "ultra-processed" food more than any other? The top three are: UK, Ireland and Germany: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/feb/02/ultra-processed-products-now-half-of-all-uk-family-food-purchases https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/feb/02/ultra-proces...