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It is "normal" that the US allows food (additives, at least) that is banned in Europe https://archive.is/N6JI1 https://archive.is/N6JI1

rconti 3y ago
That's inherent any time there's any disagreement in any regulation.
legitster 3y ago
As a counter: I would strongly recommend people read Derek Lowe's takedown of a lot of these claims: https://corante.com/snake-oil/eight-toxic-foods-a-little-chemical-education/ https://corante.com/snake-oil/eight-toxic-foods-a-little-che...
Semaphor 3y ago
Tonka beans are legal over here, though. And while this lists a bunch of things we have issues with, there are also a few others that might eventually get allowed, but take a long time. Like monk fruit and alluose.
- Clamchop 3y ago
  For context, tonka is valued for its coumarin content and coumarin is maligned for its association with the active ingredient in rat poison and some medications, but is a different molecule. Coumarin is found chiefly in perfumes (functional and fine fragrance) and smells sweet and grassy. In this application, it is sold all over the world, including the US. As a flavor in food, it is banned in the US.
  - Semaphor 3y ago
    And tonka beans kinda taste like a combination of vanilla and something. Like a more complex version of it. Love it for everything sweet and it has almost (it shouldn't be heated) completely replaced vanilla for me.
klodolph 3y ago
It is also normal that many European foods are banned in the US. For every discussion I see about how the FDA is crazy for letting Americans consume all these various additives, I see another discussion about how the FDA is crazy for banning $EUROPEAN_FOOD. Unpasteurized milk is one of the more common ones people talk about (along with products made from unpasteurized milk). Kinder eggs were another, but the situation has changed. People also scoff at the American habit of refrigerating eggs (which is fine—the choice to refrigerate or not refrigerate eggs just has to be consistent with the ways eggs are prepared for consumers in your country, and in the US, refrigeration is correct, because of the way eggs are treated).
- vikingerik 3y ago
  Kinder eggs didn't change by the rule, the manufacturer just found a workaround. The rule is that a toy can't be inside food. The US version of Kinder eggs (Kinder Joy) comes in two separatable halves so that the toy isn't inside it.

rconti 3y ago

That's inherent any time there's any disagreement in any regulation.

legitster 3y ago

As a counter: I would strongly recommend people read Derek Lowe's takedown of a lot of these claims: https://corante.com/snake-oil/eight-toxic-foods-a-little-chemical-education/ https://corante.com/snake-oil/eight-toxic-foods-a-little-che...

Semaphor 3y ago

Tonka beans are legal over here, though. And while this lists a bunch of things we have issues with, there are also a few others that might eventually get allowed, but take a long time. Like monk fruit and alluose.

Clamchop 3y ago
For context, tonka is valued for its coumarin content and coumarin is maligned for its association with the active ingredient in rat poison and some medications, but is a different molecule. Coumarin is found chiefly in perfumes (functional and fine fragrance) and smells sweet and grassy. In this application, it is sold all over the world, including the US. As a flavor in food, it is banned in the US.
- Semaphor 3y ago
  And tonka beans kinda taste like a combination of vanilla and something. Like a more complex version of it. Love it for everything sweet and it has almost (it shouldn't be heated) completely replaced vanilla for me.

klodolph 3y ago

It is also normal that many European foods are banned in the US. For every discussion I see about how the FDA is crazy for letting Americans consume all these various additives, I see another discussion about how the FDA is crazy for banning $EUROPEAN_FOOD. Unpasteurized milk is one of the more common ones people talk about (along with products made from unpasteurized milk). Kinder eggs were another, but the situation has changed. People also scoff at the American habit of refrigerating eggs (which is fine—the choice to refrigerate or not refrigerate eggs just has to be consistent with the ways eggs are prepared for consumers in your country, and in the US, refrigeration is correct, because of the way eggs are treated).

vikingerik 3y ago
Kinder eggs didn't change by the rule, the manufacturer just found a workaround. The rule is that a toy can't be inside food. The US version of Kinder eggs (Kinder Joy) comes in two separatable halves so that the toy isn't inside it.