Looking around, it sounds like they didn't: The practice of putting iodine into food had been banned in West Germany since after World War II. http://www.

Looking around, it sounds like they didn't: The practice of putting iodine into food had been banned in West Germany since after World War II. http://www.thyroid-info.com/articles/germanyiodine.htm In Germany it has been estimated to cause a billion dollars in health care costs per year. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iodine_deficiency#Deficiency But, supposedly are in the middle of iodizing their salt.