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zooks

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Fri Sep 27, 2019, 01:38 PM Sep 2019

Shocking differences between U.S. and U.K. ingredients lists

The author and campaigner, 38, shared her findings with her audience, who were horrified to see ingredients like the preservative BHT (butylated hydroxytoluene) and artificial colorings in products sold to American consumers while the British versions - and Australian and Canadian - come without.


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... in Europe, food companies are required to include warning labels if they use artificial dyes - hence many opt not to use them.

'That's one reason the U.K. version is so different, she added.

To make matters worse, high fructose corn syrup, cellulose gum, and artificial preservatives are added to to the U.S. version.



https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-7508903/Food-activist-shows-comparisons-U-S-U-K-ingredients-lists-products.html

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Shocking differences between U.S. and U.K. ingredients lists (Original Post) zooks Sep 2019 OP
Obviously, there's only one solution ... eppur_se_muova Sep 2019 #1
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