Jolly Ranchers and Mountain Dew are advertised on TikTok and Instagram but contain products banned in the UK.
Sorry, Brits. You can’t have our unhealthy food. That’s American food for American stomachs!
Honestly I’ve never realized before that from that low-quarter-view, the eagles actually look kinda cute and friendly, not intimidating like from the side or ridiculous like from the front.
Have you ever heard a Golden eagle call? They hae a weak thin call, like a seagull. This isn’t macho enough for the US, so they always play a different call on films, that of a hawk!
A red tailed hawk in particular, IIRC.
It’s the eye socket and positioning. You can kind of see the pocket created by their “brow” in that picture, but we see them as intimidating or what have you, because we are trying to interpret facial expressions as language.
Eagles are always cute to me, although maybe not always friendly
I know someone who disagrees…
And they’re saying they can make it without the shitty ingredients, they don’t wanna if they don’t have to.
The manufacturers of Lemonheads, Starburst Gummies, Hershey’s and Jolly Ranchers told the BBC their products were produced legally in the USA and that any products being sold in the UK were being done so illegally, and not associated with their brands.
And they’re saying they can make it without the shitty ingredients, they don’t wanna if they don’t have to
? That’s not what they’re saying. They’re saying that the shitty ingredients are legal in the US.
I think you’re right, I thought they made both but I’m not 100% on either way now. Daily Mail has a good article about it, which is kind of surprising too.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-12850721/us-candy-cancer-chemicals-seized-uk.html
Jolly Ranchers hard candy has mineral oil in them.
Most often, mineral oil is a liquid obtained from refining crude oil to make gasoline and other petroleum products … like a liquid version of petroleum jelly. Source
And America allows companies to sell this shit.
In the U.S. it is commonly found in phamacies and sold as a laxative. It is excellent for cutting boards and wooden spoons since it does not go rancid. It is usually the only approved oil/grease to use on food processing equipment. Commercial and home espresso machines use it to lubricate seals and gaskets.
Unrelated: it is great for rejuvenating Bakelite
If everything around us and inside us isn’t somehow related to the oil industry, we Americans would wither and die immediately. Don’t you know?
Serious answer though: The FDA is slow, inefficient, and likely paid off from banning chemicals, but every once in a blue they do. States like California take a more proactive role in banning chemicals, and since California has an economy larger than some nations, they tend to have a lot of pull, so all is not lost. America is more like the EU these days than a cohesive nation. Some states are cool, some are ok, some are Texas…but…yeah, we really suck as a whole.
Santa Cruz California is built around a old Mercury mine with literal Mercury red rocks just being normal rocks all around the city
Nature is cancerous for the uneducated
I don’t know about you but I don’t eat random rocks
you absolutely consume mineral oil. it is a lubricant often used for food related equipment
Somehow the jolly rancher story just got even worse. Better? Worse.
Is there a way to make homebrew Jolly Ranchers without chemical bullshit? Anyone know of a recipe?
homebrew Jolly Ranchers
sugar, corn syrup and water will make hard candy. after that, it’s just a matter of dialing in the amounts of flavorings and citric acid for some tartness
🤔 I wonder if there’s a way to make them with natural sweeteners and not sugar.
I sense an opportunity
not really, at least not that I know of. the formation of hard candy kinda depends on how sugar acts once you get it above certain temperature points. there’s probably a materials engineer somewhere that can offer you a sol’n that mostly does what you want but in the traditional world of candymaking sugar does a lot more than just sweeten.
Fair enough. It’s nice to know that chemical-free options exist regardless. I ought to give making some a try sometime
chemical-free
that depends on how you define “chemical”. You are still adding flavorings.
It’s also got C12H22O11 in it
I wonder if there’s a way to make them with natural sweeteners and not sugar.
get out of your own arsehole, do you know what sugar is made of? Sugarcane. Do you know what Sugarcane is? It’s a fucking natural plant.
I love how you used the term “homebrew” and not “homemade” lol.
There’s even a wikiHow, if you use a search engine you can find it ❤️
Deregulation, baby! 🇺🇸🦅
That reddish-black stuff you’re coughing up is liquid freedom!
Americans dont get Our flavour of irn-bru nor do they get bovril though due to foot and mouth concerns.
“Lights” are also illegal for sale as food products in the US, so no haggis. Thanks FDA. No really, that stuff is disgusting.
You won’t eat a delicious all natural haggis supper, but byproduct of crude oil are fine.
Idk what “lights” are, but haggis is bloody delicious
bovril though due to foot and mouth concerns.
Is it because it tastes like someone put a foot in your mouth?
Sorry that our beef taste like beef and not a hormone soup.
bovril is beef the same way the liquid at the bottom of a trash bag is juice.
Who doesn’t call it trash juice?
Genuinely surprised the illegal ingredient was not THC
that is now a legal medication and would simply require a tax and loicense
Thanks Teresa May.
Oi Mate, got a loicense for that candy?
american candy is literally drugs
And here I thought just the sugar content was the issue. Welp if I needed another sign that it’s time for that colonoscopy, I do no longer.
I’m surprised post brexit eu didn’t cut the “red tape” of Food Standards & Hygiene.
weird. what about good candy, like peanut butter cups?
Illegal in Japan at least due to a preservative used in it https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-candy-idUSBRE87L0IN20120822/
(Seiyu stopped making Reece’s here (almost?) entirely so I only get them when family sends them or someone on one of the military bases is feeling kind and gifts us a pack).
Holy fuck.
That’s a really low bar you have there for “good candy.”
Sweets quality in US is shit overall. Their chocolate is simply disgusting and everything else is made to a lower standard.
gotta set the bar somewhere.
a fresh peanut butter cup is a joyous thing.
people putting down peanut butter cups as if they’re some garbage candy … tf has this world come to?
don’t let Nerii there drag your estimation of a pbc down.
They are though and I say that as someone that loved them. If you’re talking about the Reese’s specifically, they’ve gotten shittier than they used to be. Lower-quality peanut butter, worse chocolate. They’re gross now.
American chocolate really is trash. Head to Aldi and get some Schogetten or Choceur. You’ll taste how much better the chocolate is.
I do like a peanut butter cup, but you know whats better? A spoon of quality peanut butter and a spoon of Nutella.
I’m a suckered for a peanut butter cup, but it is basically spreading peanut butter on the worst quality chocolate you can find.
I’m confused. I’ve been using Swedish Fish to potty train my kiddo so I’m obviously concerned. But I don’t see any of the scary substances on the ingredients: SUGAR, INVERT SUGAR, CORN SYRUP, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF CITRIC ACID, WHITE MINERAL OIL, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, RED 40, CARNAUBA WAX
What am I missing?
Mineral oil supposedly. Do your own research since it’s your kid, but it’s considered food safe here. Food grade mineral oil is used on knives and cutting boards regularly.
What, Red 40 is still legal in the US?
Is it illegal elsewhere? I’m allergic to it and would like to drink something red one day again. Even just some shitty fruit punch.
It’s the red 40.
They included Jolly Ranchers hard sweets containing mineral oil, which if contaminated with other compounds can initiate cancer formations.
It’s literally one of the first sentences in the article.
That’s literally the 7th sentence of the article, which is literally not literally one of the first.
Also, how in the hell is it informative to say x can cause cancer if contaminated with other compounds?? Wow, thanks for that amazing reporting, BBC!
THIS JUST IN! Air causes cancer!!*
*when contaminated with powdered asbestos flakes
Ah yes, the mischevious substances wrecking our kids’ health, smuggled from the New World… mountain dew.
The substance:
Calcium Disodium EDTA, which is banned within drinks in the UK, was found in Mountain Dew.
In animal studies, the crystalline powder caused adverse reproductive and developmental effects and has been shown to contribute to cancer of the colon.But what about human studies?
This paper (PDF warning) states:
No evidence exists suggesting the compound exerts genotoxic or carcinogenic effects. Overall, Calcium Disodium EDTA seems to be safe for use as a food additive, as the noted toxic doses are higher than can be achieved via the addition of Calcium Disodium EDTA to food. However, human data is limited and the gross of available (human and animal) data, as well as the ADI, stems from several decades ago.
However, that paper is almost a decade old. I found this one from just a couple years ago which states:
Numerous studies in healthy animals have shown no considerable acute or repeat dose toxicity of EDTA. Based on a no observed adverse effects level (NOAEL) of 250 mg/kg body weight (bw) for Fe-EDTA, international authorities recommend an acceptable daily intake (ADI) of maximum 1.9 mg EDTA/kg bw for humans.
EDTA seems to be safe for use as a food additive
Seems to be safe? Well, good enough for me. Gulp gulp gulp.
Yes, but unironically.
Something something no Kinder Eggs!
Yes, it used to have brominated vegetable oil before it was banned for being obviously toxic.
All this time we’ve been worried about the Kinder Eggs.
