All of these ingredients have been linked to various cancers birth defects and nerve. Are all allowed to a certain extent in our food. What i learned during my time abroad.
In the past i wrote about how it s a. If you ve ever been to the u k you might notice that the fast food restaurants over there are a little bit different and slightly healthier than they are here. The outrageous double standard in fast food.
Mcdonald s serves what in london. It s a little complicated. Pudding here isn t a specific food but another way of saying dessert although some of those desserts have the word pudding in the name.
As it currently stands the fda requires packaged food to state the name of the food the amount of product the name and address of the manufacturer packer or distributor the ingredients. Channel 4 s tricks of the restaurant trade asked american students studying in the uk to discuss the differences between uk and american versions of the same. While they often sell the same menu in the uk sometimes the food can be very different.
Mcdonalds burger king subway kfc pizza hut domino s to name but a few. American fast food chains have spread around the world. 03 36 am edt subscribe now.
May 19 2020 updated. Vani hari also known as food babe released an article that showed the difference between uk and us food ingredients and it quickly went viral. Visit insider s homepage for more stories.
The large drinks in the us are almost twice the size of their uk counterparts.
Us vs uk food ingredients. Let s start with mcdonald s french fries. They make their iconic french fries in the u k. With a few simple ingredients. Potatoes oil dextrose salt but in the u s they re made with natural beef flavor and sodium acid pyrophosphate and are fried in oil laced with the anti foaming agent dimethylpolysiloxane the main ingredient in silly putty.
Food and health blogger vani hari has made it her mission to investigate the contents of the food we eat. On her website food babe she s posted some helpful and upsetting graphics comparing the us and uk versions of the same food products by their ingredients. You can probably guess which country is doing it better. On february 14 2019 vani hari popularly known as the food babe in the media shared a graphic that compared the purported difference between heinz ketchup s ingredient list in the united kingdom versus the united states.
The image featured two bottles of heinz tomato ketchup side by side the wider and brighter bottle labeled u s. Version and the thinner darker labeled u k. We tried everything on the uk and us mcdonald s menus to find out the big differences between the two. While the two fast food chains look similar on the surface the differences might surprise you.
While the two fast food chains look similar on the surface the differences might surprise you. We tried everything on the uk and us mcdonald s menus to find out the big differences between the two. Version and the thinner darker labeled u k.
The image featured two bottles of heinz tomato ketchup side by side the wider and brighter bottle labeled u s. On february 14 2019 vani hari popularly known as the food babe in the media shared a graphic that compared the purported difference between heinz ketchup s ingredient list in the united kingdom versus the united states. You can probably guess which country is doing it better.
On her website food babe she s posted some helpful and upsetting graphics comparing the us and uk versions of the same food products by their ingredients. Food and health blogger vani hari has made it her mission to investigate the contents of the food we eat. Potatoes oil dextrose salt but in the u s they re made with natural beef flavor and sodium acid pyrophosphate and are fried in oil laced with the anti foaming agent dimethylpolysiloxane the main ingredient in silly putty.
With a few simple ingredients. They make their iconic french fries in the u k. Let s start with mcdonald s french fries.
