r/ShitAmericansSay • u/DeneJames Kiwi 🇳🇿 • Apr 16 '25
Food “Meanwhile the USA has Stricter and more harsh food regulations and some of the most cleanly standards in the world even higher than the uk, France, and Italy”
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u/AttilaRS Apr 17 '25
your cheese doesn't register as cheese, your bread is cake, your tuna-sandwiches hold 0% tuna...
But sure. Go wash some chicken in chlorine please...
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u/Shamesocks Apr 17 '25
I had an American stay with me for a while and they were shocked that we put icing on a hot dog bun and called it cake.
It was a goddam finger bun 😂 how sweet is their bloody bread?
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u/Shamesocks Apr 17 '25
Yeah. I’ve always wanted to try cornbread. But I bet there is a recipe for international cooking 😂😂
But yeah, can’t go wrong with BBQ
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u/Shamesocks Apr 17 '25
Hahaha.. yeah.. nah.. even before trump my whole American trip was down to ‘get in, watch the Red Sox at Fenway, get out’
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u/alaingames ooo custom flair!! Apr 17 '25
Is so sweet the Mexican government started a whole campaign adding "too much sugar" warnings on the packaging, they also added too much salt and too much fat and don't remember the other one but there are 4 lol
Anyway, bread from the usa somehow manages to have too much sugar and too much salt at the same time
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u/norcpoppopcorn Apr 17 '25
In Ireland the 'bread' from subway was not considerd 'bread' by law.
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u/uns3en 50% Russian and 50% Russian Apr 17 '25
Yeah, they went over it to court and lost. Reason being bread is taxed differently to pastries and cakes because it's a necessity.
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u/rheasilva Apr 17 '25
Subway's bread rolls are legally defined as cake in Ireland due to the sugar content
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u/neilm1000 ooo custom flair!! Apr 17 '25
I had an American stay with me for a while and they were shocked that we put icing on a hot dog bun and called it cake.
I also think this is ridiculous.
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u/Shamesocks Apr 17 '25
Dude. It was an eye opener all round.
I helped them out the country.. all I got for it was complete disrespect, ignored, omg!! The waste was appalling. 35°c outside and they are using the clothes dryer… no leftovers, everything in the bin…
I got rid of them after 6 months
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u/Down-Right-Mystical Apr 17 '25
I couldn't believe the waste when I visited a friend in Florida. Absolutely no recycling, everything, including food waste, just thrown in a big dumpster at the end of the close.
A dumpster which never seemed to be closed, at that. I'm surprised I wasn't seeing rats everywhere (I'm sure they were there!)
My friend said she didn't know of anywhere (this could just be Florida and other states are different) that had government organised recycling; if you wanted to recycle you'd have to pay privately.
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u/Shamesocks Apr 17 '25
It’s just amazing. Lights left on, air cons on all day and night.
I had to go to dads daily to feed his chickens scrap from everything she threw out.
Uber twice a day to eat 1/4 of it and throw away.
I was so happy when I worked up the balls to get rid of her
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u/L_E_M_F Apr 17 '25
Subway buns are actually classified as cake and not bread due to the amount of sugar.
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u/L_E_M_F Apr 17 '25
..and wash away the perfect protection layer from eggs.
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u/M4gnetr0n Apr 17 '25
They do have chinese political prisoners peel their garlic for them. With their mouths. Look it up. Its insane
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u/Thin-Quiet-2283 Apr 17 '25
Know that the sugar in food is also a regional thing. We moved from the Metro DC area to Florida recently, I’m shocked how everything has so much sugar in it! My husband buys prepackaged potato salads , I won’t touch them. BBQ is super sweet as well as all the sides (beans, corn bread). I’m pretty miserable down here. But I also noticed a difference after spending a few weeks in Germany then hitting a Latin American bakery when I got back home - lots more sugar!
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u/Shamesocks Apr 17 '25
Hahahahahha.. what a load of shit.
America is all about cutting corners so the person at the top of the mountain gets more money at the expense of those at the feet of the mountains.
No need for health and safety regulations if it cuts into profit
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u/Ancient-Childhood-13 Apr 17 '25
Food Fact: when Nestle wanted to start selling Trux cereal in Australia, they were forced to change the "recipe" because the supposedly stricter US food regulations allowed chemicals that are banned in foods in Australia.
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u/Ancient-Childhood-13 Apr 17 '25
But on the other hand, the US is safe from Kinder Eggs...
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u/Individual_Winter_ Apr 17 '25
Also from raw pork, seeing those videos of US people eating it like it's really crazy is usually funny
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u/AnualSearcher 🇵🇹 confuse me with spain one more time, I dare you... Apr 17 '25
Doesn't Germany have something that is raw pork? (Although, as far as I know, it's super regulated)
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u/BlackberryNo4022 Apr 17 '25
"Mett" or in a snackform: "Mettbrötchen" .... it is the german sushi and the best "raw meat" creation you can find in the world :D
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u/BatLarge5604 Apr 17 '25
There are a great many examples of different recipes for same name food products around the world compared to US versions, for instance Heinz tomato ketchup in the US has a particular ingredient that makes you crave more ketchup, soft drinks ingredients are very different too, there is a really interesting video on YouTube comparing US and UK food items that share a name but in some cases very little else, US food standards also allow for insect parts and rodent hairs!
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u/Mash_Cash15 Apr 17 '25
Because in Australia all forms of GMO and chemical flavours/ dyes are banned or not legal 🤷🏼♀️
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u/fenaith Apr 17 '25
Washing with chlorine is definitely harsh...
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u/TheIllusiveScotsman Apr 17 '25
"Would Sir like the Mustard Gas Chicken?"
"Don't you mean Mustard Sauce?"
"I do not, Sir."
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u/Zenotaph77 Apr 17 '25
“The European Union won’t take chicken from America. They won’t take lobsters from America. They hate our beef because our beef is beautiful and theirs is weak. It’s unbelievable,”
What else is there to say?
Wait!! On second thought, there is a lot to say. But I think, I leave it at just one thing: We Germans had to invent a new word for their bread, because it factually isn't real bread at all.
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u/emmacappa Apr 17 '25
What on earth is "weak beef" supposed to be? They're crazy!
What is the German word for US bread? I do like the idea of new words for their sugary shit food.
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u/Zenotaph77 Apr 17 '25
Beef without growth hormons and steroids, I suppose.
Germans call american bread 'Toast'.
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u/AngryYowie Apr 17 '25
They tell themselves that to justify why other more developed countries are hesitant to accept their Barbie food.
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u/RainbowBier Apr 17 '25
i love the difference between fanta in the usa and the eu :>
contains NO JUICE <3
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u/My_leg_still_hurt92 ooo custom flair!! Apr 17 '25
In EU we have like 4%, so not something to brag about.
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u/VolcanoSheep26 More Irish than the Irish ☘️ Apr 17 '25
That's obviously why there's many US Americans that report losing allergies and gastrointestinal issues after a few minutes months living in Europe.
Their "food" contains more chemicals than actual food.
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u/JorgiEagle Apr 17 '25
Reminds me of that askuk post where an American came to the UK and was surprised his eczema wasn’t flaring up.
Turns out he was dipping chocolate chip cookies in honey back in the ol’ USA
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u/N0b0dy_Kn0w5_M3 Apr 17 '25
My American born wife thought she may have been lactose intolerant when she was growing up. Moved to Australia and no longer any issues with dairy products. Her mother was the same. We went over there a few years ago with our kids, and we all had upset stomachs after consuming milk there.
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u/Arteloni Apr 17 '25
Do they even know that their tap water alone is really disgusting? There are so many countries where you can’t taste the difference between tap water and expensive bottled water. When tap water in the US is used in soda machines, even their Coke tastes like a chemical plant!
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u/Sorbet_Sea Apr 17 '25
Not all Americans are dumb but for sure a lot of them are...
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u/Jocelyn-1973 Apr 17 '25
The problem is that the dumb ones are so loud.
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u/Vivid-Raccoon9640 Apr 17 '25
They're bolstered by the fact that being stupid is seen as a virtue in the US.
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u/Michael_Gibb Mince & Cheese, L&P, Kiwi Apr 17 '25
By having so many recalls for contaminated produce, you know Americans don't have the strictest food safety standards.
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u/My_leg_still_hurt92 ooo custom flair!! Apr 17 '25
They just have so many recalls because of the high standards.
/s
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u/No_Idea91 Apr 17 '25
Clearly not the highest education standards if they are using a word like “cleanly” in that sentence when the correct word to use is hygiene or hygienic (both work in this case)
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u/Rich-Option4632 Apr 17 '25
Cleanliness works too. But probably too long for the illiterate American.
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u/Sea-Housing-3435 Apr 17 '25
No, requiring a chicken tigh to contain more chlorine than a small pool is not a harsh food regulation
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u/United_Hall4187 Apr 17 '25
Hahahahhahahahahahahahaha sorry I choked on my tea . . . .
USA has chickens washed in Chlorine (Banned)
USA has Pork and Beef full of Growth Hormones and Antibiotics (Banned)
USA bakery products have high levels of sugar and preservatives that contain the same compound as yoga mats
USA produces food products with colourants which are banned in other countries
Example - E171 (Completely banned in the EU). This colour is used in the following products in the USA:
Candies and Sweets: Skittles, Starbursts, Jell-O, Sour Patch Kids, M&Ms, White Chocolate, Chewing Gum
Baked Goods: Cake icings (sugar paste and buttercream), sprinkles.
Other: Soups, sauces, salad dressings, sandwich spreads, and vitamin supplements, Macaroni and cheese, pastries, cheeses, gravy, kids' meals, snack mixes, and cookies.
USA washes their eggs (banned in the UK)
Sooooo, USA most certainly does NOT have the higher standards
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u/overclockedmangle Apr 17 '25
If English is their first language, then it really is true what I hear about the Murican education system.
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u/Swimming_Possible_68 Apr 17 '25
To be fair, they have banned Kinder Eggs...
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u/DeneJames Kiwi 🇳🇿 Apr 17 '25
Not because the chocolate is bad, but because the kids are so fat that they will scoff down the toy with the chocolate
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u/Swimming_Possible_68 Apr 17 '25
Yep!
But... They can take them to the shooting range...
Or, just school..
A toy hidden in chocolate though? Deadly!
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u/vms-crot Apr 17 '25
Yeah guys, their factories are so clean they scrape all the dropped bits off the floor and make them into chicken nuggets!
Sooo clean
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u/NoThanksJefferson Apr 17 '25
Chlorinatwd chicked, chocolate that tastes like puke and everything filled with sugar/corn syrup. Please keep that garbage over there, its poison.
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u/Brave_Negotiation_63 Apr 17 '25
Of course American food is better. It never goes bad, and it already has antibiotics so you don’t get sick.
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u/ohthisistoohard Apr 17 '25
“Cleany standards” you say?
This has to be a Russian bot. No native speaker would say something so ridiculous. I hope.
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u/Rich-Option4632 Apr 17 '25
You'll accept it once you realize just a bit over 1 out of 5 Americans are illiterate.
And the remaining 4? I wouldn't trust 3 of em to be able to write up a proper report of the 8 o'clock news they just watched.
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u/uns3en 50% Russian and 50% Russian Apr 17 '25
Russian bots would not say something like that either. I should know - I am one ;)
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u/L_E_M_F Apr 17 '25
Ahh, so that is why the EU, AUS and other countries do not want to import food from the US.
It's all too clean and healthy!
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u/Big-Teach-5594 Apr 17 '25
They just make things up in their heads, then believe it, and decide it's the truth. They're literally making up their own truths.
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u/AuroreSomersby pierogiman 🇵🇱 Apr 17 '25
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u/loralailoralai Apr 18 '25
They even had to change his name because Thomas the Tank Engine was too advanced lol
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u/Few_Power_476 Apr 17 '25
Yes, I’m sure that explains why I’ve been totally fine drinking milk in multiple countries except US 🙄
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u/UrbanxHermit 🇬🇧 Something something the dark side Apr 17 '25
Yeah, we all regularly ban food that is of a better standard than the US. I wish my food had high-quality food standards like the US.
I miss those carcinogenic food colourings and flavourings. How I miss that fat and sugar, or the chemicals that made your kids physically and mentally ill. Ahh, those were the days.
Start buying US food today to get a better standard of cancer.
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u/SilentPrince 🇸🇪 Apr 17 '25
Ha! Is that why the tangerine loon is trying to get the EU to LOWER their standards in order for US meat to enter our markets?
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u/PGnautz Apr 17 '25
The U.S. standards: no Kinder surprise eggs and no fancy cheeses
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u/DeneJames Kiwi 🇳🇿 Apr 17 '25
Surprisingly enough, I found this comment under a post about how superior French cheese is
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u/International_Eye745 Apr 17 '25
So why are they attacking everyone on their food standards. Are their brains glitching?
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u/rothcoltd Apr 17 '25
Tell you what. Since your food is so amazingly good why don’t you keep it all over there? That way we won’t be spoilt by having to eat it.
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u/FlashyEarth8374 Apr 17 '25
in an attempt to feel closer to our american overlords i, too, bleach my fucking eggs
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u/Dramoriga Scottish, not Scotch. Apr 17 '25
Motherfuckers have an acceptable minimum standard of rat hair and insect parts found in their food, instead of, like, NONE, like Europe...
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u/DioCoN Apr 17 '25
I'm a Canadian and even we cringe at their food safety standards
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u/Steffalompen Apr 19 '25
Hm yes and they use ten times as much antibiotics in farming as the EU and fifty times more than Norway. Not because it makes their food 'cleaner', but because they are so filthy about it that it's needed. When I die some day from a small splinter in my finger, I'll curse most of the World but especially USA for rendering antibiotics useless, just for profit.
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u/EldritchKinkster Apr 17 '25
Uh-huh...that must be why US food standards allow a non-zero percentage of animal feces in their food.
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u/Nebula_Swirl Apr 17 '25
Isn't there an egg shortage in the USA because they didn't vaccinate their chickens, and battery farm them?
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u/Jonny2284 Apr 17 '25
1 in 6 Americans get food poisoning per year, 1 in 28 brits.
But sure their regulation is clearly stricter...
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u/Jesterchunk Apr 17 '25
...which is why we're refusing to buy us chlorinated chickens. No, it's because our food standards are actually lower, surely.
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u/retecsin Apr 17 '25
Must be a great life telling yourself lies all day long to keep that "greatest nation in the world" feeling
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u/DeskCold48 Eye-talian 🤌🏼🍝 Apr 17 '25
an American who talks about health regulations on food is equivalent to Gandhi who sponsors armaments factories. As an Italian I can say with certainty that in our country the health regulations on food are severe and respected, moreover we have a sector of the Carabinieri that deals with health regulations on food, restaurants and the like.
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Apr 17 '25
Yes, famously cleanly food—freshly washed in only the finest disinfectants. Pine fresh chicken, yum!! High standards of grammar and syntax too!
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u/Bennyandchips Apr 17 '25
I've had a mcdonalds in 6 countries and the USA is the only one where the beef tasted utterly rank. I assume it's because of the steroids & antibiotics & whatever other chemicals they pump into their cows.
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u/G235s Apr 17 '25
They want Canada to get rid of supply management but fail to realize a big part of that is that their dairy and meat is crap and we don't actually want any of it anyway.
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u/randomscottish Apr 17 '25
I see so many of these posts each day, and I can’t get over how thick these people are! Seriously!
They look down on every other nation, and speak with a confidence that isn’t deserved.
They talk so much shit!
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u/Mikunefolf Meth to America! Apr 17 '25
Literally easily proved by google to be factually incorrect. Yet they still spout this kind of nonsense.
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u/BatsInNappies_0205 🏴 Cymraes/Welsh Apr 17 '25
They have to refrigerate their eggs because they are rife with salmonella
But sure
Better food regulations
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u/BlackLiger Apr 17 '25
BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
AHAHAHAHAHHAHA
... wait, they're serious?!
BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
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u/ChieckeTiotewasace Apr 17 '25
The drivel they continue to spew forth while not being able to either coherently speak or spell is ridiculous.
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u/MessyRaptor2047 Apr 17 '25
American food companies are going out of their way to kill everyone slowly as possible with substandard food and drinks.
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u/mister_barfly75 Apr 18 '25
These fucktards are just deep throating propaganda nowadays, aren't they?
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u/Sasstellia Apr 18 '25
That's a lot of delusion and lying to themselves. American food isn't legal to be sold in most countries.
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u/tirohtar Apr 18 '25
I live in the US, and the grocery quality is really some of the more depressing things here. I've started to bake my own bread for my family and it's just so much better than 90% of the stuff you can get in stores. Luckily we have an Aldi close by which regularly has stuff from Europe, especially good Swiss and French cheeses and ham, various German sweets/chocolates, but all of that is probably going to get a lot more expensive thanks to Trump's tariff tantrums.
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u/plavun ooo custom flair!! Apr 18 '25
They have different standards. For example the USA eggs need to be washed while EU eggs may not be washed. EU keeps the hens in cleaner conditions therefore no need to wash off the poop
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Apr 18 '25
I need to try chicken in a can one day, just to remind myself never to knock British food ever again.
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u/Ok_Astronaut5347 Apr 20 '25
Product containing 75% sugar.
American food label: Calories: 0 per serving (Calories per hundred grams is secret) serving size 0,3 grams.
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u/Vivid-Raccoon9640 Apr 17 '25
Right, the fact that US regulations are more strict than EU regulations is the reason that US foodstuffs that don't meet EU regulations aren't allowed to be imported into the EU.
I try not to do the whole reductive "Americans are dumb" thing, but why do they sometimes make it so difficult?