Sorry, Brits. You can't have our unhealthy food. That's American food for American stomachs!
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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.
I know someone who disagrees...
Eagles are always cute to me, although maybe not always friendly
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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.
AFAIK mineral oil and petroleum jelly are considered food safe. In the food industry they are used as lubricant on machinery that comes into contact with food (like meat slicers or even soda machines). Petroleum jelly is also found in a lot of skin care products, like Vasoline, vapo-rub, makeup -removing cream, and is also used in lip balm.
That being said, oil & gas extraction has and is wreaking havoc on our environment and health. So, while these products may be safe for human contact, they have a cost.
The UK doesn't deem them safe for human consumption tho, because they err on the side of caution instead of allowing big oil and/or corps to do what they want.
instead of allowing big oil and/or corps to do what they want.
Yes only the peers are allowed to do that.
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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
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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.
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Deregulation, baby! 🇺🇸🦅
That reddish-black stuff you’re coughing up is liquid freedom!
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
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I love how you used the term "homebrew" and not "homemade" lol.
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Oi Mate, got a loicense for that candy?
american candy is literally drugs /ss
Americans dont get Our flavour of irn-bru nor do they get bovril though due to foot and mouth concerns.
bovril though due to foot and mouth concerns.
Is it because it tastes like someone put a foot in your mouth?
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“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.
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Genuinely surprised the illegal ingredient was not THC
that is now a legal medication and would simply require a tax and loicense
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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.
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?
Might be red 40. Colouring agents are highly regulated in the eu. Maybe the mineral oil.
Yeah, it's the red 40: https://www.commodious.co.uk/knowledge-bank/food-safety/food-additives
Edit: you're likely right about the mineral oil too: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1966/1073/body/made?view=plain#:~:text=Prohibition%20of%20mineral%20hydrocarbon%20in%20food&text=(b)no%20person%20shall%20sell,food%20containing%20any%20mineral%20hydrocarbon.
And being allergic to Red 40 sucks. It causes severe breathing issues for me. I developed the allergy later in my 20’s, probably from eating it too much.
The article said mineral oil
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.
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
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