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KT2000

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1. Many American products have fewer ingredients

Sat Jan 24, 2015, 08:15 PM

Jan 2015

in Europe because they do not allow all the chemicals that the US does. They are more concerned with health and do not consider illnesses as an addition to their gross national product like we do. Since they have had universal healthcare they have a consideration for not making people sick with food, personal care products, cleaning products, pesticides etc.

American still get the super-charged ingredients though - cuz - who cares??

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McDonald's U.S. Fries Have Three Times as Many Ingredients as Those in the UK [View all] n2doc Jan 2015 OP

Many American products have fewer ingredients KT2000 Jan 2015 #1

Related. proverbialwisdom Jan 2015 #2

They also use Dihydrogen Oxide which is commonly used as an industrial solvent Major Nikon Jan 2015 #3

Nooooo!!!!!!!1 bobclark86 Jan 2015 #8

Maybe so, Trillo Jan 2015 #10

I gave up on Mac's when I found out their Shamrock shake had over 500 calories in it..... a kennedy Jan 2015 #4

most milk shakes have that much or more calories in them, JI7 Jan 2015 #9

Interesting article at Serious Eats betsuni Jan 2015 #5

I'm getting the idea that McDonalds isn't the staff of life. Dreamer Tatum Jan 2015 #6

but they probably taste better than in the UK JI7 Jan 2015 #7

There's very little french fries in this silly putty. Initech Jan 2015 #11