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Old 03-30-2018, 06:43 AM
 
Location: Great Britain
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Not many Americans realise that McDonald, Starbucks, Subway and other US Chains use very different ingredience in the UK and Europe due to the banning of many additives, and there is also much less sugar and salt added in the UK and Europe than in the US meal.

McDonald's serves WHAT in London?! The Outrageous Double Standard in fast food

Fry hard: It turns out McDonald's fries have more than three times as many ingredients in the US than the UK | City A.M.

11 Food Ingredients Banned Outside the U.S. That We Eat - ABC News

These American Meat Products Are Banned Abroad - Huff Post

As for Acrylamide in Coffee new legislation is coming in to force in the EU and UK from April 2018.

New EU acrylamide legislation | Food Standards Agency

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Old 03-30-2018, 06:50 AM
 
Location: Central Florida
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Not many Americans realise that McDonald, Starbucks, Subway and other US Chains use very different ingredience in the UK and Europe due to the banning of many additives, and there is also much less sugar and salt added in the UK and Europe than in the US meal.

McDonald's serves WHAT in London?! The Outrageous Double Standard in fast food

Fry hard: It turns out McDonald's fries have more than three times as many ingredients in the US than the UK | City A.M.

11 Food Ingredients Banned Outside the U.S. That We Eat - ABC News

As for Acrylamide in Coffee new legislation is coming in to force in the EU and UK from April 2018.

New EU acrylamide legislation | Food Standards Agency
So now I have to travel to the UK for my Big Mac? "Ay Caramba"!!!
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Old 03-30-2018, 06:58 AM
 
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So now I have to travel to the UK for my Big Mac? "Ay Caramba"!!!
And your fries, in the US McDonalds puts an ingredient used in silly putty on the fries, needless to say this is banned alsewhere.

McDonald's French Fries Found to Contain Silly Putty and Toxic Petroluem Chemical

A Silly Putty Ingredient Has Made Its Way Into Many Fast Food Chains - Medical Daily
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Old 03-30-2018, 07:32 AM
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Not many Americans realise that McDonald, Starbucks, Subway and other US Chains use very different ingredience in the UK and Europe due to the banning of many additives, and there is also much less sugar and salt added in the UK and Europe than in the US meal.

McDonald's serves WHAT in London?! The Outrageous Double Standard in fast food

Fry hard: It turns out McDonald's fries have more than three times as many ingredients in the US than the UK | City A.M.

11 Food Ingredients Banned Outside the U.S. That We Eat - ABC News

These American Meat Products Are Banned Abroad - Huff Post

As for Acrylamide in Coffee new legislation is coming in to force in the EU and UK from April 2018.

New EU acrylamide legislation | Food Standards Agency


Its not an additive, its a result of roasting - i.e. a type of burning. You grow your own coffee beans, and then roast them, you'll have acrylamide on them.


So pat yourself on your back as you breathe in those UK diesel car fumes - but if the coffee was roasted its got acrylamide in it (Unless its artificially processed afterwards to remove it).


Oh and btw - if you roast your potatoes - they've got acrylamide in the crust.
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Old 03-30-2018, 07:34 AM
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I'm hearing this on my radio a lot today.

Judge rules coffee sold in California needs cancer warnings | CBC News

Years ago, maybe 15 or so, my friend was told by her MD to NOT drink Starbucks as it contains a chemical in it's processing that is alleged to advance fibroids. My friend drank a lot of Starbucks out and at home, she stopped drinking it after her MD's warning. I Never jumped on the Starbucks craze.

I drink one cup daily of Organics or Seattles Best Organics.
Acrylamide is not an added chemical. Its a result of roasting the beans.


Did you friend tell you that coffee consumption reduces liver cancer incidence?
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Old 03-30-2018, 07:46 AM
 
Location: Backwoods of Maine
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Gosh, I hope this does not refer to coffee ice cream!!

My one vice in life...gone...(sob)!
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Old 03-30-2018, 09:06 AM
 
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Gosh, I hope this does not refer to coffee ice cream!!

My one vice in life...gone...(sob)!
If you're gonna die from something...coffee flavored ice cream (or any ice cream for that matter) isn't a bad choice...probably only second to bacon.
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Old 03-30-2018, 09:13 AM
 
Location: Great Britain
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Its not an additive, its a result of roasting - i.e. a type of burning. You grow your own coffee beans, and then roast them, you'll have acrylamide on them.


So pat yourself on your back as you breathe in those UK diesel car fumes - but if the coffee was roasted its got acrylamide in it (Unless its artificially processed afterwards to remove it).


Oh and btw - if you roast your potatoes - they've got acrylamide in the crust.
I know what it is, it's written in the link at the Food Standards Agency link in relation the new EU/UK Legislation coming in to force in April 2018. Did you read the link and then repost the obvious to try to look clever.

Try reading -

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As for Acrylamide in Coffee new legislation is coming in to force in the EU and UK from April 2018.

New EU acrylamide legislation | Food Standards Agency

Legislation on acrylamide mitigation in food | Food Standards Agency

As for Diesel, we have new legislation, taxes and a ban on all diesel and petrol cars coming in to force, whilst everything else I have written in relation to differing food and additive standards still remains true and that includes Starbucks which has different additives in the UK and US.

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Old 03-30-2018, 09:49 AM
 
Location: North Idaho
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Not many Americans realise that McDonald, Starbucks, Subway and other US Chains use very different ingredience in the UK and Europe due to the banning of many additives, and there is also much less sugar and salt added in the UK and Europe than in the US meal.............
Yes, but do many Europeans and Brits realize that all the additive bans and sugar and salt bans are made up by bureaucrats who don't have science and nutrition training, but do have an agenda?
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Old 03-30-2018, 10:59 AM
 
Location: Southern California
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A judge?
What do we have the FDA for?
I think they are pretty useless anyway...money talks...lobbyists have plenty of that going for them,
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