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Comment by lovecg

3 days ago

I’m wondering, what are we seeing here? Actual difference in ingredients used, or a difference in regulations requiring listing all ingredients?

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tomjakubowski  3 days ago

Yeah, take the Doritos as an example: the UK bag lists "Cheese Powder", the US bag lists "Cheddar Cheese" with sub-ingredients in parentheses (plus Whey and Skim Milk).

What is in the UK Doritos' "Cool Original Flavour" (read: Ranch) ingredient? Maybe something like Tomato Powder, Onion Powder, Garlic Powder, Buttermilk, Natural and Artificial Flavors?

alchemist1e9  3 days ago

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  • nozzlegear  3 days ago

    Whoa, hold on. RFK may be right about this one thing in the same way a broken clock happens to occasionally be right, but let's not rush to take away his nutcase title. He has some truly messed up opinions about a variety of topics.

  • klik99  3 days ago

    Someone can be a nutcase but be right about some things.

    Also, seeing photo of him slurping up McDonald’s on the plane, guess healthy food isn’t the highest priority for him? Just the one he’s loudest about

    • BytesAndGears  3 days ago

      Moderation matters. If you eat mostly whole, nutritious foods, it’s totally fine to eat processed food occasionally.

      No food is inherently unhealthy or bad, so I don’t think there’s any issue with him eating McDonalds on a plane. Maybe he was in a hurry, or just wanted to be social and stopped there with someone else who wanted it.

      What is unhealthy is when the majority of your food is not nutritious, which is currently the case for most Americans. So why not try to make common American foods more nutritious by default, as they are in most other wealthy countries?

      It was awesome living in a European country for a couple of years as an American. You learn that ingredient lists at the grocery store really are shorter in ways you don’t expect. It’s easy to buy a fruit yogurt that is just yogurt and fruit, for example. Not “yogurt, sugar, artificial and natural flavors” as you’ll find in many popular foods in the US. It was noticeable with a lot of different food choices.

      Also, whenever we would come back to visit the US, after living there for a year or so, we would always have mild digestion issues and stomach cramps for a week or so. This was common among many expats that we talked to. We visited over a dozen countries while we lived there, and the US was the only one that had that issue.

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    • s1artibartfast  3 days ago

      Every time I see this, I don't get it.

      It only make sense as a "gotcha" if you believe in absolutist purity tests. He looks fit and healthy.

      Is there a video somewhere of him swearing on a bible that he will die before eating McDonalds?

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  • philistine  3 days ago

    A broken clock is right once a day. RFK Jr. is not the nutcase we're told he is, he's a very slight different kind of nutcase that's just as bad because he mixes legitimate concerns with his absolutely insane point of view, and uses the same spurious arguments for both, muddying the water for everyone.

  • fnimick  3 days ago

    I mean, he's still a nutcase. He can be right about some things for the wrong reasons.

    If you hit upon a scientifically accurate conclusion through an unrigorous process, basically by pure chance, this doesn't make you a good scientist.

  • dyauspitr  3 days ago

    RFK Jr. is very wrong about some very important things and those already make him a dangerous nutcase.

    • alchemist1e9  3 days ago

      You’re told he is wrong but I strongly suspect what you’re told he believes or says about those very important things is not what he actually does.