Remember that RFK speech that got fact checked and made the NYT look stupid about Canadian fruit loops and US fruit loops?
I've got an anecdote.
Our boy isn't a huge eater. He likes his meals and he's a growing boy, but he doesn't remember certain foods and beg for them or anything. Certainly not cereal.
But we have a store in town that sells foreign foods, including some US foods. They sell lucky charms marshmallows in small and large formats, made for the US markets, and we picked it up because "hey, lucky charms!".
We actually stopped buying them because of all the food in our house -- all the chocolate, all the ice cream, all the potato chips, all the cereals, he'd have tantrums throughout the day if we didn't give him US Lucky Charms. It's the only food in the house he'd drop everything to ask for. We've even had Canadian lucky charms, it didn't cause tantrums.
Not to say that Canadian food is perfect, but it's a data point that suggests there's something particularly odd about US food.
I've got an anecdote.
Our boy isn't a huge eater. He likes his meals and he's a growing boy, but he doesn't remember certain foods and beg for them or anything. Certainly not cereal.
But we have a store in town that sells foreign foods, including some US foods. They sell lucky charms marshmallows in small and large formats, made for the US markets, and we picked it up because "hey, lucky charms!".
We actually stopped buying them because of all the food in our house -- all the chocolate, all the ice cream, all the potato chips, all the cereals, he'd have tantrums throughout the day if we didn't give him US Lucky Charms. It's the only food in the house he'd drop everything to ask for. We've even had Canadian lucky charms, it didn't cause tantrums.
Not to say that Canadian food is perfect, but it's a data point that suggests there's something particularly odd about US food.
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https://nypost.com/2024/11/17/us-news/nyt-dragged-for-hilariously-botched-fact-check-of-rfk-jr-s-war-on-artificial-ingredients/
>“But he was wrong,” the article continued authoritatively — before delivering what was meant to be the death blow certain to tear Kennedy’s incorrect beliefs to smithereens.
>“The ingredient list is roughly the same, although Canada’s has natural colorings made from blueberries and carrots while the U.S. product contains red dye 40, yellow 5 and blue 1 as well as Butylated hydroxytoluene, or BHT, a lab-made chemical that is used ‘for freshness,’ according to the ingredient label,” the report said.
>“But he was wrong,” the article continued authoritatively — before delivering what was meant to be the death blow certain to tear Kennedy’s incorrect beliefs to smithereens.
>“The ingredient list is roughly the same, although Canada’s has natural colorings made from blueberries and carrots while the U.S. product contains red dye 40, yellow 5 and blue 1 as well as Butylated hydroxytoluene, or BHT, a lab-made chemical that is used ‘for freshness,’ according to the ingredient label,” the report said.