They are banned or require warning labels in Europe — so why does Health Canada allow certain additives in our food? A CBC Marketplace investigation finds some food manufacturers are producing two different versions of the same snacks — one with certain artificial additives for Canadians and the other without for European consumers. A health advocate says that needs to change.
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WHAT’S IN OUR FOOD?
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FIRST BROADCAST February 16, 2024
I just find it ironic that food additives are allowed until proven unsafe. FDA (or the equivalent in other countries) would never allow drugs to be sold legally without rigorous safety testing
Cbc: this $hit is bad for kids.
Also cbc: here kids, eat this $hit.
Its kind of a no brainer. The EU is amazing in quality, standards and research. Why not piggy back on that. The manufacturers are already making it for Europe.
UK baby formula Kendamil is not sold here, only the EU version 🤔
The trade off between health and food colour, not worth…
Ask more questions.
Including the ingredients contained in “natural” flavour….its in nearly everything now…they are killing us.
These should be banned but in the end it’s up to the consumer not to buy them.
This information is not new. The outrage over these practices is also not new. Hard to trust the government / food producers when a lot of the money being exchanged is being passed by the same hands.
Any parent with food sensitivities or children with sensitives know anout these problems and what happens to us..
How do ppl not know this
As an Irish person who lived in Ontario for nearly three months, here's what I have to say about Canadian food.
I think that in general, the Canadian consumer misses out on flavour in food, even plain vegetables or dairy products, unless they splurge to get the nice product that is seen as really good. I've also seen that chocolate tastes plainer and you need to splurge to get the nice stuff. Swiss Chalet roast dinner seen as a fancy dish? That's just Sunday roast here in Ireland. 🙂
I wouldn't make a meal out of the food dyes – I think in general moderate consumption should be okay. I think the issue lies in the diet itself for most Canadians and even then, it is also down to high food prices driving the diet to the dirt. Would I prefer if they didn't contain the dyes? Absolutely, however you have variety in the foods you eat everywhere and actually a lot of people really enjoy food products from North America in Europe.
I see a lot of people in the comments writing to their local MPs to achieve higher food quality and lower costs, and I think that's awesome. Without the European supermarkets and strict importing of foods in Canada, it makes it difficult for Canadians to see the difference in food quality. For example, I would highly recommend going a little south to buy Kerrygold in the US, bring it back, and try the butter. You'll notice a big difference in flavour. Also, try going to Aldi or Lidl in the US too – you'll also notice a huge difference. It's because European supermarkets have higher food standards and that is not to knock places like Sobeys or others.
However with that being said, when I go back, that ain't going to stop me from having my double double or marshmallow mateys. Within moderation, they're quite delicious. I will also need to go to the farmers' market to get the eggs that don't have the outer shell washed, and food products that are more natural yet cheaper than in supermarkets. I can have unwashed eggs here in Ireland and keep them unrefrigerated for about a month and they don't go off. It's crazy the difference.
I love that the dietician goes straight for skittles and doritos
I was part of the anti-non-natural-deodorant club for a while and one ingredient I always avoided was titanium dioxide… I was shook when I saw it listed as an ingredient in a food item. Don’t ever stop reading the ingredients on a package
Just remember they want to make room to in canada immigrants.
Even without the coloring these products are just crap. I think if you are giving them to your kids on a regular basis you are poisoning them.
That give me chills, that makes me think how good world health is doing it’s job, where one country has already spent the money to do the research, are we not in this altogether like a family. Do we not have a lot of children with health issues already. This is dangerous . ❤ your show, thank you😊
Canadian kids should be protected by this artificial foods we’re not Third World country our kids should be safe from this artificial life
I mean, if you're eating so much of that "food" so often that those ingredients don't pass through your system or accumulate in your system . . . the problem isn't the "food".
Stop eating so much effing junk maybe (and no whining about "cheaper" foods – none of the examples are cheap or regular foods).
Some years ago after a food court meal ,my son started behaving "unusual ".and his face also flushed . We attributed it to the tartrazine in the kraft salad dressing. The studies in Europe have been done, why don't we believe their findings? Test the children of health Canada and not mice as its already deamed safe by them.
I don't eat that 😝
Small universe = don't eat animals ingrediants < devill toxic > _ bible / hospital > _ all distroy _ all product product ❤😊 devill toxic product _ ❤😊 first eu / milk chocolate ,,,,,,,,,
the European candies and chips WERE colourful, just not compared to the canadian candies side by side. As a Canadian parent it's sad to see. Why are my kids not as protected as European kids? Most people can't afford to make everything from scratch, there's not enough time in the day. I'll definitely be reading the ingredients lists closer on processed foods…
Pretty obvious that corporations are running the Canadian government.
A lot less people would be sick if the government would just do their jobs… I'm talking about the US. 😒
Europeans have more active lifestyle, mice or men metals are unrelated to health studies unless there is hazardous content or ratio to individual servings / package size
Minimize synthetic stuff as much as possible.
Even for ice cream there is all natural varieties sold in Canada. Chocolate is a bit tougher.
❤❤❤ thank you
Canada should follow EU food standards they seem more concerned about their population's health than our American neighbours.
OFCOURSE Canada cannot conclude – that if there are negative side-effects to their decisions (or the lack thereof) ; so what's new!
Who remembers Food Babe Blogger and activist ?????? (in the USA.).. Your Subway bread is now safer !
Must be gold flakes in the food in Canada!
7:16 Don't get me wrong I'm all for testing, but it seems blatantly obvious that injesting synthetic dyes & colouring is no good for our health lol.
Bread is processed food… That's as far as anyone should go with processing… Unless you want to splurge on some mayo and mustard lol
Eating out? Think twice!
Buying snacks? For your kids? Buy fruits!!!!!!!.
Some European countries have a lot of products with quite a few preservatives in some of their products, but they failed to mention that in the video, because lies are lies
I contacted a gov official about the food issue probably more than 8 years ago… Lies are lies
Im on day 16 of red 40 maxxing and ive got to say I haven't noticed any side effects. I just
"Grocery shopping for treats" picks up a bag of fking Skittles… instant dislike
Canada bribes dieticians to promote refined sugars!
They're focusing on the wrong substance. Sugar (specifically fructose) is poison and we're giving it to our kids
In the 1970s, there was a red dye that was banned in the US. The biggest impact it had on my preteen mind was there were no red M&Ms for what seemed like a long time. When you walk into most grocery stores in the US, the healthy foods are mostly against the walls surrounding the sugar and gluten in the rows in the middle of the stores. They do this so you have to go through the devil's rows to get to the vegetables and meat. In some stores the layout forces you to go down some of these isles to get to past the junk in the front of the stores to the healthy items and then again back to the registers. Also, the shelves are stocked so the items that most appeal to children are at eye level with the little ones. Being aware of how your store is stocked will help you avoid your trigger foods.
😢😢😢😢 G6 but third world 🌎😢😢😢😢😢😢
That's an interesting definition of food. Those items are not food.
All processed food is poison, banned or not.
❤First of all NOTHING in that cart is FOOD.😂 None of it belongs in a child's body! Just don't buy Junk. Stop the sugar.
Take corporate manipulation and control out of gov't and you'll see non-biased scientific proof that these additives should be removed from "food" sold in Canadian and US stores.
As a healthcare practitioner I am telling all these things more than 20 years in various platforms but no response. My sincere thanks to media 🙏. My sincere request to the media please have look on infant and baby formula
I went to italy in september, and one of the things i noticed was a huge decline in cravings for snack food, i was satiated with my meals. Im a chip addict, and i had no desire to eat them while i was there. Made me seriously wonder what they put in our food!! When we came back, the food here was SO bland too. It had no flavour.
I miss italy 😢
It's allowed in our food so that children can be prescribed Ridilan to deal with ADD and pharmaceutical companies can continue to get rich. Corruption!
Why would you give this sugar loaded, highly processed, chemical loaded stuff to your kids? Give them real food and snacks. Organic if you can!