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Foods not approved in Europe include trans fats, certain artificial sweeteners, food additives such as monosodium glutamate (MSG), and certain genetically modified organisms (GMOs). Additionally, some food products containing palm oil are also restricted due to environmental concerns.
Rabin rounds up a list of the most common food additives that EU bans and the United States allows—despite calls to ban them. Your cheat sheets for understanding health care's legal landscape. Why are these foods for sale in the US?
London — From baguettes to focaccia, Europe is famous for its bread. But there's one ingredient conspicuously missing: Potassium bromate. It's a suspected carcinogen that's banned for human...
Many foods sold in the United States are banned or fiercely regulated in other countries due to harmful additives, growth promoters, genetically engineered ingredients, herbicides, or other dangerous practices.
It might surprise you to learn that certain food additives found in bread, baked goods, and candy on grocery store shelves in the United States aren’t allowed in Europe.
The European Union prohibits or severely restricts many food additives that have been linked to cancer that are still used in American-made bread, cookies, soft drinks and other processed foods.
Many additives and hormones that are present in everyday foods in the U.S. are either banned or heavily restricted in Europe. This is due to the different ways that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the European Food Safety Authority (UFSA) decide which foods should be banned.
Food additives banned in Europe but still allowed here in the U.S. include: Potassium Bromate – another suspected carcinogen, used to improve texture in breads and other baked goods. Propylparaben – a preservative, shown to potentially disrupt fertility and endocrine function.
In Europe, the EFSA requires additives to be proven safe before approval and has banned the use of growth hormones and several chemical additives. These differing philosophies lead to certain additives being allowed in the US and banned in Europe.
Whether they’re banned by the European Union or select European states (like the United Kingdom), the following additives are considered by some countries too dangerous to consume. Here’s what...