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[quote=Anonymous]The European Union (EU) has stricter food safety and additive regulations compared to countries like the U.S., which results in some common American food ingredients being banned or heavily restricted in European foods. Here are key additives and ingredients typically not found (or tightly controlled) in EU foods:

1. Artificial Food Dyes (Certain Ones)

Banned or restricted:
	•	Yellow #5 (Tartrazine)
	•	Yellow #6 (Sunset Yellow)
	•	Red #40
	•	Blue #1 and Blue #2

In the EU, these dyes must carry warning labels if used, which has led many manufacturers to replace them with natural colorings like beet juice, turmeric, or paprika extract.

2. Brominated Vegetable Oil (BVO)
	•	Used in citrus-flavored sodas in the U.S. (e.g., Mountain Dew).
	•	Banned in the EU due to concerns over bromine buildup in the body, which may affect the nervous system and thyroid.

3. Potassium Bromate
	•	A dough conditioner used in commercial bread-making in the U.S.
	•	Banned in the EU because it is a possible human carcinogen.

4. rBGH / rBST (Recombinant Bovine Growth Hormone)
	•	Growth hormone used in dairy cows to increase milk production.
	•	Banned in the EU since 1999 due to animal welfare concerns and potential health risks.

5. Azodicarbonamide (ADA)
	•	A bleaching agent and dough conditioner found in some breads and fast food buns.
	•	Banned in the EU because it can break down into carcinogenic byproducts like urea and semicarbazide.

6. Synthetic Preservatives (Some Types)
	•	BHA (Butylated hydroxyanisole) and BHT (Butylated hydroxytoluene): used to preserve fats and cereals.
	•	Banned or restricted in the EU due to potential links to cancer and endocrine disruption.

7. GMOs (Genetically Modified Organisms)
	•	Heavily restricted. Any GMO-containing products must be clearly labeled in the EU, and many EU countries ban GMO cultivation outright.

8. Titanium Dioxide (E171)
	•	Used as a whitening agent in candies and toothpaste.
	•	Banned in the EU since 2022 because of its potential DNA-damaging effects.

9. Certain Artificial Sweeteners
	•	Some sweeteners like Cyclamate are banned in the U.S. but allowed in the EU in limited quantities, while others like Saccharin are allowed but more tightly regulated in Europe

Also for the defenders of bureaucracy:

[b] In most of Europe, direct-to-consumer (DTC) advertising of prescription drugs is prohibited by law. This is a major contrast with the United States and New Zealand, the only two developed countries that allow it.[/b][/quote]

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