@AutisticInnovator@autistics.lifeWest Virginia, Oklahoma, New York, and California are all working on bills to ban 7 food dyes from the food supply in their state. New York is going further to require labels to disclose their secret ingredients, so no more "natural flavors". Lawmakers are saying they no longer trust the FDA after the FDA was forced to admit they've known for 30 years that Red Food Dye 3 causes cancer and let us eat it anyway. States don't want to wait for federal action, so they are taking it on from a state level. If 4 states pass this legislation the food companies will have no choice. They'll have until January 2027 to reformulate their foods.
@kkarhan@infosec.space@AutisticInnovator I mean, #NY state will then be #CocaCola-free as they rather pull from a market than comply with such demands.
- And yes, there have been precedents for that happening...
@AutisticInnovator@autistics.life@kkarhan I heard the reason Coca-Cola uses high fructose corn syrup instead of sugar is because government regulations made sugar too expensive to use in sodas.
I would be good with everyone having to say what natural flavors is on their ingredient labels though. I bought this bread recently and it smelled like chemicals added to make it smell like fresh bread. It was a very unpleasant smell. Probably fits under the natural flavors label.
@kkarhan@AutisticInnovator granted, I think #HFC should be banned in the #EU just as #YellowNumber5 and other (i.e. #AZO) #FoodDyes!
- Seriously, all that shit ain't healthy and it doesn't even taste.
I've never seen someone as happy trying food as some Americans trying German Fanta and whole-grain rye bread...
- But yeah, #transparency should be mandatory with anything keant for human consumption, may it he food or medication!
@AutisticInnovator @kkarhan it's not that sucrose is too expensive to use in any absolute sense - it's just not the cheapest option because corn is so heavily subsidized. A liter of pop can be sweetened with about 3c worth of HFCS or 6c worth of sugar.