On: US will ban cancer-linked Red Dye No. 3 in cereal ...

[bitwize]

The European approach is: if it doesn't look on your plate the way it looked on the hoof or on the plant, it's probably not good to consume. This is a much better heuristic than "we haven't found any adverse effects yet, so call it GRAS". Science is great at determining the presence of specific effects. It's not so good at finding an absence of effect.

[will4274 → bitwize]

> The European approach is: if it doesn't look on your plate the way it looked on the hoof or on the plant, it's probably not good to consume.

I mean, that's just not true. Fruit Loops are sold in Europe as well (albeit with slightly different colors), and there's no hoof or plant that produces anything that looks like Fruit Loops. Food coloring is a worldwide phenomenon.

[EasyMark → will4274]

The fruit loops in Europe have natural food coloring which isn't known to cause cancer like red #3 (for instance)

[kbelder → EasyMark]

>The fruit loops in Europe have natural food coloring which isn't known to cause cancer

Same for the fruit loops in the US.

[EasyMark → kbelder]

are you just being obtuse about the artificial colors? that's what we were discussing. there are -only- natural colors in the European version vs the American one, in particular Red 40 is associated with cancer which is what we're talking about here

Official US Nutrition Label Information Froot Loops for Schools S NLI_13580_01-02-2018_Public Kellogg Company - Proprietary Flavor Descriptor NLI Description Brand Serving Size Serving Size g Serving Size oz Calories Calories from Fat Total Fat 1 g 2 % % Saturated Fat 0.5 g 3 % % Trans Fat 0 g Polyunsaturated Fat Monounsaturated Fat Cholesterol 0 mg 0 % % Sodium 160 mg 7 % % Calories 389 Vitamin D 143 IU Potassium % % Calories from fat 36 Vitamin E 0 IU Total Carbohydrate 24 g 8 % % Total Fat 4.1 g Vitamin K NA mcg Dietary Fiber 2 g 7 % % Saturated Fat 1.9 g Thiamin 1.34 mg Soluble Fiber Polyunsaturated Fat 1.3 g Riboflavin 1.52 mg Insolube Fiber Monounsaturated Fat 0.7 g Niacin 17.9 mg Sugars 8 g Trans Fat 0.0 g Vitamin B6 1.79 mg Sugar Alcohol Cholesterol 0 mg Folic Acid 357 mcg Other Carbohydrate Sodium 571 mg Vitamin B12 5.4 mcg Protein 2 g % % Potassium 171 mg Biotin NA mcg Vitamin A 10 % % Total Carbohydrate 86.6 g Pantothenic Acid NA mg Vitamin C 25 % % Dietary Fiber 6.2 g Phosphorus 83 mg Calcium 0 % % Soluble Fiber 1.4 g Iodine NA mcg Iron 25 % % Insoluble Fiber 4.9 g Magnesium 40 mg Vitamin D 10 % % Sugars 28.4 g Zinc 5.4 mg Vitamin E % % Sugar Alcohols NA g Selenium NA mcg Vitamin K % % 2,000 2,500 Protein 6.4 g Copper NA mg Thiamin 25 % % Total Fat 65g 80g Vitamin A 1786 IU Manganese NA mg Riboflavin 25 % % Sat. Fat 20g 25g Vitamin C 54 mg Chromium NA mcg Niacin 25 % % Cholesterol 300mg 300mg Calcium 13.3 mg Molybdenum NA mcg Vitamin B6 25 % % Sodium 2,400mg 2,400mg Iron 16.1 mg Moisture 2.5 % Folic Acid 25 % % Potassium 3,500mg 3,500mg Ash 0.4 % Vitamin B12 25 % % Total Carbohydrate 300g 375g Biotin % % Dietary Fiber 25g 30g Pantothenic Acid % % Protein 50g 65g 00038000787881 96 Phosphorus % % 00038000926334 1 Iodine % % Magnesium % % 00038000787928 Zinc 10 % % Selenium % % Copper % % Manganese % % Chromium % % Molybdenum % % NA = values do not exist or are incomplete. INGREDIENTS: CORN FLOUR BLEND (WHOLE GRAIN YELLOW CORN FLOUR, DEGERMINATED YELLOW CORN FLOUR), SUGAR, WHEAT FLOUR, WHOLE GRAIN OAT FLOUR, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF OAT FIBER, HYDROGENATED VEGETABLE OIL (COCONUT, SOYBEAN AND/OR COTTONSEED), SALT, SOLUBLE CORN FIBER, NATURAL FLAVOR, RED 40, TURMERIC EXTRACT COLOR, BLUE 1, YELLOW 6, ANNATTO EXTRACT COLOR