国和英国产品的成分清单差异

这位女士写下了美国和英国产品的成分清单，这种差异令人不安

It’s no huge secret that food products sold in different countries have slightly different ingredients used in making them. But we do tend to forget this fact in our day-to-day lives, and this usually becomes apparent to us only when we go abroad.

在不同的国家销售的食品中使用的原料略有不同，这已经不是什么大秘密了。但在日常生活中，我们往往会忘记这一事实，只有当我们出国时，这一点才会变得明显。

This difference in product ingredients is most notable when going to the United Kingdom from the United States or vice versa. And let me tell you, it’s shocking when you sit down and compare some of the products from the two countries. That’s exactly what American author and food industry critic Vani Hari, better known as Food Babe, did. Read on for Bored Panda’s interview with Food Babe!

这种产品成分的差异在从美国到英国或从美国到英国时最为显著。让我告诉你，当你坐下来比较这两个国家的一些产品时，你会感到震惊。这正是美国作家兼食品行业评论家Vani Hari(更广为人知的名字是food Babe)所做的。来看看Bored Panda对美食宝贝的采访吧!

McDonald’s French Fries

麦当劳的薯条

If you’re living in the US, then the fries you order at McDonald’s might have more than just natural vegetable oil and salt used in the cooking process. While the Quaker instant oatmeal you make yourself for breakfast is also much, much healthier in the UK. When considered broadly, quite a few food products have healthier UK alternatives. This brings into focus the question of whether the extra ingredients are having an effect on Americans and what it might be.

如果你住在美国，那么你在麦当劳点的薯条可能不只是烹饪过程中使用的天然植物油和盐。在英国，你自己做的桂格速溶燕麦早餐也要健康得多。从广泛的角度来看，相当多的食品在英国有更健康的替代品。这就引出了一个问题:这些额外的成分是否对美国人产生了影响，以及可能会产生什么影响。

Quaker Instant Oatmeal Packets

桂格速溶燕麦包

“Europe takes a “precautionary principle” approach towards food additives that are potentially risky. They ban or add warning labels to these additives for their citizens. The US does not take this approach. It does not remove additives from our food supply until they have been proven dangerous – which can take a very long time and a lot of red tape.”

欧洲对有潜在风险的食品添加剂采取了“预防原则”。他们禁止或为其公民在这些添加剂上添加警告标签。美国没有采取这种做法。在食品添加剂被证明是危险的之前，它不会从我们的食品供应中去除添加剂，这可能需要很长时间和很多繁琐的手续。”

Mountain Dew

私酿的威士忌酒

“As I discuss in my book Feeding You Lies, the statistics on the health of Americans is downright grim. The U.S. spends 2.5 times more on health care than any other nation and when compared with 16 other developed nations, we come in dead last in terms of health. More than two-thirds of U.S. citizens are overweight and more than 18% of children are obese. After smoking, obesity is America’s biggest cause of premature death. “

“正如我在《喂养谎言》一书中所讨论的，美国人健康状况的统计数据非常严峻。美国在医疗保健上的支出是其他任何国家的2.5倍，与其他16个发达国家相比，我们在健康方面排在最后。超过三分之二的美国公民超重，超过18%的儿童肥胖。除了吸烟，肥胖是美国过早死亡的最大原因。”

Heinz Ketchup

亨氏番茄酱

“While there are many causes behind these dire statistics, undoubtedly one of the primary causes is the American diet, which is full of risky ingredients that are not used to the same extent in other countries. American food is overloaded with bad fats, way too much cheap refined sugar, and heaps of synthetic additives,” Food Babe explained.

“尽管这些可怕的统计数字背后有很多原因，但毫无疑问，其中一个主要原因是美国人的饮食，其中充满了风险成分，而在其他国家却没有这么多的成分。美国食品中含有过量的有害脂肪，太多便宜的精制糖，以及大量的合成添加剂。

Doritos

多力多滋玉米片

Hari also talked about what the biggest mistakes that people make when it comes to diets are: “Blindly trusting what it says on the front of a food package is a big mistake.”

哈里还谈到了人们在饮食方面所犯的最大错误是:“盲目相信食品包装上写的是一个很大的错误。”

Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes Cereal

凯洛格的磨砂麦片

Food Babe is well-known in the US and the world, with over 1.2 million followers on Facebook, 283,000 supporters on Instagram, 104,000 fans on Twitter. Hari has had quite an effect on the food industry: she influenced Kraft to stop putting in the artificial orange color in its macaroni and cheese, and also in part helped convince Subway to drop the bread additive azodicarbonamide.

Food Babe在美国和全世界都很有名，在Facebook上有超过120万粉丝，Instagram上有28.3万粉丝，Twitter上有10.4万粉丝。Hari对食品行业产生了相当大的影响:她影响卡夫停止在通心粉和奶酪中添加人造橙色，还在一定程度上说服赛百味放弃面包添加剂偶氮二甲酰胺。

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