Saturday, October 18, 2014

fruit loops us vs uk

UK      Cereal Flours (Oat, Wheat, Maize) , Sugar , Glucose Syrup , Salt , Natural Citrus Flavouring with other Natural Flavourings , Plant Extracts (Nettle, Spinach) , Fruit and Vegetable Extracts (Carrot, Blackcurrant) , Colour (Paprika Extract) ,

US       Sugar, Corn Flour Blend (Whole Grain Yellow Corn Flour, Degerminated Yellow Corn Flour), Wheat Flour, Whole Grain Oat Flour, Oat Fiber, Soluble Corn Fiber, Contains 2% or Less of Partially Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil (Coconut, Soybean and/or Cottonseed), Salt, Red 40, Natural Flavor, Blue 2, Turmeric Color, Yellow 6, Annatto Color, Blue 1,  BHT for Freshness. 



i excluded the vitamins since vitamins are always good 

cheetos us vs uk

UK   Corn Grits , Vegetable Oil , Cheese Flavour [Lactose (From Milk), Flavour Enhancers and Flavour (Monosodium Glutamate, Disodium Guanylate, Disodium Inosinate, Aromatics (Current Soybean Meal and Soybean Oil), Milk Protein, Acidity Regulator (Citric Acid, Sodium Diacetate)] , Salt .


US  Enriched Corn Meal (Corn Meal, Ferrous Sulfate, Niacin, Thiamin Mononitrate, Riboflavin, and Folic Acid), Vegetable Oil (Corn, Canola, and/or Sunflower Oil), Cheese Seasoning (Whey, Cheddar Cheese [Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes], Canola Oil, Maltodextrin (Made from Corn], Salt, Whey Protein Concentrate, Monosodium Glutamate, Natural and Artificial Flavors, Lactic Acid, Citric Acid, Artificial Color [Yellow 6] ), and Salt.

Saturday, October 11, 2014

M and Ms uk vs us

uk   Sugar , Cocoa Mass , Skimmed Milk Powder , Lactose and Milk Proteins , Cocoa Butter , Milk Fat , Palm Fat , Glucose Syrup , Shea Fat , Starch , Emulsifier (Soya Lecithin) , Colours (E100, E120, E133, E160a, E160e, E171) , Dextrin , Glazing Agent (Carnauba Wax) , Flavourings , Salt , Coconut Oil , Milk Chocolate contains Milk Solids 14% minimum , Milk Chocolate contains Vegetable Fats in addition to Cocoa Butter , 

us  Sugar , Chocolate , Skim Milk , Cocoa Butter , Lactose , Milkfat , Soy Lecithin , Salt , Artificial Flavors , Cornstarch , Less than 1% of: , Corn Syrup , Dextrin , Blue 1 Lake , Red 40 Lake , Yellow 6 , Yellow 5 , Red 40 , Blue 1 , Blue 2 Lake , Yellow 6 Lake , Yellow 5 Lake , Blue 2 , Gum Acacia
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sources : http://groceries.asda.com/asda-webstore/landing/home.shtml?cmpid=ahc-_-ghs-sna1-_-asdacom-dsk-_-hp#/product/910001297725

http://www.food-info.net/uk/e/e100-200.htm

http://www.walgreens.com/store/c/mm's-party-size-pouch-milk-chocolate/ID=prod6230828-product

cookie crisp: uk vs american



     
          UK version :  Cereal Grains (Whole Grain Wheat, Maize Semolina, Wheat Flour), Sugar,                  Glucose Syrup, Wheat Starch, Vegetable Oil, Fat-Reduced Cocoa Powder, Natural 
         flavouring, Cocoa Powder, Salt, Trisodium Phosphate

        USA version   Whole grain corn, Sugar, Corn meal, Brown sugar, Rice bran and/or canola oil,         Yellow corn flower, Cocoa processed with alkali, Corn syrup, Salt, Color added, Trisodium               phosphate, Natural and artificial flavor, BHT Added to preserve freshness  



RED : dangerious
YELLOW: bad for you but not dangerious
GREEN : good for you



note: most of the comparisons i do are going to be from UK, since they have similar products and the ingredients are in english