Los secretos incómodos de la industria alimentaria

🥰 If you'd like to contribute to this channel, you can comment, share the videos, or support me on my Patreon:   / trendingtony   I'm proposing a gastronomic journey in which we'll explore some of the traps many food companies use to sell us products that appear to be one thing but are actually another. Or worse: the list of additives, colorings, or preservatives that are banned in one country but not in others, perhaps yours. Or even worse: products with supposedly toxic ingredients used around the world that will most likely be banned in the future. But first, I need you to answer a question: Can you guess which country in the world consumes the most Coca-Cola? Maybe you thought like me, the United States, right? Well, no: the answer is Mexico. And this is despite the fact that Mexico has a VERY SMART AND CURIOUS system that only Argentina has seen before: these warning labels that, just as if you were buying tobacco, warn you of the garbage you're putting into your body. But what there isn't such a clear warning about in Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, and the rest of Latin America is the presence of red food coloring number 3 in all kinds of sweets and drinks, a rather dangerous additive that has just been banned by US health authorities (although, for some reason, companies will be able to continue using it until 2027). In Europe, this additive has been banned since 2011, but, interestingly, you may have recently taken it. In Spain, you'll find Red 3, also known as Erythrosine or E-127, in foods like this jar of candied fruit, and in cherries and sour cherries (yes, all that stuff we eat every Christmas in our King's Cake. On the Mercadona website, you can clearly see it in the ingredients of their King's Cake: E-127). This additive has been shown to "in small doses cause increased photosensitivity in people sensitive to sunlight. And in large doses, it could cause hyperactivity and mutagenic effects in the body. Furthermore, in studies with laboratory rats, it has caused tumors, and long-term consumption could be carcinogenic." And you know the worst part? This garbage doesn't change the flavor at all, because it's only used to give the product a more intense color—in other words, to make it more appealing to our brains. Have you ever wondered why the cherries on birthday cakes don't look like real cherries? Well, now you know why: because they're made with poison. If the United States just banned the coloring, and the European Union banned it in 2011, why is it still allowed to be sold in products like cherries? In Latin America, the situation is even worse, as there's no regulation in sight. In Mexico, for example, according to the Federal Consumer Protection Agency, we see that Red 3 is common in strawberry-flavored foods, such as dairy products, jams, jellies, and candies; in addition to being used in meat products, tuna pâtés, and salmon pâtés. As an example, in the video, I show you the ingredients in a box of Froot Loops cereal from Mexico. This is like Bifrutas juice, which used to be called BIO Frutas until the European Commission said it had stopped deceiving consumers with LIGHT and ORGANIC products that don't actually come from the countryside (and that's why Danone's ORGANIC yogurts are now called Activia). And forgive me, because I just realized I said earlier that BiFrutas is a juice, right? Well, no, it isn't. If we look at the label, we'll see that it's not actually labeled as a juice, but as a soft drink. But why? You might ask. I told Google the same thing, and I discovered that the company responsible, Pascual, tells us it's because, since it also contains milk, they can't call it juice. But the funny thing is that, for a milk product, the protein level is extremely low, almost nonexistent. 0.3 grams per 100ml, when the usual protein content in a carton of milk is 3 grams per 100ml. And speaking of soft drinks, if you live in Spain, you've probably heard of Aquaservice, a company that's raking in the dough with mineral water subscriptions—sorry, soft drinks. Although their website tells us about their springs and their 100% natural origin (which in principle may be true), if you look at the label on Aquaservice bottles, you won't read the same thing you read on other waters; rather, it's a refreshing drink that has been treated. Why? I have no idea, but many people claim that Aquaservice water doesn't quench their thirst, and actually makes them thirstier. I have no proof of this, please, I'm not saying this.