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UK car crash expert says cars sold in Europe are so much safer than in the U.S. (www.bloomberg.com)

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UK car crash expert says cars sold in Europe are so much safer than in the U.S.

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[–] RealSpiderLane@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I got ahold of a big box of Canadian candy recently, gave some to my (very Republican) mom. She was amazed how much better it is, and how much shorter the ingredient list is. The chocolate itself isn’t like candle wax. (She had also never had a Coffee Crisp before, poor thing.)

Yeah; they don’t let companies use car antifreeze as a preservative! (Fireball whiskey is banned pretty much everywhere except the USA for this reason. The preservative is literally antifreeze.)

Swear to fuck, we could dramatically improve national health in a few months if we’d shut our mouths and open our eyes. Oh, and every single thing on our store shelves? Replace it with the Euro version; they have all the same stuff we do, it’s just vastly better made.

[–] Tim_Bisley@piefed.social 2 points 2 days ago

I've never had fireball whiskey but I was curious about the ingredients. Looks like they fixed it to comply with EU regs: As of 2018, Fireball does not use propylene glycol in any of its products

I'm curious what other products do have it in large amounts though.

The FDA law defined maximum limits for the use of propylene glycol in various food categories under good manufacturing practices:

2.0% for general food categories
2.5% for frozen dairy products
5% for alcoholic beverages
5% for nuts and nut products
24% for confections and frostings
97% for seasonings and flavorings