Vani Hari
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with the food industry doing this practice, which is using ingredients that are banned or heavily regulated in other countries in the exact same products that they use here in the United States, using safer, better for you chemicals, and using more toxic, more poisonous chemicals here in the United States in the same exact product that they sell overseas.
with the food industry doing this practice, which is using ingredients that are banned or heavily regulated in other countries in the exact same products that they use here in the United States, using safer, better for you chemicals, and using more toxic, more poisonous chemicals here in the United States in the same exact product that they sell overseas.
with the food industry doing this practice, which is using ingredients that are banned or heavily regulated in other countries in the exact same products that they use here in the United States, using safer, better for you chemicals, and using more toxic, more poisonous chemicals here in the United States in the same exact product that they sell overseas.
And so Fruit Loops was a perfect example of this, the fact that They have a version of Fruit Loops in Canada and Australia and Korea and India and all of Europe that doesn't have artificial food dyes. But here in the United States, it does. And this is something that has been the crux of all of my activism since day one when I quit my job as a corporate consultant.
And so Fruit Loops was a perfect example of this, the fact that They have a version of Fruit Loops in Canada and Australia and Korea and India and all of Europe that doesn't have artificial food dyes. But here in the United States, it does. And this is something that has been the crux of all of my activism since day one when I quit my job as a corporate consultant.
And so Fruit Loops was a perfect example of this, the fact that They have a version of Fruit Loops in Canada and Australia and Korea and India and all of Europe that doesn't have artificial food dyes. But here in the United States, it does. And this is something that has been the crux of all of my activism since day one when I quit my job as a corporate consultant.
to become a food activist full time. It was the first investigation that I did was I compared the American products, the exact same American products that are sold here in the United States compared to those same products that are sold in other countries. And when I compared the ingredient list, I mean, I was shocked.
to become a food activist full time. It was the first investigation that I did was I compared the American products, the exact same American products that are sold here in the United States compared to those same products that are sold in other countries. And when I compared the ingredient list, I mean, I was shocked.
to become a food activist full time. It was the first investigation that I did was I compared the American products, the exact same American products that are sold here in the United States compared to those same products that are sold in other countries. And when I compared the ingredient list, I mean, I was shocked.
And back then, I just remember one of the first ones I discovered was so alarming. I mean, Quaker oats, it's no longer this way. But back then, 10 years ago, it was. Quaker Oats strawberries and cream here in the United States was artificially dyed apple bits with red 40, a petroleum, you know, crude oil based dye.
And back then, I just remember one of the first ones I discovered was so alarming. I mean, Quaker oats, it's no longer this way. But back then, 10 years ago, it was. Quaker Oats strawberries and cream here in the United States was artificially dyed apple bits with red 40, a petroleum, you know, crude oil based dye.
And back then, I just remember one of the first ones I discovered was so alarming. I mean, Quaker oats, it's no longer this way. But back then, 10 years ago, it was. Quaker Oats strawberries and cream here in the United States was artificially dyed apple bits with red 40, a petroleum, you know, crude oil based dye.
But if you bought the same strawberries and cream Quaker Oats in Europe, it had real strawberries in it. And seeing those stark differences and what's been done to our food supply versus other countries by the same company, that's what made me so mad because it was like it was just this unethical business practice that these companies were engaging in. And
But if you bought the same strawberries and cream Quaker Oats in Europe, it had real strawberries in it. And seeing those stark differences and what's been done to our food supply versus other countries by the same company, that's what made me so mad because it was like it was just this unethical business practice that these companies were engaging in. And
But if you bought the same strawberries and cream Quaker Oats in Europe, it had real strawberries in it. And seeing those stark differences and what's been done to our food supply versus other countries by the same company, that's what made me so mad because it was like it was just this unethical business practice that these companies were engaging in. And
When I found out that the European regulators back in 2010 created a warning label, a cigarette type warning label on their products that contain these artificial dyes that warned parents that said may cause adverse effects on activity and attention in children. And these food companies said, you know, hey, we don't want to put this warning label on our product anymore.
When I found out that the European regulators back in 2010 created a warning label, a cigarette type warning label on their products that contain these artificial dyes that warned parents that said may cause adverse effects on activity and attention in children. And these food companies said, you know, hey, we don't want to put this warning label on our product anymore.
When I found out that the European regulators back in 2010 created a warning label, a cigarette type warning label on their products that contain these artificial dyes that warned parents that said may cause adverse effects on activity and attention in children. And these food companies said, you know, hey, we don't want to put this warning label on our product anymore.
We're going to reformulate our products so that we don't have to warn anyone about our products. And so they should have done that for all of their customers. And, you know, That day when we went to Kellogg's headquarters to deliver those petitions, that was to signify that we no longer want American companies to engage in this practice any longer.
We're going to reformulate our products so that we don't have to warn anyone about our products. And so they should have done that for all of their customers. And, you know, That day when we went to Kellogg's headquarters to deliver those petitions, that was to signify that we no longer want American companies to engage in this practice any longer.