Posted on 12/06/2024 10:48:33 AM PST by Red Badger
Sales of Kellogg’s Froot Loops have plunged in recent weeks after activists warned Americans the popular breakfast cereal contains harmful food dyes absent in versions marketed in other countries.
Food Babe “Vani Hari,” who’s been at the forefront of bringing the issue to the public’s attention, revealed Wednesday Froot Loops sales “are down 54.6% in the last 12 weeks.”
“Our campaign to get artificial food dies out of Kellogg cereals is working,” Hari told followers on X, congratulating them on making their voices heard by voting with their dollars at the supermarket.
“Toucan Sam is looking for a new job,” Hari said, adding, “American companies will no longer be able to get away with selling us ingredients they don’t use in other countries using more toxic poisonous chemicals and cereals here in America.”
“Americans are rising up and the data is right there,” Hari added.
The following info-graphic depicts Hari’s concern with America’s food supply.
News of Froot Loops’ sales decline comes as Hari visited Congress last September to deliver a presentation slamming processed and chemical-laden foods sold to American consumers.
“Our government is letting US food companies get away with serving American citizens harmful ingredients that are banned or heavily regulated in other countries,” Hari said.
“Even worse, American food companies are selling the same exact products overseas without these chemicals but choose to continue serving us the most toxic version here,” she said, adding, “It’s un-American.”
Hari followed up by holding a protest outside of Kellogg’s headquarters in Battle Creek, Michigan, in October, after which she urged a boycott of the company after representatives refused to meet with her.
When Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. also made remarks about Froot Loops containing too many artificial ingredients last month, the New York Times attempted to fact-check him; however, instead of disproving his claim, they proved him right.
“Mr. Kennedy has singled out Froot Loops as an example of a product with too many artificial ingredients, questioning why the Canadian version has fewer than the U.S. version,” they wrote.
“But he was wrong,” the article continued authoritatively — except instead of debunking his argument, it went on to accidentally confirm exactly what Kennedy was warning about.
“The ingredient list is roughly the same, although Canada’s has natural colorings made from blueberries and carrots while the U.S. product contains red dye 40, yellow 5 and blue 1 as well as Butylated hydroxytoluene, or BHT, a lab-made chemical that is used ‘for freshness,’ according to the ingredient label,” the report said.
Maybe now that the issue is affecting their bottom line, cereal makers will get the message.
The first ingredient in the Canadian version is sugar. How is this an improvement?
You bring up a good point. Rush used to fuss at the left for claiming that Big Alcohol or Big Tobacco were intentionally killing their customers. He never said alcohol or tobacco were good for you. He fussed at the left for claiming the companies were trying to kill their customers. Obviously that's bad for business.
Likewise you'd think the same for food producers. Surely they're not intentionally killing off their customers. But the same might not be said for government regulators. There may be food production steps taken to satisfy the bureaucracy that doesn't care about free American citizens. I don't blame soft drink makers for switching from sugar to corn syrup decades ago. I blame the left for "studies" claiming sugar is worse than corn syrup at adding to heart disease and threatening the drink makers if they didn't switch to corn syrup.
But birth control pills and abortion pills TOTALLY SAFE.
And men having sex with men....
At least the cereal doesn’t spontaneously combust and set your house on fire.
I tried those as a kid and even as a kid, could not stand the taste of them.
I love fruit but hate artificial fruit flavors. Artificial blueberry is especially nasty in my book.
Notice which ingredient is listed FIRST in the Canadian version. SUGAR!!
If I recall correctly, ingredients are listed in order of content. Canadian Fruit Loops are HIGH in sugar.
So now which version is worse for us?
In the case of America 🇺🇸, that would be the demonrat party.
Is artificial anything good for you?
I’ve seen those shows in the seventies. No need to see them again
They didn’t remove choice. 54.6% chose.
Actually, it is what America has morphed into when it started paying more reverence to the all-mighty dollar than it did to the sanctity of human life.
As religion was banned from the public square & human wants, such as abortion, became more elevated than anything else, the decline in what was traditionally considered to be American values began & it only got worse as time wore on.
Don’t know for sure about the toxicity but eat a bowl and notice your stool for the next day. Whatever it is, your bowels are being exposed to it.
If you can remember who the killer was in Perry Mason episodes from 50 years ago you are better than me. There are no transvestites nor obvious gays.
Brawndo. It has electrolytes.
Perry Mason himself(Raymond Burr). He smuggled bone.
Water? Like in the toilet?
Shamrock Shakes are that way too.
Fortunately those chemicals are harmful to only those people that live in California. I am surprised the warning labels do not include that.
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