Photo comparison of side-by-side cereal from the US and Canada sparks heated debate: 'I am not buying a box... "The ones that looked like they had literal paint in them were American."

www.thecooldown.com ^ | April 16, 2025 | Noah Jampol

[Ezekiel]

"The ones that looked like they had literal paint in them were American."

These dyes are purely cosmetic — the shiny thing that makes you want more.

Non-nutritive cereal varnish?

It must be time for Christmas Vacation.

By the early 20th-century most of Boston's varnish and paint industry, while retaining Boston outlets, was absorbed by larger companies further west.

C. Surviving Resources:

Late 19th-century paint and varnish plants appear usually to have been collections of smaller buildings, and are often woodframed. Exceptional survivals are the landmark Burbank Varnish factory in Charlestown, c. 1865, and portions of the Boston Varnish Co. factory in Everett, possibly dating from the 1880s. Other resources include a "paint mine" in Lexington (a yellow ochre deposit worked in the 1870s) and the Boston Stone.

https://www.sec.state.ma.us/divisions/mhc/preservation/survey/regional-reports/Bostonarea.pdf

Should say year/circa 1700, but in any case:

History of House Painting: First Paint Mill in America

https://paintpartner.com/historical-paint-colors/the-history-of-house-paint-colors-in-america

And:

Yellow ochre paint history of the Hancock-Clarke House in Lexington

[wjcsux]

I ate Lucky Charms with my kids while they were growing up. Both of them are in their 40’s with their own kids. I believe that cereals back then were more nutritious.

[TonyM]

Of course American fruit loops colors are brighter and the same is true about the American people, except for the roughly half that vote democrat!

[Red Badger]

You’re doomed!....................

[Red Badger]

They probably get enough Vitamin D from Poutine............

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[wjcsux]

LOL! I had my annual physical this morning, so far so good…

[grame]

I wonder why the Canadian Fruit Loops have stevia in them? Are they not sweet enough with the sugar?

[Red Badger]

They use Stevia Leaf Extract to cut down on the amount of sugar, which can be unhealthy.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4890837/

[ransomnote]

They put Zinc oxide in the Canadian version.

From Wiki:
Zinc oxide is an inorganic compound with the formula ZnO. It is a white powder which is insoluble in water. ZnO is used as an additive in numerous materials and products including cosmetics, food supplements, rubbers, plastics, ceramics, glass, cement, lubricants,[12] paints, sunscreens, ointments, adhesives, sealants, pigments, foods, batteries, ferrites, fire retardants, semi conductors,[13] and first-aid tapes. Although it occurs naturally as the mineral zincite, most zinc oxide is produced synthetically.[14]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zinc_oxide

I found many things to disgust when I started checking labels carefully. For example, my calcium supplements also contain zinc oxide - for color!

[grame]

My objection is allergies. I’m allergic to stevia.

[Dad was my hero]

If I’m not mistaken the labeling law requires that the ingredients be listed from most to least. If that is still the case, the US version has its major ingredient corn flour while the canadian version has sugar as the major ingredient.

[rllngrk33]

Whenever I see a list of ingredients that long I tend to put the package back on the shelf.

It's been decades since I ate any kind of cereal, too much sugar and also full of ingredients.

[100%FEDUP]

The add GMOs to Cheerios, I’m not eating those either!

[budj]

[dfwgator]

“Hey Guy, how ‘bout some Cornabix, eh?”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_FGFuG4vRU

[yesthatjallen]

"Tgey’re jyst jealous because our Frootloops are prettier."

Jes tgey ar.

[Don W]

No, the vitamin D is added to the milk.

[sloanrb]

Remember when cereals were advertised as being “Part of a complete breakfast?” And they would show pictures of the cereal with toast, eggs and fruit? Of course no one actually had a compete breakfast. They just ate the cereal.

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AdjacentToThisCompleteBreakfast

[mass55th]

I’ve never eaten any of the fancy cereals designed to attract kids. I eat cereal very rarely, once in a blue moon, and it’s always Cheerios. I’m diabetic, and use Splenda to sweeten the cereal. The cereal itself will raise my sugar level, but since I don’t eat it very often, it doesn’t affect my A1C.