r/mildlyinteresting • u/Coneskater • Dec 06 '16

Quality Post Grocery store in Germany has started importing Arizona Ice Tea Cans and covers up the 99¢ with mini American Flag stickers

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u/ItsBail Dec 06 '16

Lucky Charms isn't a product of Ireland?

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u/Adderkleet Dec 06 '16

Nope. In fact it's so much not a product of Ireland that the nutritional information on the front must be covered with a sticker, since it is illegal for a product with that much sugar to claim to be nutritionally beneficial.

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u/ItsBail Dec 06 '16

But it's magically delicious

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '16

They are Grrrrrrreeeeeeeaaaaattttt!!!

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '16

The sticker should show it's net health benefit. Like: -70 health

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u/OrElse_Ellipsis Dec 06 '16

-70 HP, +100 MP

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u/Gareth79 Dec 06 '16

It's because the nutrition format isn't in the EU required standard. The food labelling laws were reworked recently and it put a lot of importers out of business because of the increased requirements. Now not only must the nutrition be in a certain format but the US one must be covered up. The ingredients also need allergens to be highlighted - previously the standard ingredients often met the requirements. The workload of having a qualified labelling expert re-write everything means that only larger importers can make the sums add up :/

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u/smurphatron Dec 06 '16

It's nothing to do with it being illegal to show nutritional benefit, although that is a nice myth to shit on Americans with.

It's just because the nutritional table is of a different format than the one used in Ireland.

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u/Adderkleet Dec 06 '16

That doesn't explain the covering of vitamin/mineral info on Pop Tarts. There are foods that you cannot claim nutritious over here.

Also, the formats for frontal info are extremely similar, and I know the US uses grams and daily-%. The only possible difference I can think of is portion size.

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u/smurphatron Dec 06 '16

We weren't talking about vitamins and minerals on pop tarts.

As for the bottom part, "extremely similar" doesn't cut it when it comes to legal regulations.

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u/Adderkleet Dec 06 '16

I doubt there are any differences. And from personal experience, FDA requirements are more exacting (PDP text requirements, mandated information cannot be interrupted, address must appear directly after ingredients). EU requirements are more flexible, and it is possible to match both on everything except the main nutritional information panel (which is not on the PDP).

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '16

I won a box in a competition once.

I spat out the first mouthful and threw them away. It's like eating pure sugar.

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u/pyronius Dec 06 '16

Ok, but why did you spit them out? Were they rotten or something?

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u/Porridgeandpeas Dec 06 '16

So gross, like eating sugar lumps with marshmallowy sugar lumps

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u/Joetato Dec 06 '16

So "gross" means "delicious" there? How odd.

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u/Porridgeandpeas Dec 07 '16

Correct! My spelling is awful these days.

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u/SparklyPen Dec 06 '16

You're suppose to put cereal in milk, then eat it.

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '16

i never understood people who eat dessert for breakfast. it's just asking for beetus.

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u/RaptorF22 Dec 06 '16

Wow. TIL

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u/Joetato Dec 06 '16

I'd probably sneakily peel all the stickers off and see what happens.

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '16

Don't listen to the responses. They're just trying to hide their gold.

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u/ewall09 Dec 06 '16

My life is lie.

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u/Technauts Dec 06 '16

It used to be a thing over here until the mid 90s, then it got scrapped. If my memory serves me correctly we could get froot loops back then too and another American cereal which I can't remember. (Froot loops came back here 5-6 years ago but have way less sugar and salt than the American stuff).

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u/RopeEmporium Dec 06 '16

No, you're thinking of sectarian violence.