• andros_rex@lemmy.world
    9·
    6 days ago

    Salmiak licorice. It’s not a treat for everyday, but sometimes that weird bitter salty combo slaps.

    Belgian ales, and German beers that follow the purity laws.

      • amino@lemmy.blahaj.zone
        1·
        4 days ago

        CR uses shit science, doesn’t open source their papers, isn’t peer-reviewed and goes against WHO and FOA recommendations. source

        CR’s latest article on heavy metals in chocolates advised readers that “kids and pregnant people should consume dark chocolate sparingly, if at all, because heavy metals pose the highest risk to young children and developing babies.”

        But medical toxicologists who spoke with Ars disagreed with the “sparingly, if at all” suggestion.

        “I don’t see evidence that pregnant people or children will be harmed from eating food from time to time with concentrations at the levels described in the article,” Stolbach told Ars.

            • DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social
              1·
              4 days ago

              A scientific critique would have been addressing the specific flaws of the study or the conclusion, which I don’t think they really did.

              For example, your article notes that the levels they’re basing their analysis on are conservative on the side of safety, that there is no technically safe amount of lead, and that these exposure levels are cumulative for the rest of your diet.

              So in total the criticism is that chocolate is indeed high in lead and cadmium contamination but your kids will probably be fine.

              Really, you should have pointed out that CR refused to share the hard data, which is what is known as “sus.”

        • DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social
          3·
          6 days ago

          I think it’s more like “The chocolate supply chain is poisoning you in general” tbh, so go with Tony’s because it’s the ethical choice of delicious lead.

  • RBWells@lemmy.world
    7·
    7 days ago

    Croissants (made here but I think of them as so French)

    Good cheese (there is some great cheese being made here but in Europe they make different ones and they are so, so delicious)

    Cava wine, the Raventos Blanco Blanco de Blancos Vino Cava holy crap that stuff is so good it convinced me wine can be simply delicious on its own.

  • Tiefling IRL@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    3·
    6 days ago

    I love that Smarties (the chocolate) are naturally colored. All our candy is basically carcinogenic

    Also, our Smarties are basically chalk. Delicious chalk

    Edit: clarity

        • amino@lemmy.blahaj.zone
          1·
          3 days ago

          I can’t find any sources saying Red 40 has been banned. You’re probably confusing it with the recent Red 3 ban by the FDA?

          Speaking of the FDA Red 3 ban, this decision was motivated by the Delaney Clause, not by any scientific evidence showing harm to humans. The FDA’s own studies found it safe for human consumption, yet the aforementioned outdated legislation gives them a legal obligation to deem said ingredients unsafe. source:

          Studies showed that male rats exposed to very high levels of Red #3 developed thyroid tumors. Here’s the crucial context: this occurred through a hormone mechanism specific to male rats that doesn’t exist in humans. The FDA’s own analysis shows a 210-fold safety margin between typical human exposure (0.25 mg/kg body weight per day) and levels causing effects in rats (35.8 mg/kg per day).

          Even more telling: studies in other animals - including female rats, mice, gerbils, and dogs - showed no cancer effects. Human studies have consistently failed to show evidence of harm at normal exposure levels.

          Some additional context you might find useful.

          For the same reasons, Red 40 causing cancer in mice in really high roses doesn’t imply a causation of harm to humans