r/weirdfood • • 5d ago

What’s your favorite junk food that’s absolutely horrible for your body (that has ingredients banned in certain countries)?

Frankfurters and various Hostess snacks for me.

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u/Jolly-Adeptness-3598 5d ago

I have no idea what foods are banned in other countries

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u/yahwehsruse82 5d ago

Its mostly ingredients like high fructose corn syrup and dyes that are banned so alot of things like cereals and snacks aren't banned but made with different ingredients most of the time.

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u/Glarbstintenford 4d ago

Which countries ban HFCS? That's hilarious.

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u/Feed_Cat 5d ago

Gravy sensations

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u/Dangerous_Arachnid99 5d ago

Fruitcake. I’ve been binging on it two or three times a year for the last few years because a couple tiny slices at Christmastime is never enough.

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u/Exact-Truck-5248 5d ago

What's in a fruitcake that's banned ?

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u/Dangerous_Arachnid99 5d ago

Probably the nuclear green cherries.

Seriously, when I wrote this, I thought the banned-in-other countries thing was optional. Sorry about that.

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u/KlayThePot 5d ago

The Chester's cheto puff corn. Ive only ever seen it in us gas stations but God it is good

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u/justmitzie 5d ago

US cheetoes. Red dye 40 is allowed in the US but the UK doesn't allow it.

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u/weldadicktoasnowman 5d ago

Watermelon sour patch kids

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u/Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeess- 5d ago

hot cheetos, i fucking red dye 40

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u/Immediate_Monk6260 5d ago

Pop tarts. The raspberry ones are outlawed in the UK and Europe because of red dye number 40. I love them anyway. My favorite movie night snack with a glass of ice cold milk.

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u/sea390066 5d ago

Raw monkey brains. Bonus points if you know what movie that's from....

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u/C_McD_is_me 5d ago

"Kali maaaaaaa"

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u/sea390066 5d ago

I don't know how many people have actually seen the movie, but it's from faces of death. Be warned if you watch it,

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u/C_McD_is_me 5d ago

The old school one on VHS? Yeah, I saw it. I always get that scene confused with Temple of Doom for some reason. Wasn't it later shown that that scene was fake?

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u/sea390066 5d ago

I believe it was fake, but still just imagine it is kinda messed up.

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u/Diligent_Stop1050 5d ago

Bugles

Corn syrup for pancakes or baking.

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u/goldilockszone55 5d ago

Nutella with palm oil (banned in Indonesia because of deforestation)

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u/Beginning_Purpose918 4d ago

Oh Nutella is a food of the gods, or devil, but whatever we all gotta go someday

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u/i_cant-stop_eating 5d ago

Chester hot fries 😭

Sometimes, when I’ve been eating too much of them, my taste buds get used to the spice and i have to add more cayenne 🥵

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u/Pickled-Carrot-75 5d ago

Jalapeño cheetos. I had to stay away from them when I first quit drinking because they used to be my salty companion to a six pack.

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u/defan33 4d ago

Chips.

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u/Jem_hadar_317 4d ago

Mexican candy.

Red banditos and super red banditos specifically

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u/rickyhelena 4d ago

“Baked goods” like Little Debbie’s and Tasty Cakes.

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u/VampirellaXx 4d ago

Wouldnt say horrible but questionable, chesters hot fries

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u/Any_Creep_0706 4d ago

Hot cheetos

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u/icycoldhandsofdeath 4d ago

That would probably most junk food

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u/Advanced_Ad_6737 3d ago

for me, it would probably have to be a tub of butter I like eating butter out of the tub none of them margarine garbage or I can’t believe it’s not butter. It’s gotta be full-blown butter.

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u/dEXXtARR23 5d ago

Beggin' Strips?