Uploaded August 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Hate to break it to you, but if you are dining in the United States, your truffle oil wasn't made from truffles. Your vanilla extract? Well, that's probably just a lab-made derivative of crude oil. And your shaker of Parmesan cheese? It probably has wood pulp inside. But fake foods arenβt just misleading, they are also becoming incredibly common in the USA... up to 50% of calories, according to some estimates. So how did America become the imitation nation, while Europe said no?β
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:50 What is "Fake Food"?
06:19 How We Got Here
10:39 Europe Drew a Line
15:55 Change on the Horizon
18:28 My opinion
*All Sources at End of Video to Read More*
To Watch More from @TypeAshton
The Science & Scare Tactics of USA "Chlorinated Chicken" youtu.be/EYcfwwYGGFc
The *REAL REASON * No One Wants US Beef
youtu.be/PY9UFX1ikAE
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11 Of The Most Faked Foods In The World | Big Business | Business Insider Marathon by @BusinessInsider
youtube.com/watch?v=K0OtGIPRcAs&t=239s
How Americans Are Tricked Into Buying Fake Food by @CNBC youtube.com/watch?v=-8xTVMtkqv4
Why Banning Red No. 3 In America Took Decades | Ultra-Processed Life | Business Insider
youtube.com/watch?v=vDsWU1qV_0k&t=95s
Episode No. 179
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Attribution:
Music by Epidemic Sound: nebula.tv/epidemic
Thank you to AP Archive and the Library of Congress for access to their archival footage.
Stock footage and others clips by Getty and Envato Elements
Narrated and produced by Dr. Ashton Schottler
#europe #usa #food #foodscience #fakefood #science #economics #europeanunion #eu #immitation #socialscience #bigbusiness
Hate to break it to you, but if you are dining in the United States, your truffle oil wasn't made from truffles. Your vanilla extract? Well, that's probably just a lab-made derivative of crude oil. And your shaker of Parmesan cheese? It probably has wood pulp inside. But fake foods arenβt just misleading, they are also becoming incredibly common in the USA... up to 50% of calories, according to some estimates. So how did America become the imitation nation, while Europe said no?β
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:50 What is "Fake Food"?
06:19 How We Got Here
10:39 Europe Drew a Line
15:55 Change on the Horizon
18:28 My opinion
*All Sources at End of Video to Read More*
To Watch More from @TypeAshton
The Science & Scare Tactics of USA "Chlorinated Chicken" youtu.be/EYcfwwYGGFc
The *REAL REASON * No One Wants US Beef
youtu.be/PY9UFX1ikAE
Did you enjoy this video? Here are some others that I enjoyed watching on this subject too!
11 Of The Most Faked Foods In The World | Big Business | Business Insider Marathon by @BusinessInsider
youtube.com/watch?v=K0OtGIPRcAs&t=239s
How Americans Are Tricked Into Buying Fake Food by @CNBC youtube.com/watch?v=-8xTVMtkqv4
Why Banning Red No. 3 In America Took Decades | Ultra-Processed Life | Business Insider
youtube.com/watch?v=vDsWU1qV_0k&t=95s
Episode No. 179
π· Follow me on Instagram: instagram.com/typeashton
π€³π» TikTok: tiktok.com/@typeashton
π₯ Website: blackforestfamily.com
π§ E-mail: typeashton@gmail.com
SUPPORT ME
π Patreon: patreon.com/TypeAshton
Attribution:
Music by Epidemic Sound: nebula.tv/epidemic
Thank you to AP Archive and the Library of Congress for access to their archival footage.
Stock footage and others clips by Getty and Envato Elements
Narrated and produced by Dr. Ashton Schottler
#europe #usa #food #foodscience #fakefood #science #economics #europeanunion #eu #immitation #socialscience #bigbusiness
