how “secret ingredients” are allowed

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Surely all ingredients must be listed out due to potential allergens, safety etc, so how are secret ingredients and formulas permitted?

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That depends entirely on where you live

Several countries had rules and regulations for this, but many countries don’t (some you would think obvious, but they don’t)

McDonalds was recently fined in Europe for stating frnech fries had only potato and salt, whilt there were more ingredients to them

Not every place in the world is properly regulated when it comes to foods and drinks. Not even all of Europe is that well regulated

In my country for example they have to list all of the ingredients, but not the percentages. Law states that the highest amount has to be listed first, but if salt, sugar and other crap are all in there in similar amounts you will never know what you eat or drink, really. And people don’t know either. A package will say wheat, salt, sugar (and then a few minor ingredients), they will still buy it because the package doesn’t state how much salt or sugar is in it

If salt is the 2nd ingredient that means wheat is the most, salt is the 2nd most and sugar 3rd. People don’t know this even when rules and regulations are very obvious

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