GaveUp [she/her]@hexbear.net to food@hexbear.netEnglish · 5 months agoWhy do American Doritos taste so sweet? The aftertaste is like syrupmessage-squaremessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up127arrow-down10
arrow-up127arrow-down1message-squareWhy do American Doritos taste so sweet? The aftertaste is like syrupGaveUp [she/her]@hexbear.net to food@hexbear.netEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square19fedilink
minus-squareratboy [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·5 months agoCould be wrong but I think other countries have more stringent restrictions on preservatives and other junk food additives so they may not have the same recipe as their American counterparts.
minus-squareRed_Sunshine_Over_Florida [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·5 months agoAnd the boxes are smaller too. My father used to remark how the cereal boxes in Italy were way smaller than the ones in America.
minus-squareBobDole [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·5 months agoTBF, the cereal boxes in America are like 70% air these days
minus-squaresloth [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-25 months agoYou are not wrong. Compare the ingredients of American and European food based products. Apparently the US version of Cool Ranch Doritos uses Buttermilk, that might be it.
Could be wrong but I think other countries have more stringent restrictions on preservatives and other junk food additives so they may not have the same recipe as their American counterparts.
And the boxes are smaller too. My father used to remark how the cereal boxes in Italy were way smaller than the ones in America.
TBF, the cereal boxes in America are like 70% air these days
You are not wrong.
Compare the ingredients of American and European food based products.
Apparently the US version of Cool Ranch Doritos uses Buttermilk, that might be it.