GaveUp [she/her]@hexbear.net to food@hexbear.netEnglish · 8 days agoWhy do American Doritos taste so sweet? The aftertaste is like syrupmessage-squaremessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up128arrow-down10
arrow-up128arrow-down1message-squareWhy do American Doritos taste so sweet? The aftertaste is like syrupGaveUp [she/her]@hexbear.net to food@hexbear.netEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square19fedilink
minus-squareratboy [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·8 days 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-up8·8 days 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-up12·8 days agoTBF, the cereal boxes in America are like 70% air these days
minus-squaresloth [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-28 days 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.