Frustrating that the actual product brands aren’t listed.
ImprovementNo2185 on
If people are still buying their children breakfast cereal in 2025, they need a slap.
[deleted] on
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Key_Duck_6293 on
Does the NGO or the Journal risk legal action if they say what brands had it?
Consumers deserve to know if a toxic substance is in their food, should the FSA intervene?
whooo_me on
Give a man some chemicals to eat, he’ll have them in his system for a day.
Teach a man to eat forever chemicals, he’ll have them for the rest of his life.
qwerty_1965 on
Well this is ambiguous. Purchased in Ireland doesn’t mean produced in Ireland.
360 µg/kg in breakfast cereals (purchased in Ireland)
340 µg/kg in Belgian wholemeal bread
310 µg/kg in wheat flour (produced in Germany)
210 µg/kg in a French baguette
200 µg/kg in Swiss Rauchbrot
180 µg/kg in a French croissant
130 µg/kg in Dutch gingerbread (pepernoten) – a popular children’s treat at Sinterklaas (Saint Nicholas Day)
120 µg/kg in Spanish toasting bread
120 µg/kg in flour from Luxembourg
74 µg/kg in Austrian breadcrumbs
62 µg/kg in Polish spelt toast bread
49 µg/kg in Bulgarian biscuits
49 µg/kg in corn flour from Romania
42 µg/kg in a Czech poppy seed bun
31 µg/kg in Hungarian coarse oat flakes
26 µg/kg in Italian spaghetti (the tip of the iceberg, only one sample tested)
17 µg/kg in Greek rusks with olive oil
Drakenstonks on
Is eating breakfast a natural thing? I naturally don’t eat till 2 or 3 most days, never hungry in the A.M, but I’ve friends that are basically useless without an injection of carbs early
BowensCourt on
I KNEW there had to be some kind of addictive chemical in Wheetabix.
NocturneFogg on
Most breakfast cereals consumed in Ireland are not made in Ireland – so that’s quite specific and the ones that are made in Ireland are usually not the ones likely to contain TFAs, I would assume anyway, as they’re usually quite natural ingredients and minimally processed, high end of market, often quite health-focused expensive stuff…
I would assume the big offenders in this are likely highly processed stuff from major global brands etc, which are both more likely to be highly processed, accountant driven ingredient choices and also the bulk of what you’d pick up by purchasing breakfast cereals here.
Efficient-Appeal6326 on
Listed.There should be criminal investigations and a few CEOs fucked into prison as an example .
MrBulwark on
so I guess I won’t buy any cereal any more since the most important piece of information is left out of the article…
Brave-Mistake-1007 on
I eat a serious amount of Weetabix . …
Freebee5 on
Look, I’d be cautious in the strict interpretation of those results.
Iirc, there’s some questioning of the levels found due to contamination from plastics in the instruments used for preparation and testing.
theirs farmers in multiple countries that spread a fertiliser sludge that was full of this crap and ended up poisoning the land and killed all their animals.
theirs farmers actually spraying current hospital grade antibiotics on crops aswell. itd amaze one the amount of stupid shit that’s going on.
maksym_kammerer on
Oats are safe!!! Yaay…
Banania2020 on
The root cause of this contamination (**Flufenacet**) is set to be banned by the Irish government, with authorization being revoked on **December 10, 2025,** with a final use-up date for existing stocks extended until **December 10, 2026 🙄**
The Irish sample of porridge oats tested clean 😮💨
UrbanStray on
There are Irish breakfast cereals?
EDIT:how could I forget? Lucky charms of course, but that’s a problem for the yanks much more than us.
fullmoonbeam on
instead of protecting big business, the brands should be named. now I’m just going to have to boycott breakfast cereals
pablo8itall on
Hope its not Wheetabix
GealachFi on
What about my beloved Bixies?
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Value for money.
Frustrating that the actual product brands aren’t listed.
If people are still buying their children breakfast cereal in 2025, they need a slap.
[deleted]
Does the NGO or the Journal risk legal action if they say what brands had it?
Consumers deserve to know if a toxic substance is in their food, should the FSA intervene?
Give a man some chemicals to eat, he’ll have them in his system for a day.
Teach a man to eat forever chemicals, he’ll have them for the rest of his life.
Well this is ambiguous. Purchased in Ireland doesn’t mean produced in Ireland.
360 µg/kg in breakfast cereals (purchased in Ireland)
340 µg/kg in Belgian wholemeal bread
310 µg/kg in wheat flour (produced in Germany)
210 µg/kg in a French baguette
200 µg/kg in Swiss Rauchbrot
180 µg/kg in a French croissant
130 µg/kg in Dutch gingerbread (pepernoten) – a popular children’s treat at Sinterklaas (Saint Nicholas Day)
120 µg/kg in Spanish toasting bread
120 µg/kg in flour from Luxembourg
74 µg/kg in Austrian breadcrumbs
62 µg/kg in Polish spelt toast bread
49 µg/kg in Bulgarian biscuits
49 µg/kg in corn flour from Romania
42 µg/kg in a Czech poppy seed bun
31 µg/kg in Hungarian coarse oat flakes
26 µg/kg in Italian spaghetti (the tip of the iceberg, only one sample tested)
17 µg/kg in Greek rusks with olive oil
Is eating breakfast a natural thing? I naturally don’t eat till 2 or 3 most days, never hungry in the A.M, but I’ve friends that are basically useless without an injection of carbs early
I KNEW there had to be some kind of addictive chemical in Wheetabix.
Most breakfast cereals consumed in Ireland are not made in Ireland – so that’s quite specific and the ones that are made in Ireland are usually not the ones likely to contain TFAs, I would assume anyway, as they’re usually quite natural ingredients and minimally processed, high end of market, often quite health-focused expensive stuff…
I would assume the big offenders in this are likely highly processed stuff from major global brands etc, which are both more likely to be highly processed, accountant driven ingredient choices and also the bulk of what you’d pick up by purchasing breakfast cereals here.
Listed.There should be criminal investigations and a few CEOs fucked into prison as an example .
so I guess I won’t buy any cereal any more since the most important piece of information is left out of the article…
I eat a serious amount of Weetabix . …
Look, I’d be cautious in the strict interpretation of those results.
Iirc, there’s some questioning of the levels found due to contamination from plastics in the instruments used for preparation and testing.
they add that stuff to school uniforms.
https://preview.redd.it/jk4fki1ap85g1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6851490ed29aea0ffde0c4e07ec8f25d7260c242
This made me giggle
they add it to pesticides aswell.
theirs farmers in multiple countries that spread a fertiliser sludge that was full of this crap and ended up poisoning the land and killed all their animals.
theirs farmers actually spraying current hospital grade antibiotics on crops aswell. itd amaze one the amount of stupid shit that’s going on.
Oats are safe!!! Yaay…
The root cause of this contamination (**Flufenacet**) is set to be banned by the Irish government, with authorization being revoked on **December 10, 2025,** with a final use-up date for existing stocks extended until **December 10, 2026 🙄**
The Irish sample of porridge oats tested clean 😮💨
There are Irish breakfast cereals?
EDIT:how could I forget? Lucky charms of course, but that’s a problem for the yanks much more than us.
instead of protecting big business, the brands should be named. now I’m just going to have to boycott breakfast cereals
Hope its not Wheetabix
What about my beloved Bixies?