Azodicarbonamide is a chemical used to make bread dough more elastic is also, incidentally, found in yoga mats.
It is not healthy. And in Europe it is not allowed.
Still, no burger crisis. No sudden change in taste. Just the same sandwiches, quietly made without it.
And a regulation quietly doing its job in the background while you ordered your dinner.
— Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008: Food additives. EU ban on azodicarbonamide. In force since 20 January 2009
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@EUCommission why is EU Commission official page is sharing this clearly LLM generated text and ai slop image? What is this marketing campaign sounding text :(
@EUCommission
pretty sure there are enough resources both used in food and non-food items without there being a health related concern.
Please stop posting ai slop. both images and text. It is just embarrassing.
@EUCommission Did you know water is used to make battery acid? Better stop drinking that too.
@EUCommission Please don't spend EU's money on generating images with (likely) US-based genAI. Please, just use an EU-based stock-photo website. I beg you.
@EUCommission I find this rather cheesy...
it is sleazy clickbait to tell people that the same chemical is used in plastics and food
shame on you
@EUCommission I appreciate the regulation and the communication about what you achieved.
But the "uuuh, scary chemical with long name that's found in non-food"-trope is - frankly - shit. Don't do this.
"Anyone who ever consumed dihydrogenmonoxide DIED!" and
"Every muffin has a chemical in it, that's commonly used in FOR EXTINGUISHERS!"
Sim at the "fear of the unknown". (It's water and baking soda..)
You're better than fear mongering influencers who peddel unnecessary vitamins & health powders
@EUCommission "Because it's also in your yoga mat" is not a valid reason to ban Azodicarbonamide from food. Telling people the real reasons serves everyone; bulshit equivalencies based on naturalistic fallacies & supported by AI slop serve no one.
@EUCommission Great job embracing the rhetoric of pseudoscience ...
@EUCommission @mhoye dihydrogen monoxide is commonly found in cleaning chemicals, and also in burger buns! Clearly we need to ban this.
@EUCommission Sodium bicarbonate is commonly found in fire extinguishers;
it also is baking powder
I'm not flexible enough to get down into that position.
Did I eat too many or not enough burger buns?
@EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu Dihydrogen monoxide is a chemical used to create fruit juice from concentrate. It is also, incidentally, found in concrete.
It is, however, perfectly healthy, and does not need to be banned.
Stop scaring us with chemicals based on "it's also in (non-edible thing)", just tell us whether it's harmful!
@EUCommission This post looks LLM-generated, both the text and the image. Maybe hire someone who at least knows how to make the AI-generated text less obvious? This is not a good look for an EU institution.
@EUCommission this post has AI-slop written all over it. Disappointing to see so little effort from the EU commission.
