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Examples include potassium bromate, brominated vegetable oil (BVO), azodicarbonamide, certain synthetic dyes (Red 40, Yellow 5, Yellow 6), and growth hormones like rBGH. Many pesticides (such as chlorpyrifos, atrazine, and paraquat) are also banned in the EU but still used on US crops.
US food regulation often follows a "generally recognized as safe" (GRAS) framework that can grandfather in additives, while the EU applies a more precautionary standard. The result is that many additives, pesticides, and hormones restricted abroad remain legal in US food.
Scan the product barcode with BannedPantry. We check the ingredient list against additives, pesticides, hormones, and packaging chemicals flagged by the EU, UK, Canada, Japan, and California, then give an instant Safe, Caution, or Avoid score with citations.