Kellogg’s & General Mills: Drop the BHT From Your Cereal - Like You Do In Other Countries!
What this video covers
A 95-second petition-launch video from February 2015, with Vani Hari speaking directly to camera on her Food Babe channel. Hari announces her petition asking Kellogg’s and General Mills to remove the preservative BHT from all of their U.S. cereals, arguing the companies already sell BHT-free versions of the same cereals abroad.
Key points
- Hari says a box of Kellogg’s Rice Krispies “would be illegal to sell in most foreign countries,” and names General Mills’ Cinnamon Toast Crunch and Golden Grahams as other cereals she says would not meet foreign food safety rules.
- She says the companies use BHT “to improve shelf life and increase profits” in the United States, but are not allowed to use it in cereals in other countries because, in her words, “BHT is not proven safe.”
- Hari says BHT “is linked to cancer in some animal studies and is an endocrine disruptor and interferes with hormones.”
- She quotes the Environmental Working Group calling the regulatory loophole that permits BHT in U.S. cereal “one of the worst failures of our food regulatory system.”
- Hari argues Americans should not “needlessly consume a controversial chemical” when the companies have already figured out how to make the cereals without it, and directs viewers to sign the petition at foodbabe.com.