5
The Reason They Don't Sell Kinder Surprise Eggs In USA (www.thetakeout.com)
submitted 11 months ago by grid11@lemy.nl to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world
18 comments fedilink hide all child comments
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] seathru@lemmy.sdf.org 19 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

What a dumb article. The law that bans kinder surprise eggs in the US predates their existence by over 30 years.

Edit: This is the reason: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elixir_sulfanilamide

[-] SolOrion@sh.itjust.works 7 points 11 months ago

I'm confused, they never said it was in reaction to specifically kinder surprise eggs?

These little treats full of joy are banned in the United States because, in 1938, a law was passed prohibiting the sale of confectionary items containing "non-nutritive objects," and the Kinder Surprise's plastic capsule, which holds the toy, is considered just that.

[-] otp@sh.itjust.works 4 points 11 months ago

a law was passed prohibiting the sale of confectionary items containing "non-nutritive objects,"

If only they could see our foods now. If the crap we put into our foods on purpose wasn't enough, think about all the microplastics! Lol

[-] early_riser@lemmy.radio 2 points 10 months ago

I thought they were sold in the US now with some slight modifications to comply with the law? I know I've seen Kinder eggs in my local grocery store.

But yes, the ban is due to a perfectly sensible law having a bizarre edge case.

It's also why king cakes don't have the little baby figurines in them I believe.

this post was submitted on 17 Mar 2025
5 points (57.6% liked)

Mildly Interesting

25202 readers
615 users here now

This is for strictly mildly interesting material. If it's too interesting, it doesn't belong. If it's not interesting, it doesn't belong.

This is obviously an objective criteria, so the mods are always right. Or maybe mildly right? Ahh.. what do we know?

Just post some stuff and don't spam.

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
marcar@lemmy.world
Jimbabwe@lemmy.ml
WhatsHerBucket@lemmy.world
Zerlyna@lemmy.world