The Reason They Don't Sell Kinder Surprise Eggs In America - The Takeout
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The Kinder Surprise Eggs have a plastic capsule that are banned in treats thanks to a 1938 law, but Kinder Joy is a similar alternative.
    • early_riser@lemmy.radio
      1·
      6 天前

      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.

    • SolOrion@sh.itjust.works
      7·
      16 天前

      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·
        16 天前

        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