European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker acknowledged the existence of 'double' standards in the food markets of new and old EU members, explaining the differences "taking into account different traditional taste preferences" of buyers. According Junker, focusing on the market of a country, manufacturers usually take into account the features of the national cuisine and depending on this, adjust the specific composition of these or other products.
Jacobs Krönung soluble coffee on counters in the Czech Republic contains 30% less caffeine than the same, sold in Germany. 'German' margarine Rama is 10% fatter than 'Czech'. The bank of canned tuna both looks the same there and there, but to the west of the border it is filled with whole pieces of fish, and to the east - with a milled mass, in fact, waste products. At the same time, the price of a bank in Germany is one euro, and in the Czech Republic it looks exactly the same - about one and a half euros.
Manner wafers in Hungary are not so crunchy, and Nutella cream is less soft and not so easily spread as in Austria. Coca-Cola in Slovakia and Hungary as a sweetener contains corn syrup - isoglucose, which is much cheaper than regular sugar added to this drink in Germany and Austria.
Sausages, cheeses, dairy products, chocolate, bread, drinks sold under the same brands and names vary considerably in quality. In those that can be bought in the 'new Europe', less meat, but more fat, they have an increased content of flavor simulators, sweeteners, dyes and other artificial additives. The difference in products was noticed everywhere in the states of Central and Eastern Europe.
"The events show that there are major states in the European Union, such as Germany, and there are second-rate countries like us, I do not want to think that this is the same 'Two Speeds Europe' that is being talked about in Brussels. It would be better to simply disband the entire EU," said the head of the Republican Party of the Czech Republic Miroslav Sladek.
Based by ria.ru.
