Actress Eva Mendes has declared she is boycotting the Kellogg’s Company, arguing the cereal she grew up with is full of chemical ingredients banned in other countries.
In an Instagram post Tuesday, the Hollywood leading lady credited “Food Babe” Vani Hari with helping get the word out on harmful food dyes found in the American food supply and, alarmingly, children’s breakfast cereals.
“I grew up on cereal. I still love it but I won’t eat @kelloggsus anymore after I found out that so many of the ingredients they use here in the US are BANNED in other countries. Why? Because they’re harmful for children,” the The Other Guys actress wrote Tuesday.
“Gracias to @thefoodbabe for helping to bring this to light and demand that [Kellogg’s] remove these harmful artificial food dyes for us – just like they do in other countries,” Mendes, 50, added.
The Hitch actress, whose account boasts 6.6 million followers, also posted an image illustrating how a Canadian version of “Froot Loops” omits food dyes Red 40, Yellow 5, Blue 1 and Yellow 6, some of which have been found to cause cancer in lab rats.
The Ghost Rider actress additionally posted a flyer highlighting an upcoming demonstration outside Kellogg’s headquarters in Battle Creek, Mich.
The “Food Babe” appeared at a roundtable discussion hosted by Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) last week, where she slammed US regulators for allowing the foods to be sold in the US, despite containing harmful ingredients that are banned in Europe.
“Our government is letting US food companies get away with serving American citizens harmful ingredients that are banned or heavily regulated in other countries,” Hari said.
“Even worse, American food companies are selling the same exact products overseas without these chemicals but choose to continue serving us the most toxic version here,” she said, adding, “It’s un-American.”
The outspoken clean food advocate went on to explain how numerous popular US food products differ from their UK counterparts, including McDonalds fries, which she pointed out contain 11 ingredients – including formaldehyde – in the US, compared to three ingredients in Europe.
American food companies are making a fool out of us. They are knowingly poisoning us. It’s time for this to stop. Our movement is growing like I have never seen before. It's going to be historic! This is a clip from my Senate testimony in Washington DC yesterday, watch the whole… pic.twitter.com/FrZRAV5Op2
— Vani Hari (@thefoodbabe) September 24, 2024
“This is Skittles. Notice the long list of ingredient differences,” she said pointing to a chart. “10 artificial dyes in the U.S. version and titanium dioxide. This ingredient is banned in Europe because it can cause DNA damage. Artificial dyes are made from petroleum and products containing these dyes require a warning label in Europe. And they have been linked to cancer and disruptions in the immune system.”
The issue of toxic chemicals in the American food supply has also been brought to the forefront by former independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., who has been exposing the dangers of ultra-processed foods and seed oils and recently teamed up with former President Donald Trump to proclaim a “Make America Healthy Again” agenda.
RFK Jr. Exposes Four Toxic Substances in Your Food
— illuminatibot (@iluminatibot) August 29, 2024
I can't believe Fox News aired this. pic.twitter.com/gpsvwBq59V