If you have ever had the chance to travel outside of the U.S., you have probably noticed that food packaging tends to vary greatly from country to country.
Meanwhile, one father took to TikTok to share an important finding that he came across during a trip to Mexico. He noticed that Mexican cereal boxes happen to look a whole lot different than they do in the US.
These cereal boxes are not marketed to children in the same way when you see them on Mexican store shelves. Instead of aggressively marketing the cereals to children, the boxes come with health warnings on them.
Chad Scott, who is known on TikTok as @the_poster_boy, was more than happy to share this discovery with all of his followers. He first noticed this when his family stopped at a Mexican Wal-Mart.
“So in the US, we have a lot of cereal boxes that have cartoon characters on [them],” says Chad in the video. “Well, check out what they look like here.” He points out a box of Lucky Charms when he first gets started. There is a massive sticker that covers the cartoon leprechaun’s head and it offers up some dire health warnings for those who are considering buying some.
“Not only do they cover it, [but] they talk about the calories and they make it big and bold, and then in the top right, it ways ‘excessive calories,’ ‘excessive sugars,’ and ‘excessive sodium,'” he continues. This is not the only box of cereal that is given this treatment, either. He keeps heading down the aisle, so that he could show the audience more of these boxes.
“Can you imagine a world where you see Frosted Flakes without Tony the Tiger on them?” he asks. These differences struck a major chord for Chad and it is easy to see why.
“It’s really interesting to see how they really take it serious about how they expose what’s in food,” he continues, “and they don’t want cartoon characters to influence kids to get things that are unhealthy.”
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“It’s pretty common in latin american countries that same logo and policy started in Chile, I think Ecuador has it too and Argentina is evaluating it,” a viewer shared. “In the UK they classify American cereal as candy and put it in the candy aisle,” chimed in another.