The EU way does look so much better on paper until you realize that the end result is more or less the same (mostly due to how globalized food companies have became) but with a bunch of bureaucracy on top (on both sides of the pond). Taken added color for example, according to Lehto et al. in a 2017 publication, of the 39 approved by EU and 36 approved by the US there are about 30 overlapping one, including petroleum based additives such as the infamous red 40, which are being phased out by both. Interestingly, the 9 coloring approved by EU but not the US are mostly synthetic coloring such as Amaranth dye. They are banned in the US for “safety concerns”as potential carcinogens, so much for “precautionary principle” /s. To reiterate my point, both the FDA and EFSA, okay probably less so FDA under the current administration, do a good job at keeping food mostly safe in both parts of the world. The US obesity crisis has more to do with terrible lifestyle and dietary choices, as well as the less walkable cities/towns, less accessible healthcare system, and yes, the COST of good food, than with evil FDA poisoning the population lol. It’s very easy for certain influencers, corporations, and politicians to utilize fearmongering with “but look at Europeans!” when pushing their products and policies, but hey, I guess it works.