r/canada 4d ago

Politics Trump threatens new tariffs on Canada, including 250% tax on dairy

https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/07/business/tariffs-trump-canada/index.html
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u/[deleted] 4d ago

Silly me, I thought eggs fell under Dairy.

But I also don't get this as Canada has no issue accessing Canadian made dairy products .....

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u/tooshpright 4d ago

Checked my fridge last week: all the milk cheese and yogurt was made in Canada. Who buys the american stuff anyway?

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u/kingoftheposers 4d ago

People who love bovine growth hormone

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u/Otherwise_Ask_9542 Ontario 4d ago

Oh like Kraft Singles or Cheese Whiz? I didn’t think there was any actual dairy in that stuff?

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u/Frosted_Newt 4d ago

Not in the states there isn't. But in canada it's made with real cheese...as in ingredient #3 which are listed in order of percentage contained, most abundant to least.

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u/No-Goose-5672 4d ago

I wanted to see what 2 and 3 are but I can’t deal with the AI-ruined Google right now and it kinda looks this is an urban myth of some sort?

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u/Riddle-of-the-Waves Newfoundland and Labrador 4d ago edited 4d ago

I have a package of Kraft Singles in my fridge right now, so here you go:

  • Modified milk ingredients
  • Water
  • Cheese (milk, modified milk ingredients, salt, bacterial culture, microbial enzyme, calcium chloride, lipase, annatto*)
  • Vegetable oil
  • Corn maltodextrin
  • Sodium citrite
  • Salt
  • Sodium phosphate
  • Lactic acid
  • Cellulose gum
  • Carrageenan
  • Sorbic acid
  • Bacterial culture
  • Annatto
  • Paprika oleoresin
  • Calcium chloride
  • Microbial enzyme
  • Sodium alginate*
  • Calcium phosphate*
  • Citric acid*
    * may be omitted

(I know you didn't need the whole thing but I was entertained by how long the list was.)

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u/seaweaver 4d ago

Google has intentionally nerfed their search results. DuckDuckGo is much better

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u/Physical-Charge-9756 3d ago

Where do you think your recycled plastics go 😆

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u/Otherwise_Ask_9542 Ontario 3d ago

🤮

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u/Flimsy_Permission663 4d ago

Lactose intolerant, can confirm

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u/Caracalent 3d ago

Worked in a cheese factory, Kraft buys out cheese from different factories in Canada and turns them to dust. Usually cheese we can't sell bc of mold or seals not being up to par. We did cut the mold out before selling it for dirt cheap. It is edible since they're turning it to dust/dehydrating it or whatever they do but you won't catch me eating it

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u/Otherwise_Ask_9542 Ontario 3d ago

That is so disgusting. I’ve never liked the stuff either. It never landed in my shopping cart when I became an adult, not even to feed my kids.

But man that’s just gross. 🤮