Make sure you check out Sweetish Candy and Goods in person or at www.sweetishcandy.com and make an order for yourself!! If you’ve ever had any of these drinks before, which one is your favorite? If you haven’t had them at all, which one would you like to try?
Thanks, Enya! We believe the Sweetish Store that sponsored this video does carry some Belgium items so we will have to look and see if they have that!!
So that’s why it’s the best tasting cola we’ve ever had....because it’s not cola at all! 😅🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♀️ The apple and orange combination tasted really good even if we didn’t realize it was that!!
...well...when you have a citrus tasting drink that has a picture of yellow fruit on the front and the flavor is in a different language, lemon is what comes to mind! 😅 We could have thought it was apple flavored since apelsin sounds like “apple!” Good thing we didn’t say that!! 😉
@@fredrikjonsson5745 Zeunerts julmust är ljusår bättre i min mening, men också dyrare såklart. Men av de "basic" musterna håller jag med om att apotekarnes är bäst.
@@fredrikjonsson5745 Testa Nygårda, den är bättre. Det är lätt att tro att Apotekarnes är bättre för att det är den vanligaste, men den är fan underlägsen.
"IT IS CLEARLY THE FRUIT LEMON" ...as a Swede, knowing that "apelsin" actually means "orange", I was laughing so hard at this😂 Don't be afraid to Google Translate words, guys😊
Trocadero magically transforms and becomes like 30 times better when consumed with fatty foods like pizza or burgers. The fat just does something with the flavor!
And the Taste is actually Orange & Apple, it was made in 1953 in Malmö (most south of sweden) and is most popular the in the northern of Sweden and is actually sometimes called the National drink of Norrland (northland)
@@FromtheHobbitHole Take a few more. It contains caffeine in amounts that makes Red Bull wonder why it ever got invented. And kids drink it by the gallon.
@@doctorpragmatic1740 where did you hear or find that information? Its called Norrlands nationalsdryck ( Norrlands nationaldrink ) i never heard anything else. 😳
@@Saturinus Exactly, thank you. People be spouting misinformation on the Internet, just to feel important, and then have people like you and me, swoop in and give them the facts. And I'm not even finnish, but I knew it wasn't spelled 'Pucko', lol. But it basically translate to "chocolate idiot", or what we would call a chocoholic, which I happen to be. 🤣🤣🤣
You must try these Swedish sodas: Pommac (The grandfather of Champis and Trocadero, outstanding!), Sockerdricka (swedish classic), Julmust (swedish festive drink)
Ok, Champis is older than Pommac. Champis begun it's career 1910, under the name 'Champangeläskedryck' ( = champagne soda drink). Likewise Pommac it was made as an alternative to Champagne, as well as "Must" was made as an alternative to beer. Alcohol and alcoholism was equally devastating in Sweden as in the US in the early 1900s. However, the name was to long to say everytime so 'Champis' became the colloquial name and 1918 the named was changed. Champis is based on apples and grapes, Pommac apples and raspberries, Trocadero apples and oranges, and.. Ta-da! Trocadero contains, like Coke, CAFFEINE! Trocadero was launched 1953.
My grandfathers best friend, Bo Ljungren, worked all his life as a chemist at Mjölkcentralen. He made Pucko in the 50s. 2013 he turned 100 years old. Of course we toasted with Pucko. He diead almost 103 years old.
The Guanabana Pineapple one is my favorite, it's so refreshing! The others in the episode are more like special edition ones that are a bit weird. Cactus Lime is also nice. I also love Mer Päron (Pear). It's great to drink when you're thirsty.
Actually, fun fact is that elderflower bushes grow all over Sweden and my family usually pick fresh elderflowers and make a syrup/concentrate that is made with loads of lemon, so it’s a great combo to bring out the floral notes with the citrus! 😄 Great video too!
Pucko and "tunnbrödrulle"! 😁 THAT is a classic! Tunnbröd is literally 'thin bread', it's like a white tortilla made of rye. You (should spread butter on first, but some don't nowadays 😡) put mashed potatoes and a hotdog on. Then add ketchup, mustard and either "gurk-majonäs" chopped pickled gurkins with mayo, or "räksallad", which MEANS "shrimp salad" but the number of shrimps are usually 0,5 per table spoon, some sort of veggies (anyone, enlighten me!) and mayo. Roll this to a big "enchilada", one side open, the other closed, so everything stay when you eat! It has been a standard thing on hotdog stands in Sweden since at least the 60s! With Pucko! I feel like 15-16 years again, driving moped and hanging by the local "korv-mojje", hotdog stand in the mid 70s 😂😂😂! "Flosses", we miss you!
En halv spess med väss och en Stockholmare, tack. (En halv special med Västkustsallad och en Pucko). Standardbeställning hos Lasse på Heden. Enda stället med äkta, hemlagat potatismos. MUMMA!
"I don't know if I would grab this as an adult without feeling like I'm tasting a child's drink in a way" As a Swede, that's how I feel about all festis in general.
The thing aswell is that "fruit" type sodas in sweden often has the real juice from the fruits in the soda and we use real sugar here none of ther corn syrup
Champis, Trocadero, Zingo and Pucko are old classic soft drinks. Champis has been around since 1910 while Trocadero and Zingo came in the 50s. Trocadero is especially popular in northern Sweden and considered the sort of national soda of Norrland. It’s flavoured with apples and oranges. Pucko had its heydays in the 50s and 60s and were commonly sold in hotdog stands, but have had a recent revival. Zingo was for a while called Ingo when they tried marketing it with the former Swedish heavy weight world champion of boxing, Ingemar “Ingo” Johansson. The two fantas I’ve never even seen. I guess they are around. Festis is from the 60s and it’s the sort of drink you buy for your kids since it’s a bit less sugar and not carbonated. It’s also a good thirst quencher. Festis has really grown over the years after very clever marketing and packaging. They used to be served in Tetra Pak packages but nowadays come in PET bottles.
Well, growing up in Sweden in the 80:s I can confirm that I drank a lot of *Champis* and *Trocadero!* Those are indeed childhood classics that have stood the test of time. :)
I must say that 'Pommac' is the best. Not as sweet as the other two. Of course some sort of apple taste, 'pomme' = apple in French, and it is made to imitate a sweet champagne with no alcohol.
Pommac was Introduced 1919, over 100 years, same recipe! Among other stuff made from apple- and raspberry juice. And stored in oak barrels for three months!!
Festis has a cactus - lime flavour that's definitely my favourite of them as a Swedish person. From sodas I would choose trocadero. You should also shake the pucko before drinking.
That cactus and lime flavor sounds very interesting!! We did give the pucko a good shake but for sake of time we didn’t show the entire shaking process 😉
@@FromtheHobbitHole Trocadero also has a no-sugar version that is even better tasting than the original. Called Trocadero Zero. So if you ever do a non sugar soda tasting make sure to include it!
The big difference of sugar in the Yoohoo (36%) and the Pucko (5%) must definitely affect the taste. 36% ??? I think we have jam with less sugar in it in Sweden...
I’m Swedish and I have heard that trocadero is cola and orange. I love trocadero, if you have the chance I think you should try the trocadero ice pop/ice cream
Trocadero is actually not a cola-flavor. I think it's like orange and apple. It contains caffein, which might remind you of coke. It's been around since 1953. It's my personal go-to drink, the zero variant.
Fun fact - Coca Cola is in large part a citrus drink, with oils from orange, lime and lemons. Also a whole lot of others tasty things, but it kind of blew my mind.
The festis drinks are very synonymous with children in sweden. So youre totally correct about that. Well noticed! It was a very common drink that we got during school trips on the bus ect. They didnt used to be as fancy though and came in very basic flavours like apple, orange and pear. They were a lot smaller and came in square shaped small carton boxes. I dont live in sweden anymore so i dont know but maybe they still sell those classic variants too. They were super tasty tho, always, so i think its nice theyre are experimenting with different flavours. Ill have to try one of these the next time i go to sweden because i can imagine that some of these new flavours taste really good. festis was always good lol. I grew up in the 90s and 00s and have lived abroad for 10 years and havent had a festis in a long time. Edit: haha and Pucko is a slang word for a person who is stupid, or a bit weird and crazy. But its also just a drink. The name is funny for kids.
First of all, great video! You're kinda right that Trocadero is one of the more classic "older" kinds of soda here. However, Champis is way older and there's also another one called Pommac, both from the 1910s. All these are kinda similar in the way that they're based on apple juice but they're all mixed with another juice, in the case of Champis it's grape juice etc.
@@lbh704 I think so. I buy them at gasstations, supermarkets, candy stores, pizzerias...yeah, basically everywhere. So I guess they are available in Haparanda.
Loved your rendition of trying swedish things. You're the most genuine and open-minded i've seen so far. The fact that most of our soft drinks are less sweet than yours (at least the ones ive tried of US soda have been sweeter overall than ours), your pallets could have disagreed but they did'nt and that warmed my heart. You gave me a couple a laughs unintentionally and that's always appreciated. The part with "Festis" being carbonated or not was hella funny because of the backstory. They even had a commercial about not being carbonated back in the 90s. Keep up the great work, i really enjoyed it. Ps. I've seen in the comments that Swedes talked about you trying "Julmust", you should because it's amazing. But if you do it, tread lightly. That's a national treasure for us and Swedes will be very offended if you dont like it. Just a heads up.
Thank you! We really do like to keep our minds, and pallets, open to everything we try. Glad you enjoyed our video and the way we tasted everything! Since making this video, we did try one brand of Julmust. You can find that video here: th-cam.com/video/TFWTdNu5G44/w-d-xo.html
Funfact! If You order a Pucko drink (Pucko is slang for a fool) in Göteborg(second city in sweden) You Can just say that u want a Stockholmare(Slang for a person from Stockholm the capitel of Sweden)
@Lactrix Det är standardsvaret från en typisk 99:a. Sanningen är att ingen är avundsjuk på någon av er som bor i fjollträsket... LOL Det finns viktigare saker och områden än "innanför tullarna".
@Lactrix För att svara på din fråga om 99:a... Stockholmare kallas ju så eftersom ni inte är riktigt 100... Det är snarare stockholm som är en pisshåla som du så vackert uttrycker det. Resten av landet är sååå mycket vackrare och har sååå mycket mer att erbjuda.
@Lactrix visserligen för att jag kommer från en bondesläkt (vilket jag är stolt över) och du borde vara tacksam för... Var tror du annars att maten du köper kommer från? Fabriken? Nejdu, stockholmare i stort är de mest avskydda varelserna i detta land eftersom de är så pass egocentriska och ignoranta som du visat dig vara. Bor för övrigt i Malmö och är stolt skåning.
Fun fact: Pucko (the chocolate milk) has multiple variations. There is a dark chocolate version There is one with mint and chocolate There is one with orange and chocolate. And they are delicious, smooth and round, relaxing.
Well.. this was Fun! Since I am Swedish, been living here all my life.. Festis was only sold in smaller paperboxes with a straw when I grew up. I loved the change they made in that brand and they added soo many flavours! The green one, that is Cactus/Lime, is my absolute favorite of them. They don't sell it now though.. Pucko... is a CLASSIC drink... and the combo that we all grew up with was a Hot Dog & Pucko.. (..it is really good served as a drink with Cognac too!!! ) Btw.. my favorite American drink is... Dr Pepper!! ( which they stopped selling in the 80s or so.. and then it came back!! )
Trocadero is indeed a classic, it was launched in 1953, and it's one of our most cherished brands. And I agree about the Cactus Festis, you should definitely demand that Sweetish import a few! Also ask for Portello, a bit like Trocadero but with some caramell flavour added - hard to describe but delicious.
That portello sounds very intriguing! We found out that Sweetish already has it in stock!!! ...they just didn’t give it to us for this video, but we are talking with them about doing another drinks video in the near future 😉
@@FromtheHobbitHole portello is what I tought ginger ale was as a child. I think it is supposed to taste like butterscotch/syrup with a little vanilla, but it is not as sweet as you might imagine! I would recommend trying something with only elderflower, like a concentrate you mix with water!
😅 We do our best but sometimes we fall short. Also, we’ve had mixed comments of people saying don’t do research because it leaves the review to be more genuine and do research so that you know what you’re trying. It’s hard to please everyone 😉
If you're in a Swedish themed restaurant, or having Swedish street food or something like that, you should try a Swedish classic: In Swedish it's called "Tunnbrödrulle". It's basically flatbread with mashed potatoes, two hot dogs and some optional sides, like roasted onions, shrimp salad or some other. It's rolled into like a tortilla taco and it's delicious!👌🏻 Try that with a Pucko as the drink and you have a Swedish classic😋
Champis, Trocadero and Pommac are all quite simliar multifruit sodas with an emphasis on apples, pears and grapes. My favorite among them is Pommac, since it’s just a tad dryer than the others. However, Trocadero released a sugar free version a few years ago, called Trocadero Zero and I hate to say it’s an absolute contender for the throne. You should try it - and maybe compare those three brands? Enjoy them on ice or chilled in a glass for a more ”champagne” experience. And yes, we all fondly remember ”Seinfeld” and George’s father - Festivus for the rest of us!
I'm Swedish and I have never seen any of those festis flavors before, but cactus and lime is great, but the most common when I grew up are just plain orange, pear and apple. Just one fruit in each drink, none of these mixes. The apple flavored one is almost like an apple juice. Trocadero, Champis and Zingo (with orange flavor) all have long history in Sweden and are considered classics. And a fun fact about Sweden is that it is the only country in the world where Coca-Cola sales drop over Christmas. Since Sweden have it's own "Christmas drink" called Julmust, which is very very popular.
This was exactly what i needed to watch this morning. Cheers from Sweden, glad you liked some of the beverages we have here. We also love some of the drinks/sweets you got over there. There are some American food stores here that sell the stuff regular supermarkets dont supply. Take care and stay safe and dont forget to buy Julmust :D
The pop sound of the lid on the Pucko let's you know it has been completely sealed since the milk was pastorised at high temperature. Let's you know it's fresh if the date hasn't expired. Making hot chocolate at home is best with pure cacao and sugar. Add and taste and have as sweet as you prefer.
I love the guanabana and pineapple festis, however my go to when im really thirsty and need to clench the thirst is festis cactus lime. I very much recommend it as its not as sweet as most of the other festis
Trocadero, sometimes Troca, is a Swedish caffeinated soft drink flavored with orange and apple. It was launched in Sweden in the summer of 1953 by Saturnus AB in Malmö. Over the years, Trocadero has been particularly popular in Norrland and has been called
Fun-fact: for the most part trocadero was actually just sold in “norrland” for a while. It began to be distributed more down-south just a couple year’s ago
Nah, Trocadero has been around in the south at least since I was a kid in the early 2000s, you might be confusing it with Portello, which I as a southerner hadn't even heard of until I visited Östersund a few years ago.
Pucko is a real classic from 1954 and still made from the original recipe. It's actually made from milk, sugar, cocoa powder (not chocolate) and a hint of fudge. A high quality low sugar product. Love It! Perfect with a cinnamon bun or a hot dog. And the name comes from a hockeypuck shaped ice cream called Chokladpuck. Pucko is also Swedish slang for "idiot". Wich means the same in English....
We were very confused because the fruit on the front was yellow so we thought lemon, and then it had a citrus taste to it so we thought we guessed right! 😅
It is funny that you mentioned that Festis reminded you of childhood etc. When I was a kid, Festis was marketed as for small kids (I drank them when I was like 6-9 because I didn't like carbonated drinks) and came in standard flavors like apple, pear, orange. But then in the late 90s/early 2000s they went through a rebrand targeting teens and young adults coming up with the weird flavor combinations and having like youth-oriented commericals.
It’s almost like they tried to keep their drinks relevant to the age of the kids that grew up drinking them. So as a teen or young adult you would go back and buy their drinks remember that they were good but now feeling like they aren’t just for kids.
Festis is very much a childrens drink like you said! It's also sold in smaller cardbord boxes with a straw and is a typical picnic-kinda thing for the kids (lots of other brands have the same thing. Also the flavors you tasted are more recent additions, the classics are plain orange & pear flavors etc). Trocadero and Champis are old classics. Not very common anymore but everyone knows what they are and they can be found anywhere. Pucko is also an old classic that has recently been revived with new flavors and a big marketing campaign. Pretty overall appreciated by swedes, although I think it's more poular to mix your own chocolate milk with "O'boy" (Chocolate powder that you mix with milk - extremely common in most households). Pucko is a bit more like something you get with your food at a hot dog stand. Lastly, Fanta and Coca Cola/Pepsi are by far the most common sodas in Sweden. Diet versions are a lot more popular as well I believe. So Coca Cola Zero (not sure if you have that in the US, it's basically a diet coke), Pepsi Max (diet pepsi) and Fanta/Fanta Exotic are extremely common here. Great video overall! I love your calm vibe and the insights you had, subscribed! :)
Thanks for the sub and the compliments! We like to be ourselves and not put on an over the top performance like some TH-cam personalities like to do. We really appreciate all the information you shared with us too! 😊
These are a few of the old classics in Sweden. Champis has been sold since 1910 while Pucko and Trocadero have been sold since the early 50's. This is also why the design on the stickers look rather old-fashioned.
Trocadero goes really well with pizza. En Trocca och en capricciosa👌 Klassisk norrländsk meny😂 Trocadero is caffeinated which is probably why you see it as a "cola" type soda.
Vira Blåtira is a truly baffling experience, however it was a big thing in the 80's (or so I've been told). I strongly recommend trying it at least once!
Elderflower drinks is super popular in Sweden, specially during summer. It's "Refreshing" I'd say, it simply just hit that right spot when you're out and about on a warm summer day. Festis is without a doubt a super light juice, commonly used for children as a better option than soda.
It is very refreshing! Typically we drink lemonade as a refreshing summer drink, but sometimes after drinking it you’ll find yourself even thirstier because of the sugar and sourness that you get from the drink. The elderflower drink doesn’t give you any of that, so it really does seem to be the best refreshing summer drink flavor!
Champis (apple & grape), Trocadero (apple & orange), Pucko (chocolate milk) and Zingo Apelsin (orange) are classic drinks from the 50'ies that been around for 70 years, Champis for 110 years. Festis is a classic brand from the 60ies and was originally just pear, orange and apple juice. It pretty much went extinct in the 90'ies but revived, now with odd mixed flavors. I second pommac (1919), sockerdricka (19th century) and julmust (1910) as other classics.
As a American living in Sweden I drink most of those and recognized them. The elderflower one is new as of a couple years ago and was imported from else where.
Well the pronuncuation on Trocadero was really good, as for the flawour thou its not a cola drink at all but a fruit One with Apple as base. As another comment said during christmas time try get some christmas sodas aka ”Julmust”,
A swede here! Fanta shokata is romanian and is actually very rare to find in Sweden. They appear occationally in some stores but it’s not common. However, the taste is actually very familiar to swedes since elderflower is common as a taste :) but the fanta shokata isn’t common to find in sweden. The fanta exotic is probably the second most bought fanta in sweden after the original with orange. Champis (and its cousins trocadero, pommac and portello) is one of my favourites and it’s always liked when someone serve these but most people don’t buy them for some reason🤔 but everybody likes them... and no trocadero isn’t a cola flavour. Zingo apelsin (orange) is like a more sour less sweet version of fanta orange. We normally make two families with pop.. 1.cocacola,fanta,sprite and 2. Pepsi, zingo, 7up. Zingo sorbet i have never seen so i don’t know anything about it. Festis has a ton of flavours but i have only tested like 2 or 3 of them. It’s mostly popular with young kids and in general you don’t see people buy or drink festis. Pucko, our no. 1 chocolate milk. Loved by most. The most swedish pop however is Julmust/påskmust that we drink extremly much of during christmas and easter. And preveously it was available during all lf the year but not anymore. That you should have tasted! Otherwise Coca cola and pepsi drinks are the most common here like in all of the world... we have a swedish cola drink that came out like right before coca cola came to sweden when like pop with caffeine got legal. It’s called Cuba Cola and it’s quite good... not like coke or pepsi but right behind them. It’s like 10000 times better than the no-name/own brand colas from the grocery stores. Cuba cola just launched a sugarfree version like this summer and that’s even better than the original cuba cola. But again... most people buy coca cola or pepsi.
Wow! Thanks for all that great information. We love when we get such info packed comments so that we can learn more about other countries and their snacks/drinks.
Trocadero (probably named after Place du Trocadéro in Paris ). It's wildly popular in the northern part of Sweden (but ubiquitous in Sweden) - often mixed with "moon shine". Apple and Orange + Caffeine. Festis is a still drink. Zingo is carbonated and contains real fruit juice. Pucko is something I drink when I'm drunk to wash down a hot dog on the way home. It's an acquired taste - I know how it tastes, I know I shouldn't buy it, but I still buy it and get disappointed again. Rinse and repeat. Totally Swedish. Glad you liked it.
Festivus from Seinfeld ❤ Either way, you should totally try "Julmust" (translated into Christmas must) and FESTIS Cactus. Perhaps Sockerdricka (Sugar soda, roughly translated) too. Very common. Good set of drinks though. Happy to see they made a store for Swedish sweets in the states. We have a few American stores here in Sweden, which I quite regularly visit. I believe Swedish and American candy go well hand in hand afterall. We both like sweetness and pure flavours. However we do like liqourice, which American don't tend to do. Nice video! 😁
Elderflower is a very common flavour in many parts of Europe as the Elderberry Tree grows very well in the European climate. In the UK we have elderflower cordial, which is delicious.
The festis is basically a bottled drink version of a brand of juiceboxes in Sweden often brought as drinks for snack time for kids when out in nature or town during the day. Although the juiceboxes are very commonly used and convenient for kids, festis is definitely a brand enjoyed by all ages. And personally, trocadero, champis and zingo are some of my favourite sodas as a swede ^^
The Festis drinks definitely did have a child vibe to them while being age appropriate for all. We understand why trocadero, champis, and zingo are some of your favs!
Festis is a kind of saft, a drink we have here in Sweden, it is not carbornated. If I describe it to someone who is from the states I would say that saft is kinda like lemonade but with all kinds of flavors. My absolute favourite saft is the elderflower and lemon one my mom makes, it's the most refreshing thing to drink on a hot summers day. We go out and pick a bunch of elderflower together, buy lemons and sugar and get started. :)
@@MrGrazzhoppa I'll give you points for your Kvikk Lunsj chocolate wafer bars. (Did I spell that correctly? Seems like a weird combination of letters to a Swede.)
pucko is great to drink when you eat a half special What is a half special It's a grilled sausage and bread and mashed potatoes and some shrimp salad and preferably an ice cold Pucko too Pucko - The cult drink that survived. New products come and go again after a while. So who would have thought in 1954, when Pucko chocolate milk was launched, that it would still be around well into the 21st century? Today, Pucko is something of a Swedish national drink, which has acquired a cult stamp, indispensable in the sausage stand.
As a child, I always got Champis for New Year's Eve and Festis for my school trips! :) I definitely recommend you to try Julmust as many others have already suggested. It's a festive drink that's sold twice a year. Around Christmas it's sold as Julmust and around Easter as Påskmust. It's the exact same drink but they change the name and label depending on the season. :D
Thank you for letting us know. Both drinks have a great flavor combination! It’s very interesting that we tasted a cola flavor even though the Trocadero is a fruit blend flavor... 😮
While people mentioned the taste of Trocadero it do have any likeness with Colas, it does have caffeine in it, but does for some foods etc have a better taste profile to complement food. Also. about Champis and things, Sweden had for much of the 20th century a strong temperance movement (and still have but not as strong) so this means soft drink alternatives to alcohol have been important. And indeed while the drink was created in 1910 by the company Roberts that tried to find alternatives to alcohol options as the founder was a non-drinker, the company's most famous invention on this is the Swedish christmas softdrink Julmust that was created to be an alternative to Christmas beer, that drink makes Sweden a nation where Coca Colas sales goes down during christmas so in someways it was successful.
Fun fact: Pucko aside from this brandname Is also an insult in Swedish. It's analogous to Bonehead, Stupid (in a more lighthearted way), Dum-dum etc. I know for a fact the insult came before the drink so I really wonder wtf came up with this, it's an old brand so maybe not a marketing dept, probably some guy tinkering with flavours. It's a classic in Sweeden, couldn't tell you how many time I had a burger and pucko as a kid in the 70s
As a swede I found this collection a bit puzzling :) Zingo? far as I know not a big favourite nah, I'd have given you the classics: Julmust, Sockerdricka, Fruktsoda, Päronsoda, Hallonsoda and Pommac and granted, Champis does belong in the classics section :) and also Pucko is real old - def a classic, and if you want Festis stick with the original, apparently you can get it carbonated nowadays which is odd because they used to make a big deal of that they would NEVER do that! :)
I think those cans in particular are from Sweden. There is a coca-cola factory in Sweden, outside of Stockholm. The recipes are a bit different, I think they contain more sugar. Sweden is quite the sweet tooth country.
Make sure you check out Sweetish Candy and Goods in person or at www.sweetishcandy.com and make an order for yourself!! If you’ve ever had any of these drinks before, which one is your favorite? If you haven’t had them at all, which one would you like to try?
Thanks, Enya! We believe the Sweetish Store that sponsored this video does carry some Belgium items so we will have to look and see if they have that!!
I would try the elderberry one
My favourite soft drink is Trocadero (apple & orange, not cola).
So that’s why it’s the best tasting cola we’ve ever had....because it’s not cola at all! 😅🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♀️ The apple and orange combination tasted really good even if we didn’t realize it was that!!
Great video guys but apelsin means orange 🍊 😉
"clearly lemon"
It's orange...😬
...well...when you have a citrus tasting drink that has a picture of yellow fruit on the front and the flavor is in a different language, lemon is what comes to mind! 😅 We could have thought it was apple flavored since apelsin sounds like “apple!” Good thing we didn’t say that!! 😉
It may be orange, but the fruit pictured is definitely “clearly lemon”, so possibly don’t laugh at Hailey and Nathan, what else were they to think?
@@FromtheHobbitHole Apelsin is a borrowed word from the German Apfelsine which literally means "Apple from China", so you are not far off
@@jennigee51 I didn't laugh at them nor blame them. I just pointed out that it was orange
@@jennigee51 not all oranges are orange
Now that Christmas is around the corner you should ask for JULMUST.. it is a must have in every Swedish household on Christmas
We’ll see if Sweetish Candy and Goods carries that!
But the Christmas must/Julmust must be of the brand (apotekarnes). Just in my opinion
Side note. Coca-Cola and every other brand, falls in sales during the holidays due to julmust.
@@fredrikjonsson5745 Zeunerts julmust är ljusår bättre i min mening, men också dyrare såklart. Men av de "basic" musterna håller jag med om att apotekarnes är bäst.
@@fredrikjonsson5745 Testa Nygårda, den är bättre. Det är lätt att tro att Apotekarnes är bättre för att det är den vanligaste, men den är fan underlägsen.
"IT IS CLEARLY THE FRUIT LEMON" ...as a Swede, knowing that "apelsin" actually means "orange", I was laughing so hard at this😂 Don't be afraid to Google Translate words, guys😊
As a Swede, Trocadero is my absolute favorite.
Go to bed John... 😂
Me too.
Mine too
It's the best! 😄
As a Swede, I concur. It's really the only soda I buy.
Trocadero magically transforms and becomes like 30 times better when consumed with fatty foods like pizza or burgers. The fat just does something with the flavor!
Facts (Zero > Original)
Oh interesting! Next time we have a Trocadero we’ll have to order a pizza.
And the Taste is actually Orange & Apple, it was made in 1953 in Malmö (most south of sweden) and is most popular the in the northern of Sweden and is actually sometimes called the National drink of Norrland (northland)
@@FromtheHobbitHole Take a few more. It contains caffeine in amounts that makes Red Bull wonder why it ever got invented. And kids drink it by the gallon.
It's also great with vodka!
Trocadero is not a Cola drink, it is a mix of Apple and orange flavour.
Actually its called "norrländsk cola"
@@doctorpragmatic1740 where did you hear or find that information? Its called Norrlands nationalsdryck ( Norrlands nationaldrink ) i never heard anything else. 😳
@@glennjarehall7300 dunno where i heard it, just remember that someone told me so
@@doctorpragmatic1740 ok. Maybe someone thought that bc it use to be koffein in it? 🤷
Troca is the bomb! It also has caffeine in it (or so I've heard)
"Pucko" is slang for "idiot", great drink.
And it means Knife in Finnish, to my Swe-Fin friends confusion.
@@F4R207 everything means knife in finnish
@@F4R207 That would be puukko.
@@whatamidoing8498 Hahaha!
Made my night! ><
Edit: Love to the finnish people
@@Saturinus Exactly, thank you. People be spouting misinformation on the Internet, just to feel important, and then have people like you and me, swoop in and give them the facts. And I'm not even finnish, but I knew it wasn't spelled 'Pucko', lol. But it basically translate to "chocolate idiot", or what we would call a chocoholic, which I happen to be. 🤣🤣🤣
You must try these Swedish sodas: Pommac (The grandfather of Champis and Trocadero, outstanding!), Sockerdricka (swedish classic), Julmust (swedish festive drink)
👍 Absolutely right!
@@annabackman3028 precis. Pommac är bara bäst ju
Pommac the grandfather of Champis? Pommac originates from 1919, Champis from 1910... Cheers from Finland
Ok, Champis is older than Pommac.
Champis begun it's career 1910, under the name 'Champangeläskedryck' ( = champagne soda drink). Likewise Pommac it was made as an alternative to Champagne, as well as "Must" was made as an alternative to beer. Alcohol and alcoholism was equally devastating in Sweden as in the US in the early 1900s.
However, the name was to long to say everytime so 'Champis' became the colloquial name and 1918 the named was changed.
Champis is based on apples and grapes, Pommac apples and raspberries, Trocadero apples and oranges, and.. Ta-da! Trocadero contains, like Coke, CAFFEINE! Trocadero was launched 1953.
Var hittar man Sockerdricka nuförtiden? Tycker aldrig man ser någon i affären.
My grandfathers best friend, Bo Ljungren, worked all his life as a chemist at Mjölkcentralen. He made Pucko in the 50s. 2013 he turned 100 years old. Of course we toasted with Pucko. He diead almost 103 years old.
Wow!! He lived a good long life! Maybe Pucko is the key to a long life 😉
@@FromtheHobbitHole Pucko is the way for a happy life 😁
@@FromtheHobbitHole a classic meal is a Pucko and a hot dog here in Sweden .
My favorite Festis is the "Cactus - Lime". Very refreshing. Just a tip.
We need to try that flavor!
My favorite is the original festis in a Tetra Pak. It’s more of a kids drink with a straw, but I grew up on it. Orange, pear and apple flavors
Yeah cactus lime is probably the most liked one in sweden too tbh. The ones they had were more of the "seasonal flavors"
Yeesss it’s the best!!!
The Guanabana Pineapple one is my favorite, it's so refreshing! The others in the episode are more like special edition ones that are a bit weird. Cactus Lime is also nice. I also love Mer Päron (Pear). It's great to drink when you're thirsty.
Actually, fun fact is that elderflower bushes grow all over Sweden and my family usually pick fresh elderflowers and make a syrup/concentrate that is made with loads of lemon, so it’s a great combo to bring out the floral notes with the citrus! 😄 Great video too!
They grow all over southern Sweden.
Thanks!! 😊
Us too.
Let's not forget to mention the fact that there are fakes out there that try to fool us with their poisonous berries. Also, elderflowers stink.
@@ulrikaandersson1463 They aren't super common around Uppsala. Except for around pastures or farm houses.
"high class chocolate milk" - The pucko marketing team would love that.
They should hire us! 😁😉
Pucko is a must have at the hot dog stands.
Sounds like a good combo!
Oh, yeah. Hot dogs and mashed potatoes and a Pucko.
Pucko and "tunnbrödrulle"! 😁 THAT is a classic!
Tunnbröd is literally 'thin bread', it's like a white tortilla made of rye. You (should spread butter on first, but some don't nowadays 😡) put mashed potatoes and a hotdog on. Then add ketchup, mustard and either "gurk-majonäs" chopped pickled gurkins with mayo, or "räksallad", which MEANS "shrimp salad" but the number of shrimps are usually 0,5 per table spoon, some sort of veggies (anyone, enlighten me!) and mayo.
Roll this to a big "enchilada", one side open, the other closed, so everything stay when you eat!
It has been a standard thing on hotdog stands in Sweden since at least the 60s! With Pucko!
I feel like 15-16 years again, driving moped and hanging by the local "korv-mojje", hotdog stand in the mid 70s 😂😂😂! "Flosses", we miss you!
Sounds delicious! Especially that thin bread you were talking about.
En halv spess med väss och en Stockholmare, tack. (En halv special med Västkustsallad och en Pucko). Standardbeställning hos Lasse på Heden. Enda stället med äkta, hemlagat potatismos. MUMMA!
"I don't know if I would grab this as an adult without feeling like I'm tasting a child's drink in a way"
As a Swede, that's how I feel about all festis in general.
The thing aswell is that "fruit" type sodas in sweden often has the real juice from the fruits in the soda and we use real sugar here none of ther corn syrup
Definitely can tell that there’s natural ingredients and sugar in them!
Me: a Swedish guy watching this getting proud of my country because of our sodas
The ´´Lemon´´ one Is actually Orange flavored, the packaging Is confusing I know... -.-
haha CLEARLY LEMON!
Quite confusing! 😅
Pucko, usually drunk at two o'clock in the morning with a mash/shrimpsallad/sausage meal. Best thing ever!
vilket pucko hahaha "jokes aside"
Champis, Trocadero, Zingo and Pucko are old classic soft drinks. Champis has been around since 1910 while Trocadero and Zingo came in the 50s.
Trocadero is especially popular in northern Sweden and considered the sort of national soda of Norrland. It’s flavoured with apples and oranges.
Pucko had its heydays in the 50s and 60s and were commonly sold in hotdog stands, but have had a recent revival.
Zingo was for a while called Ingo when they tried marketing it with the former Swedish heavy weight world champion of boxing, Ingemar “Ingo” Johansson.
The two fantas I’ve never even seen. I guess they are around. Festis is from the 60s and it’s the sort of drink you buy for your kids since it’s a bit less sugar and not carbonated. It’s also a good thirst quencher. Festis has really grown over the years after very clever marketing and packaging. They used to be served in Tetra Pak packages but nowadays come in PET bottles.
Trocca är det bästa. Det är den enda läsken som jag köper.
Yes, zingo was first called Ingo-läsk. When Ingemar "Ingo" Johansson lost the heavyweight belt they changed the name to Zingo.
I'd go for Portello as the norrland national soda :)
I always thought Champis was a copy of Pommac. Great to hear how far back it goes.
Well, growing up in Sweden in the 80:s I can confirm that I drank a lot of *Champis* and *Trocadero!* Those are indeed childhood classics that have stood the test of time. :)
We can understand why they’ve stood the test of time!
Trocadero....Apple....
I must say that 'Pommac' is the best. Not as sweet as the other two. Of course some sort of apple taste, 'pomme' = apple in French, and it is made to imitate a sweet champagne with no alcohol.
Trocadero even has a Zero version now, which seems to be getting popular.
Pommac was Introduced 1919, over 100 years, same recipe! Among other stuff made from apple- and raspberry juice. And stored in oak barrels for three months!!
Festis has a cactus - lime flavour that's definitely my favourite of them as a Swedish person. From sodas I would choose trocadero.
You should also shake the pucko before drinking.
That cactus and lime flavor sounds very interesting!! We did give the pucko a good shake but for sake of time we didn’t show the entire shaking process 😉
du har bra smak på läsk
Tack!! 😊
@@FromtheHobbitHole Trocadero also has a no-sugar version that is even better tasting than the original. Called Trocadero Zero. So if you ever do a non sugar soda tasting make sure to include it!
The big difference of sugar in the Yoohoo (36%) and the Pucko (5%) must definitely affect the taste. 36% ??? I think we have jam with less sugar in it in Sweden...
😂 yeahhh....that’s a lot of unnecessary sugar!
our sugar almost have less sugar then american sweets.
The Fanta Exotic, its passionfruit not dragonfruit.
Thanks for correcting us!
Also, with that much sugar, it's only for kids and barbarians....
Fanta exotic is made with: Orange, passion fruit, peach and citrus.
Why is there a kiwi 🥝 on the can
@@Hunglikeagrimsmo that’s not a Kiwi, it’s a passionfruit.
It's Orange and apple in Trocadero as flavour, drink it quite often because I live in Sweden :)
Thanks for letting us know! 😊
I’m Swedish and I have heard that trocadero is cola and orange. I love trocadero, if you have the chance I think you should try the trocadero ice pop/ice cream
@@Floppy003 Oh no its not cola and orange ,just straight Orange & apple. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trocadero_(drink)
A trocadero I’ve cream sounds delicious!
From the Hobbit Hole It was intendend to compete with Coca Cola and is the only swedish soda made with caffeine.
Trocadero is actually not a cola-flavor. I think it's like orange and apple. It contains caffein, which might remind you of coke. It's been around since 1953. It's my personal go-to drink, the zero variant.
But they were atleast right that its like a soda taste. Thats what it says on the bottle too. Läskedryck - soda drink.
Fun fact - Coca Cola is in large part a citrus drink, with oils from orange, lime and lemons. Also a whole lot of others tasty things, but it kind of blew my mind.
The festis drinks are very synonymous with children in sweden. So youre totally correct about that. Well noticed!
It was a very common drink that we got during school trips on the bus ect. They didnt used to be as fancy though and came in very basic flavours like apple, orange and pear. They were a lot smaller and came in square shaped small carton boxes. I dont live in sweden anymore so i dont know but maybe they still sell those classic variants too. They were super tasty tho, always, so i think its nice theyre are experimenting with different flavours. Ill have to try one of these the next time i go to sweden because i can imagine that some of these new flavours taste really good. festis was always good lol.
I grew up in the 90s and 00s and have lived abroad for 10 years and havent had a festis in a long time.
Edit: haha and Pucko is a slang word for a person who is stupid, or a bit weird and crazy. But its also just a drink. The name is funny for kids.
They still sell the original flavors but in soda cans now which is kinda sad
Generally, European sodas are made with white sugar instead of HFCS as is the most common sweetener in the US.
Festis is the ultimate drink to have on field trips
First of all, great video! You're kinda right that Trocadero is one of the more classic "older" kinds of soda here. However, Champis is way older and there's also another one called Pommac, both from the 1910s. All these are kinda similar in the way that they're based on apple juice but they're all mixed with another juice, in the case of Champis it's grape juice etc.
Pommac is the king, and Champis is the simple peasant!
Festis on a hot summer day. Pucko with the late night "mostallrik". And Fanta Exotic with the "kebabtallrik".
Is Festis available generally everywhere in Sweden? I swear I have never seen one in Haparanda and I go there almost every month (before covid).
@@lbh704 I think so. I buy them at gasstations, supermarkets, candy stores, pizzerias...yeah, basically everywhere. So I guess they are available in Haparanda.
@@lbh704 they should be :) at least at like ICA or Coop, Konsum .. the bigger chains
@@lbh704 gillar att alla är svenska men skriver i engelska lol
Loved your rendition of trying swedish things. You're the most genuine and open-minded i've seen so far. The fact that most of our soft drinks are less sweet than yours (at least the ones ive tried of US soda have been sweeter overall than ours), your pallets could have disagreed but they did'nt and that warmed my heart. You gave me a couple a laughs unintentionally and that's always appreciated. The part with "Festis" being carbonated or not was hella funny because of the backstory. They even had a commercial about not being carbonated back in the 90s. Keep up the great work, i really enjoyed it. Ps. I've seen in the comments that Swedes talked about you trying "Julmust", you should because it's amazing. But if you do it, tread lightly. That's a national treasure for us and Swedes will be very offended if you dont like it. Just a heads up.
Thank you! We really do like to keep our minds, and pallets, open to everything we try. Glad you enjoyed our video and the way we tasted everything! Since making this video, we did try one brand of Julmust. You can find that video here: th-cam.com/video/TFWTdNu5G44/w-d-xo.html
the chocolate drink "pucko" is a slang word for idiot in swedish kinda funny
Funfact! If You order a Pucko drink (Pucko is slang for a fool) in Göteborg(second city in sweden) You Can just say that u want a Stockholmare(Slang for a person from Stockholm the capitel of Sweden)
@Lactrix Stockholmare är överlag inte särskilt omtyckta i resten av landet...
@Lactrix Det är standardsvaret från en typisk 99:a. Sanningen är att ingen är avundsjuk på någon av er som bor i fjollträsket... LOL Det finns viktigare saker och områden än "innanför tullarna".
@Lactrix För att svara på din fråga om 99:a... Stockholmare kallas ju så eftersom ni inte är riktigt 100... Det är snarare stockholm som är en pisshåla som du så vackert uttrycker det. Resten av landet är sååå mycket vackrare och har sååå mycket mer att erbjuda.
@Lactrix visserligen för att jag kommer från en bondesläkt (vilket jag är stolt över) och du borde vara tacksam för... Var tror du annars att maten du köper kommer från? Fabriken? Nejdu, stockholmare i stort är de mest avskydda varelserna i detta land eftersom de är så pass egocentriska och ignoranta som du visat dig vara. Bor för övrigt i Malmö och är stolt skåning.
Fun fact:
Pucko (the chocolate milk) has multiple variations.
There is a dark chocolate version
There is one with mint and chocolate
There is one with orange and chocolate.
And they are delicious, smooth and round, relaxing.
Those all sound amazing!
”It’s a sweeter lemon” 😂😂😂
Oranges usually are 😂
Bless you, you are adorable ❤️
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I would like it if you used glasses when sampling drinks, so that we can see the color.
Yeahhhh....we definitely made the mistake of not doing that in this video. Sorry about that! We learned since then 😉
That Swedish candy and sweets stores are a thing are so weird to me. - A Swede
I went to one in LA, they also had food, they had almost everything we needed to make a Julbord, Kalles Kaviar, Janssons, but no lutfisk
Well.. this was Fun! Since I am Swedish, been living here all my life.. Festis was only sold in smaller paperboxes with a straw when I grew up.
I loved the change they made in that brand and they added soo many flavours!
The green one, that is Cactus/Lime, is my absolute favorite of them. They don't sell it now though..
Pucko... is a CLASSIC drink... and the combo that we all grew up with was a Hot Dog & Pucko..
(..it is really good served as a drink with Cognac too!!! )
Btw.. my favorite American drink is... Dr Pepper!!
( which they stopped selling in the 80s or so.. and then it came back!! )
When i buy festis i always goes for the cactus one sadly you did not have that one but it is the best one for sure
Not sure if Sweetish had the Cactus one in stock when they supplied us these drinks. It sounds very interesting and we really want to try it!!
Trocadero is indeed a classic, it was launched in 1953, and it's one of our most cherished brands. And I agree about the Cactus Festis, you should definitely demand that Sweetish import a few! Also ask for Portello, a bit like Trocadero but with some caramell flavour added - hard to describe but delicious.
That portello sounds very intriguing! We found out that Sweetish already has it in stock!!! ...they just didn’t give it to us for this video, but we are talking with them about doing another drinks video in the near future 😉
Cactus lime best Festis
Trocadero and Portello are my go-to-soda and it have been like that since I were 3-5 year old and now I am 29.
@@FromtheHobbitHole portello is what I tought ginger ale was as a child. I think it is supposed to taste like butterscotch/syrup with a little vanilla, but it is not as sweet as you might imagine! I would recommend trying something with only elderflower, like a concentrate you mix with water!
"It's a sweeter lemon"
Yeah that would be an orange :D
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I'm dreaming of the day I'll find a "Americans trying Swedish stuff" video where the Americans have done proper research. ;)
😅 We do our best but sometimes we fall short. Also, we’ve had mixed comments of people saying don’t do research because it leaves the review to be more genuine and do research so that you know what you’re trying. It’s hard to please everyone 😉
If you're in a Swedish themed restaurant, or having Swedish street food or something like that, you should try a Swedish classic:
In Swedish it's called "Tunnbrödrulle". It's basically flatbread with mashed potatoes, two hot dogs and some optional sides, like roasted onions, shrimp salad or some other. It's rolled into like a tortilla taco and it's delicious!👌🏻
Try that with a Pucko as the drink and you have a Swedish classic😋
Helt klart💪😎
That does sound delicious!
TheEngwall bästa! 🤘
Champis, Trocadero and Pommac are all quite simliar multifruit sodas with an emphasis on apples, pears and grapes. My favorite among them is Pommac, since it’s just a tad dryer than the others. However, Trocadero released a sugar free version a few years ago, called Trocadero Zero and I hate to say it’s an absolute contender for the throne. You should try it - and maybe compare those three brands? Enjoy them on ice or chilled in a glass for a more ”champagne” experience. And yes, we all fondly remember ”Seinfeld” and George’s father - Festivus for the rest of us!
We would like to try more Swedish sodas like Pommac! Also, we had no idea how popular Seinfeld is in Sweden. A lot of Swedes new about the reference!
The trocadero pronunciation was almost spot-on. That should be your favorite btw. Anything else is blasphemy ;)
And it’s not a cola
I'm Swedish and I have never seen any of those festis flavors before, but cactus and lime is great, but the most common when I grew up are just plain orange, pear and apple. Just one fruit in each drink, none of these mixes. The apple flavored one is almost like an apple juice.
Trocadero, Champis and Zingo (with orange flavor) all have long history in Sweden and are considered classics.
And a fun fact about Sweden is that it is the only country in the world where Coca-Cola sales drop over Christmas. Since Sweden have it's own "Christmas drink" called Julmust, which is very very popular.
I came here because I saw the Troca and I love me some Trocadero.
We understand why...it’s quite good!
The Puco - is actually produced in Denmark in Esbjerg at the west coast. The danish name i Coccio - a super classic in every hotdog stand in DK.
trocadero and champis are my childhood memories...
This was exactly what i needed to watch this morning. Cheers from Sweden, glad you liked some of the beverages we have here. We also love some of the drinks/sweets you got over there. There are some American food stores here that sell the stuff regular supermarkets dont supply. Take care and stay safe and dont forget to buy Julmust :D
The pop sound of the lid on the Pucko let's you know it has been completely sealed since the milk was pastorised at high temperature. Let's you know it's fresh if the date hasn't expired.
Making hot chocolate at home is best with pure cacao and sugar. Add and taste and have as sweet as you prefer.
Fresh, homemade hot chocolate IS the absolute best!! We are grateful that the lid popped! 😁
I love the guanabana and pineapple festis, however my go to when im really thirsty and need to clench the thirst is festis cactus lime. I very much recommend it as its not as sweet as most of the other festis
We need to try the Cactus Lime! It sounds so interesting.
Trocadero is definitely one of my favorites. Some interesting information about it is that is has apple-, and orange-juice in it.
Trocadero, sometimes Troca, is a Swedish caffeinated soft drink flavored with orange and apple. It was launched in Sweden in the summer of 1953 by Saturnus AB in Malmö. Over the years, Trocadero has been particularly popular in Norrland and has been called
Fun-fact: for the most part trocadero was actually just sold in “norrland” for a while. It began to be distributed more down-south just a couple year’s ago
Nah, Trocadero has been around in the south at least since I was a kid in the early 2000s, you might be confusing it with Portello, which I as a southerner hadn't even heard of until I visited Östersund a few years ago.
@@vharmi. Indeed, born 88 and definatly had it in stores when I was a kid
The Trocadero recepie originates from Malmö, in the very south. But became popular in the north.
Born 75 and I definitely had it a lot growing up in Skåne.
@@vharmi. Ohhh Portello! Kommer ihåg att jag köpte det mycket i mälardalen runt 2005-2010. Finns den fortfarande? Var grymt god!
Pucko is a real classic from 1954 and still made from the original recipe.
It's actually made from milk, sugar, cocoa powder (not chocolate) and a hint of fudge. A high quality low sugar product. Love It! Perfect with a cinnamon bun or a hot dog.
And the name comes from a hockeypuck shaped ice cream called Chokladpuck. Pucko is also Swedish slang for "idiot". Wich means the same in English....
That zingo was not lemon it was orange, Apelsin is Orange and Citron is Lemon in swedish
We were very confused because the fruit on the front was yellow so we thought lemon, and then it had a citrus taste to it so we thought we guessed right! 😅
From the Hobbit Hole Apel-sin = Chinese apple. :)
@@FromtheHobbitHole well, orange is a citrus fruit just not a lemon. :P
You are right, but we are not that familiar with yellow oranges 😉
Apelsin as a word comes from it being an apple from China.
Another classic would be Pommac. You can even get it in Champagne bottle. For alcohol free birthdays or new years eve.
JULMUST, as someone wrote earlier, but also PORTELLO is something to try.
It is funny that you mentioned that Festis reminded you of childhood etc. When I was a kid, Festis was marketed as for small kids (I drank them when I was like 6-9 because I didn't like carbonated drinks) and came in standard flavors like apple, pear, orange. But then in the late 90s/early 2000s they went through a rebrand targeting teens and young adults coming up with the weird flavor combinations and having like youth-oriented commericals.
It’s almost like they tried to keep their drinks relevant to the age of the kids that grew up drinking them. So as a teen or young adult you would go back and buy their drinks remember that they were good but now feeling like they aren’t just for kids.
Festis is very much a childrens drink like you said! It's also sold in smaller cardbord boxes with a straw and is a typical picnic-kinda thing for the kids (lots of other brands have the same thing. Also the flavors you tasted are more recent additions, the classics are plain orange & pear flavors etc). Trocadero and Champis are old classics. Not very common anymore but everyone knows what they are and they can be found anywhere. Pucko is also an old classic that has recently been revived with new flavors and a big marketing campaign. Pretty overall appreciated by swedes, although I think it's more poular to mix your own chocolate milk with "O'boy" (Chocolate powder that you mix with milk - extremely common in most households). Pucko is a bit more like something you get with your food at a hot dog stand. Lastly, Fanta and Coca Cola/Pepsi are by far the most common sodas in Sweden. Diet versions are a lot more popular as well I believe. So Coca Cola Zero (not sure if you have that in the US, it's basically a diet coke), Pepsi Max (diet pepsi) and Fanta/Fanta Exotic are extremely common here.
Great video overall! I love your calm vibe and the insights you had, subscribed! :)
Thanks for the sub and the compliments! We like to be ourselves and not put on an over the top performance like some TH-cam personalities like to do. We really appreciate all the information you shared with us too! 😊
These are a few of the old classics in Sweden. Champis has been sold since 1910 while Pucko and Trocadero have been sold since the early 50's. This is also why the design on the stickers look rather old-fashioned.
We like that they kept with the older style design.
Hello! I live in Sweden and my favourites of the sodas you tried are Champis and Trocadero.
Zingo Apelsin is by far my favorite orange soda.
Cactus Lime Festis is the bomb!
Festivus, the holiday for the rest of us /Costanza
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Trocadero goes really well with pizza.
En Trocca och en capricciosa👌 Klassisk norrländsk meny😂
Trocadero is caffeinated which is probably why you see it as a "cola" type soda.
Vira Blåtira is a truly baffling experience, however it was a big thing in the 80's (or so I've been told). I strongly recommend trying it at least once!
Önskar Godismonstrets Blåa Hallon fanns kvar. 😂
Elderflower drinks is super popular in Sweden, specially during summer. It's "Refreshing" I'd say, it simply just hit that right spot when you're out and about on a warm summer day.
Festis is without a doubt a super light juice, commonly used for children as a better option than soda.
It is very refreshing! Typically we drink lemonade as a refreshing summer drink, but sometimes after drinking it you’ll find yourself even thirstier because of the sugar and sourness that you get from the drink. The elderflower drink doesn’t give you any of that, so it really does seem to be the best refreshing summer drink flavor!
Festis the one called cactus is sooooo good and refreshing love that one. See if you can find it
Champis (apple & grape), Trocadero (apple & orange), Pucko (chocolate milk) and Zingo Apelsin (orange) are classic drinks from the 50'ies that been around for 70 years, Champis for 110 years. Festis is a classic brand from the 60ies and was originally just pear, orange and apple juice. It pretty much went extinct in the 90'ies but revived, now with odd mixed flavors.
I second pommac (1919), sockerdricka (19th century) and julmust (1910) as other classics.
There is another non carbonated drink called MER (more) those are also in a bunch of flavors. Realy good too.
As a American living in Sweden I drink most of those and recognized them. The elderflower one is new as of a couple years ago and was imported from else where.
Well the pronuncuation on Trocadero was really good, as for the flawour thou its not a cola drink at all but a fruit One with Apple as base.
As another comment said during christmas time try get some christmas sodas aka ”Julmust”,
A swede here!
Fanta shokata is romanian and is actually very rare to find in Sweden. They appear occationally in some stores but it’s not common. However, the taste is actually very familiar to swedes since elderflower is common as a taste :) but the fanta shokata isn’t common to find in sweden.
The fanta exotic is probably the second most bought fanta in sweden after the original with orange.
Champis (and its cousins trocadero, pommac and portello) is one of my favourites and it’s always liked when someone serve these but most people don’t buy them for some reason🤔 but everybody likes them... and no trocadero isn’t a cola flavour.
Zingo apelsin (orange) is like a more sour less sweet version of fanta orange. We normally make two families with pop.. 1.cocacola,fanta,sprite and 2. Pepsi, zingo, 7up.
Zingo sorbet i have never seen so i don’t know anything about it.
Festis has a ton of flavours but i have only tested like 2 or 3 of them. It’s mostly popular with young kids and in general you don’t see people buy or drink festis.
Pucko, our no. 1 chocolate milk. Loved by most.
The most swedish pop however is Julmust/påskmust that we drink extremly much of during christmas and easter. And preveously it was available during all lf the year but not anymore. That you should have tasted!
Otherwise Coca cola and pepsi drinks are the most common here like in all of the world...
we have a swedish cola drink that came out like right before coca cola came to sweden when like pop with caffeine got legal. It’s called Cuba Cola and it’s quite good... not like coke or pepsi but right behind them. It’s like 10000 times better than the no-name/own brand colas from the grocery stores.
Cuba cola just launched a sugarfree version like this summer and that’s even better than the original cuba cola. But again... most people buy coca cola or pepsi.
Wow! Thanks for all that great information. We love when we get such info packed comments so that we can learn more about other countries and their snacks/drinks.
The Festis called kiwi, cactus is really good you should try it.
Trocadero (probably named after Place du Trocadéro in Paris ). It's wildly popular in the northern part of Sweden (but ubiquitous in Sweden) - often mixed with "moon shine". Apple and Orange + Caffeine. Festis is a still drink. Zingo is carbonated and contains real fruit juice. Pucko is something I drink when I'm drunk to wash down a hot dog on the way home. It's an acquired taste - I know how it tastes, I know I shouldn't buy it, but I still buy it and get disappointed again. Rinse and repeat. Totally Swedish. Glad you liked it.
Trocadero would be great mixed with moonshine! Thanks for watching and commenting! 😊
Festivus from Seinfeld ❤
Either way, you should totally try "Julmust" (translated into Christmas must) and FESTIS Cactus. Perhaps Sockerdricka (Sugar soda, roughly translated) too. Very common.
Good set of drinks though. Happy to see they made a store for Swedish sweets in the states. We have a few American stores here in Sweden, which I quite regularly visit. I believe Swedish and American candy go well hand in hand afterall. We both like sweetness and pure flavours. However we do like liqourice, which American don't tend to do. Nice video! 😁
Thanks! Good job picking up on the Seinfeld reference!! We hope to get our hands on those other drinks soon!
The content in every pucko bottle I buy dissappears so fast every time.
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trocadero its a must when you eating pizza here in sweden
Oh yeah! We can definitely taste why!!
Yup, totally agree!
Elderflower is a very common flavour in many parts of Europe as the Elderberry Tree grows very well in the European climate. In the UK we have elderflower cordial, which is delicious.
The "Zingo Apelsin" is not lemon flavor. Apelsin = orange
The festis is basically a bottled drink version of a brand of juiceboxes in Sweden often brought as drinks for snack time for kids when out in nature or town during the day. Although the juiceboxes are very commonly used and convenient for kids, festis is definitely a brand enjoyed by all ages.
And personally, trocadero, champis and zingo are some of my favourite sodas as a swede ^^
The Festis drinks definitely did have a child vibe to them while being age appropriate for all. We understand why trocadero, champis, and zingo are some of your favs!
Greetings from Sweden. Out of the ones you tried Trocadero is my favorite. We do also have a zero "version" without sugar that I prefer
We’d be curious to taste the zero version because anytime we have no sugar sodas here in the States, they taste funny and not as good as the original.
@@FromtheHobbitHole that's because all artificial sweeteners suck 😃. Drink soda/pop with real sugar or drink water 🤣
Agreed!
Festis is a kind of saft, a drink we have here in Sweden, it is not carbornated. If I describe it to someone who is from the states I would say that saft is kinda like lemonade but with all kinds of flavors. My absolute favourite saft is the elderflower and lemon one my mom makes, it's the most refreshing thing to drink on a hot summers day. We go out and pick a bunch of elderflower together, buy lemons and sugar and get started. :)
Elderflower and lemon sounds delicious! We really love elderflower flavored things.
If you are swedish and can drink straight Fanta Exotic without throwing the f up, that means you had no fun during your teenage years.
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Soo not true.
Amen to that hahah
OR that your older :p
You have a point...
Champis and Trocadero are swedish classics!
Try the chocolate. It’ll make you want to throw Hershey’s out the window.
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Naaah, Norwegian chocolate is way better than the Swedish.
@@MrGrazzhoppa then u haven't had marabou
@@MrGrazzhoppa I'll give you points for your Kvikk Lunsj chocolate wafer bars. (Did I spell that correctly? Seems like a weird combination of letters to a Swede.)
@@Voshed518 oh, yes I have. Marabou can’t even compete with our milk chocolate plates from Freia.
pucko is great to drink when you eat a half special What is a half special It's a grilled sausage and bread and mashed potatoes and some shrimp salad and preferably an ice cold Pucko too Pucko - The cult drink that survived. New products come and go again after a while. So who would have thought in 1954, when Pucko chocolate milk was launched, that it would still be around well into the 21st century? Today, Pucko is something of a Swedish national drink, which has acquired a cult stamp, indispensable in the sausage stand.
As a child, I always got Champis for New Year's Eve and Festis for my school trips! :) I definitely recommend you to try Julmust as many others have already suggested. It's a festive drink that's sold twice a year. Around Christmas it's sold as Julmust and around Easter as Påskmust. It's the exact same drink but they change the name and label depending on the season. :D
Since we are coming up on the Christmas season, we will see if we can find Julmust.
@@FromtheHobbitHole That's great, I hope you'll find it! :) Maybe you could make a video with different Christmas treats from around the world. :D
Trocadero - orange 🍊and and apple 🍎mix
Champis - grape 🍇and apple 🍎mix
Thank you for letting us know. Both drinks have a great flavor combination! It’s very interesting that we tasted a cola flavor even though the Trocadero is a fruit blend flavor... 😮
From the Hobbit Hole Trocadero has a lot of caffeine and I think that is the flavor you feel
You may be right. Thanks for pointing that out.
When Festis came out with the Cactus flavour, Sweden changed over night. Btw, the taste of trocadero is pomerans. Dried orange peels,
Pro tip: Get a couple of glasses next time so the viewer can see the sodas.
Will do! 😉
While people mentioned the taste of Trocadero it do have any likeness with Colas, it does have caffeine in it, but does for some foods etc have a better taste profile to complement food. Also. about Champis and things, Sweden had for much of the 20th century a strong temperance movement (and still have but not as strong) so this means soft drink alternatives to alcohol have been important. And indeed while the drink was created in 1910 by the company Roberts that tried to find alternatives to alcohol options as the founder was a non-drinker, the company's most famous invention on this is the Swedish christmas softdrink Julmust that was created to be an alternative to Christmas beer, that drink makes Sweden a nation where Coca Colas sales goes down during christmas so in someways it was successful.
That’s super interesting! Julmust sounds intriguing. It would be fun to try more of these alcohol alternative drinks!
Fun fact champis was first produced in 1910
Oh wow!!
Fun fact: Pucko aside from this brandname Is also an insult in Swedish. It's analogous to Bonehead, Stupid (in a more lighthearted way), Dum-dum etc.
I know for a fact the insult came before the drink so I really wonder wtf came up with this, it's an old brand so maybe not a marketing dept, probably some guy tinkering with flavours. It's a classic in Sweeden, couldn't tell you how many time I had a burger and pucko as a kid in the 70s
As a swede I found this collection a bit puzzling :) Zingo? far as I know not a big favourite nah, I'd have given you the classics: Julmust, Sockerdricka, Fruktsoda, Päronsoda, Hallonsoda and Pommac and granted, Champis does belong in the classics section :) and also Pucko is real old - def a classic, and if you want Festis stick with the original, apparently you can get it carbonated nowadays which is odd because they used to make a big deal of that they would NEVER do that! :)
We wonder if the Sweetish shop has some of those real classics.... 🤔 If so, we will have to do another drinks video!
I think those cans in particular are from Sweden.
There is a coca-cola factory in Sweden, outside of Stockholm.
The recipes are a bit different, I think they contain more sugar.
Sweden is quite the sweet tooth country.