In the US the Government has to prove a chemical is dangerous to stop its sale. In Europe, the company has to prove a chemical is safe before they can sell/use it.
Was coming to say the same! UK/EU food regulations are pretty tough - as you say, the manufacturers have to have every ingredient tested to make sure its safe before it is allowed, but in the US the FDA allows anything UNTIL it's been proven to have a problem, even then they are slow to ban things!
American bread can't legally be classified as "bread" in the UK. The sugar levels legally classify it as a cake. In the UK, bread has to have 5g of sugar or less per 100g to be allowed to be marketed as bread. In the US, just 1 slice can be around 1.5g to 3g. Wonder bread for example, is 2.5g per slice. An average UK slice of white bread is about 1g and about half that for brown bread
I’ve been lucky enough to go to Florida a fair few times and honestly it’s one of the things I miss leaving the UK for a couple weeks. I usually get ciabatta rolls or baguettes as their sliced bread if f’n awful 😂
The British law about bread is about whiteners, so called "improvers" and other harmful or potentially harmful chemical additives. It has nothing to do with whether or not it contains sugar. It applies to what is traditionally accepted in the UK as bread. That includes milk loaf, btw and that is pretty sweet.
@@crackpot148 You're right. But the 1998 law relates to flour to be used for making bread only, not, for example, buns or biscuits. It was originally intended to 'fortify' bread flour by the addition of essential minerals and vitamins such as iron, niacin, calcium and thymine, to reduce deficiencies in children, then expanded to exclude harmful ingredients, such as bleaching agents. However, UK bread does not contain anything like as much sugar as American bread, and generally only sugars that are naturally occurring in the wheat germ, not added. There are exceptions, as you say.
Soon will do once ole Bill Gates gets his claws into our farming! Arla has made a large number of farmers feed their cows with Bovaer - some sort of chemical to stop them farting! - boycott Arla is what I say!
But where are the Dinosaur bites ? ... (It was a fail by my boss) we had a jigsaw puzzle of the periodic table in the shop ... I said that's good and educational ... She looked at it and for a long time and said "I can't see any Dinosaurs" I just gave that ("You are Really Stupid look")
I have seeen a couple of different people react to this and the one thats always strikes me is that in the UK the sauce specifies 'free range eggs' not caged or such.
I noticed that too which I appreciated as I’ve never and would never buy if not free range but obviously McD research must have shown that Americans don’t really care about the chickens as much and so there is no reputational damage risk
In the UK and EU an ingredient has to be proven to be safe to be used in food. In the US, an ingredient needs to be proven to be dangerous to be banned.
One thing the US v UK fast food differences prove is that increased regulation won't tank a business. The UK has stricter requirements across the board, even in food labelling, and yet McDonalds isn't collapsing because they need to put allergens in bold or whatever. A well-run government has a place in ensuring people eat well and healthily by forcing companies to comply, and yet the US is strangely resistant to letting regulators do its job and keep people safe. Trump ran a campaign and won on decreasing regulatory oversight, but companies would poison their customers if it made them a profit
but also has RFK Junior employed to specifically tackle the entire issue for the next 4 years as his only job. Maybe it's because Regulatory Oversight is literal swamp. Trump knows it, RFK Jnr knows it, I know it, at least 80 million US know it. Why do you not know it is the question?
In the Republic of Ireland, Subway are not allowed to describe their sandwiches or rolls as being encased in bread, the Irish courts have decided it's too sweet to be called bread, and should be called cake.
Subway should just make their dollops of shit and throw them straight in the bin bypass any customer interaction and certainly do not make people eat them
Jaffa Cakes won the right to be called cakes a long time ago-to avoid paying VAT, yet they insist on being in the biscuit aisle of UK supermarkets with Digestives, Jammie Dodgers etc to maximise sales.
@@colinhumphreys5916 they do all sorts of videos, not just fast food. Fast food is just generally relatable for most people, and people generally aren't eating fast food for health reasons 😅
Seriously the guy wasn’t sure if fried potatoes are healthy or not Now don’t get m🎉 wrong , I love my chips and gravy, fish and chips and all the deep fat fried things . But at least when I have my heart attack it’ll b🎉 with my eyes wide open 😂😂😂
@@alexradojkovic9671 mate we literally do this in the uk, absolutely wise up ahhahahha. Pancakes/french toast with maple syrup is on most breakfast menues. Tesco sell pancakes with bits of bacon in them. Also most kids grow up eating sugary cereal and drinks, bet you loved your fucking capri sonne or suki. Also we literally have baked beans with breakfast which is quite sweet, gross to me imo.
i dont want juice in my soda lol i want a soda, juice contains a lot of water which dilutes the drink. Imo american drinks taste way way way better, kinda like how our drinks did 10 years ago lol. I remember how good the fanta was at subway and kfc in the uk, now you can literally only get zero drinks due to the sugar tax. I appreciate the sugar tax but if i want to treat myself to a delicious sugary soda i dont want the weak trash we have in the uk, uk fanta is actual bitter semi sweet faux orange juice,, they replaced half the sugar in the normal version of all our drinks with artifical sweetener, go check every drink, youll see. This means the drink still has sugar and calories but now has that bitter sweetener aftertaste, so imo youre just wasting calories for no reason, you might as well just always get the zero one, which is great for health but not for taste. I import american drinks and drinks from non sugar tax countries for this reason, uk drinks are just ass and that iwrocker thing is him just glazing the uk because of all the health misinfo hes read. He actually seems to think corn syrup is any different to the sugar syrup we use, its all fructose.
@@WookieWarriorz you’ve posted a load of rubbish. You can still get full-sugar drinks in the UK. Everything else in your comment is just a figment of your imagination. UK drinks use cane sugar, not fructose.
You can laugh at the size and ingredients but you really need to be more self-aware of the additives America pours in to food products. Many banned in other countries - this should speak volumes. If America placed less of an emphasis on the border control and religious cults then maybe they could address these food companies!
@LowPlainsDrifter60 you can taste your high fructose corn syrup in all american fizzy drinks. Then on top of that is the horrible fake taste. But the corn syrup is overpowering. Makes most american drinks taste slightly similar
These 2 guys actually do many food tasting videos. The American guy comes to the UK and they go to try, fish and chips, Sunday roast dinner etc...Just to let the American guy try our traditional food. You should try find them and react. Great video again. :)
Ranch and buffalo sauce is not popular here in the UK. It's a niche item on a shelf in one of our larger supermarkets. It's rarely available in a restaurant unless they have American-inspired meals. The same goes for things like root beer, which I actually like, but finding it isn't easy where I live.
Root beer is the American equivalent to dandelion and burdock when they tried to make it when they first colonized the country they found the ingredients were not native to America and had to come up with their own native recipe !
@maureentaphouse5206 maybe a fresh home made biscuit isn't either? I don't know. Any biscuit I've gotten in the US is extremely dry. Scones are never as dry.
The thing with the McFlurry machines is that the cleaning cycle often breaks them. If a machine is overfilled when the cleaning cycle starts the heating elements can't get the soft serve mixture (it's legally not ice cream in the US as it doesn't contain enough milk) hot enough fast enough so the machine errors and locks out. Then a tech has to come from the manufacturer to essentially clean the machine out (something a store employee could do) and unlock the controls using a secret password. The manufacturer has a deal with McDonalds where franchisees are only allowed to buy McFlurry machines from that one manufacturer for high prices, and they intentionally have too few techs so they can keep their callout fees massive too.
I don’t understand why quarter pounder was classed as “not available in the UK” when we do have a the quarter pounder meal and we also have double quarter pounder meal. We also get as part of the breakfast menu McMuffin meals as well.
When I visited my sister in IL I got so so so sick from the food, half way through my trip I couldn't go out to eat at all and basically lived off fruit after that. Sad that the fruit didn't have much flavour 😊
US cheese is awful too, in the UK and Europe we have hundreds of different real cheese’s that are actually good for you, many of which are produced locally at farms and cheesemongers 😋
Cheese isn't good for you, it's pure fat and salt, all it does is increase blood pressure and raise cholesterol. My dad got raised cholesterol from cheese alone, and after switching from cheese sandwiches to tuna sandwiches like his doctor suggested, his cholesterol went back down again. It was the only thing in his diet he changed.
France if I had an extra choice... Their bread and bakery ingredients (at least freshly baked in the rural areas) puts Britain's doughy stodge to shame.
This is not all you can get in the UK Mcd’s. We have all the breakfast items also donuts, biscuits and muffins of different types and McFlurry’s. Breakfast items: sausage and egg muffin with egg, pancakes and sausage, porridge with jam, bacon egg muffin, breakfast roll with bacon or sausage or both, muffin with jam, pancakes with syrup, bacon sandwich, cheesy bacon flatbread, mighty muffin, cheesy bacon flatbread, potato waffle. We have different flavours McFlurry’s . Dip’s- balsamic, bbq, sweet &sour, sweet curry, garlic mayo, sweet chilli and last of all sweet & Smokey bbq.
The American was more clued up about what was available, the British guy, not so much. So much was missing - do they still do apple pies, what is available also regularly changes and rotates. I prefer Burger King but it is more expensive.
Hi Jess and Mike - from across the pond in UK here. Another great video. Love the comparison with McD's products. Please do some more. You have a very genuine, relaxed presentation style that is so engaging. Have a great Christmas 😀
Just because you can doesn't mean you should. I remember the good old days of going to the Wimpy. Milk shakes with the flavours in optic bottles like in a bar. Decent burgers and chips served on a plate. I remember when we got our first McD's and Burger king. At that time burger king (which came a few years later) was way better than McD's. I remember the cheese in McD's tasting like plastic and the drinks being over carbonated. Their milkshakes were awesome, their fries were way too salty. It was American TV and films that sold it all before it even hit the tarmac.
This is an old video and they’ve recently started updating them to see what’s changed. They’ve learned that scones and biscuits are completely different animals. They’ve also visited each other’s countries looking for the best foods. Worth watching. Harry & Joe are the best Food Wars pair-up.
There is a McDonald's at the end of my road (walking distance, even for an American), and I have still, never in my life had a McDonald's and I'm 73 years old.
I visited my German sister last year & took her to her first local Maccas just for a coffee at the McCafe. She also was introduced to chicken nuggets later on. Big thumbs up. Subway was a fail (Germany has much better tasting bread) KFC wasn't bad in her opinion (high praise for a German) Of course EU have higher food standards than the US.
I'm almost like you. I am french and I think I have been to McDonald's less that 10 times in my whole life, and I will be 61 next month! I prefer French cuisine, served on a plate, with fork and knife, than all that junk food.
As a french man, almost 61 years old, I have been to McDonald's less than 10 times in my whole life! I prefer French cuisine, served on a plate, eaten with a fork and knife, rather than that junk food.
imagine if you had children who loves to eat fries from Maccy D and you lived in America how could you tell your children i will love and look out for you = and then let them eat that food ? Maccy D festive drinks in the Uk = 21 table spoons of sugar in a 500ml cup (can only imagine its 30 table spoons of sugar in America)
Hi, 'Insider' has these 2 guys swopping countries to try typical US and UK foods - eg there's a roast dinner version in London. These always make me feel hungry but are worth a watch. 😊😋😋
Thanks guys for another great upload!! 😊 You should do.more of their videos.. they travel across the pond and visit each other and get taken around London and New York by each other to share each nations food. It's great and would love to see you react to it.. keep up the great work, love watching your content, great couple!! ❤❤
These guys are brilliant, I watch all their teams up. Some of the best are when they go around either the UK or US trying out same food in different places
I've made my own fries since the 2000s; baking potatoes and oil. You do need to prepare the fries before frying them in oil by either soak them for a bit in warm+cold tap water, or straight up pre-boil them in water for 2-4 minutes (depending on thickness) to get the starch out and then let them cool off bfore they go in the fryer. Homemade fries are fantastic; no preservatives or add-ons either.
I love your reactions. Very honest, open, genuine, hilarious and homely! Much love and best regards from a West Midlands Brit :) (edit) who's not a brummie!! 😆
McDonald's is shocking here in the UK, invariably it is nearly cold. Doesn't matter if you go through the drive-thru or go into the "restaurant", it's a lottery on the temperature of the food. Don't even bother with a McDelivery, gauranteed to be cold. I've tried warming it in the air fryer and/or micro and nope, no good. I go to Burger King now, worth waiting for 5 minutes for the freshly cooked order. Visited Maccys in Brooklyn back in 2013 on a trip to New York, talk about old and dates restaurant, same with the KFC, and what's with these biscuit things !! Ewww!.
Point being here in the UK our government pays for our healthcare so it makes sense to regulate the food we eat. In the US the Government don't care cos you have to fund you own healthcare
Obesity epidemic in USA and UK can be traced to the introduction of artificial sweeteners, for years in UK a regular coke was healthier than a diet coke due to the absence of ASPARTAME which scrambles the hypothalamus's control over metabolism. Noticed 3 months ago that they have introduced ASPARTAME into ingredients of regular coke, haven't checked the Pepsi label yet to see if they followed suit
You guys have laughed a lot recently with Karl Pilkington but I Watched a reaction of you guys from a year ago , James Blunt “ Monsters “ where you were teary , who doesn’t ( His Dad 🤗 ) keep up the good content guys TC ❤️🏴
As a research chemist, I always have this image of a big laboratory with chemists in white coats creating a whole variety of sauces each with a whole list of chemical additives that the lab workers use pipettes to add measured amounts of chemicals while a team of taste testers walk back and forth checking out the flavour until they all agree on the most tasty flavour.
My wife and I live an hour from the seaside (Brighton) and when we go into our favourite fish and chip shop you can sit on bags of potatoes 🥔 while you queue up and wait - fresh!
The food laws recently changed and are tougher than before because of the sugar tax . In jan 2025 unhealthy foods are not allowed to put offers on them. And so much more
Subway the sandwich shop used to do Ranch but they stopped it about 18 months ago. I was first introduced to it when I went to Vegas and I really like it but sadly you can't get it anymore. We have Sausage and Egg Mcmuffin and Bacon and Egg Mcmuffin and the Sausage Mcmuffin is the absolute bomb, they're amazing but you can only order them up to 11am
There was a documentary film made about McDonalds in the US back in 2004 called "Supersize Me". The person who produced the documentary and volunteered to act as the human guinea pig/test dummy, was Morgan Spurlock. He was an above average height, weight and fitness before the documentary. He had a battery of tests by various doctors before the film. The rules of the documentary was to eat a verity of McDonalds meals three times a day for 30 days and if he was asked if he wanted a supersize, he had to accept. The results were astonishing, on his first day he was throwing up in the car park after jest a couple of bites. By the half way mark he was having palpitations and his doctor had to refer him to a cardiologist who said he was on the brink of having a heart attack. He made it to the end but gained 24.5 pounds amounting to a 13% Body Mass increase, had high cholesterol, excess fat in the liver, suffered from mood swings and sexual dysfunction. He quotes that after the documentary, he attended gym to get back to his original physique and went to a sauna. After 20 minutes in the sauna, people were commenting that they could smell McDonalds and asking if someone had brought Big Mac in with them. The Film was made to address the causes of obesity and fast food chains in the US. The documentary was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature[9] and won Best Documentary Screenplay from the Writers Guild of America. He made a sequel to Supersize Me in 2017 called Supersize Me 2 - Holy Chicken where he flipped the coin and opened a business selling chicken to see how difficult the market is.
I am 66 years old, and I have never eaten a McDonalds' meal (I've had coffee there) . Nor a KFC. Dunking Donuts, Taco Bell. Etc. I had a Wendy Burger in 1966 as an eight year old, and was disgusted at being expected to eat food with my fingers. No plate, no cutlery, no tablecloths. No thanks
Harry and Joe are legends. If you can think of a fast food chain in both countries they've probably done a side by side on it. And you won't be shocked to know 99% of the time the US sizes are bigger and of course have way more ingredients, calories goes without saying. They definitely have the McFlurry in the UK.
McDonalds fries used to be fried in beef tallow. When the nutri-nuts claimed that animal fats were deadly, they switched to vegetable oil. The extra ingredients were added to try to make the fries taste as close to the original as possible. Imagine if the change in the fries was comaparable to what happened when New Coke came out compared to Original Coke. It would have been devastating as McDonalds fires are legendary.
The main thing to remember is that in the UK something has to be proven to be safe in order to be added to food. In the US, they put it in until someone says it's not safe.
Be interesting to see what changes in the next 4 years with RFK Jr and his changes! [About time too!]. Will take America years to get healthy again though but one has to start somewhere! Speaking as a former senior cardio-thoracic nurse of 26 years!
The sauce isnt a food regulation thing. We have them here in the netherlands. Sweet and sour, honey mustard, sweet chili, bbq, mayonaise, ketchup and garlic sauce if I remember correctly. The bread with chocolate for breakfast... We do that... like, not mcdonalds food but... a slice of bread with butter and chocolate sprinkles is the go-to breakfast/lunch here.
Omg the McGriddle is actually a real thing? I remember seeing an advert for it years ago online and thought it was a dream as we’ve never had anything close to it in the UK. What an absolutely spectacular creation
A month or two of practice and he successfully manages to put a cap on the right way round. Sterling work Sir, now you just gotta learn to take it off!
In the UK and Europe we have strong food regulations, so ingredients have to be more natural. In the USA you have weak food regulations because it all about money before public health, so corporations can put all types of poisonous ingredients in food in the USA. Tesco which is the British equivalent of Walmart in the UK actually opened some supermarkets in the USA and because basic British food standards was so much more natural compared to other supermarkets in the USA, they rebranded in the USA as a health food store, despite selling regular British store food.
You guys in the US ought to rise up and say to McDonald's USA, "No More unnecessary ingredients to be added to our food" It's no wonder the USA has a problem with Obesity and Heart disease. I am not a great gan of McDonald's food, but I certainly am sure that the UK versions are much healthier. That's because of the UK food regulations. Bye the way guys Merry Christmas to you and your family 🎄
My mate and me spent a week in Houston and after 2-3 days we quickly learned to order just one meal between the both of us (being Scottish, leaving food on your plate is a big no-no!!) - and even then we still couldn't clear our plate - even at fast-food outlets.!
Occasionally go to McDonalds and i've never had a icecream machine that was broken (Belgium/Netherlands). So it can also be the difference in repair rights as in the US there is only 1 company that can repair them and they are extremely expensive, so probably alot of franchise owners just dont bother
As a Brit now living in the US 1) the milkshakes are sweeter in the US, and come with whipped cream 2) i really miss the apple pies in the UK (and everywhere else outside the US). The fried ones with the bubbled up pastry. You should check out some videos of MDs in Japan or other parts of Asia. And the French MDs.
In the UK we passed a law requiring a drastic reduction of salt in processed food, burgers etc and although it is of course much healthier for our hearts, it definitely doesn't taste as good.
I worked in UK Maccies for 7 years. Free meal on every shift. Didn't gain any weight (I'm 53). Banana milkshakes are healthier and more calorific than most of the protien shakes you can buy but they are delicious
Ranch just isn't a thing over here, scones can be savoury over here too, I've made cheese scones, it's just that sweet scones are what you get in a cream tea so they're much better known. I can't eat in McDonalds as I ate breakfast in one with a terrible hangover when I was 17 and it made me projectile vomit, so to this day that unique smell of a McDonalds makes me feel a little queasy! There's a big trend for having much better quality burger joints in the UK these days though, so there's loads of independent burger shops doing really great quality smash burgers and such.
I was born in Europe, came to United States 70s. Went to school in the 80s. Also, we ate at home.Really didn't eat out we also played a lot outside. That's why I think kids were a lot skinnier back then than they are now too many of video games. You guys have a great channel. Been a member for a while now. Just keep doing what you're doing. You guys have a merry christmas and may.God bless you and your family
We don't have ranch in the UK anywhere really. The closest we get is garlic mayo. Buffalo sauces also aren't a thing, we do BBQ instead, but our BBQ is closer to A1 sauce than a proper US-style barbecue sauce.
Best thing to drink if you're counting calories, cold (refrigerated) water. Water = 0 cal but cold water burns calories replacing heat loss from the cold temperature so cold water is negative calories.
Which McDonald’s would you choose - US or UK? 🤔 Got more comparisons or foodie content to recommend? Drop your suggestions in the comments! 👇
You still look young... 😂😂😂
The blind leading the blind
Oops! Did I type that out loud 😂
❤ from Northeast England ❤️
@oopsdidItypethatoutloud that’s one of my pet peeves about American English. And pronouncing niche as ‘nitch’.
Also from North East England.
I would chose neither, but with a gun to my head I would take the UK version.
Neither. They're both gross, the US version is just a lot more gross.
The food regulations in the UK and Europe are much tighter.
In the US the Government has to prove a chemical is dangerous to stop its sale. In Europe, the company has to prove a chemical is safe before they can sell/use it.
Was coming to say the same! UK/EU food regulations are pretty tough - as you say, the manufacturers have to have every ingredient tested to make sure its safe before it is allowed, but in the US the FDA allows anything UNTIL it's been proven to have a problem, even then they are slow to ban things!
Except when Bill Gates says " your cows fart to much " and has got farmers to put an additive that is banned in America in the cow food .
@@steveleigh4071 Cows where I live graze. Buying feed is a waste of money.
@@steveleigh4071 I don't believe Bill Gates said that - it's gibberish.
fuck you poor cunts u will all buy our chemicals
American bread can't legally be classified as "bread" in the UK. The sugar levels legally classify it as a cake. In the UK, bread has to have 5g of sugar or less per 100g to be allowed to be marketed as bread. In the US, just 1 slice can be around 1.5g to 3g. Wonder bread for example, is 2.5g per slice. An average UK slice of white bread is about 1g and about half that for brown bread
I’ve been lucky enough to go to Florida a fair few times and honestly it’s one of the things I miss leaving the UK for a couple weeks. I usually get ciabatta rolls or baguettes as their sliced bread if f’n awful 😂
Yes, when we were in USA. The bread was awful, very sweet.
Wait but a loaf of bread usually has about 10+ slices, how does each one have 1g of sugar?
The British law about bread is about whiteners, so called "improvers" and other harmful or potentially harmful chemical additives. It has nothing to do with whether or not it contains sugar.
It applies to what is traditionally accepted in the UK as bread. That includes milk loaf, btw and that is pretty sweet.
@@crackpot148 You're right. But the 1998 law relates to flour to be used for making bread only, not, for example, buns or biscuits. It was originally intended to 'fortify' bread flour by the addition of essential minerals and vitamins such as iron, niacin, calcium and thymine, to reduce deficiencies in children, then expanded to exclude harmful ingredients, such as bleaching agents. However, UK bread does not contain anything like as much sugar as American bread, and generally only sugars that are naturally occurring in the wheat germ, not added. There are exceptions, as you say.
What they didnt say was that British Beef Patties don't contain all the Steroids and Growth Hormones like the US Meat!
There's a good reason for that...
They just contain horses.
Lol still better than steroids
Soon will do once ole Bill Gates gets his claws into our farming! Arla has made a large number of farmers feed their cows with Bovaer - some sort of chemical to stop them farting! - boycott Arla is what I say!
Uk fries. Salt, oil and potatoes
Usa fries. Half the periodic table 😆
But where are the Dinosaur bites ? ... (It was a fail by my boss) we had a jigsaw puzzle of the periodic table in the shop ... I said that's good and educational ... She looked at it and for a long time and said "I can't see any Dinosaurs" I just gave that ("You are Really Stupid look")
@theoccupier1652 damb 🤣 iv worked with some pretty special people myself. Like one manager who thought every country had it own sun and moon.
Only 5 ingredients if you take out 3 of the 4 different oils used in US…
I have seeen a couple of different people react to this and the one thats always strikes me is that in the UK the sauce specifies 'free range eggs' not caged or such.
I noticed that too which I appreciated as I’ve never and would never buy if not free range but obviously McD research must have shown that Americans don’t really care about the chickens as much and so there is no reputational damage risk
In the UK and EU an ingredient has to be proven to be safe to be used in food. In the US, an ingredient needs to be proven to be dangerous to be banned.
I’m from the UK. I had a McGriddle in the US a few months ago. One of the most disgusting things I’ve ever eaten. I felt sick all day
I bet you did. Fast food drugs first, poison second, food last (if that). It's ALL about profit.
One thing the US v UK fast food differences prove is that increased regulation won't tank a business. The UK has stricter requirements across the board, even in food labelling, and yet McDonalds isn't collapsing because they need to put allergens in bold or whatever. A well-run government has a place in ensuring people eat well and healthily by forcing companies to comply, and yet the US is strangely resistant to letting regulators do its job and keep people safe. Trump ran a campaign and won on decreasing regulatory oversight, but companies would poison their customers if it made them a profit
but also has RFK Junior employed to specifically tackle the entire issue for the next 4 years as his only job.
Maybe it's because Regulatory Oversight is literal swamp. Trump knows it, RFK Jnr knows it, I know it, at least 80 million US know it. Why do you not know it is the question?
You think we have a well run government? 😂
@@hejmonika1001 not really, but better running than the us most of the time. but lets be real thats not a high bar to climb
In the Republic of Ireland, Subway are not allowed to describe their sandwiches or rolls as being encased in bread, the Irish courts have decided it's too sweet to be called bread, and should be called cake.
Subway should just make their dollops of shit and throw them straight in the bin bypass any customer interaction and certainly do not make people eat them
So when they ask, "what bread" everywhere else, what do they ask the customer?
@@jonjohnson2844 I don't know, I'm not from the republic, whenever I've had subway in the UK, the "bread" always falls apart.
That’s because we in Islam don’t like much sugar but thankfully there is much halal meat & it’s growing everyday…
Jaffa Cakes won the right to be called cakes a long time ago-to avoid paying VAT, yet they insist on being in the biscuit aisle of UK supermarkets with Digestives, Jammie Dodgers etc to maximise sales.
I really like their food swap videos. These two have been around the US and UK together too. They have great chemistry.
The American chap has really taken UK sarcasm to heart!
Who eats this shite? Really!
Deep fried Mars bars are healthier 😂
@@colinhumphreys5916 they do all sorts of videos, not just fast food. Fast food is just generally relatable for most people, and people generally aren't eating fast food for health reasons 😅
Seriously the guy wasn’t sure if fried potatoes are healthy or not
Now don’t get m🎉 wrong , I love my chips and gravy, fish and chips and all the deep fat fried things .
But at least when I have my heart attack it’ll b🎉 with my eyes wide open 😂😂😂
Yeah the ingredients in chips/fries should surely be potato and potato with salt.
maybe veg oil too
And the fat/oil they're fried in.
Syrup on a breakfast is a crime against humanity...
100%
It's a crime against bacon.
I nearly hucked up at my first morning breakfast in LA when they added syrup onto my french toast with bacon & eggs.
@@alexradojkovic9671 mate we literally do this in the uk, absolutely wise up ahhahahha. Pancakes/french toast with maple syrup is on most breakfast menues. Tesco sell pancakes with bits of bacon in them. Also most kids grow up eating sugary cereal and drinks, bet you loved your fucking capri sonne or suki. Also we literally have baked beans with breakfast which is quite sweet, gross to me imo.
syrup on pancakes? waffles? you not gonna put brown sauce on those right?
That was a great video. I just heard things were bigger but even the similar ones opened my eyes to the ingredients. Thanks for sharing this reaction
"Its a debate if fries are good for you" America your problems are worse than we thought!
Make a video then , instead of moaning, I would watch
I expect these debates are done by people with 0% nutritional education.
There's a guy on TH-cam somewhere comparing US and European sodas apparently Fanta in the US contains "no juice" it even says it on the label!
IWrocker did that one
That's him!@@gibsonms
i dont want juice in my soda lol i want a soda, juice contains a lot of water which dilutes the drink. Imo american drinks taste way way way better, kinda like how our drinks did 10 years ago lol. I remember how good the fanta was at subway and kfc in the uk, now you can literally only get zero drinks due to the sugar tax. I appreciate the sugar tax but if i want to treat myself to a delicious sugary soda i dont want the weak trash we have in the uk, uk fanta is actual bitter semi sweet faux orange juice,, they replaced half the sugar in the normal version of all our drinks with artifical sweetener, go check every drink, youll see. This means the drink still has sugar and calories but now has that bitter sweetener aftertaste, so imo youre just wasting calories for no reason, you might as well just always get the zero one, which is great for health but not for taste. I import american drinks and drinks from non sugar tax countries for this reason, uk drinks are just ass and that iwrocker thing is him just glazing the uk because of all the health misinfo hes read. He actually seems to think corn syrup is any different to the sugar syrup we use, its all fructose.
@@WookieWarriorz you’ve posted a load of rubbish.
You can still get full-sugar drinks in the UK.
Everything else in your comment is just a figment of your imagination. UK drinks use cane sugar, not fructose.
Whatever colouring they put on your Freedom Fries just makes them look undercooked to me haha
You can laugh at the size and ingredients but you really need to be more self-aware of the additives America pours in to food products. Many banned in other countries - this should speak volumes. If America placed less of an emphasis on the border control and religious cults then maybe they could address these food companies!
Your bread alone is disgustingly sweet.
US bread would be classed as a cake in the uk for the sugar content alone lol
Every foodstuff in the US has to contain corn syrup. The corn syrup lobbies must be all powerful.
U.S. Bread has 6x the Sugar content of the UK bread in same style
@LowPlainsDrifter60 you can taste your high fructose corn syrup in all american fizzy drinks. Then on top of that is the horrible fake taste. But the corn syrup is overpowering. Makes most american drinks taste slightly similar
Hope you are aware that US bread has a content in it that you would also find in gym mats.
It's funny how shocked you both looked at us not having ranch or buffalo sauce. I've never even heard of either of them.
You can buy ranch in Asda, Tesco, Sainsburys, Waitrose and Morrisons... It is widely available, if you look for it.
I find that Americans are always shocked that ranch dressing isn't everywhere in the world. It's an American thing and certainly not common.
@@wessexdruid7598 its just really shitty garlic mayo thats why we dont care.
Isn't Ranch sauce like our HP sauce?
@@patriciahiggins9188 More like a Caesar dressing, but not the same. Creamy. Go look in Tescos.
These 2 guys actually do many food tasting videos. The American guy comes to the UK and they go to try, fish and chips, Sunday roast dinner etc...Just to let the American guy try our traditional food. You should try find them and react. Great video again. :)
A long, long time ago, I worked in a Burger King. The fries came in boxes labelled 'potato like shoe string fries'.
Stopped buying it yrs ago. Food that won't rot when left for time isn't good. 🇬🇧
Per Shit food hate it
Ranch and buffalo sauce is not popular here in the UK. It's a niche item on a shelf in one of our larger supermarkets. It's rarely available in a restaurant unless they have American-inspired meals. The same goes for things like root beer, which I actually like, but finding it isn't easy where I live.
Ranch dressing - Salad cream watered down to p**s water with vinegar 🤢🙈
Buffalo sauce is getting more popular and is available in lots of UK takeaways, but ranch is still not a thing here
@@Tobelia It is widely available - but few buy it.
@@wessexdruid7598not surprising, it’s vile.
Root beer is the American equivalent to dandelion and burdock when they tried to make it when they first colonized the country they found the ingredients were not native to America and had to come up with their own native recipe !
Scones in the UK are not nearly as dry as US biscuits though.
Depends how fresh they are. Pretty much the same ingredients.
A fresh home made scone is NOT dry.
@maureentaphouse5206 maybe a fresh home made biscuit isn't either? I don't know. Any biscuit I've gotten in the US is extremely dry. Scones are never as dry.
The thing with the McFlurry machines is that the cleaning cycle often breaks them. If a machine is overfilled when the cleaning cycle starts the heating elements can't get the soft serve mixture (it's legally not ice cream in the US as it doesn't contain enough milk) hot enough fast enough so the machine errors and locks out. Then a tech has to come from the manufacturer to essentially clean the machine out (something a store employee could do) and unlock the controls using a secret password. The manufacturer has a deal with McDonalds where franchisees are only allowed to buy McFlurry machines from that one manufacturer for high prices, and they intentionally have too few techs so they can keep their callout fees massive too.
I don’t understand why quarter pounder was classed as “not available in the UK” when we do have a the quarter pounder meal and we also have double quarter pounder meal. We also get as part of the breakfast menu McMuffin meals as well.
When I visited my sister in IL I got so so so sick from the food, half way through my trip I couldn't go out to eat at all and basically lived off fruit after that. Sad that the fruit didn't have much flavour 😊
US cheese is awful too, in the UK and Europe we have hundreds of different real cheese’s that are actually good for you, many of which are produced locally at farms and cheesemongers 😋
Here in Prague there is a section on the McDonald's menu just for different types of cheese based sandwiches and sides.
Cheese isn't good for you, it's pure fat and salt, all it does is increase blood pressure and raise cholesterol. My dad got raised cholesterol from cheese alone, and after switching from cheese sandwiches to tuna sandwiches like his doctor suggested, his cholesterol went back down again. It was the only thing in his diet he changed.
My wife and I are coming over to the US next year. your food is one thing I'm most concerned about.
A Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year. Thanks for the laughs xxx
Uk if I had to choose
France if I had an extra choice... Their bread and bakery ingredients (at least freshly baked in the rural areas) puts Britain's doughy stodge to shame.
Netherlands their consistency and standards are unrivalled
@@Enough_Is_Enough_Official yup, that huge maccas in Amsterdam is awesome. They're handing you the food before you finish your order.
Neither is always an option.
Good channel to follow. They did a trip to London and the US guy was blown away.
This is not all you can get in the UK Mcd’s. We have all the breakfast items also donuts, biscuits and muffins of different types and McFlurry’s.
Breakfast items: sausage and egg muffin with egg, pancakes and sausage, porridge with jam, bacon egg muffin, breakfast roll with bacon or sausage or both, muffin with jam, pancakes with syrup, bacon sandwich, cheesy bacon flatbread, mighty muffin, cheesy bacon flatbread, potato waffle.
We have different flavours McFlurry’s .
Dip’s- balsamic, bbq, sweet &sour, sweet curry, garlic mayo, sweet chilli and last of all sweet & Smokey bbq.
The American was more clued up about what was available, the British guy, not so much. So much was missing - do they still do apple pies, what is available also regularly changes and rotates. I prefer Burger King but it is more expensive.
Hi Jess and Mike - from across the pond in UK here. Another great video. Love the comparison with McD's products. Please do some more. You have a very genuine, relaxed presentation style that is so engaging. Have a great Christmas 😀
If you've never had Mcnuggets with sweet curry dip you've never had Mcnuggets
Just because you can doesn't mean you should. I remember the good old days of going to the Wimpy. Milk shakes with the flavours in optic bottles like in a bar. Decent burgers and chips served on a plate. I remember when we got our first McD's and Burger king. At that time burger king (which came a few years later) was way better than McD's. I remember the cheese in McD's tasting like plastic and the drinks being over carbonated. Their milkshakes were awesome, their fries were way too salty. It was American TV and films that sold it all before it even hit the tarmac.
We need more of these videos! Love the content guys!
This is an old video and they’ve recently started updating them to see what’s changed. They’ve learned that scones and biscuits are completely different animals. They’ve also visited each other’s countries looking for the best foods. Worth watching. Harry & Joe are the best Food Wars pair-up.
There is a McDonald's at the end of my road (walking distance, even for an American), and I have still, never in my life had a McDonald's and I'm 73 years old.
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you are missing nothing, all that US food is total muck.
I visited my German sister last year & took her to her first local Maccas just for a coffee at the McCafe.
She also was introduced to chicken nuggets later on. Big thumbs up.
Subway was a fail (Germany has much better tasting bread)
KFC wasn't bad in her opinion (high praise for a German)
Of course EU have higher food standards than the US.
I'm almost like you. I am french and I think I have been to McDonald's less that 10 times in my whole life, and I will be 61 next month! I prefer French cuisine, served on a plate, with fork and knife, than all that junk food.
As a french man, almost 61 years old, I have been to McDonald's less than 10 times in my whole life!
I prefer French cuisine, served on a plate, eaten with a fork and knife, rather than that junk food.
imagine if you had children who loves to eat fries from Maccy D and you lived in America
how could you tell your children i will love and look out for you = and then let them eat that food ?
Maccy D festive drinks in the Uk = 21 table spoons of sugar in a 500ml cup (can only imagine its 30 table spoons of sugar in America)
Hi, 'Insider' has these 2 guys swopping countries to try typical US and UK foods - eg there's a roast dinner version in London. These always make me feel hungry but are worth a watch. 😊😋😋
Thanks guys for another great upload!! 😊 You should do.more of their videos.. they travel across the pond and visit each other and get taken around London and New York by each other to share each nations food. It's great and would love to see you react to it.. keep up the great work, love watching your content, great couple!! ❤❤
These guys are brilliant, I watch all their teams up. Some of the best are when they go around either the UK or US trying out same food in different places
Another fun fact is that in the UK they only use fresh Organic Milk in their hot drinks. 👍
what milk isnt organic?
@ all milk that doesn’t say Organic on the label
Him:" ...gaining some weight.."
Her instantly: "Yeah."
I've made my own fries since the 2000s; baking potatoes and oil. You do need to prepare the fries before frying them in oil by either soak them for a bit in warm+cold tap water, or straight up pre-boil them in water for 2-4 minutes (depending on thickness) to get the starch out and then let them cool off bfore they go in the fryer. Homemade fries are fantastic; no preservatives or add-ons either.
When i was growing up i used to call those 'Mum chips' lol
They should absolutely bring back the Chicken Legend in the UK
I miss it so much
20:47 The cup salads were soooo good when they were here! Salad, croutons, chicken, dressing… I WANT ONE!!
01:26 the after affect is the same an hour later, on the toilet with phone in hand😂
I love your reactions. Very honest, open, genuine, hilarious and homely!
Much love and best regards from a West Midlands Brit :)
(edit) who's not a brummie!! 😆
McDonald's is shocking here in the UK, invariably it is nearly cold. Doesn't matter if you go through the drive-thru or go into the "restaurant", it's a lottery on the temperature of the food. Don't even bother with a McDelivery, gauranteed to be cold. I've tried warming it in the air fryer and/or micro and nope, no good. I go to Burger King now, worth waiting for 5 minutes for the freshly cooked order. Visited Maccys in Brooklyn back in 2013 on a trip to New York, talk about old and dates restaurant, same with the KFC, and what's with these biscuit things !! Ewww!.
Food Wars is a very good channel and they do visit each other's countries.
Wishing you both a very merry christmas and a happy new year from a sub in the West of Scotland, UK. Happy Holidays and Take Care 😘🏴
Point being here in the UK our government pays for our healthcare so it makes sense to regulate the food we eat. In the US the Government don't care cos you have to fund you own healthcare
We fund our own healthcare through National insurance. That makes it free at the point of use for everyone.
I'm watching this while eating KFC. Much love from the UK. 💙
Same sh.t!!!
I love Mike's facials 😂😂😂😂 whenever its UK vs USA
Obesity epidemic in USA and UK can be traced to the introduction of artificial sweeteners, for years in UK a regular coke was healthier than a diet coke due to the absence of ASPARTAME which scrambles the hypothalamus's control over metabolism. Noticed 3 months ago that they have introduced ASPARTAME into ingredients of regular coke, haven't checked the Pepsi label yet to see if they followed suit
You guys have laughed a lot recently with Karl Pilkington but I Watched a reaction of you guys from a year ago , James Blunt “ Monsters “ where you were teary , who doesn’t ( His Dad 🤗 ) keep up the good content guys TC ❤️🏴
I was waiting for the US guy to come up with the one from "the Jerk" with Steve Martin - the "Cup-a-Pizza"!!🤣
We can order a salad bowl!!!
We do have savoury scones, with things like cheese in the dough!!!
Have you read the contents of the McDonalds salary dressings? They have more calories than a Big Mac meal.
The size might be small but so is the price. Much much cheaper in the UK than in the US.
In the UK we do have savoury scones/ biscuits as well. Usually with cheese and potatoes, in the ingredients.
Jess at 6:35 concerned mother face 🏆
As a research chemist, I always have this image of a big laboratory with chemists in white coats creating a whole variety of sauces each with a whole list of chemical additives that the lab workers use pipettes to add measured amounts of chemicals while a team of taste testers walk back and forth checking out the flavour until they all agree on the most tasty flavour.
My wife and I live an hour from the seaside (Brighton) and when we go into our favourite fish and chip shop you can sit on bags of potatoes 🥔 while you queue up and wait - fresh!
They've done a follow-up to this episode. You should check it out too.
In India, there was some controversy when McDonald's sold fries with the 'beef' thing in a country that is mainly Hindi - DUH!
Shouldn't have been a problem. Maccas's patties are made of cardboard.
The food laws recently changed and are tougher than before because of the sugar tax . In jan 2025 unhealthy foods are not allowed to put offers on them. And so much more
LOL
Only a handful of things can bring people together.
Food is one of them 😊
Subway the sandwich shop used to do Ranch but they stopped it about 18 months ago. I was first introduced to it when I went to Vegas and I really like it but sadly you can't get it anymore. We have Sausage and Egg Mcmuffin and Bacon and Egg Mcmuffin and the Sausage Mcmuffin is the absolute bomb, they're amazing but you can only order them up to 11am
There was a documentary film made about McDonalds in the US back in 2004 called "Supersize Me". The person who produced the documentary and volunteered to act as the human guinea pig/test dummy, was Morgan Spurlock. He was an above average height, weight and fitness before the documentary. He had a battery of tests by various doctors before the film. The rules of the documentary was to eat a verity of McDonalds meals three times a day for 30 days and if he was asked if he wanted a supersize, he had to accept. The results were astonishing, on his first day he was throwing up in the car park after jest a couple of bites. By the half way mark he was having palpitations and his doctor had to refer him to a cardiologist who said he was on the brink of having a heart attack. He made it to the end but gained 24.5 pounds amounting to a 13% Body Mass increase, had high cholesterol, excess fat in the liver, suffered from mood swings and sexual dysfunction. He quotes that after the documentary, he attended gym to get back to his original physique and went to a sauna. After 20 minutes in the sauna, people were commenting that they could smell McDonalds and asking if someone had brought Big Mac in with them. The Film was made to address the causes of obesity and fast food chains in the US. The documentary was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature[9] and won Best Documentary Screenplay from the Writers Guild of America. He made a sequel to Supersize Me in 2017 called Supersize Me 2 - Holy Chicken where he flipped the coin and opened a business selling chicken to see how difficult the market is.
Well, when we visit relatives in KY, Mike usually asks how quickly would we like to glow in the dark? 🤣 Makes ya think!
I am 66 years old, and I have never eaten a McDonalds' meal (I've had coffee there) . Nor a KFC. Dunking Donuts, Taco Bell. Etc.
I had a Wendy Burger in 1966 as an eight year old, and was disgusted at being expected to eat food with my fingers. No plate, no cutlery, no tablecloths.
No thanks
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Harry and Joe are legends. If you can think of a fast food chain in both countries they've probably done a side by side on it.
And you won't be shocked to know 99% of the time the US sizes are bigger and of course have way more ingredients, calories goes without saying.
They definitely have the McFlurry in the UK.
McDonalds fries used to be fried in beef tallow. When the nutri-nuts claimed that animal fats were deadly, they switched to vegetable oil. The extra ingredients were added to try to make the fries taste as close to the original as possible. Imagine if the change in the fries was comaparable to what happened when New Coke came out compared to Original Coke. It would have been devastating as McDonalds fires are legendary.
The main thing to remember is that in the UK something has to be proven to be safe in order to be added to food. In the US, they put it in until someone says it's not safe.
Be interesting to see what changes in the next 4 years with RFK Jr and his changes! [About time too!].
Will take America years to get healthy again though but one has to start somewhere!
Speaking as a former senior cardio-thoracic nurse of 26 years!
Well, he's also planning on re-introducing polio and other diseases, so good luck with that for your children...
Who'd have thought you could pack so many ingredients into fries 🤣🤣🤣🇬🇧😘👌
Oh, I ate at McDonalds, too ... last time was in 2013 in Germany. It was okay - would go there again! :)
The sauce isnt a food regulation thing. We have them here in the netherlands. Sweet and sour, honey mustard, sweet chili, bbq, mayonaise, ketchup and garlic sauce if I remember correctly.
The bread with chocolate for breakfast... We do that... like, not mcdonalds food but... a slice of bread with butter and chocolate sprinkles is the go-to breakfast/lunch here.
Ranch isn't a think here in the UK. You'll never find it at a restaurant or in a regular supermarket. Only somewhere you can get imported goods
It's in Tesco though. Even my local supermarket chain has it. Gross stuff.
Omg the McGriddle is actually a real thing? I remember seeing an advert for it years ago online and thought it was a dream as we’ve never had anything close to it in the UK. What an absolutely spectacular creation
A month or two of practice and he successfully manages to put a cap on the right way round. Sterling work Sir, now you just gotta learn to take it off!
In the UK and Europe we have strong food regulations, so ingredients have to be more natural. In the USA you have weak food regulations because it all about money before public health, so corporations can put all types of poisonous ingredients in food in the USA.
Tesco which is the British equivalent of Walmart in the UK actually opened some supermarkets in the USA and because basic British food standards was so much more natural compared to other supermarkets in the USA, they rebranded in the USA as a health food store, despite selling regular British store food.
You guys in the US ought to rise up and say to McDonald's USA, "No More unnecessary ingredients to be added to our food" It's no wonder the USA has a problem with Obesity and Heart disease. I am not a great gan of McDonald's food, but I certainly am sure that the UK versions are much healthier. That's because of the UK food regulations. Bye the way guys Merry Christmas to you and your family 🎄
My mate and me spent a week in Houston and after 2-3 days we quickly learned to order just one meal between the both of us (being Scottish, leaving food on your plate is a big no-no!!) - and even then we still couldn't clear our plate - even at fast-food outlets.!
These two have travel videos together discussing food. Would be a good video subject for you.
They had shaker side salads in the UK but plastic is banned in most food places now, so it's just a cardboard box
Occasionally go to McDonalds and i've never had a icecream machine that was broken (Belgium/Netherlands). So it can also be the difference in repair rights as in the US there is only 1 company that can repair them and they are extremely expensive, so probably alot of franchise owners just dont bother
This is a clever strategy…. Didn’t realise the differences til now. I’d be interested to see what they get in Australia.
Has anyone said we also have cheese scones and scones with currents in, you'd normally have them with just butter in the middle
As a Brit now living in the US
1) the milkshakes are sweeter in the US, and come with whipped cream
2) i really miss the apple pies in the UK (and everywhere else outside the US). The fried ones with the bubbled up pastry.
You should check out some videos of MDs in Japan or other parts of Asia. And the French MDs.
In the UK we passed a law requiring a drastic reduction of salt in processed food, burgers etc and although it is of course much healthier for our hearts, it definitely doesn't taste as good.
I worked in UK Maccies for 7 years. Free meal on every shift. Didn't gain any weight (I'm 53). Banana milkshakes are healthier and more calorific than most of the protien shakes you can buy but they are delicious
Ranch just isn't a thing over here, scones can be savoury over here too, I've made cheese scones, it's just that sweet scones are what you get in a cream tea so they're much better known. I can't eat in McDonalds as I ate breakfast in one with a terrible hangover when I was 17 and it made me projectile vomit, so to this day that unique smell of a McDonalds makes me feel a little queasy! There's a big trend for having much better quality burger joints in the UK these days though, so there's loads of independent burger shops doing really great quality smash burgers and such.
I was born in Europe, came to United States 70s. Went to school in the 80s. Also, we ate at home.Really didn't eat out we also played a lot outside.
That's why I think kids were a lot skinnier back then than they are now too many of video games.
You guys have a great channel. Been a member for a while now. Just keep doing what you're doing. You guys have a merry christmas and may.God bless you and your family
We don't have ranch in the UK anywhere really. The closest we get is garlic mayo. Buffalo sauces also aren't a thing, we do BBQ instead, but our BBQ is closer to A1 sauce than a proper US-style barbecue sauce.
In McDonalds in Japan you can get a Teriyaki burger. In French McDonalds you can get a glass of wine!
Best thing to drink if you're counting calories, cold (refrigerated) water. Water = 0 cal but cold water burns calories replacing heat loss from the cold temperature so cold water is negative calories.