Better than the Commissary? American's First Look 👀 at German Grocery Store - Edeka Grafenwoehr!
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- PCSing to Germany? Then this is your first look at the German Grocery Store.
We visited the Edeka Grafenwoehr and Rewe in Pressath, Germany.
As an American living in Germany, you will have access to the on base Commissary and the off base local German grocery stores.
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With the help from military spouse, Manda McVey, we go over just about every aisle in the German grocery store, to include dietary restrictions, gluten free, and vegan items.
This video will also give you an idea of "what you can expect" when you walk into Edeka or any other German grocery store near your base.
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German Grocery Store 0:00
Edeka Entrance 0:29
Shopping Basket 0:30
Gardening 0:36
Bakery 0:44
Fruits & Vegtables 0:47
To-Go Items 0:56
Flowers 2:44
Eggs 3:26
Dairy 3:52
Translate Food 5:43
Candy & Sweets 6:44
Baking 8:10
Gluten Free 8:59
Frozen 10:45
Meat 11:27
Non Refrigerated Milk 12:15
Condiments 13:54
Ethnic foods 14:49
Hot sauce 15:16
Condiments (2) 15:38
Cleaning supplies 16:06
Dog food 16:44
Beverages 18:09
Soda stream 18:17
Beverages (2) 22:14
Checking out 23:15
Chips and snacks 25:10
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11:09 oh our fish fingers. Our bestseller from the North Sea coast. And in case you're wondering whether they contain real fish. Yes, they contain real fillet pieces that are delivered in frozen blocks. We store them temporarily. Then they go into production. They are cut to size while frozen, breaded and deep-fried and then flash-frozen.
Not all colourings are plant-based. There are also artificial colourings. ÖKO-Test has written this about them. QUOTE: Are food colourings dangerous?
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Tartrazine (E 102)
Quinoline yellow (E 104)
Yellow-orange S (E110)
Azorubine (E 122)
Cochineal red A (E 124)
Allura red AC (E 129)
The consumer advice centre warns against these colourings as they are suspected of causing pseudo-allergies. Typical symptoms of these intolerance reactions are asthma, skin oedema and hives.
The music in the whole video freaks me out, even as a german.. 😂 Dont do that ever again please, thank you.
I had to stop a few times to recover and be able to continue. Other than that: great video.
@@ileana8360 i totally agree 🙂👍
I'm so with you on that! 😉
This is an bavarian video, not german. My ears are bleeding now. 😂😂😂
@@elab.1413Bavaria ist Germany 🎉 😅
I guess the "American" products in a German grocery store are as authentic as "German" products sold in the US. 😂
Actually not, Aldi in the USA imports real German goods into their stores according to original recipes! (usually labeled) Sure, something made in the USA and then called German often doesn't deserve the name, but the same goes in Germany with US items from Germany! (except for peanut butter, which is significantly smaller, but just as good, if not sometimes even a little better!)
@@Yoshimitsu863 What I find really funny is that many Americans claim that the fast food at McDonald's and Co. tastes better in Germany ;-))
@@wallerwolf6930Well, over here they're mostly legally forced to use better ingredients (and by that I mean actual ingredients, not processed fake crap)
@@wallerwolf6930 Not really. As Mc Donalds in Europe has to follow European Law that is stricter than the US Laws.
Pretzel without Salt for example :D
Actually, the German name for arugula is "Rauke", but the Italian name "Ruccola" makes for better marketing.
I always call it "Rauke"
I am German and I was around 30 when I first ever heard/saw the word Rauke and had to Google what it is
Simmilar like in czech language, in czech its Roketa, but 99,9 % we use italian name Rucola.🙂
To classify things a little more precisely... This Edeka market takes its location at a US base into account. Some things were adapted for the American friends that would not be found in other places in Germany. And foam kisses have nothing to do with marshmallows. This is a type of sugared egg white that is applied to a thin, soft wafer and has a wafer-thin coating of chocolate. It tastes great and has surprisingly few calories for something so sweet...
....and which things were adapted for the American friends that wont be found in German stores?
@@shacks29 Well at first the store itself. We talkin about a place with 6500 inhabitants. I'm in a city with 20.000 people with a big Edeka, too. But it has not half the size of that thing. I'm not into that "Gluten free" stuff, but it seems for me, that there are a lot more products, that I'm used to observe. Than the sauces for barbeque. A lot more stuff, I never heard of. And I never saw that big Dr. Pepper (puke!) bottles. Not even as Walmart was in Germany. The shoping carts as well. Never saw such carts. And I'm sure, there is stuff, I don't even remarked...
@@melchiorvonsternberg844 Absolutly right. Usually, you get Dr. Pepper only canned and with a different recipe than what's in these base Edeka stores.
The carts shown at this Edeka are usually yellow and used at Edekas discount store called "Netto".
The amount of pre-packed and cut fruits is only typical for us-american supermarkest, you usually don't get those amounts and varities at Edeka or any other german Supermarket.
Also, these "cheese sauce" premades aren't a common german thing and the claim, that there is an isle or corner with "foreign" products in EVERY german supermarket is not only a lie, but stupid - products like the ones shown are simply a part of the whole sortiment and only at times, when there are like "promotions" happening, they also reserve an additional space for that occasion. Here in Berlin f.e., all the shown items and products are just part of the regular assorment, nothing special.
Puffulet - you won't get them in any regular Edeka or ReWe, only close to army bases.
@@Eysenbeiss Danke, für die Spezifizierungen!
@@Eysenbeisskurzer Einwurf:
Die internationalen Sektionen dürfte man inzwischen in jedem modernisierten REWE und Edeka finden. Bei wahrscheinlich den meisten Supermärkten bieten die zentralen Auslagen ein wöchentlich wechselndes Angebot auch aus internationalen Produkten oder davon inspiriert aus z.B. Spanien, Ungarn, Griechenland, Italien, Asien oder Nord Amerika.
Reverse culture shock: Not all the milk is " haltbar" aka stays for weeks. There is " fresh" milk, too, which is refrigerated. :)
It was about pasteurized milk, also "Haltbare Milch" und diese ist immer für Wochen, wenn nicht Monate haltbar.
Man sollte schon richtig hinschauen und hinschauen, vor allem aber auch verstehen, worum es geht.
@@Eysenbeiss You should read the text "Eurpeans rely on a completely different milk pasteurization..." which is wrong because we dont rely on it. it's just optional.
@@D2jspOFFICIAL Maybe YOU want to try to understand the context, stupid. It was COMPLETLY about pasteurized Milk and that's why the line was CORRECT, cause we definetly use a different way, since the milk is heated much higher and afterwards "shock-frostet", while in the US, they use lower heat and let it cool down slower too.
That's why our milk stands longer.
Don't argue, if you are not able to understand the topic, Troll.
@@Eysenbeiss JEDE Vollmilch ist pasteurisiert. Allerdings muss Vollmilch gekühlt werden. H-Milch ist ultrahocherhitzt und muss deswegen nicht gekühlt werden.
Being raised in Germany we never drank soda. We drank mineral water and lemon or orange sprudel. It was delivered in cases weekly. Yum
You had tk once you I know you have now but you had to at least once I only drink once every couple weeks but still
Sounds gross because I’m not an orange juice fan but it’s probably fine
Apfelsaft = apple juice, not carbonated. Apfelschorle = apple juice mixed with carbonated water. So yes, you can get apple juice without bubbles.
The culture shock comment about milk in the EU is somewhat misleading: Only H-Milch (=ultra heated milk) is kept unrefigrerated, Frischmilch (fresh milk, obviously) hast to be refrigerated, just like in the US.
i am a german and just stumbled across your video.. i have some things to add.. German sweets arent as sweet as in the usa, we use way less sugar. Coca cola also is less sweet and made with real sugar, i think you call it the fancy coke ? Its similar to the cocacola in mexico.
If you are new in germany, try our bread and cakes at the local bakery.. Also, most german speak a decent english, maybe with a heavy accent but we do speak english. Dont be afraid to ask for help.
If you buy bottles, coke, fanta, beer and so on, dont forget to return them! you pay between 8 and 25 Eurocent deposit (Pfand) for one bottle and you get it back when you return it. 25 cent might not be much but it adds up! And to make it a bit more complicated, not every bottle has a deposit on it, for example, hard liqueur never has pfand on it.
@@Marcel_Germann sorry but this isnt correct.. different countries use different sugar. some use sugar beet and some use cane sugar and the usa uses high fructose corn syrup for their coca cola.. this is why it tastes different.
@@Marcel_GermannFalsch. Die Cola in den USA wird mit einem ganz anderen Zucker hergestellt, als die in Deutschland und Mexico und das schmeckt man auch.
FYI- Coke products in the US are corn syrup-based whereas in other parts of the world, sugar-based. That's make the difference in taste and flavor.@@Marcel_Germann
One of the funny exceptions: The American Milky-way bar tastes less sweet, than the German Mars bar.
The Coca Cola in Germany does not even come close to the one made in Mexico taste wise. It does say "Origina Flavor" but I tasted both and the one from Mexico reigns supreme!
Outstanding Video; i would add that the "Almdudler" is a beverage with alpine herbs and is from Austria, not with applejuice as the Lady mentioned.
Greetings from a german Subscriber, stay stoked and keep grinding
Thanks for the insight! Always grindin!
And more of a lemonade than apple juice
You can compare Almdudler with ginger ale
One thing worth pointing out is that EDEKA is kind of a premium grocery store. - So the prices for food at EDEKA are somewhat higher than in other grocery stores like ALDI / LIDL / PENNY etc. In my personal opinion, it is worth it when shopping for fresh stuff like fruits and vegetables here the price is justified since EDEKA offers a higher quality / fresher products than the a fore mentioned so called discounters. Meat quality is also better at EDEKA, although I'd prefer a local Butcher for buying quality meat, I admit it is more expensive, but quality wise leagues above grocery stores. ... Small correction not every German grocery store offers "ethnic food" usually the larger ones, do not expect to find such a shelf in small grocery store in some village.
Thats not exactly true. EDEKA is the "regular" supermarket just like REWE or Tegut, but Penny, Aldi or Lidl are Discounters so they are cheaper. A premium supermarket is something else.
Most EDEKAs are franchises, so their prices can vary.
@@jnwiesmann6787 What would you consider to be a premium supermarket? - EDEKA beeing franchises or not a near the upper end of the price range. Sure you can spend more on individual products in specialised stores. Like a Store specialised in Wine will have more varieties and higher priced Wines than EDEKA or REWE. Same goes for the Buterchy etc. etc. However what kind of Supermarket are we talking about, that offers higher quality than EDEKA / is higher priced an can be found in nearly every larger city in Germany?
About the milk: You should look better. We also have milk, that must be refrigerated. It's called "Frisch Milch" or "Vollmilch" (pasteurized). That milk you saw, was "H-Milch" (Ultrahocherhitzt).
Fanta is NOT anything like a carbonated orange juice.
It's a soda, still.
With 3% juice by law and lots of added sugar. Also coloring, which is not the one used in the USA, because that's illegal in the EU.
But it is less sweet, does not contain corn syrup and is fruitier in flavor.
The original Fanta recipe was developed by Coca Cola Germany in WW2 because they got cut off due to the embargo and had to get creative.
So they took the ingredients they could actually source with no sea trade and war raging. Which was mainly apple cores and orange peels. So no straight pressed juice, but remnants cooked out of fruit waste. Still took off and held them together till after the war.
Fun fact on the sugar: Germany, not being precisely tropical, can not grow sugar cane. However, selective breeding of root vegetables produced sugar beets, which can be grown in cold climates and produce lots of sugar locally. This is generally where all refined sugar in Germany comes from. Cane sugar is specifically labeled and generally more expensive as it's an imported product.
You often see what may look like molasses on store shelves. That would be a thickened sugar beet juice product sold under various names, the biggest brand being Grafschafter Goldsaft. Tastes and looks a bit like blackstrap molasses, but it's cooked turnip juice and not a byproduct of sugar production, but something Germans make on purpose, as a bread topping.
You are wrong about Fanta.
The us-american Fanta has NOTHING to do with the german fanta, that's why it is green overseas and has a completly different taste.
It was not developed by coca cola, but they bought the company producing it and when they split the company again, the name could be used for a different Fanta.
Fanta is a German invention.
"This is generally where all refined sugar in Germany comes from" - Not from sugar canes, but from sugar beet. At least in the South region BW/Bay where i live and i am pretty sure everywhere else in Ger.
Orange juice is still unhealthy
@@Eysenbeiss fanta was developed in nazi germany during ww2 because of the trade embargos that didnt allow coca cola to deliver their syrup to germany. it is actually the same product in general, it tastes different because the US uses corn syrup instead of the sugars we use over here. also the coloring is another one which is banned in the european union. thats all there is to it. same product otherwise
As a german I find the Oktoberfest music in the background so annoying.
And Rucola ist actually the italian word although everybody sais that. The german word ist Rauke. Sorry for being a "Klugscheißer".
Apple juice you find in the juice section of the beverages. And it doesn't contain (sparkling) water. Apfelschorle is always in the soda section.
But with the fruit juices you have to look for e.g. Apfelsaft - apple juice from 100% apple or Orangensaft - orange juice from 100% oranges - but there is e.g. Orangennektar - what is orange juice watered down and sweetened. "saft" usually means 100% of the fruit - "nektar" is water and sugar added.
@@geneviere199 Stimmt so nicht ganz, vor allem nicht was die Frische angeht, denn "Orangensaft" ist nicht zwingend "Direktsaft", sondern kann aus Konzentrat hergestellt werden, genau wie "Nektar" - beides hat den gleichen Ursprung, es geht nur um die Konzentration, denn der Saft muss am Ende dem Original entsprechen, alles andere kann verdünnt oder gemischt sein. Außerdem kann Saft auch Fruchtfleisch enthalten, was bei Nektar normalerweise nicht der Fall ist.
@@Eysenbeiss Ich sprach nicht von frisch gepresst. Der größte Unterschied für mich ist aber das Zumischen von mehr Wasser in Verbindung zur Frucht - und dem Zuckerzusatz. Was Nektar dann i.R. auch viel billiger macht.
Believe me or not but as a German woman, who lives in the US for almost 3 yrs now (married to an American guy) I felt pretty much the same when I went grocery shopping for the first time in the States. I was like.. why is this refrigerated? Why is this not refrigerated? Why do they have cup holders at the shopping carts? Why is this so expensive? What the heck is this? 😂
I don't believe you
As a German without dietary restrictions I actually learned a bit I didn't know from your video
This is really sweet and respectful, I love it!
as an german, i love this kind of videos, but even as an german i dont buy things very often at an EDEKA, cause its much more expensive then an LIDL or an ALDI
11:30min It's not always in gram. I'm in my 30s and I order slices of sausage or ham like my mom, grandma and great-grandma did: "Ein Viertel, bitte!" "A quarter, please!" Refering to a quarter pound. Here in Germany a pound (ein Pfund) are exactly 500g (half a kilo), so a quarter of salami are 125g. :)
And by the way ... she seems very educated and informed for an American.
Metric pounds.
Sodastream: it seems most Americans don't know about Pfand or things like these . When you buy this container as a new one, they cost more because you pay for the container itself, the metall construction. When you go with an empty one to the EDEKA you only pay for the filling, not for the bottle. Because you gave a bottle and get a bottle. The same when you buy campinggas(propan I think) in big containers here in Germany.
I'm from Belgium and living since one year in Germany I'm still surprised by all the breads and Danish pastry they have this is more than in Belgium and we have allready a lot of bread and pastry. The food in the EU is definitely healthier, less sugar and no artifical colours in general. In Belgium we also try to use as less as possible artifical colours. It's interesting to see how she compares to the US. Much people speak English in Germany and like somebody said maybe with a thick accent. Most people are keen to help especially the Schwaben, this is in the the South of Germany (Baden-Würtemberg) they are really helpfull.
In Belgium you get the best fries with a good variety of sauces (love Samurai and American).
Btw: The American sauce in Belgium is also a dump name.
As a german this video is really good. It provides good informations and ain't "dry" like some videos :D
Not EVERY supermarket in Germany has a Bakery attached to it, alot of them do but we have Small Supermarket that dont have any bakery attached, but usually they still have a "bakery section" inside the store with "freshly rebaked frozen things" but they taste really good aswell. Should try Our Bread its really good and not as sweet as u know from the USA
Tell your daughter to get ApfelSAFT. ApfelSCHORLE is applejuice with soda. The Smarties don't have peanuts inside. I loved the video❣️
Nice video, thanks for that! Just for your information, because I've heard it many times that chocolate kisses are like marshmallows, which is definitely not true. It is sweetened egg foam with a chocolate coating. However, this filling becomes tougher over time, i.e. when it is no longer fresh. It's a lottery to get fresh ones ;-)) But they only taste really good fresh.
We have different kinds of milk pasteurization too. What you mean is H-Milch that last a few month, than we have haltbare Frischmilch that last one or two weeks and we have Frischmilch that lasts only a few dasy.
Not just are you saving money by going to the local grocery store instead of commissary, the stuff at the grocery store is likely better for you as well! Us Europeans have a lot higher food safety standards, and less additives than similar foods from USA. I'm Swedish and honestly even avoid buying items imported from USA because of all the junk used in USA that we don't use here. German grocery store looks more in depth than most Swedish ones though, here it's for example very rare to find a manned butcher counter in stores, at the most you'll find a manned counter for cold cuts and some more special cheeses, but I haven't seen many manned butcher counters here since I was a kid.
Well I'd hope that if it's sold in Germany it's up to german/ EU standards.
@@justarandomgothamite5466
I don't think they have to. If I'm not mistaken Commissaries are stores directly on or nearby US Army bases and access to them is restricted to active duty US military that are stationed in Europe. Retired veterans living here have also access.
@@Tho_Me genau genommen liegen die meisten zwischen Militärbereich und Wohnbarracken, weswegen auch Deutsche, die auf der Base arbeiten, dort einkaufen können und es gibt fast immer Tage, wo Soldaten bzw. deren Angehörige Freunde mitnehmen dürfen. Ob man die dafür anmelden muss weiß ich nicht, könnte aber sein.
Lohnt sich inzwischen aber eh nicht, aber ich weiß aus den 80er und 90ern in Berlin, wo es zwei davon außerhalb der Base gegeben hat, dass es sich damals gelohnt hat, auch weil man zu der Zeit halt noch Dinge bekommen hat, die es hier nicht immer oder regulär gegeben hat.
Ich hab z.B. mein erstes Baseball-Shirt dort gekauft und auch das erste von Michael Jordan.
That is probably the biggest problem for free trade agreements with the USA, because we do not want to give up these standards.
@@phillipbanes5484
Since I don't know prices at the Commissary I can't comment on pricing differences. But it totally makes sense to compare European food standards to US food standards. At least when it comes to EU member states.
Let me explain:
The EU is the regulatory body for a lot of things for all EU member states and Iceland, Norway and Liechtenstein. The latter 3 are participants in the European Economic Area (EEA) where the same rules are applied. That includes minimum food standards as well. A single member state can have higher standards but never can lower them below that minimum.
As for what standard is better I don't really know. But I think that politicians and the industry are fucking consumers over no matter if you live in the US or the EU. Also we "Europs" like to look down on "Muricans" a little too often for my taste.
Greetings from Germany
Hi from the UK 👋 🇬🇧 you would save even money if you stopped in aldis or lidl
I will only use german mustard on my hot dogs after being in German when my dad was in the army. Its way better than American mustard!
Agreed 👍🏽 🌭
The guys in my office were weirdly talking about this two days ago lol… they said there’s like a garlic mustard that’s amazing.
@@itshendo6475Try fig mustard with strong cheese! omg
No surprise, for me as a German. But the French do mustard , a bit better than we do. For example, there is Dijon mustard (named after a town in northern Burgundy), or things like fig mustard. Everything is a little more in the sweet direction. Dijon mustard is also ideal for salad dressing or for grilling...
@@melchiorvonsternberg844i absolut love your honesty, saying "yes but in france, is mustard the best" as a german myself. *'Löwensenf"* _("Lionmustard")_ Brand is still my fav. for everyday use, but ya for salad or special sauces, i also pick Dijon mustard BUT we germans do make THE best *"sweet mustard"* handsdown, there can France do what they want, at least at this direction we made a Nr.1 point ;)
Have a good one & again respect for straight say how it is.
Cheers
Buttermilk makes you beautiful! Thats what Müllermilch (Company) says! xD - Wenns scheh macht.... ^^
Pasteurised Milk ist everywhere the same! The shelfstable milk that is shown here is Haltbarmilch. Its heated to 135 c for a few seconds and immediately cooled down to 5 degrees. This milk is shelfstable for months and needs no cooling
That was so sweet and funny. Please turn off the fun fare music. You are in a supermarket. 😂❤
I am so homesick now.
always happy to find fellow paulana spezi enjoyers
Respect 🫡
We went to the market every Saturday. Always bought fresh veggies and flowers. I always bought bouquets of lilacs or roses and took them home. So much cheaper and fresher than the commisary.
I took German in high school and always got good grades but of course my mom is German. My brother went to German school and took English. Not as easy because it was Englis not American. Lol
Almdudler is a sparkling water with herbal mix flavor ... Apfel is apple
12:20 That’s just long-life milk. There is fresh milk in the cooling section as well 😉
I live in Québec and groceries are outrageously expensive! We live close to Malone N.Y. state and there is an Aldi store! I just spent $234 CDN at our local IGA! 4 bags just for 1 person. Mostly veggies, pasta, cheeses, cat food/ litter and milk products. Before the covid things were half as expensive! My pay did not go up! Healthcare workers are striking next week for more pay etc.
😂😂 “lottery” thanks for the tip!
@@mandamcv9084 Thanks! Tip??? Are you planning on moving here? Good day!
Heinz has been replaced by Papa Joe, because Heinz inreased the prices. So Edeka said good Bye.
At 12 yrs old my father would send us to the totto lotto stand to get him beer and ciggerettes. Never had a problem buying it.
Zitronen- und Orangensprudel ist Soda. Soda ist ein allgemeiner Begriff der sich auf so ziemlich alle süßen Getränke mit Kohlensäure bezieht.
I love this. Thank you for sharing, and I loved the long video honestly.
Thank you for watching, I hope it was informative! 😊 🛒
This is so helpful! I havent gotten the courage to shop off post yet!
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Aren't you curious? Whenever I visit another country, I want to explore. 😊
I really liked this lady. She knew her stuff. It was enjoyable to watch Her an very informative. I have to admit.
We were stationed in Hanau from 72 to 96 (my father retired there in 81 and worked as an Army civilian as I did) and my Mother was German. We shopped both in the Commissary and on the economy downtown. I remember taking the bus downtown at 15 by myself and spending my baby sitting money or summer hire pay checks. So much fun.
Dang I’ve just lived in a decent amount of places I only lived here for 5 years
Very interesting vid for sure👍
I came back last week from USA, i noticed that european supermarkets have more groceries in stock, more selection and cheaper 👍 Tony’s chocolonely in USA Walmart 7,80$ in Germany at Rewe 2, 69€ 😳
No anything but fish sticks their disgusting oven pizzas and chocolate marshmallow thingys those are severely over priced
@@phillipbanes5484I don’t know don’t they have like Tesco and Edeka all over western europe
Love that a bakery is attached 😊to all German grocery store
I misspoke, not ALL but most 🥨😊
Those things in the "exotic" aisle are usually in very small packages and horribly overpriced. If you are not just looking to try stuff once, I suggest finding a specialty store. In most bigger cities, there are little corner shops that specialize in authentic products from specific countries or broader areas, i.e. the Turkish grocer, Asian markets or African stores. Stuff there ist most of the times cheaper, in bigger packaging and of better quality than the "authentic" stuff from the German supermarkets and you can find some fresh produce you won't see in the supermarket. And if you are lucky, you get cooking tips and tricks during checkout.
Great tip. You’re 100% right. I’ve got an Asian corner store I get all my products from in bulk and a Turkish market I go to for the best produce and “exotic” goods 👍🏽 I’ll make a note of that in the next supermarket video we’re publishing. Thx
Awesome job mini me!!
Almdudler looks like Apfelschorle but it‘s not. It‘s a herb lemonade from Austria.
Thats a great video, very well explained. Btw Almdudler is not Apfelschorle, its an austrian lemonade made of mountainous herbs or something. People really like it. And the fish sticks from Frosta are the best but also the most expensive - Sure Iglo is the marked leader for decades. With the eggs there are some differences. There is like 4 or 5 different kinds. But if you go for the bio eggs anyway these are the best ones. The types indicate how the chickens were bred and how much space they have to roam which also translates into the price.
Fun fact. Many packaging in german grossers also have multi-lingual labels. usually on the back or side, It is really easy to find the info you are looking for even without knowing much german.
Interesting. I'll be looking out for this more now
For your daughter, you have to look for beverages where "Nektar" is written on it.
It is juice with normal water. It is usually not in the packages like soda but in the ones like juice (also located where the juice is), but we usually buy juice and stretch it to nektar of our prefered concentration or make it into a "Schorle" with sparkly water.
Saft = Juice
Nektar = Juice with water
Schorle = Juice with sparkly water
Nektar is juice / puree + water + sugar so for your kids you should also dillute Nektar with water too reduce the sugar content. Nektar has about the same sugar content as juice but because it is mostly water they add regular refined sugar to make it sweet again. That is mostly done for fruits too expensive like passion fruit or too puree like as mango to be sold as 100% fruit juice. Or they do it to rip you off like these drink boxes of orange "drink" for kids are often water + sugar + a little juice
At the self check out you can only chevk out if you have a bank card ...you only have a card when you are old enough to drink.
If you pay at the register they ask you how old you are and wanna see your Personalausweis.
And that was not apfelschorle...you pointed at almdudler that s a herb lemonade, super yummy, has only the color in common with apfleschorle 😊
Manda did a great job! Hopefully we will see more of her
The enthusiasm is palpable
Greeting from Auerbach Oberpfalz. 20 km from grafenwöhr. Great video
Thanks for watching! 🍿🎥
Ooh yes , spent a lot of time at Graf ( gunnery) I was a tank mechanic ( Schwienfurt) we went twice a year , never got off post , but have fond memories😅
Deep L is a good translater.
I love the German grocery stores - wunderbar!! Great prices, too!!!
Applejuice does not have bubbles. Apfelschorle does, because it's watered with sparkling water. What you are looking at at 21:20 is Almdudler. This is a herb Soda and has got nothing to do with Applejuice.
Gut erklärt danke
But Not that Bavaria music please,but its funny😂
Just a tip on how to pronounce „Gries“. It is pronounced like „grease“. the German „i“ is pronounced like the English „e“. The „e“ after an „i“ in Germany just indicates that the sound longer, it is not pronounced after an „Ii“ and it is silent.
However, if you find the order reversed as in „Ei“ (egg) it is pronounced like the English „I“ . Hope that helps.
Oh and btw Almdudler is NOT Apfelschorle ! It might look like it, but is is not. It is in fact a soda with herbs and it is from Austria, but Germans like it too. And of course there is PLENTY of apple juice in Germany - in the juice section. Clear apple juice and also natural apple juice which is not clear. I think in America they call it cider. And be aware if you find „Cidre“ in Germany, which is French and it also contains alcohol.
Finally I know who buys Pufuletti! I tried them ones, never again - for me. Just horrible. But it’s good so everybody can find something to their taste.
Good overview. It should be stressed that the store brands (EDEKA, REWE, ALDI, Kaufland; LIDL, NETTO) offer different varieties. EDEKA and REWE definitely serving a larger variety of 'healthier' products. As alway, you have to know your way around.
Super useful, my husband just got there 😊
You didn’t come why not
Is it TDY or deployment
I spent 5 years here when I was younger pro tip tell him not to get bk
Fanta is a German invention, so I guess we got the og one.
The EU has now banned non-GMO now in foods. No more round up in food. I was in Stuttgart cleaning out my mothers house in October and I noticed a lot of the German foods are graded on the label from A to F.
Try "Kiwi Beeren" you wash them and eat them with the shell like a berry its translated to "kiwi berry"
Love them. Easier to eat and same taste.
Oh cool I live like 30 minutes away from Grafenwöhr :D Best regards
5:43 Fresh milk from Bärenmarke...
This was the first company, offering condensed milk, that lasts long, so it was used for preparing baby food.
Buttermilch is almost similar to Kefir, it is like whey. Schaumküsse are like a mixture of whipped sugar and a little bit of cram, usually with a dark chocolate covering, but you can get them in white chocolate too, or any colour, when handmade. The "cheese-gate" is the reason, why there is NO, not a single type of really good us-american cheese, especially not fresh ones.
Scharf, when it comes to food, is not spicy, but "hot" - spicy in german would be "würzig", meaning that you get a lot of flavours, but it isn't necessarily "hot", like chilis and stuff.
The soda-tanks are not necessarily refilled, that depends on the stores possibilities, but you get a prefilled one in exchange and are only charged for the content, the filling, the soda itself.
afaik spicy can also mean hot (i.e. high in capsaicine)
2:13 thats actually not only organic,but biodynamic(DEMETER)-whats even better (and older) than organic 😉
ohh the thin about apple juice for your daughter in germyn we have 2 ways to have applejuice we have apfelsaft/applejuice and we have Apfelschorle /applejuice in sparklingwater so if u look at the fanta cola carbonated drinks section ur gonna find the Apfelschorle and ins the nature juice section often right next to the drink section u will find ypour clasic aplejuice but be carefull we have the sweetened apflesaft and we have Naturtrüb thats basicly jsut ass it comes pressed aple juice ^^
Also, people, if someone has liver issues, in Europe and Asia is only because of alcohol intake, not from foods! Just remember that.
Im surprised about the alcohol at self-checkout. I know that Germany is different in that 16 year olds are allowed to drink and buy beer. But here in Czech Republic anytime you scan an alcoholic item into self-checkout it needs to be approved by the staff. Either directly on your self-checkout machine or I think theyre able to do it from their terminal that controls all of them if they just have a look at you and you are visibly older. Sometimes even if you buy a non-alcoholic beer you still need to be checked .. as even non-alcoholic does contain some alcohol even if its negligible. Anyway thats how its here.
Age verification works via card payment, as well as at cigarette and alcohol vending machines.
@@arnodobler1096 I am not familiar with the newest versions of such machines but here a card payment doesn't mean anything. I've had my own debit card (the trick is the account is still legally in the name of your legal guardian) since I was 13. However we are starting to use Bank ID as identity and age verification.
I think you also have to add that taxes are included in the price in germany
By the way, "Almdudler" is herbal lemonade and not an apple spritzer. Even if it looks the same.
I already wondered where you picked Up so many German words until you mentioned 3 years of German classes. Why you just Go to classes again? That would be a nice Hobby and you have good opportunities to practice.
well apfelsaft is in the juice section
not the soda section
Very nice video! Your Aldi has so much more than ours in our village. lol. The flat bread is really nice, I like it as a wrap with humus, pickled beetroot, kale, olive oil and balsamico vinegar. Or with cream cheese and Preiselbeeren (cranberries?), very messy, but delicious. It's great that you are vegan too! Aldi should also have vegan ready meals in the fridge, ours does. One thing I find annoying though is that only a few products are labelled vegan/vegetarian, because the companies don't have to. This is so much better in the UK, I wonder if they use these labels in the US too. All the best! :)
6:57 it's wipped and sugared egg white, on a wafer and covered by chocolate
Shes awesome
16:35 Respect - an in store brand.
Rucola in German is originally called Rauke ✌️
ie in german always pronounced as an ee in english
ehile EI is pronoinced as the letter I
If you want vegan whipped cream, you can use aquafaba, the water from a can of chickpeas. You can whip that and use it as a vegan replacement.
Funny fact we have alots of similar product in Canada !
Globus in the Ramstein area is still the best.
I’d like to see price comparisons to the us, like how much the gluten free or plant based “meat” products cost there
Edeka is the best store chain in Germany.
That's your opinion.
No need to bash the commissary...people work there regardless of opinions. Commissary is a privilege and I appreciate it as a milspouse. I love the economy wherever we go, but I also appreciate what we are given by the military bc we have that option as well.
I agree, the commissary is a HUGE privilege, along with many other benefits the military get while living here. I started a film initiative to highlight the commissary (for the first time ever), so I spent quite a bit of time learning how it functions, to include the employees who help make it special. You can find that here: th-cam.com/video/A3enPctqkrI/w-d-xo.htmlsi=MYSC_cHpTVccwUGT
There’s pros & cons of course, more so concerning the quality, cost & types of food, not the employees who work there. I shop at both 😊
Well, the military needs to step up and fight for healthier food . Processed food is poison. In Europe and Asia, EVERYTHING can be eaten without becoming ill!
time index 19:41 and I'm still waiting for you to get to the alcohol section and start smiling at a bottle of
- what some of us call - the "Lynchberg medicine" 🙂
As far as I kow you in the States need to go to special liquor stores for that ?
A is always pronounced as the "a" in a brittish spoken "halve"
Ä is just a equivalent to the american "a" like in "apple"
Ö und Ü really just is a practice thing and i cant find any similar sounds in english, im sorry xD
I always laugh when I see "American hot dogs" in European stores. Hot dogs in America don't come packed in jars of water! A plastic pack of 8 or 10 is more common. There may be a little moisture in the pack, but they're not swimming in water!
The flowers, what would the price be in the US ??? (Most in the US will be import from The Netherlands, so I expect quite a bit more.)
On the deodorant. Ofcourse Rossman has a better selection, as it is a drugstore. Supermarkets only carry a smaller selection as a drugstore, at least in Europe.
A smaller selection than (!) a drugstore.
NOT every supermarket has a bakery in the same building in Germany, Aldi for example only sells its own baked goods!
But the first thing is wrong. We don't have bakerys in EVERY Supermarket.
Ya you’re right. I made a bunch of corrections throughout the video if you turn the closed captions on 👍🏽