The Pastry Chef Adding to Japan’s 400+ Flavors of Kit Kat
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ย. 2024
- Kit Kat is big in Japan. From cheesecake to wasabi to purple sweet potato, the crispy wafer bar is available in more than 400 varieties, according to Yuji Takeuchi, marketing manager for Nestlé Japan. And it’s up to Yasumasa Takagi to keep the fresh flavors coming. The classically-trained pastry chef has added over 50 to the Kit Kat canon so far. Takagi invites us into his kitchen in Tokyo to see how he creates yummy new flavor profiles for customers who are always hungry for more.
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Have a break, _have a ton of Kitkats_
dude you are everywhere
@@ohexra why tho
@lucy_Sinda and obesity
@lucy_Sinda only if you overeat them lol
😂
I'm sure they all taste delicious but the packaging is tremendous, especially the boxes. Amazing.
With that many flavours, it’s definitely gonna become subjective real fast. I probably won’t like Misty I be honest form what I be tried.
@Karen luvs Jesus Yeah. There are people who hates that. I personally love mint flavor so mint choco and such are a big pleasure. My mom on the other hand hates it. A lot. She says its like eating toothpaste which to be fair is very similar. 😅😅😅 I actually like toothpaste for mint reasons.
the sake and sakura one... not the best
@@eribulusan3771 LOL reminds me of when Colgate toothpaste release there pokemon insipired toothpaste flavors, and my mom use to buy this blue bubblegum Pikachu flavor, and i would be munching on it while my mom isn't watching, but i must say great job Colgate you've succesfully found way to force a stubborn kid who doesn't want to brush her teeth , develop a good oral hygiene.
@@anabellalloyd1935 Bubblegum flavor is good. I just brushed my teeth just so I can taste it. I might have eaten a tiny bit also😅😅😅😅😅
Meanwhile here I am, considering myself lucky if I am able to find any green tea kitkat at the grocery store. 😂
?
Aise flavors india mein nahi mill te kit Kats ke
I get it all the time my cousins own World foods supermarket a supermarket that has food from all of the earth and it has green tea KitKats so I get like 20 packs everytime I visit it’s literally heaven.
We don't even have that lol
Same lol
Screw catching all the Pokémon. It's all about eating every Kit Kat flavor!
gotta eat em all
@@spork__ LOL WTF
@@spork__ lol😂🤣😂😂🤣😂
I was thinking of doing that but then I realized how much money it would cost...
Hahhahaha
Mom get the bag! We're going to Japan *FOREVER*
My thoughts when I learned about the love for kit Kat in Japan, it's my favorite candy ❤️
@@stephaniewhite7576 WE GET IT STOP
Me and my best friends be like
@@Coco-ww2hw what’s the matter? What did she said? She deleted her comment. =)
@@seungminkimm she keep"'s sending video's in every comment i see, which leave's me annoyed. And hello fello army :D
Population of Japan: 128 million
Kitkat flavors: 400+
Population of India: 1.3 BILLION
kitkat flavors: 1
I suck at math too but this is just sad.
True man!😔
We had dark chocolate kitkats 6 years ago. Sadly, they were discontinued 😔
Yes this is discrimination 🙄
(╯︵╰,)
Let's ask MODI to trade Kit Kat with japan
in japan, there is a master for the most seemingly mundane things
The master of circumcising
@@l0sts0ul89 i believe there is, a guy just microscopicly perfecting a penis, but it's not suited for the youtube community so no one covers it, lol
The master of hentai
The master of suicide
Since Japan has the most suicides
how dare you call kit kat mundane :v
I live near a Japanese candy store that has *a whole aisle* dedicated to kit-kats, it's absolutely incredible! The sweet potato ones are to die for, they taste like cream puffs, had no clue it was supposed to be sweet potato until I read the tiny english sticker!
Where? Send me info location store name
My friend: I want KitKat
Me: *takes out all flavors*
Me: HeRe, pIcK OnE-
I would want passion fruit! Or *peach*
Dan J. Wolf same.
Dan J. Wolf I hate til tik
ALYSSANDRA SOFI ARCENAS NO DONT SHARE NO ONE IS ENOUGH FOR ANY KITKKATS GET YOUR OWN 😡😡 I'm sorry buh', I can never share but Kitkats unless it's my uncle 😗✌️
yo lo I want tik fok banned
Japan has the best KitKats in the world
Yes, indeed it's my life long wish to have them all
Why do I see your comment under every video I'm watching. Dude😂😂😂😂😂
And you are sure to watch every damn video that comes to my timeline....
And the worst
I am sorts scared of wasabi it sounds extreme
I’m craving Kit Kat’s now
Samee
@@stephaniewhite7576 we get it stopp
@Karen luvs Jesus yes. Give me the green tea one
@Karen luvs Jesus yay :D
@Karen luvs Jesus where is my green tea :D
I study in a uni in Tokyo, and my friends and I would do this while we do last-minute cramming and reviewing for big tests and exams
Kit→Japanese "kitto" means "surely"
Kat→Japanese "katsu" means "win"
KitKat→きっと勝つ(kitto katsu)
They explained that in the video my guy.
All the Kit Kat’s lines up look like pieces of chalk
Hagoromo Chalk?
Lol
Lol.....they should make a crayola style box with all different flavours lined up like crayons😋
Both edible
*hagoromo flashbacks*
Their raspberry kit kats are so good! There is nothing fake about them at all in the taste, it looks like a raspberry concentrate had been put in between the layers of wafer. It's got a very nice tartness to it and isn't too sweet, so I definitely recommend people should try it.
Why does Japan always have the the best candy
Because
A preference for quality > quantity when it comes to food.
Japan.
(•̀ᴗ•́)وIz good to know
Different Cultures
If it was all business for Mr. Takagi there wouldn't be so many unique and interesting flavours, he clearly finds joy in it and that makes me happy :)
I swear everything turns into art in Japan
KitKat lovers around world: it's just a chocolate
Japanese KitKat maker-*say no more*
And why aren't these shipped over globally
Ya
Different cultures and marketing. Japanese are more keen and willing to try new products, they even okay to pay a higher price for it. So companies had to keep coming up with new ideas, packaging, flavors etc.
And demands of the market. In my country we only had original kitkat and few years ago we finally have strawberry and macha.
Basically U.S is not a risk taker 😒
Yes, please!
This makes me want to go to Japan Even more 😅
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@@stephaniewhite7576 We get it stop
Mee tooo🤣😂😂🤣🤣😂
@@jyang470 that is a huge cap. the only difficulty you'll have is if you know little to no Japanese. money isn't an issue unless you're starting your life in Tokyo or any huge city in Japan. Japan is very affordable for most, except for the flights of course.
When I went to Japan, I’ve had a few of these flavors, my favorites included Matcha, Strawberry, and all the cheesecakes! But all the KitKats were great!
No wonder whenever I go to Japan, my friends would ask me to buy KitKat to bring home as souvenir 😂
Deaf people: *opens subtitle*
Subtitle: *Yuji speaking in foreign language*
Deaf people: *hmm yes interesting* 🤔
ah yes, someting Great Big Story Captioneer always do. its become running gag now.
Yes so you need to constantly switch between having the subtitles on and off to be able to see the "speaking foreign language" subtitles edited into the video that are right underneath the deaf and hard of hearing subtitles. Fantastic
Yes so you need to constantly switch between having the subtitles on and off to be able to see the "speaking foreign language" subtitles edited into the video that are right underneath the deaf and hard of hearing subtitles. Fantastic
@@mennoe7076 Imagine saying the same thing twice.
@@mennoe7076 Imagine saying the same thing twice.
How many KitKat flavors do you want to make?
This chef: yEs
Japan: 400+ flavours of Kit Kat
My country: *Three, take it or leave it*
The dislikes are karens that say chocolate is bad for your teeth!
Who TF says chocolate is bad for your teeth? Its the sugar dummy. Cacao is so bitter you have to drown it in sugar to make it palatable.
@@PragmaticDany Its a joke mate
Who hurt you? Lmao
@@PragmaticDany i know but it's a karen joke!
@@stephaniewhite7576 Wtf it's just a video of you getting a Cleveland Steamer
I never thought of Purple Sweet Potato as an alternative name for Purple Yam/ Ube lol💖
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@@stephaniewhite7576 WE GET IT STOP
Teacher : the Test isnt that hard
The Test : *NAME EVERY KITKAT FLAVOUR*
Who touch dislike button?
What's wrong with your life?
They're just jealous because they know they never get to taste the many great kitkat flavours from Japan
There sad and jealous that they dont hv it in there country
I like when the chef said "Unless theres a wide variety of KIt Kats, Its not possible for a wide range of people to be happy" because it just makes sense
Petition to have these officially exported to the U.S.
Also other countries too
Great episode! Matcha is the best so far, but Japanese KitKats are rare here. I'd like to taste more unique ones.
I tried the Sakura KitKat.
Like eating a perfume bottle👍
"And those flavors can change, based on where you are in the country"
Imagine, visiting 8 regions and 47 prefectures to collect 400+ flavors of Kit-Kat
I did buy a lot of Kit Kat flavors when I went to Japan. Strawberry Cheesecake was my favorite.
The best souvenirs ever. The sake one is pretty good. Japan has always been on my bucket list!
The Kit-Kat master takagi-san.
Hi, Japanese native here. The KitKats in japan taste amazing, but they are small. I miss those big ass kitkats you get at gas stations in the states
Regional stuff by prefecture is something deeply baked into Japanese food culture. Every town practically has some food item its famous for, this methodology is a serious thing there. Meanwhile, in America, we don't even get quality chocolate to begin with, Americans have no taste so the chocolate is full of shitty carnuba wax here. Get a Snickers in the US and get one in Japan or Europe. The one outside US will actually taste like chocolate. Americans, we get the worst of everything, because most of us have no taste as a culture
Well at least you guys have like a billion types and flavors of gum and candy, although not the best chocolate, I guess every country has some variety in some thing and less quality in other , like for example you guys have great movies and money to make them in Hollywood, wich is great, but your traditional food is just fast food lol, wich is good and bad ,while here in Brazil we don’t have much money for movies but we have a huge variety of food
US has the worst tasting candies and chocolates. God knows why since they love sugar.
Another reason of why Japan is on my travel list
This is one of many reasons people find Japan so intriguing
Dear Yasumasa Takagi, I love your work please keep making more flavors for kitkat
That damn tranparent chocolate making mask though....
Nobody:
This chef: "to infinity, and beyond!"
Japan makes everything gourmet
These guys could make it big in the chocolate industry in Japan someday
Kit Kat: So how many flavors are you gonna make?
This Pastry Chef: *Yes*
After reading the comments, I now consider my self to be privileged to have tasted the green tea and peach flavoured kit kats from Japan, Seriously, I never thought it was big deal! Now I get it😁
I only thought there were 4 flavours:
1)Chocolate
2)Milk
3)Strawberry
4)Green tea
My uncle brought me a bunch of different flavors of kitkat from the japan makes me the happiest kid.
I thought the end part about the word KitKat sounding like their word for "you're bound to win". Shows this candy has a special place in their culture now. I would love to try a peach or other fruity KitKat!
fun fact: the purple sweet potato is actually ube in phillpines
I love this channel so much
woowww... *How many Kitkat flavored chocolates. I've never seen it before.* 😱😱
Kit Kat in Japan is basically the equivalent of asking a girl what she wants to eat.
meanwhile, the most exotic flavor in the usa is white chocolate.
in the uk we have lemon drizzle and its peng
I am I am american and half mexican
Japan has always all the cool stuff like 400+ flavours of kitkat, better games and shiba inus.
The packaging is beautiful
Now I know why I love Matcha Green Latte Kitkat so much!
And yet people think America has everything!
Time to add the Kit Kat Chocolatory to my Japan travel itinerary.
Leave it to Japan to improve on anything that Americans do. I’m so proud of them. 😉
you can sleep easy as in this case its an improvement what the british do
Wow there's a black black one so cool
there won't be anymore Great Big Story. But I still love you all
Me : How many flavors of KitKat do you have?
Japan :yes
One of the reasons why I wanted to travel to Japan, someday 😍🙏🏽✨
This is the Mythical Chef Josh of Japan
Boy can't wait for when they start doing exclusive flavors in the us like Californian Ashes flavor, Or Floridan alligator soup Flavor
One kit kat = one break
I'll have to take many breaks in Japan
when one day i go visit japan first things is looking for kit kat ..its like vaping flavour only is call Kit kat😆
I love the green tea kitkat so much and when I went to japan a couple years ato I but tons of kitkats without realizing that it's the wasabi flavor :(
What a culture
Japan is Such a unique country
"Do you want some wasabi or a kit kat?"
Japan : yes
I want to try them all! So far I've only tried caramel, cookies and cream, hazelnut, strawberry cheesecake, creme brulee, black forest cake, cherry pie, brownies, tiramisu, coffee, lotus biscuits and the classic milk chocolate flavored kitkat
The roasted tea , chestnut and apricot ones are the best
Youve seen this in your recommended a few times. But you didnt click it bc of a nother vidoe you wante dot watch. This kept repeating, and then one day, (today) you finally clicked it.
Woah! i just realised im able to understand most of the things they said :O
Weebness taking over me
Every single thing about or in Japan always amaze me, what a wonderful land and people!
2:44
*_Hai, Aruto ja... nai to!!_*
In Poland we have those big kit kat bars in cookie dough and peanut butter flavour and they are so good!
Nobody:
This guy: FLAVOUR! UNLIMITED FLAVOUR!!!!!
I don't think I have ever seen somebody make a kitkat by hand until now.
Meanwhile in Spain, the wildest ones are milk chocolate, white chocolate, dark chocolate, matcha and ruby chocolate lol And back when i was young there only was milk chocolate, nothing else.
This man did something extremely right in his past life to be:
A pastry chef
Making Kit Kat flavors
In Japan
and in such a nice kitchen.
I’ll add a bonus point for him living in the country with the first working mecha (I know it’s there!).
I've tasted a couple of every flavored KitKats from Japan. Matcha and Sakura are my favorite ones.
MATCHA FLAVORED KITKATS ARE THE BESTTTTTTTT 🍵❤️
I literally didn't like kitkats before moving to japan, he's right, we need many flavours to be happy
People: So how many flavors do you have?
Kitkat: Yes.
*If KitKat was in anime*
*Nani?*
ummm.....Have a break. Have a KitKat.
Ive literally never seen any kit kat flavors other than the classic and the white chocolate one
If I ever went to Japan I would have to take a extra bag to bring a whole lot of chocolate from Japan 😂
Me eating the 1 flavour KitKat we have in my country : *hmmm definitely tasty I see-*
Ah thanks for this episode.
Japan: We have made 400 flavors
Me: I have never tried a kit kat 😂
How is that possible
I had to go to a specialty asian store to get my favorite kitkatflavor, strawberry cheesecake. Totally worth the drive
I would just be happy if they honoured the right size in the UK! Maybe even market it as 'KitKat Original' and charge a premium. That way they can please some people with the cheap, small ones and traditionalists who want something that's not over in 1 bite!
*a sudden Kit Kat craving washes over you*
The green tea flavor and the lychee flavor are delicious
Friend: can I have a Kit Kat
Me: here which one
Thanks for bringing so many kitkat flavour story.. enjoyed tour video and subscribed for more..