I work in the food industry in the UK, generally the rules for declaring ingredients are pretty similar but the American philosophy for food ingredients is more along the lines of "you can use it until someone proves it isnt safe", whereas in the UK it is more like "you cant use it until someone has proved it is safe"
@@2fat4airborne44 One of the underlying premises of the UK legal system is that you are allowed do anything unless explicitly prohibited by law from doing it.
@@PanglossDr yes, same for basically every free country. But evenb in the Uk certain stuff ist not legal. Like food additives. not sure why that is in any way invalidating my point.
Not no more not my king Charles has changed it . His royal charter say they no longer need to put the additives on the ingredients list . Gm foods are poison and we won't know we are eating it . Not my king Charles is the Head of the WEF and a nonce.
The reason in the UK the cup lids are raised is so the drink does not spill when pushing a straw through the lid. Personal experience. Whoever redesigned the new lids, well done.
Our laws were actually in line with EU laws, but that’ll be changing thanks to the idiots that voted for Brexit! Soon we’ll have similar food standards to America. 🤦♂️
In the US it is very important that the product looks 'appetizing' which means adding fake & unhealthy food colouring (caramel color). Some US additives are well known in the branch of giving an extra hungry-feeling in your stomach such as extra sugars (high-fructose corn syrup). And for taste they use in the US all kinds of processed (hydrogenetic) oils, what means that the potato which is mentioned in the fries can be potato powder + fillers = calciumchloride (= chemical powder not food!). How do I know that? 1. In the Netherlands there is a regular check of all kinds of foods. 2.I am a chemical engineer 3. I like to cook and I check what ingredients are in the food.
This could be one of the reasons Americans say British food is bland just from looking at it. We prefer to let the taste speak for instance rather than artificially making everything look over the top.
They probably won't see this but. This is why you guy's thought there was a rule that breaks down stuff more. It's actually the opposite, your food laws/and process of making said food ie where it comes from, what it is and what it's actually made of even down to a chemical level. Not to mention things like colour, which you guys noticed in the fries.
@@helenb1374 Well, they say the taste is bland. I think it was CinnamonToastKen said this when he moved to Australia. the food was blander, then he realised that's what the food is supposed to taste like without all the additives and preservatives and extra chemicals.
I'm from the UK and we don't just call cookies biscuits, a cookie is a type of biscuit, but we still say cookie, when its a cookie, but when its a bourbon biscuit or a custard cream, or pretty much anything else, biscuit is how we would refer to them most of the time
The reason ice cream machines in McDonalds is a problem is due to McDonalds having a sole contract with one ice cream machine manufacturer (Taylor company, formally the Taylor freezer Corporation). If the machine is not cleaned in one specific way it stops operating requireing an engineer from the machine manufacturer to attend the resturaunt to put in a reset code. It should be noted that there is a very large call-out fee for the engineer and McDonalds and their franchise holders are obliged by contract to only use the machine manufacturers engineers to service and reset them. Therefore as many of the resturants are independent franchise holders under the McDonalds brand the ice cream machines are not in service due to the cost of the engineers being called out !
@@chriselmes6810 That makes sense. What doesn't make sense is McD continuing to use them given how many customers get upset when there's no ice cream available. Perhaps a world wide petition to McD - get new ice cream machines and better terms of contract??? 😀
The beef flavour is because McDonalds use to fry their fries in Beef Tallow, but following an unfounded scary against animal fats, switched to vegetable oils. This does have the benefit that now the fries are vegetarian. When it comes to accurate ingredients list, the UK is definitely better than the US, the UK does a lot more testing and is more restrictive on additives than the US is.
@@DrMark1981 effects what !!!! we haven’t left as the remainers keep trying to block things. As for our rules on food they would stay the same in or out I wish the government would do the democratic right thing just shows the people spoke and the governments don’t listen. Democracy is dead. If you wanted to leave or stay a democratic vote was cast and should be implemented period and other countries are now looking to leave because of the doggie dealings going on in the eu. England was not the first to leave and won’t be the last
The UK is far stricter on ingredients. If I go to a US Sweet shop, they have a sticker over the top of the US ingredients with all the extra stuff that they don't have to say in the US. Such as genetically modified stuff.
@@mango-zi7rw We literally do, everything your food is made of is on the table of elements lmao but yeah we have a lot more restrictions on food additives in the UK, ours is focused on health while America focuses on saving money, hence why they love dirt cheap high fructose corn syrup instead of sugar.
We DO have donut sticks in the UK - only not at McD's. Go to practically any supermarket over here and you'll usually find something called 'yum yums'.
I lived in Bristol in the UK and there was a takeout that did a crispy creme burger - a beef patty, 2 slices of cheese between 2 glazed ring donuts. Also UK food labelling laws are very strict any of 14 allergens have to be clearly declared and with Natasha's Law all ingredients must be listed. In McDonalds if a customer asks about the ingredients you must hand them the folder containing all ingredients for each product and let them read it themselves, you are NOT allowed to read it to them in case you miss an item. Additionally the beef used in McDonalds products in the UK is all UK and Irish sourced which prohibits the use of growth hormone in the breeding of the cattle, a practice which is common in beef cattle used for American McDonalds (and the reason your mother told you it would advance your development - wise woman). There have been many demonstrations in the UK about McDonalds contributing to Amazon Deforestation for Beef farming but this again was a mainly US thing. Basically the UK McD's sources beef and eggs from UK and Ireland, wheat products from the EU and UK and Chicken from Thailand as a rough guide.
We do have chicken tenders in the UK, they're called chicken selects. The sauces they do for them are amazing. Bbq (but fancy), Sour cream and sweet chilli
FYI... propylene glycol thats in your fries is also used for the production of polyester resins. that are used to produce polyurethanes. And Propylene glycol is also used in water-based acrylic architectural paints to extend dry time. And is also used in antifreeze.. yum..
@@steveo4991yeah you always see people making these dumb completely feels over reals disgust based arguments like "did you KNOW that THIS THING is used in THIS OTHER SPOOPY THING"... Ok, and? I don't care what something does *outside* of me, I care what it does *in* me lol, when it comes to eating you should be caring way more about what something does to humans when its consumed than what other crap it might be used for. Water can be used for a lot of questionable things, are you going to tell me *water* is bad because of that? 😂
I heard they had their own potato variety that gave more elongated potatoes which give a more uniform yield of long fries from the chipper cutter. Also the right water content etc to suit their frying system.
They do... But for - in healthy food terms - all the WRONG reasons... I've 'enjoyed' (i.e. subsequently binned) two Macdonald's meals in my life, courtesy of grandchildren allowed to become addicted to this crap. And people wonder why public health is declining...
The UK veggie burgers have been replaced with McPlant (plant based, pretend meat) burgers now. Very nice. CaRaMel! 😉 The reason the polar ice caps are disappearing is because America is using them up in their massive drinks cups. 😄 If Anna wants some hot mustard, she should try Colemans English mustard!! It'll melt the wax in your ears!
Mc Plant also has the best veg options on the burger.. the beef tomatoe slice and the onion slices not diced really help plus pickles and the mustard vegan mayo and ketchup it's just a prime burger! and the fact you can get a double burger now!
It isn't that you have a law to break things down more. Its the fact you guys have many more conservatives and additives. A lot of which are banned in Europe.
It's a rule for some, many people seem to have a problem pronouncing vegetables and salad yet breeze through words like Tartrazine and monosodium glutamate 🤣🤣👍
0@@martindunstan8043 well yeah, Americans can't even say Tomato properly, and they totally messed up the pronunciation of aubergine and courgette 🤣🤣
@@davebirch1976 tomatoes originate from South America and we pronounce like they do in SA, so we pronounce it right, everyone else pronounce tomatoes wrong.
@@marydavis5234 the reason we pronounce it like we do is because in the 18th century there was a shift in how the vowels in British English were pronounced, so basically British English evolved. It's like with the supermarket(grocery store) Aldi, Americans pronounce it All-de and we pronounce it Al-De, our pronunciation is closer to the native German pronunciation of the store, Americans seem to elongate the vowels in some words, Yoghurt is another example of this, there's an emphasis on lengthening the O in American English, whereas in British English It's shorter and quicker.
Hi Guys, here in the UK my local McDonald's is seriously the worst food I have ever eaten. I wouldn't recommend eating in any McDonald's anywhere. I know I'm going to get hate comments for that one. But I would recommend that you take some serious look into the epitome of British fast food, (Greggs Bakery) from the county of Devon to hills of Scotland, it always tastes exactly the same no matter where you are.
@@AndrewwarrenAndrew Would that be a McDonald's Burger, by any chance? I joke, because I can by the way. I have a lot of respect for McDonald's. Anyone who sells something that tastes like wood shavings for a profit, cries out for respect. ;)
I am English but live in Spain,one thing that we have in our McDonald's here,that you don't have in either UK or USA is BEER,on draft!!! You can have it as your drink with your Mcmeal🎉
yeeeah we really don't need alcohol in McDonald here in the uk that's just asking for trouble 😲😲 with the amount of pissheads you get in there at night anyway 🤣🤣
@@maphisto3769 oh sweet lord, can you imagine? Would save all the hassle of going to the pub to get hammered first. Two birds with one stone. For people who claim to rarely go to McD's, our couple have a wiki depth knowledge of their menu.
Years ago I used to work at Heathrow Airport and there was a Wendy's which sold square shaped burgers that were the most tasty fast food burgers I've ever had but their chilli pots were the best. They couldn't make tea though, their bosses had instructed them that a cup of hot water with a tea bag laid beside it was the way to do it. In England! I ask you?
Just a quick update to the food Items: The Mozzarella Dips are Cheese Sides which vary throughout the year. They also have: Nacho Cheese Bites, Camembert Bites, Emmental Cheese Bites...there might be some that I missed 🙃 Chicken Legend has been replaces with a Burger Called the McCrispy & McCrispy Spicy (A bit like KFC Fillet Burger/Zinger) As mentioned below, Chicken Selects are the equivalent to the Tenders and come with Sweet Chili, BBQ or Sour Cream Also as mentioned by yourself, the wraps are Grilled or Crispy. 😋
It's worth noting that the video is about 3 years old and some of the exclusive UK items have been discontinued, making it a bit out of date. The chicken legend has been replaced by a better chicken sandwich called the McCrispy and a spicier version called the McSpicy and both are really good. We have a vegan burger called the McPlant which as a meat lover, surprised me how good it is. The sweet curry sauce is delicious too - great for dippping McNuggets, chicken selects (our equivalent of tenders) and fries. I'm jealous we don't have the McGriddle but I'm not too sad at the sundaes being discontinued. McFlurrys beats the sundaes every time (when the ice-cream machines work - something we have in common!).
Have to disagree about the sundae - that was soft serve ice cream like a Mr Whippy . McFlurrys are nothing like that - they have a terrible bitty texture .
On the ingredients, if you add something to make it last, or maintain a colour you end up having to add something else to prevent the side effect that first thing produces.
In the uk we dont have a dairy queen in terms of ingredients lists the uk have very strict guidelines and many ingredients in your mcdonalds in the us is actually banned here in the uk for health concerns. We used to have the mint shake but that was discontinued in the early 2000s. We do have special promos where they do bring out some of the burgers from the us that we dont usually have
The team need to do a version of this where they include what they sell at McDonald's in Italy! They have a full-on dessert menu that looks like you're walking into a beautiful cake shop. I was flabbergasted when I saw it a few years ago!
Japanese McDonald's are an experience. Liquid chocolate to pour on the fries! They do a sakura meal to honour the cherry blossom festival with a burger bun with the top slit open and pink inside!
There is a reason why there icecream are not working. Someone I know from McDonald's said that sometimes it's not broken but they say it because they have to clean it every day and it take hours to clean it.
Ice cream machine not working is universal. I worked at a uk mcdonalds when I was 16, and the ice cream machine would be off if bo one could be bothered to set it up.
I don't think I've met anyone in the UK that "loves" McDonalds, not like this woman obviously does. And I'd never call McDonalds a "restraunt". A restraunt is an establishment where they cook food, not merely warm it up.
We don’t call cookies biscuits. Cookies are different, biscuits are hard and designed to be dipped. Cookies are soft and chewy in the middle (comes from the fact they are cake-like) just like chips are different from French fries.
No JT, the US just has way more chemicals in its food. The UK and Europe as a whole have laws against adding many chemicals that are in US food. If there's any doubt about the affects of a chemical in food then it's just banned in Europe whereas in the US it's the reverse, where it's allowed to be added until adverse affects are proven. You can see many people that have visited from the US to the UK and stayed here a good amount of time and got use to UK food that when they return to the US, the food makes them ill.
I have actually not eaten mac Donald’s for about 15 years. But I remember trying it in Florida about 2003, the bun around the breakfast Pattie was sweet, it was super odd lol
In New Zealand my first McDonald's burger in 1976 I ordered my favorite burger, a cheese burger. What I got was a little meat patty and a slice of cheese between two tiny buns. I literally thought they screwed up my order and gave me a kids appetizer or something. After I realised that that's what a McDonald's cheeseburger was, a piece of crap with no filling, I was friggin' disgusted and I didn't go back to a McDonald's for 33 years when they brought out the Angus burgers in 2009. So for 33 years I'd drive past any McDonald's to get to any other burger shop. Ya gotta have a filling in your burger people! A beef patty, tomato, lettuce, sauces, onions, cheese, sometimes beetroot, in a full size bun, that's what a cheese burger in NZ is.
Best burgers I have ever had where in NZ from the White Lady wagon in Wellington, well maybe 2nd best - the Lobster and Crab burgers in Nova Scotia/ Halifax might just beat the White Lady’s Lamb burgers!
@@Billy.Nomates Yeah but this was my first visit to a McDonald's when they first opened in Auckland in 1976. I was expecting something like a New Zealand style cheeseburger, which is fully loaded, not the piss poor excuse for a burger I got.
@@cadifan I agree,just that the cheeseburger at McDonalds is just over a £ in the UK,I suppose you get what you pay for...would definitely love to try the NZ burger that you mentioned though
You should do comparisons with other countries. Here in Australia we have some pretty unique menu items and we have McCafe, barista coffee and cafe-style menu.
As a uk McDonald’s worker, some of these things are true, however the chicken legend is NOT coming back as well as the snack wrap, and no the ice cream machine is NOT broken all the time. Love the video guys❤
We now have the crispy chicken burger in the U.K. and the spicy version, we also have chicken strips I think they are what you call tenders. You really should try a big Mac they are my favourite and I don’t like the pickle (Gherkin) so just take it off. I had a double sausage and egg muffin meal for breakfast today with a hash brown 😋
14:37 That's not the most American thing Anna has ever said!!! I love Annas laugh Only Americans say "Carmul" and "On Accident" instead of Caramel and By Accident!
You guys including pooches help me get through my day ❤ thank you xxx I'm very poorly and live in Cornwall UK . The prettiest place in the world. Cornwall has always wanted its independence, like Wales, Ireland and Scotland. Look us up. Sending much love and blessings your way xxxx
@@mathlexx The Tory Government had stolen every penny of Public Money they could but it wasn't enough, they wanted more. That was when they came up with Fake Taxes. Sugar Tax was one. Sugar is nowhere near as bad as the Government made out. One of the Tory Government's Financial Backers made Sugar Substitute. They are the most Corrupt Government this Country has ever had. Their New Road Laws put People's Lives in Danger. They have committed multiple Acts of Fraud, Theft of Public Money in a Massive Scale, Deliberate and Premeditated Murder and Treason. Who do you Report this Corrupt Government to. I have Reported them to the Police in England so many times and they do nothing. That is because of the Secret Condition that goes with Fast Track Promotion, Higher Wages and a Great Pension when they Retire. They have to Protect the Government from Allegations made against them.
Never isn't quite correct. The UK has gotten better over the years with removing harmful ingredients in foods but way back, we used the same cancer causing colours and additives in food and sweets as the US does today.
@@Thurgosh_OG I didn't say we have never used fake colouring or flavouring. I said we don't. It all changed after the Edwardian Age. That is not all regarding America. In 1883 a Dr Harvey Washington Wiley took on The Food Industry. Wiley was an indefatigable activist for food safety regulations during a time when the food industry was organizing and adding substances to food without any oversight, using its might to put profits before people. He got nowhere and it still that way to this day.
The uk guidelines are a lot different in terms of what additives and ingredients are allowed. We have “American candy” shops and even getting crisps or sweets that you can buy which imported from America is about triple the price and the labels with all the ingredients and E numbers blow my mind haha!
The uk has so much more then what was shown here, we have mc muffins which is like your mc grizzle but with English muffins instead of pan cakes, (only available on the breakfast menu which stops at 11am) cheese burger, double cheese burger, triple cheese burger, we also have the quarter pounders, fillet O fish, and limited time exclusives such as grand big mac, chicken big mac, big tasty (my personal fav) steak house burger and apple pies, mc flurry's etc the list goes on this guy picked such boring items to compare lmao, love the vids keep it up!
The original video they watched is a few years old now, so things have moved on but it is also prudent to say that, that was what was available in the McDs the UK went to and because McD's is a franchise in the UK, menus vary from town to town.
I went to MacDonalds only once and just wanted a burger in a bun, nothing else. But after their third attempt with this simple order and my burger arrived with pickles this time, I gave up, walked out and never went back. That was over 40 years ago and I will never step inside a MacDonalds again. By the way, MacDonald is a Scottish surname and the Mac part of the name means son of. So altogether MacDonald means son of Donald.
Mac and Mc both mean the same thing, the contraction from Mac to Mc occurs more in Ireland than Scotland, with two out of three Mc surnames originating in Ireland but two out of three Mac surnames originating in Scotland. Both mean son of.
I know that, my last name is McFarlane, us mc's and mac's are always arguing which is right, lol. I was just saying you spelt it MacDonalds when it's spelt McDonald's, which backs up my argument lol
As a vegan I have come to realise that I would really struggle in the US. So many things I eat are vegan here but not in the US. I knew ridiculous amounts of sweets and sugary things are vegan here but not in the US but now I see I wouldn't even be able to eat the fries at McDonalds! They missed showing you the vegan burger. I don't know if it is still the case now but at one point they put salad on the menu and we realised that it was the same or more calories than the burger (Just from the sauce alone) that was a very long time ago though
Food laws in in the UK and Australia are very strict you must list everything in the ingredients no exceptions. You may list things like spices instead of the individual spices however you are required by law to list any potential allergens. When American food is imported into Australia the labels have to be completely changed to comply with Australian laws and I would imagine this is the same in the UK as well but it's been a long time since I lived there
The UK is much more strict about displaying all ingredients than the US. I only know this because my kids have loads of allergies and when we go to the US to see my wife's sister & family, everything in the US is a nightmare because soy appears everywhere, including in things it is not listed in.
I love how open you guys are to the comparison between the UK and US foods. If it was a US media outlet or lets say a Rett and Link type channel they would slate us for having more rules in our food industry and effectively 'less flavour' xD
The chicken legend hasn't been on the menu for a few months now. It's been replaced by the McCrispy and McSpicy. Also there was a place that sold a glazed doughnut burger!
In the UK, we have the Qtr Deluxe as a promo item occasionally, we a have a lot of rotating promo items that come and go. Before Covid, we used to have Breakfast Bagels - they were the best item on the menu and they are missed
I like the idea of a mint milkshake. I think since this video was made the US have stopped using beef flavouring in the fries. I found out yesterday that you guys dont deep fry your apple pies. As far as im aware we do. I know we used to. We dont have dairy queen.
I live in Scotland and I won't ever again eat anything from McDonald's. I refuse to put that garbage into my body, and it tastes crap too. Given the amount of additional shit that America allows them to put into their food, it would be completely out of the question if I visited the states. I wouldn't feed that junk to my worst enemy.
They put beef flavour in the fries because they used to be fried in beef fat a long time ago. Due to health concerns about meat fat they changed to vegetable oils.
Currently the UK McDonalds has the Steakhouse Stack, two beef patties, cheddar cheese, crispy onions, red onions and peppercorn sauce. Chicken BigMac, same as the regular BigMac but has two chicken burgers in place of the beef patties. McSpicy, chicken breast in a hot and spicy breadcrumb. Double McPlant, two vegan. Vegetable Deluxe, Red pesto goujons in a bun, etc... Bacon Mayo Chicken, crispy coated chicken breast, bacon and mayo. As well as the usual hamburgers, cheeseburgers, quarter pounders, BigMacs, etc... For wraps we have Sweet Chili Chicken (grilled or crispy), BBQ & Bacon Chicken (grilled or crispy), Garlic Mayo Chicken (grilled or crispy) and Spicy Veggie.
The reason why ingredients lists are so long and have repetition is because they have ingredients of the ingredients. So if you had a sandwich it might have mayonnaise as an ingredient, then have everything they used to make the mayo like eggs, oil, salt, pepper etc in brackets after it. This helps people with food allergies because they might not know what mayonnaise is made of or they might use a certain type of oil that has allergens in it. In the UK the common allergens like wheat, nuts, soy and milk are written in bold so they're easier to spot in the ingredients list.
The healthy options are probably more expensive because they don't contain artificial ingredients which are aimed at slowing the rate at which products spoil. Due to the lack of preservatives, they have a shorter shelf life so have to be tossed out if not consumed within a certain time frame (especially salad which can't be frozen). This means that the business loses money and therefore, to make up for the loss, they jack up the price.
For everyone from the UK saying that due to laws not allowing certain additives as to why their ingredients lists are shorter: That is not fully the case, in the US companies are required by law to list sub-ingredients, on the list of ingredients for the mac sauce things like salt and vinegar are listed twice, because it is used in both the main part of the sauce and it is an ingredient of the pickles, whereas in the UK you just list Gherkin and not the full ingredient list for them. Then on the US side, when it says spices and spice extractives, it then lists those spices.
In EU, you also have salads, sundae, Mc FLURRY, flavoured coffees - vanilla, caramel, chocolate, cheesecake, dots, doughnuts, strawberry cake, carrot cake, muffins, crispy chicken sandwich, only with different topping, breakfast menu, and some extra sandwiches in regular menu are a bit different in every EU country, we also have special sandwiches, that appears in menu only for some period of time.
I've seen a comparison where they looked at things like Salt and fat content and the US was quite alot higher which was shocking as I had assumed McD was McD everywhere the same!
McGriddle sweet and savoury UGH! Not suited to the British pallet. They did try Sausage with maple syrup but I don't know anyone who actually tried it.
In the uk biscuits and cookies are different. Biscuits are crunchy and snap when you break them. Cookies are softer and thicker. And scones are normally eaten with cream and jam, but some are cheesy and you could eat with pickle (not pickles) or chutney.
As a McDonald’s employee uk we have the normal size wrap but we used to have the snack wrap and used to have sundaes but they got removed and we don’t have cones that got stopped as well
the wraps are one of the only reasons i go there now. they do a wrap of the day, which costs £1.99 each, it is one of the few bargains left. i doubt they'll stay that price for much longer.
In England we do not call cookies biscuits. They are two different things, the difference is a cookie will bend, but a biscuit will snap, when broken in two.
