As a US viewer, I wish you had access to supermarket options rather than the "specialty" ones like the cheetos mac and cheese (which was rank when I tried it!). I feel like those would have been a fairer comparison. Could you and an american or canadian youtuber send each other a package of things, then try them at the same time?
I'm from the States, and I have never tried any of these items. I know from these videos that it looks like all of us are eating this stuff all the time, but just because they exist doesn't mean we're all buying them. Every US item looked disgusting to me, too. 😅
😂 these aren’t really popular U.S items or flavors. I know they seem so but definitely not. The chemical taste is real but because ppl here have had them their whole lives we dnt notice it. Also our cleaning products dnt smell the same as UK we mostly have citrus, pine, lavender scents as the most common
That’s fair. The US is a big country with a lot of trash food in it. It’s definitely out there. But there’s good food, too. People come here and want to try all the crap they see online. And it’s crap. So it’s understandable that people think that’s all we have. 😉
As an American, I can tell you that when I went to the UK, the most immediately obvious thing to me about the food was how all of our food back home tastes really artificial and sometimes kind of mummified by comparison. Generally, I think that's because you guys are way better about not putting weird chemicals into your food. Also, I WISH I could get Ribena squash every day! It's miles better than American grape flavor anything. We don't really understand squash yet, though. I miss it!
Kellogg is an an American founded brand and while I can't tell you how a "Winder" tastes I can tell you the American equivalent of that would definitely be a Fruit By The Foot...which tastes completely different from a Fruit Roll Up. Cheetos Mac and Cheese is a novelty item (which is probably why it's available in the UK). The equivalent to the UK ones would have been Kraft or Annie's Mac and Cheese. What you guys call Squash is just our (unrefrigerated) Juices. More Welch's and Mott's...less novelty water additives.
@@mariannetuite7411 That's what Google says but if you look at the ingredients in the drink she had it's more like unrefrigerated juices. Welch's and Mott's may be a bit "high end", but syrupy "juices" are just our Squash. I would say Hawaiian Punch, but that might have too much sugar compared to theirs.
Maybe a frozen juice concentrate from the US would be closer, though those are less popular than they used to be. I think squash is just kind of uniquely British and there isn't a good equivalent
An American here, fruit by the foot is more like the winders though it is a bright red. Fruit roll ups taste similar to fruit by the foot but roll ups are stickier. The Mac n cheese you would make at home is usually kraft which has the powder and you would add milk and butter. There is also Velveeta which has liquid cheese you would pour onto cooked shell noodles. I feel like strawberry and orange are the most popular Jello flavors in America. We don’t have black currant flavored anything in America, though plenty of grape. I’ve never tried the Skittles Jello before, either. Sometimes I will add unflavored gelatin to the Jello mix so that it is more firm. Our toilet cleaners smell like bleach, so I never associate the flavor to cleaner, though some smell like lemon, making lemon flavors reminiscent of cleaners. Crystal Lite is the more popular powdered drink, but I find adding all of it is too sweet. People use the liquid ones too, but a brand called Mio is more popular. Cookie Crisp in America basically tastes like chocolate.
Could be fun to try british supermarket versions of dishes vs authentic homemade versions. I think british versions of anything are always made to appeal to a bland pallet. You could even do budget vs expensive vs homemade. Something like butter chicken, carbonara, thai green curry.
This! I'm scottish and while I LOVE our food, all of the ready meal versions are super bland and underseasoned. Like I know british food doesn't have a complex flavour profile at all but a little salt and pepper wouldn't go a miss 🤣
I don’t know if you’ve had a look Grace but there is an online store called American Fizz (UK based) that sell US and Canadian foods, sweets and drinks. They are also quite reasonably priced.
@@outoftheklosset the only US based online store that sells UK things that I’ve heard of is called British Corner Shop (I think), whether or not they’re reasonably priced, I couldn’t say…but if your looking for somewhere to find reasonably priced US food in the US, I don’t have a clue 😊
This reminded me of when a friend of mine used to bring in the undissolved jelly cubes with her lunch at school and eat them straight out the pack... I thought it was absolutely unhinged but then I tried it, surprisingly not that bad!
Evan edinger is a youtuber whos originally from the US but has been here for like a decade. He's known for british vs american videos. Could be a good collab.
I've loved these videos since I was a kid! as an American, I definitely agree with the comments saying the comparisons were off, as a lot of the flavors/brands you got are novelty, and definitely not what you'd grow up eating - but I'd love for you to do this sort of video again, and hopefully you're able to get some of the more common brands :)
I’d be curious to see you blind test Australian versus UK chocolates, but the same ones. We have Cadbury here, but it doesn’t taste the same as the UK versions (UK is better, but that’s my opinion). Would be interesting to see you blind taste test the same Cadbury products form the UK and Australia and see if you notice the difference. PS Or Cadbury/UK brand chocs versus the same from around the world 🤷🏻♀️
When did you last have British Cadbury's? The quality has gone majorly downhill since they swapped out some of the milk fats for vegetable fats. I had some chocolate buttons from my selection box earlier and they actually tasted stale!
@@hannahk1306 oooh that doesn’t sound promising. I had a standard dairy block over Christmas that my aunt bought over and I thought it tasted the same as last time…🤔
@@swirlymay It started years ago when Kraft bought Cadbury's and first changed the recipe, then Mondelez bought them and not only did they not change it back but they have continued to tweak it. Cadbury's chocolate used to be much creamier and now it's mostly just tastes sweet.
Fun video! The comparisons were a little off but who cares? I would like to see you make and try some US regional dishes such as New England clam chowder, Philly cheese steaks, Louisiana low country boil, California fish tacos, Texas chilli or even simple biscuits and sausage gravy (the South's beans on toast). Real family style recipes. As a matter of fact, I would like to see the UK regional dishes. The real food that anyone from that area would recognize. Anyway, thanks for sharing. I really enjoyed it as usual.
Ooh yes! A couple of British examples I think of off the top of my head (although I'm sure there are tonnes more): - proper Cornish pasty (none of that Ginsters rubbish!) - rag pudding - jam roly poly - Bedfordshire clanger - Welsh rarebit - cock-a-leekie - hotpot - haggis (decent one), neeps and tatties - laverbread - Welsh cakes - beef stew and dumplings - pie and liquor (with jellied eels if she's feeling brave!)
Here in the US and those drink powders liquids most people don’t actually use them full strength as they are VERY strong, and not meant to be similar to a juice drink flavor, more of a soda flavor. Fun video grace!
As a Brit, for some reason American boxed Mac'n'cheese is BETTER. 😂 Honestly some things from the states taste great, chemicals and preservatives aside!
If you are doing it again I would getting the same flavours + dont open your eyes in between tasting. Maybe put a cloth before your eyes. Also, just branded vs unbranded is so fun! And i see no one do those anymore!
I’m a Canadian and we live on the border to America so we buy a lot of the food and the exactly the same stuff like kraft dinner or chocolate bars like snickers taste completely different. Milk and cheese and beef taste very different. Canadian food taste so much better. I know what you mean by the chemically tastes. We have a lot stricter food laws.
I think you should do an America Vs UK but off of viewer recs so you can get an accurate reading of what snacks/foods the majority of us actually eat or a poll.
This was fun! I wanted to know how the cookie crisp and Reese’s pieces cereals were too! We can’t get either in NZ (I mean I’m sure you can order them online, but they aren’t readily available in supermarkets to my knowledge) and I was curious. I wanted to know how closely the Reese’s Pieces cereal resembles the cups. Maybe you could review in on social media somewhere
squash isn't really an American thing - people drink rather lemonade, juice like minute made or soft drinks over squash. although (as a nordic European )people drink a lot of squash over here (north Europe), so Sweden, Finland Norway and Denmark. the most popular brand for squash here, is called Fun light, please try if you can find it in the uk!:)
Love this! Please do more! I’d still love to see a Cookie Crisp comparison as well. Oh & id love to see you try American flavored coffee creamers! Maybe in tea if you don’t like coffee?
Fun video but please ask an American lol these were weird comparisons (except maybe the jello). I don’t even know what squash is, but we have the exact same thing you do in a bunch of fruit flavors.
If you like cheetos (the crunchy snack) and you like boxed/microwaved mac n cheese, then you'll like the cheetos mac n cheese. It's creamy and has a subtle cheetos flavor.
When you had your eyes closed, waiting for the spoon to be fed to you, it made me think of the scene in The Grinch when they were force feeding him fudge as the Holiday Cheermeister. Obviously, the Jim Carrey version!
I've never had the Cheetos brand Mac n cheese, (i felt a bit dubious about it tbh) but the Kraft Mac n Cheese is a classic here❤ I also love the Aunt Annie's Vegan Mac. If you can get your hands on either of those, they might impress you a bit more than the Cheetos one. Lol
i would definitely poll american viewers before doing this again, at least! i love seeing the UK options, but none of the american options are what i would have chosen as the equivalent... they seemed like much more gimmicky or specialty items vs. classic american things most people ate growing up!
Kraft is really a staple in the United States I’m not ashamed to love it. Btw idk if you’re into nyc vlogs but if so, you might like mine! I’d be sooo grateful if you swung by and took a peek. 🙏 Stick around if you like!
Comparing an instant mug and a supermarket brand microwave option is a bit unfair. There's a boxed one by marshalls that's quite nice. Or even the bachelors packet option.
Ok I’m disappointed you didn’t at least taste the cereal still, but I also think you have the wrong fruit rollups. We have something called “froot by the foot” that’s more comparable to your fruit winders. Also, should you get another PO box so we can send you some genuine American treats. I’d be down to swap snacks and we can do a comparison. Lastly, that orange “crush” was bound to be awful, crush is actually a pop/soda so I wouldn’t imagine it’s nice flat.
My mother used to bring us back candy from London. The candy bars were like our American candy bars but they just had different names and wrappers (Mars bars and Rolos.) I never tasted a difference.
I’m in the UK and use the little squeeze squash in work so I don’t need to lug a big bottle. I tend to get the Aldi normal flavour ones but sometimes get the slush puppie ones
I'm an American living in Europe now for almost 2 years. I can say that I definitely taste a difference in most things that are available in both places, including sodas. And for the most part I prefer the European version
If you want a better comparison for American box mac and cheese, Kraft is the iconic brand one, and most stores, including walmart, have an own brand version, and in the UK, ASDA has Mondelez Cheesey Pasta, and Lidl has a boxed one with a powdered sauce as well (though I'm in Scotland, so ymmv). There's also a box type called "Deluxe" and the best known one in the US is velveeta, and that comes with a liquid sauce packet instead of the powdered one, but I have never seen a UK equivalent. I've only been here a couple years though, so maybe it exists. Froot Loops would be an interesting comparison, because I know those are way different here than in the states. Flamin Hot Cheetos vs the spicy Wotsits. Spaghettios vs. Spaghetti hoops. I am trying to think of other things I bought assuming they'd be like what I was used to in the US, just because they looked alike... I know the american version of sour patch kids are a lot different than the UK version. Coco Krispies vs Coco pops.
If you want really tasty ready meals in the UK buy camping meals, some of them are amazing, I wild camp a lot and at the moment am using a lot of Firepot and Expedition Foods meals and they're actually really delicious, being camping meals they cost a small fortune and have about three times the amount of calories in them though! 🤣
I'd love to see you attempt this in a more "Beryl Shereshewsky" style. Take some polls, have people reach out, maybe a video chat will give you the insight you desire as well! **edited to add more thought: I only suggest polls and more conversation because some of the choices here are not things I'd personally eat or find nostalgic as an American. Example: the Mac n cheese: blue box Kraft or Velveeta are definitely the more common ones from what I know of the people around me and my experience! Mac N Cheetos is a newer thing. Or the drink mixes! Everyone is SO different here. Do you call juices Squash? Cause the mixes are not at all what I'd consider an American juice. Their water enhancers, usually artificial sweeteners. I like half a packet in a liter of water cause I too find it powerful, or sometimes I'll mix half packet of the lemonade powder mixers with a liter of black, unsweetened iced tea for a real treat. Anyways, fun video as always and I can't wait to see if you try this again!
I’d say that in general Beryl is cooking things from scratch whereas Grace has had to try and source things that she can get in either a US import store or from the international aisle in the supermarket to put up against things that we already have our own versions of in the UK. So whilst a poll might be a nice idea, it wouldn’t necessarily help with products to compare.
@@joannamarina6734 I understand that but like I said before, she is making things from scratch and learning about familial and cultural traditions and methods. It would be pointless to do something similar if Grace wasn’t able to get the items that correspond with what the person is talking about.
If I ever get to visit England, I volunteer to compare US/English snacks! I'm from Oklahoma, and most of our convenience store chains have a ridiculous amount of snack foods. I could fill a checked bag. haha.
what about the Lemon Barley...really hope they still make that, my squash of choice. From memory, blackcurrants are not allowed in the US due to some sort of parasite or something that they carry (or something) that interferes with some other crop that is important to the US - just looked it up and apparently it's down to 'white pine blister rust', a fungus.
@@mariaangelicavillarraga2334 I moved here 15 months ago on a track and xc scholarship at an American college, and also studying my masters in human nutrition
Wish you’d had gushers fruit snacks instead of fruit roll ups😩 the coolest thing about fruit roll ups was they had tongue tattoos… so you’d let that sheet of fruit thing sit on your tongue for like 30 seconds and then walk around to your friends saying nonsense with your colored tongue sticking out
I mostly enjoy home made snacks. To me they taste so much better. I too am older, and have to be gluten free. And am still searching for a good gluten free bread that doesn't make me sick, there is one more like homemade called canyon house, but boy oh boy does it ever make me sick. Gas so bad you can't stand up straight.
I'm American been here in the north east of the UK for 21 years sooo we can hook up it is doable punk ❤ but seriously I'm only in the north east and love train rides hahaha
HNY Grace you little marvel. Did I miss something? Was watching Vlogmas and suddenly you were gone. No mention of Christmas Day, the NY or anything. And as far as I can tell this is your first video back and again, nothing mentioned? Hope you had a great festive period. Would love to hear about it. 😉💕
It's too bad that you were't able to eat Original Kraft Dinner macaroni and cheese AKA 'KD', which is much nicer than that odd Cheetos one that you tried. 🤷🏻♀️. Regardless, I enjoyed watching your video. 🫶🏼🇨🇦 viewer in 🏴.
I’m heading to the US for the first time in March and I am slightly worried about the food! The chemicals, the synthetic taste, the amount of sugar! Some of it has to be lethal!!
You’re right, you can’t get those fruit roll up colors in England, because they’re banned 🙃 American candy is full of artificial colors. They’re harmful, especially blue, and thus, banned in Europe. You’re probably better off not having true access to what we are stuck with
Happy New Year! I live in California in the U.S., and I hate that we use all those bad chemicals and colors in our food. Hope you are a great new year with lots of adventures.
Think you should try an equal match up. Strawberry against the strawberry so to speak to really test out the difference. These are just a bunch of random things. Maybe you can get your dad or your husband off screen to try them also so that two people judge.
