@@JoeAvella I think about heat, what you think about Sour. I LOVE sour and could never understand why others didn't but when you said what you said about WHY people don't like sour...it clicked! :P
Why are people all of the sudden using this comment hahaha last month it was who ever post this needs a raise ,now it's i had a bad day and this saved it hahaha copy cat bots
They don’t produce them for uk and in uk like rest it’s imported it’s like going into an American sweet store in uk they are all imported things so you can’t properly call them from uk another example is marmite you can get that in America but only in uk sections at stores
the first time i had starmix was as a kid visiting the UK. i loved the fried eggs the most. back in the US i was so disappointed learning our version didn’t have the eggs
Joe took several for the team with the Sour Candy Torture, yet Harry was allowed to pass on the Pontefract Cake Challenge? Conversations need to be had...Fantastic video as ever, anyway!
My favourite hairdos will forever be the world mix. I always got a bag to bring home whenever my family and I went to France when I was younger, there’re amazing!
09:00 The Haribo shops in the UK often have products from other countries. Only snag is there are only ten of them: Ashford (Kent), Braintree Village, Cheshire Oaks (Ellesmere Port), Clarks Village (Street, near Glastonbury), East Midlands Outlet (near Alfreton), Gunwharf Quays (Portsmouth), Swindon, West Midlands Outlet (Cannock), York Designer Outlet and, of course, right next to the factory in Pontefract.
I loved the Haribo store in Mcarthur Glenn (cannock). I got a huge circular tub of cherries. I also got sour cherries they were gone within a week. 😂😂😂
I have always found myself going for these over the basic starmix. I think starmix are rather bland whilst the Tangfastics just have a bit more fun to the flavour and kicks up the basic part of starmix. Supermix or whatever its called was a more fun turn on Starmix, which despite not being as popular, for me was honestly a much more enjoyable alternative.
The ginger lemon ones, and the cola bottles are my favorite! I’m not surprised there are so many different types, I guess countries tailor to their fave flavors, and unique shapes. I’m going to have to order some of the more exotic ones!
What are the odds... Me and my Dad went out shopping, and my Dad bought me Haribo Golden Bears. Just to come back home to see this video show up in my notifications 😂
The one time I was wishing theyd have a food wars germany episode! We dont have much to offer in terms of fast food, but our Haribo game is on point! 😂
This episode proves that tastes clearly vary. I ADORE sour candies. I've yet to find one that's sour enough or stays sour long enough. Most are just like "sorry were these supposed to be sour?" Same thoughts on mint. Can always use more mint.
I'd say just about most candies I ate growing up were sour. Mexico loves lime flavoring as well as tamarind which is lightly sour. The new skittles "fuego" are a combo of chile-lime seasoning on skittles and way better than their normal varieties. I guess it's ingrained into some people whether they like sour or not, but I'll say sour beers can range in taste, so I know I only like those rarely.
Pretty sure we have had smurfs and the cola versions. Poundland have the peaches, my 2nd favourite after strawbs. You can also get mini and all white chamellows. There's a fizzy fish, similar to the soda bottles
We need more sour-related food comparisons. Tbh I didn’t know that Haribo had so many freaking options, and these are just US vs UK. Great commentary and research! 🍬 👏 😋
Pontefract is in fact a town, it's way larger than a village having around 30,000 inhabitants. It's one of the towns that make up what is collectively known locally as the District of Wakefield and the five towns.
The population is irrelevant to whether something is a town or village and is entirely to do with charters and their council positioning. Same with cities which is decided by the monarch mostly though government these days.
@@cluelesspoetry I've heard it be pronounced "Harry-boe" when its more of a "HAH-ree-boh". The a of "Harry" is what would be written "Ä" in Germany. Our regular "A" sound is much more open mouthed, if that makes sense. Like you would say in "Ah-hah!". The "bo" ending also is a bit more gutteral and short. That's how I could describe it to the best of my abilities 😂
One of my favorite things about travelling to Europe is getting European Haribo. I don't get a lot of souvenirs besides that. Most American Haribo are just straight up gummis in different flavors. In the UK they have so many more textures.
I’m super glad that our Haribo in the UK isn’t artificially coloured anymore since I’m allergic to colourings! 😅 I am so happy to be able to eat most UK sweets (like Smarties) now… although there’s still some exceptions like m&ms and weirdly until recently Minstrels (why were brown chocolates coloured with red and blue?!). Toothpaste and medications are still an issue though 😭
i come from pontefract and we have liquorice festivals every year, although they’re only like by older men and women ahaha, we also have a hating factory and a few haribo stores
In 2017, my husband and I visited his cousin in Edinburgh. There, I fell in love with Wine Gums. I ate them every day we were there. The day before we were supposed to leave, one of my beloved Wine Gums took a filling out of one of my teeth. Most expensive bag of candy I've ever bought, thanks to the dentist bill I subsequently had to pay. I'm still mad at Wine Gums.
Tangfastics are my favorite and I am forever disappointed we don’t have them in the U.S. Last time I was in Canada I bought 35 bags of Tangfastics to bring home (and about 15 bars of Whittaker’s chocolate, iykyk)
Yourr missing all the shop pick and mix tubs. One perk of being a former shop manager where we stocked confectionary was the ability to buy entire tubs of milk bottles and get upset how quickly i got through one 😅
My favourite flavor is pineapple. That's why I go to the factory store in Linz, Austria (a 1 hour train ride for me) to get a 1kg bag (or maybe more) of them... Yes, factory stores have the flavors singled out in 1kg bags.
Haribo Miami Pik (French) are delicious. Sorry Joe they are sour. Flat, square connected pull apart strands in with four colors/flavors a square. I always bring two or three bags home with me, and save them like a miser for when I need a treat.
I like the Haribo Jelly Babies more than the Bassets ones tbh. My favourite Haribo are the Peach ones that I haven't seen in the UK in ages. Need to import some...or maybe take a trip to the Haribo shop in Street...soon thanks to this vid. I absolutely pay attention to the flavours of the Goldbears, though, because I have to take one of each flavour and eat them in rainbow order. I have no neuro divergence at all. But I'm shocked that the US ones have artifical colours in them. I would have thought they would have protected the brand and kept them out of the product.
The Smurfs were invented because of the following: In the 1990s it was an urban legend, that if you wrote to Haribo, complaining, that there are no blue gummies, they would send you a package of different products as an apology. So basically everyone wrote letters to Haribo here in Germany. Me too - and guess, what I never got! The free package. ;)
I would imagine that not ever bag is filled with the exact same quantity of each flavor. So maybe open and count multiple bags so you can get an average count of each flavor in the bag.
I think one fair comparison is where they're made. At least in the US, I've generally found two different countries of origin - Germany or Turkey. I actually prefer the ones from Germany. Mostly they're harder, but I prefer the way they taste. And those were ones packaged for the US market.
They pretty much manufacture all over the globe, Germany is where they make most of the bears but other stuff is made in the UK with two factories and as seen in the video the US ones also come from Brazil and Spain. They only started manufacturing in the US for the first time in 2023 (producing bears for the US market).
I’d love to see a comparison of UK & US Popeye’s Chicken now they’ve expanded over here in the UK. Also, the Dunhills factory in Pontefract is where Haribo is manufactured in the UK.
Green used to be Strawberry in the European countries too. Light redish got introduced not that long ago. When they put Apple as green, I had to start picking out green before I could give it to my nephew bc he is allergic to apples.
The UK bears are definitely much nicer than the US version. Had a UK pack last week flying to Orlando & picked some up in Orlando when we were there & everytime I keep saying how they taste nothing like ours in the UK. Same goes for Skittles, Starburst & milkyway. UK version is a lot nicer.
The UK has the fizzy cola bottles, but they are part of Tangfastics. Anyway, liquorice is the best, not that UK stuff though. Go to Germany or the Netherlands for some “Colorado”
Joe doesn't like sour flavor? I guess that means we absolutely need a Food Wars Sour foods comparison
Please no!
I don't like sour candy either.
It means he has the palate of a toddler. :)
@@JoeAvella Please yes! Got to take one for the team :)
@@JoeAvella I think about heat, what you think about Sour. I LOVE sour and could never understand why others didn't but when you said what you said about WHY people don't like sour...it clicked! :P
Food Wars and Food Tours are my comfort shows when I've had a hard day. Love Harry and Joe.
Why are people all of the sudden using this comment hahaha last month it was who ever post this needs a raise ,now it's i had a bad day and this saved it hahaha copy cat bots
@@CyrusTheVirus187 I'm not a bot, shrug if you think so.
@ShoelessJP something a bot would say
Smurfs and the cola bottles (fizzy and non fizzy) are all available in the Sainsbury’s I work in. Not in the international aisle either.
Can't find smurfs in my Sainsbury's
My mom gets Smurf gummies at five below few years back.
Aren’t smurfs discontinued
I’ve seen Smurfs, Happy Cola and Fizzy Cola in all convenience stores I’ve been to in the Uk
I see it in local shops too 😊
we do get the fizzy cola bottles in the UK
they probably didn't look at all, or just in a store or small store who doesn't have a big variety
There was another I'm sure I've seen in the uk to but cba scrolling back
Also branded "Happy Cola" here....
Smurfs worms as well in the uk
They don’t produce them for uk and in uk like rest it’s imported it’s like going into an American sweet store in uk they are all imported things so you can’t properly call them from uk another example is marmite you can get that in America but only in uk sections at stores
Not doing Haribo Germany vs Haribo USA is wild to me as someone who grew up in Germany where they were founded
Yes Germany 🇩🇪 since 1920 😊😊😊😊
It’s wild to me that you’re that entitled. They regularly do these shows…. They are not just gonna replace the guy from the U.K. for your satisfaction
Yeah!!! I agree
We have factories in the UK that make haribo and so many exclusive ones so I’d understand Germany and UK but not US
@@PotatoMonke_ Yes, there is a nice store in London
We do or at least did have Smurf Haribo in the UK. I remember seeing them in all convince stores when I was going to school like five 3-5 years ago🤷🤷🤷
Stores? You mean shops?
Corner shops
@@L1am21"Stores" you pick up on, but not "convince"??
@@andybaker2456😂😂
@@L1am21"convince" store are usually said like that if you call them convince stores. But corner shop is more normal
the first time i had starmix was as a kid visiting the UK. i loved the fried eggs the most. back in the US i was so disappointed learning our version didn’t have the eggs
Joe took several for the team with the Sour Candy Torture, yet Harry was allowed to pass on the Pontefract Cake Challenge? Conversations need to be had...Fantastic video as ever, anyway!
We have happy cola and happy cherries in the UK. In fact I'm eating the cherries right now as I watch this
I am eating the happy colas 😂
My favourite hairdos will forever be the world mix. I always got a bag to bring home whenever my family and I went to France when I was younger, there’re amazing!
09:00 The Haribo shops in the UK often have products from other countries.
Only snag is there are only ten of them: Ashford (Kent), Braintree Village, Cheshire Oaks (Ellesmere Port), Clarks Village (Street, near Glastonbury), East Midlands Outlet (near Alfreton), Gunwharf Quays (Portsmouth), Swindon, West Midlands Outlet (Cannock), York Designer Outlet and, of course, right next to the factory in Pontefract.
There are Haribo stores! 😮 Need a trip to York…
I loved the Haribo store in Mcarthur Glenn (cannock). I got a huge circular tub of cherries. I also got sour cherries they were gone within a week. 😂😂😂
Surprised they dont have Tangfastics in the US, that's one of the "default" varieties!
tangfastics are acc so good
I have always found myself going for these over the basic starmix. I think starmix are rather bland whilst the Tangfastics just have a bit more fun to the flavour and kicks up the basic part of starmix. Supermix or whatever its called was a more fun turn on Starmix, which despite not being as popular, for me was honestly a much more enjoyable alternative.
Tangfantastics are rubbish these days , the zingfests are the new sour ones 👌🏼
@@Cheesybellendthey're supposed to be tangy not sour
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Love these videos
Haribo Rhubarb & Custards are the bomb
The ginger lemon ones, and the cola bottles are my favorite! I’m not surprised there are so many different types, I guess countries tailor to their fave flavors, and unique shapes. I’m going to have to order some of the more exotic ones!
Milk bottles are a milk flavour gummie.
Milk Duds are chewy toffee covered in chocolate.
So I don't see the comparison personally 😂
I'm guessing Harry's line of thinking was, they both have Milk in the title. Which is incredibly stupid.
funny seeing you here MJ
I've been thinking about this episode for like 3 months hoping it'd be made!
Me too!!
What are the odds... Me and my Dad went out shopping, and my Dad bought me Haribo Golden Bears. Just to come back home to see this video show up in my notifications 😂
happy cola is in the uk i have bough them before
I have only seen them in the Haribo store and Home Bargains, might be why they didn't realize we have them
@@llpalm08it’s depends what supermarket you go to, some only offer the most popular while some offer a variety
@@llpalm08home bargains does mostly imports. So doesn’t count.
@@llpalm08 I've seen them in poundland
Also the peaches and frogs are in the uk
The one time I was wishing theyd have a food wars germany episode! We dont have much to offer in terms of fast food, but our Haribo game is on point! 😂
We have almost all Haribo Flavors here in Germany as it is a german brand. Still fun to see different flavors I havent before
I have been waiting for YEARS
My favourite has to be Strawbs, but Supermix is also good.
Tangtastis and giant stwabs for me
feel like i have been waiting for this video my whole life
I am sure we used to have the smurfs haribo in the UK !!
Yes we did
This episode proves that tastes clearly vary. I ADORE sour candies. I've yet to find one that's sour enough or stays sour long enough. Most are just like "sorry were these supposed to be sour?" Same thoughts on mint. Can always use more mint.
the Netherlands has peaches too! They're so good! Although I prefer the cherries or cola bottles haha
I'd say just about most candies I ate growing up were sour. Mexico loves lime flavoring as well as tamarind which is lightly sour. The new skittles "fuego" are a combo of chile-lime seasoning on skittles and way better than their normal varieties. I guess it's ingrained into some people whether they like sour or not, but I'll say sour beers can range in taste, so I know I only like those rarely.
I love how Harry’s like “I wanted an axolotl as a pet and it looks like a cute Pokémon so I want the lolly one to shove into my mouth”.
its worse that he said Axolotls reminds him of the pokemon Mudkip, and not Wooper
Pretty sure we have had smurfs and the cola versions. Poundland have the peaches, my 2nd favourite after strawbs. You can also get mini and all white chamellows. There's a fizzy fish, similar to the soda bottles
You left out the two best British Haribos. The haribo milkshakes and the haribo snakes
Why are there so many fake comments on here
So true
brah
I mean the most famous comment is first, stupid is always.
Haribo, what you liked as a kid, quickly outgrew as an adult. There are far better fruit snacks/gummies.
It's the AI generation.
We need more sour-related food comparisons. Tbh I didn’t know that Haribo had so many freaking options, and these are just US vs UK. Great commentary and research! 🍬 👏 😋
Pontefract is in fact a town, it's way larger than a village having around 30,000 inhabitants. It's one of the towns that make up what is collectively known locally as the District of Wakefield and the five towns.
Haribo have their UK production sites in Pontefract and neighbouring Castleford
The population is irrelevant to whether something is a town or village and is entirely to do with charters and their council positioning. Same with cities which is decided by the monarch mostly though government these days.
Can confirm the axolotl jellies are BANGING
Aww, was looking forward to the dancing mice when you started talking about the colourings and additives.
I'm so proud of Joe for pronouncing Haribo correctly🥲
Not quite how you'd properly pronounce it in Germany, but its close enough for me to be happy! 😂
How do Americans usually pronounce it?
@@cluelesspoetry I've heard it be pronounced "Harry-boe" when its more of a "HAH-ree-boh". The a of "Harry" is what would be written "Ä" in Germany. Our regular "A" sound is much more open mouthed, if that makes sense. Like you would say in "Ah-hah!". The "bo" ending also is a bit more gutteral and short. That's how I could describe it to the best of my abilities 😂
IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS 🎉🎉
We used to have Haribo Smurfs in the UK, always bought them as a kid but sadly they can't be found here anymore.
One of my favorite things about travelling to Europe is getting European Haribo. I don't get a lot of souvenirs besides that. Most American Haribo are just straight up gummis in different flavors. In the UK they have so many more textures.
I’m super glad that our Haribo in the UK isn’t artificially coloured anymore since I’m allergic to colourings! 😅 I am so happy to be able to eat most UK sweets (like Smarties) now… although there’s still some exceptions like m&ms and weirdly until recently Minstrels (why were brown chocolates coloured with red and blue?!). Toothpaste and medications are still an issue though 😭
i come from pontefract and we have liquorice festivals every year, although they’re only like by older men and women ahaha, we also have a hating factory and a few haribo stores
In 2017, my husband and I visited his cousin in Edinburgh. There, I fell in love with Wine Gums. I ate them every day we were there. The day before we were supposed to leave, one of my beloved Wine Gums took a filling out of one of my teeth. Most expensive bag of candy I've ever bought, thanks to the dentist bill I subsequently had to pay. I'm still mad at Wine Gums.
5:00 the funny thing is red white and blue are the colours of the uk flag 🇬🇧 💀
I think he's well aware of that...
But none of them are American 🇺🇸 not British 🇬🇧 at all, Haribo that is actually German from Germany 🇩🇪 since 1920 my friends 😊😊😊😊😉😎😊🤜🏻🤛🏻👍🏻🤘🏻🍺🍺🍺🍻🍻🍻
@@andybaker2456 its a joke okay calm down
@@Annathebanana-atb I'm perfectly calm, thanks. I'm not laughing either.
@@jonathanthomsen3111yer but Germany started the war so we have taken Haribo from you!! 🇬🇧🇬🇧
Harry, try putting the gummies in sprite and then freeze them!! They are amazing
Diabetes smh
Haribo in the UK is made in Castleford and Pontefract. Makes even more sense why they sell Pontefract cakes
Soda Twists are absolutely amazing - possibly the best out there of all the gummy sweets!
The balla sticks also have gluten in them. I do remember at one point when they used to do a gluten free version of them!
Tangfastics are my favorite and I am forever disappointed we don’t have them in the U.S. Last time I was in Canada I bought 35 bags of Tangfastics to bring home (and about 15 bars of Whittaker’s chocolate, iykyk)
i love the ginger lemon flavor but only have it rarely
5:06 Uhm the UK flag is red white and blue as well?
The UK used to have mini bags of haribo cola bottles! You could get them on those kids play kitchens or sweet stalls in the late 90’s/00’s
Joe trying Center Shock would be very funny
Yourr missing all the shop pick and mix tubs. One perk of being a former shop manager where we stocked confectionary was the ability to buy entire tubs of milk bottles and get upset how quickly i got through one 😅
4:09 you did not mention that Jelly babies are famous from Dr Who who used to regularly offer people them
My favourite flavor is pineapple. That's why I go to the factory store in Linz, Austria (a 1 hour train ride for me) to get a 1kg bag (or maybe more) of them... Yes, factory stores have the flavors singled out in 1kg bags.
Thanks to this episode, we HAD to go to our nearest Haribo store and buy a... "Selection" of treats. For science of course. 😅
I live in the UK and have done for approaching 30 years and haven't seen more than half our haribo options, apparently
Happy Cola are in UK too
8:44 smurfs were a limited time haribo in the uk, they seem to have been replaced by minions
I want to shake the hand of whoever created the formula for the Blood Orange Tropi-Slice 👌
Tangfastics sound amazing!
Haribo Miami Pik (French) are delicious. Sorry Joe they are sour. Flat, square connected pull apart strands in with four colors/flavors a square. I always bring two or three bags home with me, and save them like a miser for when I need a treat.
The smurf ones are available in the UK my local sainsbury had them not to long ago. Edit now I find they where discontinued last year over hear
I purchased a few packs of smurfs ones in England. Along with some other film related ones
In&Out needs to open up in London so you two can do an In&Out Food Wars episode!
I like the Haribo Jelly Babies more than the Bassets ones tbh. My favourite Haribo are the Peach ones that I haven't seen in the UK in ages. Need to import some...or maybe take a trip to the Haribo shop in Street...soon thanks to this vid. I absolutely pay attention to the flavours of the Goldbears, though, because I have to take one of each flavour and eat them in rainbow order. I have no neuro divergence at all. But I'm shocked that the US ones have artifical colours in them. I would have thought they would have protected the brand and kept them out of the product.
I live near Pontefract. There’s a Haribo shop and a Haribo factory there.
You can get watermelon jelly in Ireland i would of thought it was the same in the uk and the berrys
I looked online and we can get Haribo happy cola bottles in uk which are fizzy cola bottles.
we def have the unicorn shape ones in the UK, usually find them in the preimer shops.
What about the Haribo Target mix or wild berry or rainbow worms or fall
5:09 hey! I’m from Ireland and I just wanna say, we have happy colas here which is weird that the uk doesn’t given that were neighbouring countries
I’ve bought Happy Colas so many times here in England. Not sure why they said they weren’t here… haha
The Smurfs were invented because of the following: In the 1990s it was an urban legend, that if you wrote to Haribo, complaining, that there are no blue gummies, they would send you a package of different products as an apology. So basically everyone wrote letters to Haribo here in Germany. Me too - and guess, what I never got! The free package. ;)
What about balla bits? I didn't hear harry mention balla bits they are my fave
In Germany they reduced the packaging from 200g to 175g or 165g and the price remained the same!
I would imagine that not ever bag is filled with the exact same quantity of each flavor. So maybe open and count multiple bags so you can get an average count of each flavor in the bag.
I think one fair comparison is where they're made. At least in the US, I've generally found two different countries of origin - Germany or Turkey. I actually prefer the ones from Germany. Mostly they're harder, but I prefer the way they taste. And those were ones packaged for the US market.
I have had smurfs haribo years ago and I’m from uk but I haven’t seen them since then
good video
Wouldnt it make sense to do a vs germany in this sense
They pretty much manufacture all over the globe, Germany is where they make most of the bears but other stuff is made in the UK with two factories and as seen in the video the US ones also come from Brazil and Spain. They only started manufacturing in the US for the first time in 2023 (producing bears for the US market).
@@watcherzero5256 but also they have the biggest variety of Choice of which are both in US and Uk so surely the Uk Should represent europe
And now they are adding bad chemicals to the US bears wtf@@watcherzero5256
You should Compare American, British, Australian and Japanese traditional breakfasts, that would be an interesting episode x
There is no traditional breakfast in the US, we eat different things for all three meals.
Yes and no, because Haribo that is 100% German from Germany 🇩🇪 since 1920 my friends 😊😊😊😊😉😊😎🤜🏻🤛🏻👍🏻🤘🏻🍺🍺🍺🍻🍻🍻🍻
My friend in the army gets the Haribo strawberry pencils. He claims he's their Balla Stixx expert.
I’ve eaten Haribo frogs since childhood and just found out they are peach flavored!
Sour candy is so goood I want some now
I’d love to see a comparison of UK & US Popeye’s Chicken now they’ve expanded over here in the UK.
Also, the Dunhills factory in Pontefract is where Haribo is manufactured in the UK.
Yeah Haribo by Germany 🇩🇪 since 1920 my friend 😊😊😊😊😉😊😎😊😊🤜🏻🤛🏻👍🏻🤘🏻🍺🍺🍺🍻🍻🍻🍻
There’s a big Haribo factory in Pontefract. Which is a town. Not a village
I'm reliably informed that kids and grown-ups love it so and that holds true. In my army days, the padre was always a reliable supplier of Haribo :)
Harry needs to check the packets of Haribo again, green is strawberry in the UK too
harry is right peach haribo in germany is the best
We have frog-shaped sweets in the UK which are bubblegum flavoured..? It seems to be a common theme with giving frogs completely random flavours lol
Haribo Pontefract Cakes anyone!?
No one likes them ITS LIQIOURISH
Sour candy is my favorite.
Joe doesnt like sour ‘candy’? Petition for harry to give him toxic waste sweets please
I've seen the Smurfs option in the UK a few times
Green used to be Strawberry in the European countries too. Light redish got introduced not that long ago. When they put Apple as green, I had to start picking out green before I could give it to my nephew bc he is allergic to apples.
The UK bears are definitely much nicer than the US version. Had a UK pack last week flying to Orlando & picked some up in Orlando when we were there & everytime I keep saying how they taste nothing like ours in the UK. Same goes for Skittles, Starburst & milkyway. UK version is a lot nicer.
My teeth hurt too after eating gummies lol. Current favourite are the sour cherry & apple squashies at the moment
we have happy cola in the uk I saw some in Morrisons today
We got smrufs in the uk
The UK has the fizzy cola bottles, but they are part of Tangfastics.
Anyway, liquorice is the best, not that UK stuff though. Go to Germany or the Netherlands for some “Colorado”
Beat me to it