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- Опубліковано 8 лют 2025
- From exclusive items to portion sizes, we wanted to find all the differences between bread in the US and the UK. This is "Food Wars."
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To go lunch comparisons next?
- UK supermarket Meal deals v US deli to go options at grocery stores
Why not UK deli vs US deli?
Audio spike at 6:05 in the video
im on my way to hospital after the heartattack it gave me nevermind the wonderbread
yeah what the hell was that lol
I think they forgot to loop the music further cause the music stopped at that point. Likely missed in editing.
RIP to headphone users 💀
Jumpscare.
This video is surprisingly interesting haha 😂 Proof that food wars isnt dying
I actually foun this more fascinating than the fast food versions. It's really interesting to see how something taken for grante in both countries actually differs.
Aldi's own white bread in the orange packet is the best around. Super soft, last ages and cost like 70p
I agree. Far better than Warbies
Complete garbage with added poison, of course it's cheap and lasts long LMAO
As a French person I feel insulted whenever someone even calls white bread "bread" lol
@@GeneralKenobi69420 you realize tons of things use the name bread and aren't like a baguette right?
@@GeneralKenobi69420why? a lot of french breads are white breads or do you mean to say you don’t like commercial sliced white breads
As a German, this episode hurt me deep deep deeeeeep inside.
Yeah, why don't you teach these guys how to use an oven.
Why is that? I'm English. The bread here is pretty good.
@andrewworrall5288 You'd have to have teeth to understand, Andrew.
@@andrewworrall5288 Because the bread talked about here is not close to as good as normal bread (like the one you see on the right side at 2:20 ) and generally only used when the quality doesn't matter.
In countries like Belgium, Germany and I assume France, when we think of bread we think of fresh oven baked bread, not industrial loafs
@@XxYannis We have freshly stored baked bread as well. The quality is generally much better. Nice crusty loaves and baguettes.
Scotland also has a Plain Loaf. Still sold in a waxed paper wrapper used by generations of kids to sit on & go faster whilst sliding down a metal chute. 😁
It’s official, they have now ran out of ideas
No, that was when they compared bottled water 😂 this is an improvement.
If they really have ran out of ideas then make a comment providing them with other ideas lol.
@@RyanG144Videos our job is to consume. No more, no less.
Says the person who can’t conjugate a simple verb correctly on a video that conjugates that verb correctly within the first 10 seconds.
@@OTH89 I remember Joe commenting at the end of some of these videos saying to comment on what else you would like to see. So they are open to it. Whether you want to is up to you.
6:04-6:07 has loud music come through
Am I the only one here that stores bread in the freezer if I have too much? 😅
I always do I buy 2 loafs and freeze one of them
No, my aunty freezes her bread
nope. as i uni student i can’t finish a loaf by myself so i just freeze them
This is the most interesting Food Wars I've seen, I like the name Dave's Killer Bread. Shame they didn't mention the Chorleywood method.
The price differential is crazy, especially when you consider how substantially larger a UK loaf is. Does anyone have any insight into why it is SO much more expensive in the US?
Everything is this expensive in the US, that's why.
Monopolies encourage price-gouging. Lack of corporate oversight, and deregulation, means there is no accountability for blatant corporate greed. Also remember that lobbying has pushed for massive corporate subsidies and tax-breaks, which gives them the financial power to force out any meaningful competition, which in turn means they have no incentive to improve their consumer service or pricing structure.
Canada literally had a bread scandal a few years back too
Probably also to do with transport. In the UK the furthest a loaf has to travel from factory to supermarket is probably a fraction of the distance it'll have to travel in the US for most cases.
The greatest video since sliced bread.
Milk roll is similar to the Japanese milk bread, but milk roll is from Blackpool! It's a Lancashire delicacy
tend to see the warbs milk roll generally marketed to children.
No longer called Blackpool sadly, used to have a picture of the Tower on it in the 90s.
Ahhhh, a nice 25 minute video about bread. This is exactly what I needed today.
No contest, 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
You guys should cover all the other types of bread, Ezekiel, Pumpernickel, Rye, Buckwheat , sourdough, etc!
If I’m being honest (although never properly looked) we don’t tend to stock most of those in the UK. Sourdough we do.
Rye and Sourdough, never seen the other three here.
Raisin bread? Canned bread?
That’s not even close to “all the other kinds”. U.S. Supermarkets without exception have fresh baked loaves of dozens of types.
I don't know what pumpernickel, ezekiel is, we mainly have our breads like, tiger, bloomer, cob, french sticks, italian breads like focaccia and things like pita, naan and lavash.
Best meal is Tomato Soupd with toasted Tiger Bread with garlic butter and cheese on top
That sounds incredibly bland.
For Harry, in the mid-00s, Hovis made an Invisible-Crust bread. As the name suggests, it was baked with an invisible crust. This was different to the ones with them cut off, as a really fussy eater I loved it and was sad that they stopped making it.
If you want expensive bread. Try Gluten Free. As a Coeliac sufferer bread is very expensive and in smaller packages.
And it’s shit too. I’ve been forcibly GF for about a decade and although some products have improved, sliced bread is still almost universally mediocre and insanely expensive.
Honestly, I love Food Wars so much that I'd watch the boys comparing curling tongs at this point 😁
I had to look up curling tongs. Over here they're called Curling irons.
Might've run out of ideas, but I'll still watch these two.
I never keep my bread in the fridge, but I do put it in the freezer-holds well and keeps it mold free
Freezing also alters the structure, such that if toasted, the starch becomes more resistant, which seems to be healthier.
I think it means it takes longer to digest.
Saw this on a BBC healthy eat program, did some Google type investigations after watching, and it appears to be accurate.
So toasted frozen bread is better for you than toasted fresh bread.
Not sure if that's useful info.
No one keeps their bread in the fridge, there’s no reason. Breadboxes or even just the bakery bags are adequate.
@@DoctorShocktorDefinitely depends on the kind of break, temperature and how long it'll take you to eat it.
Some breads go moldy in a few days
@@DoctorShocktor My mom does, but she's stupid.
I’m going out to do some weekly shopping today and Tiger Bread has been added, i always forget it exists and then when im reminded how tasty it is I have to eat it !! 🤤
It is gorgeous
It tastes good, but I'm never sure it's a good idea.
Are they free range tigers?
Save the tigers.
@@stephenlee5929 They did for a while when we used Giraffes for it ! But the Tigers make better bread ! 😅
Kalani, an American who compared them both, likes to actually eat the UK bread
As an Aussie, it’s funny to hear Jo talk about Nature’s own/sara lee bread because Nature’s Own is a brand of vitamins here and Sara Lee is a brand of desserts
Big brands of bread here are Helgas, Wonder, mighty soft; at least you’ll see these in any supermarket
They may run out of ideas however I'd watch these two comparing paint dry 👌
American and Mexican supermarket bread always tastes too sweet to me. Watching this confirms my palate. Did the editor get a sugar spike from the American bread and amp up the volume key at 6:06 🤣
Nonsense, every U.S. Supermarket location contains a fresh bakery with all types of French style breads, sourdoughs, rye, etc. This “comparison handily leaves out dozens of options.
@@DoctorShocktor as usual!
There isn't any extra sugar...you're delusional
I don't eat fast food this is THE food war episode I've been waiting for 😂
Iv bought bread in uk with bread clips. One of the bakeries we used to go to also used to use them.
UK Vs US Alcohol
Hell Naw
Have you heard of the Try Channel? They have many of those US vs UK alcohol videos.
@@diggity1039
I Don’t Think So Mate
@ I'm not interested in mating with you.
I have a well thumbed copy of Elizabeth David's English Bread and Yeast Cookery so found this fascinating.
(David had positive things to say about the SF sourdough someone brought back after a trip, which is my "native bread". Even a lot of the mass produced sliced ones are pretty good.)
The tiger bread is interesting! We have a regional variant of that here in Northern California which we call "Dutch Crunch" - usually on sandwich rolls.
I’m a brit. I mostly buy seeded, granary or whole meal bread. But if I do buy white bread it’s more then occasionally roll, French stick or tiger/headshot loaf.
6:06 looks like some DJ has just joined as an editor intern. Keep the good work buddy 💪👍
I live in the UK I always try and get the warburtons green toastie which is extra thick but if I can’t I just get the orange one
As an American….i havent purchased white processed sliced bread in maybe 21 years. And since 2015 i bake my own bread.
Never heard of "Oroweat" Had to google it because that's Arnold's logo and packaging:
"Oroweat and Arnold are both bread brands owned by Bimbo Bakeries USA. Oroweat is sold on the West Coast, while Arnold is sold on the East Coast"
i always just call it white or brown bread, but the best is mixed
Bread something people take for grated but is very different in different countries. Interesting guys!
I love these videos comparing super market items.
6:04 *WARNING* ⚠️ TO HEADPHONE USERS.
Banning US foods in the UK was one of the best things to be done on top of the sugar tax
The sugar tax has led to a huge volume of our food being full of sweeteners, some of which, such as Stevia, don't have to be listed as they allegedly don't contain calories.
Stevia gives me an almost instant headache. We also have no idea how much sweetener is in each food product as they don't have to say. There are many issues with the sugar tax.
I rarely drink, though alcoholic beverages are some of the worst for sweeteners. Being filled to the brim with them.
I love how basic the items being compared have gotten😂
I mean they've literally done water. These two could waffle on about whatever. I'm just here for the great personalities they bring to the shows.
At this point I watch the videos for harry and joe and not for the products
If it was in the UK, I'd buy Dave's Killer Bread. Not for taste or nutrition stuff, it just sounds cool.
Do American supermarkets have in store bakeries making the less refined/more rustic type loaves and selling them unsliced? I think most reasonably sized UK supermarkets have them, although some are mostly just cooking frozen dough I think. Aldi is the only one that usually doesn't (although they do have some, none of my local ones have bakeries).
In addition to the more highly processed types of bread you can also choose the bakery loaves and they're not that much different in price to the branded sliced loaves.
I fancy Brennans bread. Why not show that one?
I think the clue is in the title, Brennans is an Irish company 😉
Brown bread is also big in the UK
I fancy me brown bread 🥰
Brown bread is wholemeal bread i believe
Brown bread is wholemeal
Always Warburtons for medium bread and brown bread for me. Roberts for thick bread 👌🍞
Warburtons seeded for me
Roberts bread is absolutely disgusting. It has that stale smell going on with it and shelf life is pathetic. Warburton bread is far better or Kingsmill. I grew up on Hovis bread the brown stuff you had to cut yourself .
Best value for food comparison each country
Hmm in Australia our bread is more like uk bread, but we use bread clips, unless you’re buying continental bread.
You know the seed one has more sugar and fat? Is that factoring the sugar and fat within the seeds. As there would be lots from the seeds itself?
Apparently Google says you can find a Scottish plain loaf in London where the plain loaf Harry
A toasted ootsider is the best.
Processed bread is something we don't see very often in homes in Belgium lol. I guess more now than 20 years ago, but still, to me bread is just flour, water, yeast/starter, a pinch of salt, and sometimes a dash of oil. No sugar or preservatives. We just eat it all in a day or two lol
You're either using sugar, or a starter that has sugar in it that was naturally formed🤣🤣
@@jer280 yes, I meant to say, no added sugar ;)
I'm sure I wasn't the only one who commented that they wanted to see this, and maybe they planned to do this all along, but thanks for reading and listening to your commenters.
After the LA Best Sandwich video, Harry needs to invite Joe to the UK to visit Le Pret a Manger. The sandwich chain store blows the water out of those so-called LA sandwiches.
You used to be able to get Home Pride Bread in the U.K. back in the 1970’s and 80’s.
Wait is American white bread not got square slices?? Do they always have that rounded top? In New Zealand our loaves look the same as the UK. That’s always how I differentiated between the prepackaged loaves and the fresh loaves.
Yes most bread has a soft rounded top.
American bread is usually not square and each slice is a bit smaller.
That sounds like a Pullman loaf, those are very square.
6:10 what? The UK absolutely has seeded and/or wholegrain bread in addition to white & wholemeal!
17:55 "toastie sandwiches, usually with cheese or other toppings in the middle: Uhh, Harry . . . if its a TOPPING, it cant go in the MIDDLE! Yes im being pedantic, and not being serious at all, just teasing Harry a bit for his . . . . styles (and I apologize for that last one :D)
Bread doesn't have use by dates. Even stanky af that is not going to kill you.
Use by is specifically for things that are dicey especially if you are very young, old or have a chronic illness.
Salad will have a use by date as an example because of listeria, cooked rice similarly because of the deadly pink and purple things that super love to grow on it.
Love to see a comparison between milj and better of the two countries
nah you're so right about supermarket brand bread though, the Waitrose multigrain farmhouse is peng
Peng???? da fuk is peng?
wait, I thought all the UK breads came from an artisan bakery? are my internet friends lying to me? U.S. Also has a number of low-budget no-sugar added whole wheat shelf stables loaves, maybe bringing those on would have been a good comparison. also, potassium bromate's concernable qualities are eliminated by heat during the baking process.
EVERY U.S. Supermarket has a FRESH BAKERY which they handily ignore. As well as breads from local bakeries.
@@DoctorShocktor yup! munching on a fresh roll from Publix right now
@@DoctorShocktorUnfortunately people seem to prefer mass produced factory bread even when better bread is available
Do uk vs us all type of condiments comparaison and jam and jelly
Please do this for Australia as well
Sydney funnel bread?
They could then finally bring the Australian host back.
music jumpscare around 6:04 to keep everyone focused eh
😂
Youve never heard of Blackpool Milk Roll? I suppose its because your a Londoner. It has added milk and its a very popular bread in the North for kids packed lunches.
you can buy milkroll in asda and sainsburys (hello from london)
You're.
The wonder bread is good for French toast if you don’t have Texas toast.
Would be great if the US A would do a half loaf of bread!
Asda vs walmart next!!!!
It's a bit of a shame when talking about British commercial bread making, to not at all mention the Chorleywood Bread Process, which accounts for the vast majority of supermarket loaves. It was created in 1962, with a focus on industrial high speed production, making better use of the UK's lower protein wheat varieties. This process utterly defines what most people expect bread to be in the UK (and likely some other places, like Australia).
Now I understand why UK slices don't fit in a standard size toaster.
they used to, damn americanisation of our gadgets, I thought it was just because I bought really cheap toasters
Everything in the US just looks like it would be sweet
Bread?? 🤔 Are we talking about bread? 🍞 🥪
UK vs us eggs next 🙏🏼
I'm British but I keep my bread in the fridge. Yeah it goes stale faster, but it doesn't mould. I'd rather eat stale bread than mouldy bread.
British people prefer bland tasteless food. No surprise there.
16:15 that best-of-both might make for a killer patty melt
I kept waiting to see the Sunbeam loaf come out on the American side
Oroweat Italian bread has
Using the title “US Bread” without showing the fresh baked options is just deceit, not sure why they needed to do that. EVERY U.S. Supermarket has a fresh bakery.
@@DoctorShocktor they like playing into the stereotypes
@@DoctorShocktorit helps the Brits feel superior. Shelf stable bread and fresh bread are basically different products with different applications.
The only bread I buy is Martin's buns for burgers and dogs.
Need a cake one to go with the bread
Also Us vs Australia Outback Steakhouse
If it says +added protein then that means LOADS more added sugar
I buy supermarket bread. Usually Asdas
Processed bread is the hallmark of how real food and proper nutrition has fallen off a cliff
So why not call canned pasta the “U.S. or U.K. type” as well, while ignoring the fresh frozen and chilled fresh pastas available. There is plenty of “real and proper” nutrition in supermarkets. This comparison of the factory food subsets is disingenuous if you call it the “bread representing the entire country’s options.
Some weird people in comments that seem unable to comprehend all types of bread can exist in countries other than their own.
I have never put bread in the fridge
So American sliced bread is higher in fat & sugar, and lower in salt. No wonder there's so much difference in sandwich fillings & toast, America's bread is basically cake!
You've shown us your bread, now let's see the toasters, boys.
Does America have a version of a UK supermarket Meal Deal?
Surely the primary selling point for the toastie loaf is toast rather than toasted sandwiches haha 😂
Nope! We call toasted sandwiches toasties, often but not exclusively made in a machine that pushes down the corners of the bread to keep ingredients from leaking out as it cooks.
I haven’t eaten wonder bread since I was a kid, I’m 70 yrs old now. lol😅
I found this interesting.
People in the US really buy wonder bread? I always see them more expensive sitting in the shelves over the store brand.
i have never eaten wonderbread in my life
Way better to buy a good quality bread maker like the Panasonic, some decent strong Canadian flour and baking your own, takes 2 mins of prep, amazing bread every time. Wipes the floor with that store bread
“Store bread” also includes fresh bread from local bakeries and IN STORE bakeries in EVERY supermarket. This comparison of bagged factory only bread is disingenuous. Yes, you can make your own bread, and I do, but you can also get beautiful healthy traditional loaves in every location that sells wonder bread.
@DoctorShocktor true, very true, I was thinking of factory bagged bread when I made this comment 😅👍
Hmm interesting one :)
THE WARS CONTINUES!!
artesano bread is good for gilled cheese
Whoops, someone didn't watch back before export and upload xD