10:33 Personally I love the chewies skittles, I find that without a shell there's basically no sugary grittiness in the mouth. And the pastel colours seem a bit more natural than the brightly coloured originals. There was also a limited blue skittle in regular bags that was cherry-cola flavoured. Also a bag of confused skittles, where the colours and flavours didn't match. Think there's others, but I don't remember them.
For what it's worth, blue raspberry as a flavour exists because companies decided keeping the raspberry flavour red would be too confusing (as it is associated with strawberry and cherry, already). So, to create a solution to this, they dyed the raspberry flavour blue to set it apart. :) Just a little bit of trivia!
@@JoeAvella The same way you just learned how ROY G BIV is a thing? Like you learned what Biryani is? Keeping tabs my man, good day from your resident Food Wars troll. 😉
For me, Food Wars is always Harry and Joe! Don't get me wrong, the others all great too but despite the video's are filmed separately and put together, Harry and Joe still have more chemistry.
I remember when skittles in the UK did mints years ago, one pack was peppermint and the other spearmint. They were okay but they were just like smaller versions of the soft chewy mints you could already get. Idk why they had different colours because the entire packs would just taste of the same kind of mint because it was.
As someone with a truly bizzare lime allergy (not citrus, just lime), I'm always extremely happy to discover that a green sweet is apple and not lime. So at least I know not to eat skittles in the US since they went back to their green ones being lime. I cant blame them, lime tastes amazing...I'm just sadly very allergic to it. I'm very jealous, I LOVE the taste of lime. The few times I've accidentally ingested it I've been like "oh hey that's nice" and then become very unwell!
Im so glad usa vs uk is back No hate to japan or india (which is my country) but joe and harry have a great chemistry They compliment each other (Joe's better though) :)
Would love to see a behind the scenes video of food wars one day, going in the stores/restaurants buying the food and walking out with the entire menu Even the left over food and drink I’m guessing it gets shared out amongst the production team Love every episode guys never stop making them ❤
As someone who eats Skittles way too much, I really this appreciate this episode! Also my condolences to Joe for having to drink that skittle water.. big yikes
Your Skittles counting segment, my great nan once (my memory is awful so forgive murky details) bought a back of either Fruit Pastels, or red and black fruit pastels and counted them all individually, but then was so bothered by the inconsistent number that she wrote to the company complaining about how the colours were so uneven in number. They actually responded and apologised to her, and i believe they sent my nan a free bag of fruit pastels as compensation, so hey, counting your sweets can be good!
I'm so glad to see more Food Wars with the UK (I love Japan and India, but I'm a bit biased). Can you guys do Mars Bars (edit: or whatever its called in the US), since you did a Snickers episode?
I do get giddy when I see a new "Food Wars"!! Especially when it is Joe & Harry getting ready to knock each other out from across the pond!! (Please try doing a segment on Aldi's, there are bound to be some kind of products that you two can "duke it out". Keep them coming!!
I remember working in retail once and a customer came through the till saying that she was making a rainbow skittle cake for her daughter. Luckily I was paying attention as I noticed she's picked up the pride skittles instead, her face when I mentioned it was so funny. We swapped them out but she kept one white pack as her daughter was LGBTQ+ and she used them to Line the cake board and decorate cupcakes, which looked great when she showed me a fortnight later!
Something interesting is the fact that some of the things in the UK that are 'exclusive' like the giant skittles is actually available in the US. I've noticed this multiple times with other food brands too, maybe it's based on location in the US?
Similar with Skittles Gum, you can weirdly still find this on shop shelves in the UK despite it never sells well and its rare to see a almost empty shelf of the stuff but it is sold here.
I almost didn't watch this.. but I AM SO GLAD I DID. I am a former sommelier; I lost my smell and taste in Dec 2021 due to covid. I'll be adding skittles to my testing
Look at all those Skittles believe it or not I tried almost every Skittle here in the US I got to finish that journey. also Harry is amazing got to love this guy🥰 he knows what's up also Joe you got it with the counting bro 😂
It was fun seeing them doing try guessing flavors without their sense of smell. I have sinuses so I should be used to it but i still don’t think I’ll be able to identify the flavor 😂
One day, I would love it if Skittles made the flavours from opposing sides of the pond available on either side of the pond. I would love to taste all the flavours 🥰🫶🏽🥰🫶🏽🥰🫶🏽
The white skittles are my favourite skittles, but I do also love skittles chewies because they’re just easier to chew and last in the mouth for longer meaning that one pack can last more than two hours lol
OMG, I was LMAO when the dude was preparing his Skittles drinks, the rainbow was too funny! My freaking dog loves Skittles more than life itself. He goes into some kind of happy land frenzy at just the thought he might be getting a Skittles treat. LOL. My thought is why bother with any type of candy (that isn't chocolate) when you have freaking Sour Patch Kids!!!? Thank you for bringing forward all the harmful things in our processed food to keep us safe and informed; something our governments are all too often unwilling to do! You guys rock!
Joe, if you want to drink the rainbow, make skittles vodka. Also, I have no idea why other countries' Skittles are all one flavour but Australia's are legit different flavours.
for some reason, all of the skittles put into separate bowls in their own colours with no stray skittles in any of the bowls gave me such a satisfying feeling, just looking at it calmed me down
honestly i don't even remember if i had the green apple flavour before, but i can say that lime skittles are by far my least favourite - same goes for starburst lemon and lime (and same goes for both that blackcurrant is the best)
One of the most popular flavors of skittles in England is eel. The second most popular is cheese sandwich. The third most popular flavor is canal lockie.
I'm from the UK but the USA sour skittles are so much better (must be those extra chemicals!). The UK ones are barely sour at all. I love the chewies without shells the most though.
Fast food chemistry was very well done and I though brilliant extension of food wars - also more about the science with the entertainment is what makes this better than other channels
Once my friend brought the pack to school and everyone was crowding him, I just stared at them as the skittles were getting smaller, but I bugged him for the most like 3-7 times? So I guess that was the last time he was bringing that to school again-
15:02 Once as a kid, I attempted to make rainbow jelly by mixing flavours that have the colours of the rainbow together, and I got a similar result. But hey, I tasted the rainbow.
Most supermarkets have them. But as Harry said, if you go online, you can get the 1.6kg pretty easily too. For 1KG bags, Tesco sell them, Asda usually do (1 i went to didn't), and Morrisons do too. Most shops like Home bargains have them as well.
Just had my first US Skittles few weeks ago and I've been wondering. Is it just me or it actually taste like chemicals or something? I swear it felt like I was consuming medicine instead of fruit sweets.
Never realised they were originally British until I just looked. Rarely bought them as Rowntrees Tooty Frooties were cheaper and better as they were bigger, plus I was a bit too old when Skittle were introduced in '74!
There was a point in my life where I couldn't even look at skittles without feeling absolute disgust. It was my fault, in high-school I got a blue power aid and added a tropical and a sour skittles to it. Chugged the whole thing. I think I would've been better off eating a 5 lb bag of sugar
Since cherries strawberries and rasberries arent berries i came up with my own flavors for wild berries Orange-pumpkin Green-cumcumber Yellow-banana Pink-watermelon Purple-grape Don't worry im sure these flavors won't get anyone questioning what they've been taught!
Another UK exclusive was skittles dips which was skittles dipped in yoghurt, they were available from 2019 to 2020 ish and not a lot of people liked them except for me
UK sour skittles are nothing compared to the US ones. I had the US sour ones about 20 years ago when I went to florid, they are insanely sour. Also shame you didn't feature the skittles milk drink or the spicy skittles you could get a few years ago they were horrible. Also wasn't that long ago you could get the yellow ones over here in the UK they were fruit and yoghurt flavours.
First I learn all Froot Loops are the same flavor and now I’m forced to know all Skittles are the same flavor? Are ALL my childhood food memories one big LIE!?!
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Harry's dedication to counting all the skittles tho 🌈
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10:33 Personally I love the chewies skittles, I find that without a shell there's basically no sugary grittiness in the mouth. And the pastel colours seem a bit more natural than the brightly coloured originals.
There was also a limited blue skittle in regular bags that was cherry-cola flavoured.
Also a bag of confused skittles, where the colours and flavours didn't match.
Think there's others, but I don't remember them.
Theres also a UK bag of dark mix
Agreed Skittle Chewies are one of the best types of skittle
There was an all-white bag at one point if I remember
@@chesterlester5770 they covered that in the vid
AGREED
For what it's worth, blue raspberry as a flavour exists because companies decided keeping the raspberry flavour red would be too confusing (as it is associated with strawberry and cherry, already). So, to create a solution to this, they dyed the raspberry flavour blue to set it apart. :) Just a little bit of trivia!
Don't worry I am probably the ONE other person that wanted to know that trivia😂. So rest easy knowing you didn't remember that for nothing 😅😂😂
@@kingding-a-ling9794 THANK YOU... I'm glad it was appreciated
I too appreciate this! Thanks
@@JoeAvella The same way you just learned how ROY G BIV is a thing? Like you learned what Biryani is? Keeping tabs my man, good day from your resident Food Wars troll. 😉
Can I add to the raspberry trivia and have everyone google where does raspberry flavor come from? Happy google-ing!
I am SO glad to see Harry again! He has to be my favorite besides Joe obviously but I do really like the other guys as well!
DARN RIGHT 😛
Yep
For me, Food Wars is always Harry and Joe! Don't get me wrong, the others all great too but despite the video's are filmed separately and put together, Harry and Joe still have more chemistry.
I remember when skittles in the UK did mints years ago, one pack was peppermint and the other spearmint. They were okay but they were just like smaller versions of the soft chewy mints you could already get. Idk why they had different colours because the entire packs would just taste of the same kind of mint because it was.
Loved skittles mints
As someone with a truly bizzare lime allergy (not citrus, just lime), I'm always extremely happy to discover that a green sweet is apple and not lime. So at least I know not to eat skittles in the US since they went back to their green ones being lime. I cant blame them, lime tastes amazing...I'm just sadly very allergic to it. I'm very jealous, I LOVE the taste of lime. The few times I've accidentally ingested it I've been like "oh hey that's nice" and then become very unwell!
I am 1000% certain Skittles are made with zero fruit. You could eat American Skittles just fine.
Im so glad usa vs uk is back
No hate to japan or india (which is my country) but joe and harry have a great chemistry
They compliment each other
(Joe's better though) :)
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@@FOODBF bro just leave, you're annoying af
Would love to see a behind the scenes video of food wars one day, going in the stores/restaurants buying the food and walking out with the entire menu
Even the left over food and drink I’m guessing it gets shared out amongst the production team
Love every episode guys never stop making them ❤
Check my channel I have a bunch of behind the scenes vids!
He didnt show buying the food but joe did s behind the scenes on his yt channel
As someone who eats Skittles way too much, I really this appreciate this episode!
Also my condolences to Joe for having to drink that skittle water.. big yikes
Your Skittles counting segment, my great nan once (my memory is awful so forgive murky details) bought a back of either Fruit Pastels, or red and black fruit pastels and counted them all individually, but then was so bothered by the inconsistent number that she wrote to the company complaining about how the colours were so uneven in number. They actually responded and apologised to her, and i believe they sent my nan a free bag of fruit pastels as compensation, so hey, counting your sweets can be good!
I'm so glad to see more Food Wars with the UK (I love Japan and India, but I'm a bit biased). Can you guys do Mars Bars (edit: or whatever its called in the US), since you did a Snickers episode?
I’m also biased
@@Chill_Dumplings you a fellow UK countryman too?
i greatly prefer the japan and india episodes. the UK differences are usually more subtle & predictable. i like the contrast
@@pdfbanana I never thought about it like that.
I didn’t know Mars bars were sold in American stores and I’ve lived in this country my whole life😅😂
I love how Joe just blatantly fused Buddy Holly and Mr Brightside 💀
“Finally they did it. All your favorite green apple in a bottle”
I love bright side
Fr 💀💀
And they used a 1d picture 😭
And that's a song by The Killers. I'm even more confused now.
They missed it in this video but in the UK we also have skittles that are covered in a hard yoghurt coating.
thats what i was thinking
It's fine to miss them out, they are absolutely rancid.
@@luminaryofthestars2141 never said they were good, lol
@@Griff03 You also didnt specify how bad they are so I made it my duty.
I would 100% listen to Harry ASMR counting skittles and asking about my day before bed.
Hmmm we may have this footage
“From calorie count to portion sizes”
What a classic
Impressed at Harry's skittle-spotting prowess!
The Harry Waluigi impression was unexpected but appreciated 😂
🤣🤣🤣 cringe
2:38
My name is t new film I’m making😮
You missed out on the Skittles strawberry cooler ice cream which is absolutely fantastic 👍🏼
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They also missed out skittle milkshake
Harry, thank you for validating the song I thought of with Mr Brightside. Joe had me worried.
The crazy sour skittles are hitting different every time
😂😂😂 I’m glad Harry made that reference at the end….that song been playing in my head since Joe brought out the bright side skittles 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Gotta love the irony of Joe asking Harry to count all the Skittles in his bag and then not even bothering to actually do it himself.
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hahaha u like that??
Especially since if Harry is showrunner wouldn't that make him Joe's boss??
Still asking for uk vs us Dr Pepper….
I do get giddy when I see a new "Food Wars"!! Especially when it is Joe & Harry getting ready to knock each other out from across the pond!! (Please try doing a segment on Aldi's, there are bound to be some kind of products that you two can "duke it out". Keep them coming!!
You guys need to do the Haribo Gummies. I would really love to see that.
I remember working in retail once and a customer came through the till saying that she was making a rainbow skittle cake for her daughter. Luckily I was paying attention as I noticed she's picked up the pride skittles instead, her face when I mentioned it was so funny. We swapped them out but she kept one white pack as her daughter was LGBTQ+ and she used them to Line the cake board and decorate cupcakes, which looked great when she showed me a fortnight later!
Love these - please please please do more with facts and bring back fast food chemistry!!!!!
Joe you are the only reason I watch food wars
Thanks😊
@10:25
Love those skittles soft chew. So tasty and very cloudy and cute
Something interesting is the fact that some of the things in the UK that are 'exclusive' like the giant skittles is actually available in the US. I've noticed this multiple times with other food brands too, maybe it's based on location in the US?
In the UK we have darkside skittles instead of brightside but there the same flavors so probably just location based
Similar with Skittles Gum, you can weirdly still find this on shop shelves in the UK despite it never sells well and its rare to see a almost empty shelf of the stuff but it is sold here.
I almost didn't watch this.. but I AM SO GLAD I DID. I am a former sommelier; I lost my smell and taste in Dec 2021 due to covid. I'll be adding skittles to my testing
UK does have brightside, just need to find the right shop
Loved Harry’s song at the end! Made me giggle out loud! 😂🤘🏼
The blind skittle test is ingenious and amazing
@@dr_deez3944 exactly this.
We actually do have the wild berry and tropical mix here in UK but it's super rare. Probably rarer than meta moon prime.
Look at all those Skittles believe it or not I tried almost every Skittle here in the US I got to finish that journey. also Harry is amazing got to love this guy🥰 he knows what's up also Joe you got it with the counting bro 😂
Harry is awesome
Thank youuu, we need more UK content, not just US vs [ ].
Joe did a great job pouring the skittles in the cups
Skittles?! 😂 This series shall go on forever 😂
You say that like it’s a bad thing 😉
For real 😭
The series are iconic😊
Yeah
Let's hope so, rent is going up 💸
It was fun seeing them doing try guessing flavors without their sense of smell. I have sinuses so I should be used to it but i still don’t think I’ll be able to identify the flavor 😂
Wow! So glad you still remember UK vs US OG FW series!
One day, I would love it if Skittles made the flavours from opposing sides of the pond available on either side of the pond. I would love to taste all the flavours 🥰🫶🏽🥰🫶🏽🥰🫶🏽
That mr brightside section alone is deserving of a biiiig thumbs up
Also, Joe's energy is looking great these days.
The white skittles are my favourite skittles, but I do also love skittles chewies because they’re just easier to chew and last in the mouth for longer meaning that one pack can last more than two hours lol
Skittles are one of the best sweets possible. Good choice 👍
I knew grape flavour was a lot more common than blackcurrent in the us but didn't know why thanks for teaching me that interesting tidbit
are we not going to talk about the way the UK has such a brighter purple than the US
Fr
It’s blackcurrant in UK, Grape for US is a much darker shade of purple.
I love the Skittles Ads playing, showcasing a new type of skittle
OMG, I was LMAO when the dude was preparing his Skittles drinks, the rainbow was too funny! My freaking dog loves Skittles more than life itself. He goes into some kind of happy land frenzy at just the thought he might be getting a Skittles treat. LOL. My thought is why bother with any type of candy (that isn't chocolate) when you have freaking Sour Patch Kids!!!? Thank you for bringing forward all the harmful things in our processed food to keep us safe and informed; something our governments are all too often unwilling to do! You guys rock!
Is anyone going to pay attention to that strange version of "Mr. Brightside" Joe was singing?
Joe, if you want to drink the rainbow, make skittles vodka. Also, I have no idea why other countries' Skittles are all one flavour but Australia's are legit different flavours.
Keep telling yourself that
for some reason, all of the skittles put into separate bowls in their own colours with no stray skittles in any of the bowls gave me such a satisfying feeling, just looking at it calmed me down
It's because you get a rush of endorphins when you see something that's been placed perfectly, tricking your brain into thinking u did something right
I ate skittles so much as a kid that I honestly could correctly guess every flavor of skittle in a whole bag
Wild Berry Skittles are my absolute favourite!!
The important difference in the sours is that the UK one doesn't come dusted in the sour powder, unfortunately.
So then what’s sour about them
11:49 That's "Buddy Holly" by Weezer, not "Mr. Brightside."
Another amazing episode as always. Keep it up guys 👍
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A spam bot I see
Cool video let's see the follow up.
USA vs. UK differences and comparisons in diabetes and tooth decay from all those candies haha 😄
Am I the only one who liked the green apple flavor over the lime flavor? Seems like I'm the only one who does
honestly i don't even remember if i had the green apple flavour before, but i can say that lime skittles are by far my least favourite - same goes for starburst lemon and lime
(and same goes for both that blackcurrant is the best)
One of the most popular flavors of skittles in England is eel. The second most popular is cheese sandwich. The third most popular flavor is canal lockie.
I want an episode of Booze Wars! Where Harry and Joe Review Local Drinks!
No matter what I say, the food is prepared by a qualified chef. Happy people👏👏👏
The editors deserve a raise for this c:
I just bought a packet of skittles..and here we goo..u uploaded on skittles itself
I'm from the UK but the USA sour skittles are so much better (must be those extra chemicals!). The UK ones are barely sour at all. I love the chewies without shells the most though.
YAAAAYYYY US vs. UK AGAIN
I have seen the pride edition skittles for years! I remember having them when I was about 8 or 9 but ever since I have never seen them .
i see them every year, normally in sainsburys . normally around pride but i do see them occasionally in other months
Fast food chemistry was very well done and I though brilliant extension of food wars - also more about the science with the entertainment is what makes this better than other channels
Who here buys the sharing bag but don't share it?
Wish I could..
I mean sharing is not bad but
I CANT get the big one
Once my friend brought the pack to school and everyone was crowding him, I just stared at them as the skittles were getting smaller, but I bugged him for the most like 3-7 times? So I guess that was the last time he was bringing that to school again-
4:38 Botanically, of those only Kiwi, Melon and Blueberry are berries.
For those in Australia wondering why Starburst left the country...it was also because of Titanium Dioxide
Starburst left?!
This video made me buy skittles.
I like how they're saying that cherries aren't berries but strawberries aren't berries either 🤣
15:02 Once as a kid, I attempted to make rainbow jelly by mixing flavours that have the colours of the rainbow together, and I got a similar result. But hey, I tasted the rainbow.
Wait the Uk sells 1KG bags?
Most supermarkets have them. But as Harry said, if you go online, you can get the 1.6kg pretty easily too. For 1KG bags, Tesco sell them, Asda usually do (1 i went to didn't), and Morrisons do too. Most shops like Home bargains have them as well.
I did not expect to see Waluigi in this video 😂
Best episode in my opinion
I couldnt believe how much skittles stuff the USA has
Just had my first US Skittles few weeks ago and I've been wondering. Is it just me or it actually taste like chemicals or something? I swear it felt like I was consuming medicine instead of fruit sweets.
they have lesser quality ingredients in them in america and they have dyes in them
where i am in Australia, we just got wildberry Skittles not too long ago, and the flavours are the same as in the USA.
2:50-3:08
It’s impressive how much effort Joe puts into be being lazy 🤭
Never realised they were originally British until I just looked. Rarely bought them as Rowntrees Tooty Frooties were cheaper and better as they were bigger, plus I was a bit too old when Skittle were introduced in '74!
UK is better
Agree I'm from uk🇬🇧
I agree I'm from uk🇬🇧
Look at all those Skittles! 😱
There was a point in my life where I couldn't even look at skittles without feeling absolute disgust. It was my fault, in high-school I got a blue power aid and added a tropical and a sour skittles to it. Chugged the whole thing. I think I would've been better off eating a 5 lb bag of sugar
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Since cherries strawberries and rasberries arent berries i came up with my own flavors for wild berries
Orange-pumpkin
Green-cumcumber
Yellow-banana
Pink-watermelon
Purple-grape
Don't worry im sure these flavors won't get anyone questioning what they've been taught!
They would also taste delicious especially cucumber very popular c🥒
THEY FORGOT ABOUT DARKSIDE bruh im gonna unsubscribe from food insider now smh
Another UK exclusive was skittles dips which was skittles dipped in yoghurt, they were available from 2019 to 2020 ish and not a lot of people liked them except for me
I did. That’s 2 of us. We can ask for a revival
UK sour skittles are nothing compared to the US ones. I had the US sour ones about 20 years ago when I went to florid, they are insanely sour.
Also shame you didn't feature the skittles milk drink or the spicy skittles you could get a few years ago they were horrible. Also wasn't that long ago you could get the yellow ones over here in the UK they were fruit and yoghurt flavours.
We have Skittles milk in the UK too!
First I learn all Froot Loops are the same flavor and now I’m forced to know all Skittles are the same flavor?
Are ALL my childhood food memories one big LIE!?!
Only the outter shell is flavoured
Love that they showed one direction when talking about the black keys lol
ah yes people still act like skittles are awesome and all that, not knowing or just not caring that they're actually unfit for human consumption
Here in the U.K. you also get Skittles ice creams and milkshakes
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the sour skittle ice-creams from the uk r soo good
@Food Insider Um actually, you are singing Buddy Holly by Weezer, and Mr. Brightside was a song by The Killers, not The Black Keys. Great Video!! ❤
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This annoyed me so much
in australia we have spicy skittles does america or uk have that?
9:56 I’ve had these bedsore and are bussin
I did the skittles blind fold taste test and aced it. 10/10 . Sooooooooooooo
Honestly the blue raspberry skittles are best (besides lemon and lime)