Food Theory: Froot Loops and Apple Jacks Are SECRETLY The Same!

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  • Опубліковано 11 лис 2020
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    Breakfast cereal is a staple of many childhoods. Trying to get your parents to buy you the cool cereal with the fun and colorful box? Been there, done that! Now that Food Theory exists, I can go back and try to answer some of the questions that have haunted me since childhood. Questions like, what the heck do Apple Jacks actually taste like? They never say they taste just like apples despite it being in the name! So what flavor are they and WHY do they taste awfully close to their competition - Froot Loops? Get your cereal bowls ready, Theorists!
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  • @RobertoDeMundo
    @RobertoDeMundo 3 роки тому +8048

    People: Matpat tell us if cereal is a soup
    Matpat: *did I hear cereal*

  • @user-en7dx1qp3k
    @user-en7dx1qp3k 3 роки тому +3862

    Loop 1: "It's a citrus"
    Loop 2: "It's a subtler citrus"
    Loop 3: "It's a subtler citrus"
    Loop 4: "It's a subtler citrus"
    Loop 5: "It's a subtler citrus"
    Loop 6: "It's pretty subtle"

  • @businessbot4071
    @businessbot4071 Рік тому +510

    Now I wanna see an actual apple jacks commercial where they ask "Then why do you like them!", and they respond "The box is a great color!"

  • @doomfox6241
    @doomfox6241 Рік тому +110

    I remember eating them individually as a kid while I wasnt paying attention and noticed they tasted the same. When he mentioned the orange and green ones having different flavors my immediate thought was "i thought they were the same?"
    my entire life I thought everyone knew this. The only difference Ive ever tasted is some of them have less flavoring.

    • @lululala6166
      @lululala6166 11 місяців тому +4

      Same! I had Froot Loops once as a kid and I tasted all of them all at once and then individually and realized they all taste the same. I also thought everyone knew too.

    • @jessicamallik9729
      @jessicamallik9729 10 днів тому +1

      Honestly I never really noticed a difference to begin with. I didn't realize they were supposed to be different

  • @qra5005
    @qra5005 3 роки тому +15130

    When you knew Froot Loops were the same flavor before MatPat: This power...... I can feel it surging.

    • @monkeywithgun3161
      @monkeywithgun3161 3 роки тому +472

      UNLIMITED POWER

    • @Frostblitz96
      @Frostblitz96 3 роки тому +406

      Your brain will focus on the flavor you expect when you have this kind of mix

    • @CRUCIFIEDHAM
      @CRUCIFIEDHAM 3 роки тому +270

      **levitates**

    • @ajexists1214
      @ajexists1214 3 роки тому +284

      I was going to say... he didn’t know they were all the same?

    • @billkling378
      @billkling378 3 роки тому +60

      I don’t like Fruit Loops so there is no way that could’ve happened to me

  • @SebastianRivera-mv8hg
    @SebastianRivera-mv8hg 3 роки тому +2483

    Mattpatt: Asks rational and relevant questions
    90’s kid: *He’s too dangerous to be left alive!*

    • @highgrounder
      @highgrounder 3 роки тому +41

      Just 90's kid 1. #2 was fine with it

    • @HOTD108_
      @HOTD108_ 3 роки тому +43

      Anakin, I can save the one you love!... But that's just a theory! A Sith theory!

    • @efrentoscano3786
      @efrentoscano3786 3 роки тому +9

      LOL

    • @joemullarkey5719
      @joemullarkey5719 3 роки тому +19

      A prequel meme? A surprise to be sure but a welcome one.

    • @corecross
      @corecross 3 роки тому +1

      *d tggggcc#*

  • @brynncess2228
    @brynncess2228 Рік тому +107

    "Oh we got one! Well the last 4 I've given you have been different colors" 🤣 it gets me every time 15:15

  • @lod4246
    @lod4246 9 місяців тому +19

    20:24 Huh, I always wondered that.
    I always wondered why cardboard tasted like cereal.

  • @r4nd0mguy99
    @r4nd0mguy99 3 роки тому +1499

    In Germany, we have a saying of “Das Auge isst mit.”. It basically means that, when you see what you’re eating, the taste changes according to your thoughts.

    • @basilsigerson
      @basilsigerson 3 роки тому +57

      It is also used when you have too much on your plate and you can't finish it.

    • @basilsigerson
      @basilsigerson 3 роки тому +30

      Btw. German Greetings. Guten Tag, andere Theoretiker.

    • @whyevenbother7370
      @whyevenbother7370 3 роки тому +21

      That's called subliminal messaging

    • @liajulee4451
      @liajulee4451 3 роки тому +5

      That's how we say it in DEUTSCHLAND.
      Bruder muss los

    • @aldguton
      @aldguton 3 роки тому +10

      The placebo effect is the same thing really

  • @dragon9261
    @dragon9261 3 роки тому +7432

    This episode isn't really testing if apple jacks and froot loops are the same, but just Matpat coming to grips that Froot loops all taste the same.

  • @demoncyborg9802
    @demoncyborg9802 Рік тому +18

    Steph just trolling mat with the blind taste test is so funny everytime

  • @eggsbenedict8388
    @eggsbenedict8388 2 роки тому +12

    For when it came to the different colored Froot Loops, I believe that the different flavors idea are physiological more than anything else. I think that when you look at the colors, it automatically makes you think of a certain flavor. Kinda like how we compare certain colors to emotions. And because you think of that specific flavor and all of the flavors are mixed together, your brain automatically picks those specific colors and flavors out of all the others causing you to taste different flavors.

  • @Aegon1
    @Aegon1 3 роки тому +563

    Stephanie: What does this one smell li-
    Matpat: C-I-T-R-U-S

    • @osmosisjones4912
      @osmosisjones4912 3 роки тому +8

      What do apples taste like. You think Matt pat of all people would understand why different flavors would have different reaction on your taste buds

    • @BrotherTheory
      @BrotherTheory 3 роки тому +1

      Nice, AEgon :)

  • @samuelemeraldosimangunsong6109
    @samuelemeraldosimangunsong6109 3 роки тому +624

    "Froot loops and Apple Jacks are the same"
    L O O P I S L O O P

  • @josephmardesich5558
    @josephmardesich5558 Рік тому +6

    That nineties intro was HILARIOUS. being a nineties kid, I can say we had no breakfast meetings in "heavily graffitied alleys " lol. The lack of parental supervision, right on par with reality. Good times

  • @DrewTrox
    @DrewTrox Рік тому +3

    This blind taste test did confirm another theory, a color theory. The sharp flavor was clearly red, and the subtle flavor was blue.

  • @Toast_Sandwich
    @Toast_Sandwich 3 роки тому +787

    What flavor are fruit loops?
    The answer: Placebo effect

    • @victoryjamz
      @victoryjamz 3 роки тому +42

      Yeah thats the REAL topic of this episode

    • @NathanPa-xo3zj
      @NathanPa-xo3zj 3 роки тому +32

      Its literally from your brain, it reused what flavor that you favor the most

    • @mralabbad7
      @mralabbad7 3 роки тому +18

      What next
      Are you gonna tell me that all skittles taste the same

    • @Kvat
      @Kvat 3 роки тому +13

      yes its the same with skittles they are the same flavor but smell different

    • @NathanPa-xo3zj
      @NathanPa-xo3zj 3 роки тому +8

      @@tiffanyh.5788 He means that Skittles are basically same flavor with diferrent fragrant

  • @chefgustapo5880
    @chefgustapo5880 3 роки тому +500

    The one color blind kid watching this:
    "But it's all apple jacks"

  • @SL-fq1zc
    @SL-fq1zc Рік тому +5

    I thought everyone knew that AJ and FL were the same, after all, same manufacturer, same shape. Matt continues to surprise me.

  • @mikemcconeghy4658
    @mikemcconeghy4658 Рік тому +1

    Fascinating episode. I came into this skeptical, but you've convinced me.

  • @eliasbostic976
    @eliasbostic976 3 роки тому +2059

    I love how “froot” is a scientific term

  • @possessedpicklejar4762
    @possessedpicklejar4762 3 роки тому +412

    It’s psychological. You expect to taste orange, ya taste orange. Ya expect to taste lime, ya taste lime.

    • @doomyboi
      @doomyboi 3 роки тому +19

      That's the cunning behind the FROOT flavoring

    • @megatronusorionpax4900
      @megatronusorionpax4900 3 роки тому +5

      I expect to taste apples though especially for the green 😆

    • @o0DreamCream0o
      @o0DreamCream0o 3 роки тому +4

      SOMEONE DID THIS THING IN THE SCIENCE FAIR WHERE THEY COLORED COOKIES AND JELLO DIFFERENT FROM THE FLAVORS

    • @evanfreund5651
      @evanfreund5651 3 роки тому +3

      Blue is my favorite flavor. So what?

    • @uljk5699
      @uljk5699 3 роки тому +2

      Sometimes they add a hint of artificial, cheap scent for another layer of treachery.

  • @GoolemMAn
    @GoolemMAn 2 роки тому +20

    0:18 the nerd kid that thinks to much

  • @connergames7410
    @connergames7410 11 місяців тому

    Great video Matt love the work keep it up. I honestly always thought that they tasted the same anyway

  • @neputendo
    @neputendo 3 роки тому +708

    "Apple Jacks and Froot Loops are the same"
    literally every kid who eats a shitload of cereal: "first time?"

  • @zerocolt189
    @zerocolt189 3 роки тому +423

    "Because they're stupid kids"
    -Matpat 2020

    • @MinisDunyasi5
      @MinisDunyasi5 3 роки тому +9

      I have a Theory: What happened to The Oreo Cakesters? They were so good and then they suddenly disappeared Seriously what happened to them?

    • @Tf-cs4ez
      @Tf-cs4ez 3 роки тому +8

      @@MinisDunyasi5 because they’re stupid kids

  • @houstonbaxter5537
    @houstonbaxter5537 Рік тому +6

    Love seeing MatPat on screen! You guys' chemistry is spot on! Keep it up!

  • @chubbytami4752
    @chubbytami4752 2 роки тому +1

    I love matpats intro they always make me laugh and rewatch it atleast more than once

  • @cullenhutchison6528
    @cullenhutchison6528 3 роки тому +556

    "It doesn't taste like apples."
    "Then why do you like it so much?"
    "It tastes like cardboard!"

    • @sylph4252
      @sylph4252 3 роки тому +18

      With less than 1% of fruit and other harmful substances

    • @kaizillakingofthemultivers7881
      @kaizillakingofthemultivers7881 3 роки тому +6

      LOL 😂

    • @moondust2365
      @moondust2365 3 роки тому +2

      @@sylph4252 Why did you say that in such a way that it makes me assume you believe that fruits are "harmful substances"? XD

  • @TumbleWede
    @TumbleWede 3 роки тому +16322

    Imagine finding three people eating Apple Jacks in a heavily graffitied alleyway

  • @philippp8340
    @philippp8340 Рік тому +1

    I love it that he answers a question no one asked but still makes Vids abaut it

  • @YOLANDACENOZ
    @YOLANDACENOZ Рік тому

    I straight up love this channel and I love Matt he's a very good guy😁

  • @humanoid251
    @humanoid251 3 роки тому +711

    The “I swear all the colors taste different” is a great example of priming. All the froot loops have the same flavor but the commercials have primed you to believe that the blue ones are blueberry flavored and the red are cherry flavored , etc so when you see them individually and taste them your brain is able to pick up that flavor but it’s basically impossible to discern them blind because your brain doesn’t have the colors to associate the flavors to. Brilliant psychological tactics there Kellogg’s

    • @aquawarrior
      @aquawarrior 3 роки тому +16

      Same with skittles until about ten years ago. Do the research

    • @chasevinhateiro798
      @chasevinhateiro798 3 роки тому +5

      Also the same with airheads I believe

    • @nicoornelas5676
      @nicoornelas5676 3 роки тому +22

      @@chasevinhateiro798 Okay, I already knew that all froot loops taste the same before it was even told to me, but AIRHEADS?!

    • @KevinAccetta
      @KevinAccetta 3 роки тому +4

      I never even knew they were thought to taste different. They all taste the same to me lol

    • @BrotherTheory
      @BrotherTheory 3 роки тому

      Don't be fooled, they're all the same flavor :) I could have sworn they had unique flavors though :/

  • @gabrielrossi853
    @gabrielrossi853 3 роки тому +530

    My teacher: blind guessing gives you a 50/50 chance
    MatPat: I'm about to end this mans whole carrer

    • @jonjames6326
      @jonjames6326 3 роки тому +6

      Hahaha

    • @gamingcookiereal
      @gamingcookiereal 3 роки тому +11

      did the teacher not think about when there are more than 2 options what

    • @PhaserFelix
      @PhaserFelix 3 роки тому +11

      Well it 6 options, which means it around 17% for each guess. So blind guessing is 17/63 times 6 in amount.
      So his chance to be correct all the times is.....
      MATH

    • @callemontelius4772
      @callemontelius4772 3 роки тому +5

      My dad's friend had a test in school where he got 100% wrong on a multiple answer test. He managed to convince the teacher that wasn't reasonable and that he just misunderstood what option to X out. So he was given a 100% right after that

    • @esralper00
      @esralper00 3 роки тому

      I am sure he didnt say that. He probably said that as the number of trials increase, ratio of the choices approach 50/50 statistically. In this case neither is the trial size that big nor the bigger factor being selection is completely random.

  • @Tenko-no3jo
    @Tenko-no3jo 11 місяців тому +2

    6:20 i love the chewing animation😂

  • @alexdenommee3219
    @alexdenommee3219 9 місяців тому

    So I used to work food production in a facility that made Clif bars, and a whole bunch of other brands of bars. In regards to the listing of ingredients, the fact that are weighted the same is pretty much 100%.
    The fact is, it could be done in multiple facilities, but in all reality it makes sense that it's just a secondary conveyer with a secondary hopper that pulls half the batch of fruit loops down into a cinnamon bath or whatever.
    The place that makes Clif bars, also makes those quaker baby bars, which are far better than clif bars lol.

  • @PresidentFunnyValentine
    @PresidentFunnyValentine 3 роки тому +1146

    Apple Jack's?
    Ah, yes, colorblind Froot Loops.

  • @MindReader84
    @MindReader84 3 роки тому +614

    I was literally on the floor dying of laughter when she was giving MatPat different flavors and she said she was giving him the "same" flavor. XD

    • @lilyredmoon7267
      @lilyredmoon7267 3 роки тому +27

      technically not a lie she was giving him the froot punch flavor lol

    • @girbloop2389
      @girbloop2389 3 роки тому +6

      It's true they just have different colors

    • @triveememes9056
      @triveememes9056 3 роки тому +1

      K

    • @BrotherTheory
      @BrotherTheory 3 роки тому +2

      She wasn't lying though; they are all the same flavor :)

  • @umphoenix
    @umphoenix Рік тому

    I love the fact that this video and the video "Don't Trust Your TASTE!" from November this year (2022) practically go hand in hand. The whole thing with vision and taste changing things

  • @imeprezime6108
    @imeprezime6108 Рік тому +2

    19:47 he should've just ended it here
    Btw. u didnt provide us with a taste test of eating froot loops and cardboard blindfolded, u disapointed us

  • @bellasage518
    @bellasage518 3 роки тому +475

    "it smells like you're perfume"
    facts..his wife smells like fruitloops and that's my headcanon now

    • @thedevildarksoul9727
      @thedevildarksoul9727 3 роки тому +2

      Source for pfp ?

    • @Katherine_999
      @Katherine_999 3 роки тому +15

      Well frootloops smell a lot like bergamot, which is citrusy and an element in earl grey tea and can be found in perfumes

    • @donaldbagwell7202
      @donaldbagwell7202 3 роки тому

      I love how your mind works

    • @ambozz3726
      @ambozz3726 3 роки тому +4

      You have to decide. Is she his wife or is she a bottle of perfume?

    • @alexandru-marianivan7048
      @alexandru-marianivan7048 3 роки тому +2

      @@ambozz3726 probably a bottle of perfume

  • @MantaKizaemonFTW
    @MantaKizaemonFTW 3 роки тому +501

    90's kids eating apple jacks in a heavily graffiti'd alleyway. The usual

  • @Omphala100
    @Omphala100 Рік тому +1

    6:12 I never knew I would see that, never wanted to see that, and I can’t unsee that.

  • @audreylallier5798
    @audreylallier5798 4 місяці тому +1

    I remember as a young kid not liking both fruit loops and applejacks because they tasted the same.
    I remember the other kids at the babysitters and my siblings thought I was crazy.
    They claimed that Apple Jacks taste like cinnamon apples and fruit loops taste like different fruits. I guess we were both right in our own ways of taste.

  • @ryderlead
    @ryderlead 3 роки тому +1750

    i like how Steph kept calling him Matthew, she’s like a teacher lmao

    • @saphcal
      @saphcal 3 роки тому +185

      Matthew Patthew

    • @jasonitaliano8631
      @jasonitaliano8631 3 роки тому +97

      And the glasses do give her teacher look

    • @brokenmess9328
      @brokenmess9328 3 роки тому +49

      She's his favorite teacher but she's a professional prof also I have not heard her refer to him as Matt except for the odd time every couple of vids she's in

    • @clowdthebear
      @clowdthebear 3 роки тому +47

      She almost exclusively calls him Mathew

    • @martinthebozo
      @martinthebozo 3 роки тому +11

      @@mattpatt1280 uhhh

  • @jacojacobs05
    @jacojacobs05 3 роки тому +1461

    Food Theory:
    Why does cold water taste better?

    • @jmtrad1906
      @jmtrad1906 3 роки тому +149

      I don't have a better way to say this but is because your body is already hot. Cold water makes a shock in your tongue making it seems it taste better and give a sense of refreshment in your body temperature.

    • @Crisjola
      @Crisjola 3 роки тому +61

      @@jmtrad1906 I dunno man, maybe by science but I'm from Florida and even in the dead of winter (all 35 to 45F degree average nights) cold water *still* tastes better. I'm not a crazy person who has to have it ice cold or else I'll refuse it, but I like it reasonably chilled regardless of outside/temperature my body has been mostly exposed to.

    • @hallaloth3112
      @hallaloth3112 3 роки тому +23

      @@jmtrad1906 I'd believe this, as someone who can't stand non-chilled water (and I prefer it ice cold).

    • @Rosie-uu1kt
      @Rosie-uu1kt 3 роки тому +10

      Same I like cold water better. I think the different taste in water is because of the way it's distilled/ purified. Don't quote me though.

    • @gavinclark6891
      @gavinclark6891 3 роки тому +9

      Cold water is less chemically active as it is less energetic

  • @isabellagarciacasarin4395
    @isabellagarciacasarin4395 2 роки тому

    2:47 fun fact (at leats in the state that i live in - and in the country of course [brazil]) "Sucrilhos" became so popular that became a comun name for every cereal, even if it does not taste like Kellogg's sucrilhos (for exemple, even if its those ball-shape chocolate one's people would still call them Sucrilhos bc its just a popular name at this point)

  • @yarr0
    @yarr0 Рік тому

    I'm really glad you did this because I've had that exact theory about Froot Loops all being the same flavor & Apple Jacks being made of Froot Loops since I was a child and everybody argues with me about it! lol I'll just show them this video from now on if it comes up again

    • @byeFofiko1
      @byeFofiko1 Місяць тому

      They aren't the same flavor I thought. Is that not what he concluded?

  • @ahaha5057
    @ahaha5057 3 роки тому +488

    POV: You run into three 90's kids eating Apple Jacks in a heavily graffitied allleyway

    • @BrotherTheory
      @BrotherTheory 3 роки тому +4

      Yep :)

    • @tallyblue3168
      @tallyblue3168 3 роки тому +10

      Now I want to sit in an alley with my friends and eat bowls of cereal while wearing 90's clothes and see how people passing by react

    • @danielfridman90
      @danielfridman90 3 роки тому +5

      @@tallyblue3168 make it a vlog

    • @Namor_07
      @Namor_07 3 роки тому +5

      time to run as far away as you possibly can as fast as you can

    • @garrothhogonokami
      @garrothhogonokami 3 роки тому +2

      XDD

  • @isaacinkwell
    @isaacinkwell 3 роки тому +1497

    Froot Loops are like M&Ms, doesn’t matter which color you pick they all taste the same

    • @osmanyousif7849
      @osmanyousif7849 3 роки тому +21

      Skittles too.

    • @liliecoffey8846
      @liliecoffey8846 3 роки тому +89

      @@osmanyousif7849 I don't think that's right, me and family do guessing games and we usually get it right

    • @Nkm11122
      @Nkm11122 3 роки тому +144

      @@osmanyousif7849 Skittles come in different flavours lol. It’s said on the back of the package.

    • @hafizhmaulana8932
      @hafizhmaulana8932 3 роки тому +2

      Bruh

    • @oldmanconsequences2466
      @oldmanconsequences2466 3 роки тому +4

      No I can tell him in skittles

  • @EtherealHighs
    @EtherealHighs Рік тому

    this lines up really good with the sight = taste episode

  • @NormansWorldMovies
    @NormansWorldMovies 2 місяці тому +1

    7:27 The reason why they taste different is because your sights of color tells you that it's a different flavor.
    Edit: I watched the sight influences flavor video before this video

  • @leahsmith1141
    @leahsmith1141 3 роки тому +658

    So Matpat usually destroys our childhoods, but in this episode, his childhood gets destroyed also.

  • @twilightjamgaming
    @twilightjamgaming 3 роки тому +397

    Everyone: Hey MatPat
    Steph: Actually it’s Mathew

  • @cbtheInfamous
    @cbtheInfamous 2 роки тому

    I appreciated the glasses with the cereals at the end, add a touch of class 🤣

  • @alexiapeterson701
    @alexiapeterson701 Рік тому +2

    What about Super Tasters, people that can taste all most of the ingredients in some dish. They might be able to taste a difference in the different colors.

  • @fudgel1126
    @fudgel1126 3 роки тому +921

    Alternate title: Man gets riled up about cereal for 21 minutes and 55 seconds while his wife enjoys froot loops.

    • @loyaltheoristgirl1018
      @loyaltheoristgirl1018 3 роки тому +12

      Froot you mean

    • @fudgel1126
      @fudgel1126 3 роки тому +6

      @@loyaltheoristgirl1018 oh sorry I'll fix it

    • @stickmanboi6342
      @stickmanboi6342 3 роки тому +2

      @@fudgel1126 first how did you write

    • @fudgel1126
      @fudgel1126 3 роки тому +3

      @@stickmanboi6342 at first I wrote fruit instead of froot

    • @fudgel1126
      @fudgel1126 3 роки тому +1

      @@Loopygrrrrrrrrrr lol

  • @TheTrueNicklose
    @TheTrueNicklose 3 роки тому +547

    Psychology can be scary sometimes, seeing how just because a loop is a certain color and even though there is a moderate fruity taste, we may perceive it differently.

    • @Raziel312
      @Raziel312 3 роки тому +5

      It's also the key to the "different" flavors of Skittles.

    • @Bruh4.
      @Bruh4. 3 роки тому +21

      @@Raziel312 nah the actually have different flavors

    • @ryanmorrison3845
      @ryanmorrison3845 3 роки тому +1

      That's what I was thinking

    • @foxelfire
      @foxelfire 3 роки тому +1

      I always knew that they were all the same flavour.

    • @weed75black35
      @weed75black35 3 роки тому

      It could also simply be uneven coating

  • @swichedagamer
    @swichedagamer Рік тому +4

    I wonder why people don’t talk about this. I have always thought that they taste so similar

  • @bananabell318
    @bananabell318 Рік тому +1

    The fruit loops having the same flavor reminds me of when my fifth grade teacher told me of an experiment. 4-6th grade are the grades that do the science fair stuff, and a 5th grader decided to see if the ketchup flavors where the same (this was when ketchup could be grape flavored or something). The kid had the teacher blind taste the different ketchups and guess, which yielded the same results MatPat got.

  • @floofthatdoof6067
    @floofthatdoof6067 3 роки тому +620

    “I swear there was a difference between colors”
    Me: You tasted a difference? I thought they all tasted the same

    • @evildragon0070
      @evildragon0070 3 роки тому +4

      Me two

    • @andylines8040
      @andylines8040 3 роки тому +4

      Same

    • @MinisDunyasi5
      @MinisDunyasi5 3 роки тому +14

      I have a Theory: What happened to The Oreo Cakesters? They were so good and then they suddenly disappeared Seriously what happened to them?

    • @trafficjam7559
      @trafficjam7559 3 роки тому +7

      “I swear there was no difference between colours”
      - me

    • @fluffykins1460
      @fluffykins1460 3 роки тому +1

      Personally I also remember them tasting different.

  • @welfiblablabla
    @welfiblablabla 3 роки тому +287

    You should have given blind folded MatPat a Apple Jack without notice.

  • @jess_please
    @jess_please 2 роки тому

    This blew my mind especially the Berenstain bears thing. My life is forever changed.

  • @DanteAlba-um3rt
    @DanteAlba-um3rt Рік тому

    matpat, can you recommend more of these experiment-type bvideos? I love'em

  • @nikoewindstorm8490
    @nikoewindstorm8490 3 роки тому +702

    “I swear they colors tasted different”
    They all taste the same it’s just your brain telling you they taste different based on the colors. There was a study done with jell-o where different favors of jell-o where died differently. Like grape was colored red. And most people thought that the grape jell-o was actually cherry just because their brains told them red should taste like cherry not grape. Now what about that for a new food theory 😆

    • @ark4dius
      @ark4dius 3 роки тому +14

      @Naomi Dreamz yeah, you have seen Sherlock? It’s a series and Sherlock Holmes partner, John Watson, said his leg had an unreparaible leg, but that was his brain, when he realized that his leg started working fine again, and this is real, you can search it up, our brains are evil man :(

    • @karthikannadurai5736
      @karthikannadurai5736 3 роки тому +9

      That's the placebo effect

    • @chronicallyboredenby
      @chronicallyboredenby 3 роки тому +8

      Oh yeah, like sometimes doctors give you placebo pills that do nothing, to help you feel better in your mind. The pill does nothing, but your mind thinks it does something.

    • @joonatanlass
      @joonatanlass 3 роки тому

      This might be an american thing. Our froot loops in europe are different.

    • @quackquack1480
      @quackquack1480 3 роки тому

      I have been looking for this comment

  • @shinetropolis4175
    @shinetropolis4175 3 роки тому +617

    "It smells like your perfume"
    Food Theory: Fruit Loops are a fragrance now.

    • @elainad6728
      @elainad6728 3 роки тому +4

      MatPat: Fruit Loops = fragrance?!

    • @masudaahmed7990
      @masudaahmed7990 3 роки тому +5

      When MatPat said that I bet Steph was like: bruh

    • @WDCallahan
      @WDCallahan 3 роки тому +1

      I would love some fruit loops perfume!

  • @lazytv8465
    @lazytv8465 Рік тому

    Dear Matt Patt for I have a theory for you> is it because you also ate trix as a kid wich was in competition with froot loops at the time who also had different flavor fruit themed cereal pieces that we both thought that each froot loop had a diffrent flavor 🙃hey love your vids ive been binge watching for days and have single handedly sent my brain threw pokemon evolution🤣🤣

  • @medic_memer
    @medic_memer 2 роки тому +2

    7:20 the reason you can decect different flavors in the single flavor "froot" is because of the color of the designated loop therefore causing the phantom difference in the flavor seeming like 5/6 flavors, same with skittles

    • @calebcretella2472
      @calebcretella2472 4 місяці тому

      each skittle has a different flavor tho bud

    • @calebcretella2472
      @calebcretella2472 4 місяці тому

      like how else would i have tasted they changed the lime flavor to green apple years back?

  • @devil4u2c
    @devil4u2c 3 роки тому +622

    Hey MattPat, just an idea for a food theory. Why does Diet Coke taste different from a can vs a bottle? Is it placebo?

    • @connermorg
      @connermorg 3 роки тому +67

      He already mentioned this in another video. It's because the material the drink is kept in can change its taste. Coke sends its drinks to McDonald's in special containers so that it tastes better.

    • @largeboi4678
      @largeboi4678 3 роки тому +15

      @@connermorg I didn’t know that McDonald’s was sent coke in special containers, that makes a lot of sense though

    • @imcarter
      @imcarter 3 роки тому +7

      @@connermorg 'better'

    • @connermorg
      @connermorg 3 роки тому +6

      @@imcarter but that's what it says already...

    • @thegamingspiffo8711
      @thegamingspiffo8711 3 роки тому +8

      It is because in a bottle it goes flat a bit below the top and in a can it doesn’t since it is a smaller amount

  • @literaldoorknob
    @literaldoorknob 3 роки тому +523

    When you eat cereal: *HAHA INSERT UNFUNNY CEREAL KILLER JOKE*

    • @snekland
      @snekland 3 роки тому +4

      I mean, they didn't deserve it. But you are right.

    • @lm-ml
      @lm-ml 3 роки тому +7

      Well I am both a cereal killer and a serial killer

    • @Chrisdish
      @Chrisdish 3 роки тому +4

      First I was eating that up, then you killed it.

    • @casualcarl8978
      @casualcarl8978 3 роки тому +3

      @@lm-ml wait Hol up

    • @scrablse2613
      @scrablse2613 3 роки тому +3

      **Slaps knee and laughs uncontrollably**

  • @ATHBizarre
    @ATHBizarre 10 місяців тому +1

    A few years ago, I wondered, “why do they look so similar?” And then seeing this video, I know why. Thanks MatPat!

  • @Hutchalo
    @Hutchalo 2 місяці тому +1

    It made me because this has more of one ingredient, since the orange ones may have less of other flavors and more of the orange taste, and same with others, like blueberry has less of the other flavors, but it tastes most like blueberry

  • @kellenness6046
    @kellenness6046 3 роки тому +318

    The time has finally come for MatPat to ruin his own childhood.

    • @cinnamonheart888
      @cinnamonheart888 3 роки тому +17

      After he ruined all of ours 😆

    • @flamesofchaos13
      @flamesofchaos13 3 роки тому +11

      Good good...Let him suffer for our amusement.

    • @funtimeLJ6789
      @funtimeLJ6789 3 роки тому +9

      Oh how the turn tables

    • @thejim8765
      @thejim8765 3 роки тому +1

      Turn tables? I was certain the phrase was “how the tables have turned.” You know, like when you pull an ice cream float candy land card and go from last place to about to win ;)

    • @austinwantland3974
      @austinwantland3974 3 роки тому

      I think “how the turns have tabled” is a meme

  • @science.and.beyond
    @science.and.beyond 3 роки тому +559

    Froot Loops and Apple Jacks are actually just miniature donuts

    • @maritzasanchez6520
      @maritzasanchez6520 3 роки тому +29

      CRUNCHY miniature donuts.

    • @jellene4eva
      @jellene4eva 3 роки тому +24

      If you dehydrate donuts, will you get home made froot loops?

    • @D___
      @D___ 3 роки тому +20

      Why would you say something so controversial yet so brave?

    • @linkified0471
      @linkified0471 3 роки тому +4

      Wait what! THIS GUY BIG BRAIN

    • @michaelnelson1127
      @michaelnelson1127 3 роки тому +1

      “Surely you have a lead on those donut seeds, though.”

  • @sydney58279
    @sydney58279 2 роки тому +2

    I feel like we’ve been known that Apple Jacks and Fruit Loops were the same, though. But I do appreciate the in-depth analysis, as always.

  • @tamarasmith9060
    @tamarasmith9060 9 місяців тому +6

    Apple Jacks are obviously meant to taste like BAKED APPLES WITH JUST A HINT OF CINNAMON. Not fresh apples/apple juice. And when you bake apples, whether in a pie or separate, you use more than 1 variety of apple. You use 2 or 3, a mix of sweet & sweet-tart. That's why there are some greens sprinkled in with the pink-orange now. It represents the different colored apples in the flavor. They don't taste the same as Froot Loops, the flavoring is different despite the base cereal being the same. (I like both, though.) Froot Loops taste like an apple-lemon-orange based fruit punch that would be appealing to a majority of kids.

  • @sandyfair5247
    @sandyfair5247 3 роки тому +1330

    Here's my theory
    When our eyes see one color, we associate it with certain flavors. So if all of the loops have all of the flavors, the one we associate the color with will stick out.
    But if we don't see the color, we won't be able to associate a flavor, meaning that none of the flavors will stand out.

    • @Ace_Maus
      @Ace_Maus 3 роки тому +215

      It's not even a theory, it's fact. It's color psychology. Colors are part of social constructs and we relate colors to specific things throughout life, so you are scientifically right. That's what helped collectors in prehistoric eras to avoid dangerous/poisonous/inedible plants.

    • @PrivacyNProgramming
      @PrivacyNProgramming 3 роки тому +38

      We see colors and those colors tell our mind what the thing might taste and feel like, for example; Brown with yucky, yellow and shiny with gold and red with cool!(maybe).. and many more. So what I described(and you too!) is color psychology

    • @ansems3309
      @ansems3309 3 роки тому +30

      And I think, that's genius! I wonder if you could market food like this as "They taste like your favourite fruit" and everybody will like them, because everyone thinks that they taste like their own favourite fruit.

    • @tyminator8176
      @tyminator8176 3 роки тому +19

      This is exactly the same thing that Skittles does, they're all the same, until you see the color. Go and taste test Skittles blindfolded right now, I bet you can't guess correctly

    • @Dooodandy
      @Dooodandy 3 роки тому +3

      Underrated comment

  • @jacksonandrews8714
    @jacksonandrews8714 3 роки тому +543

    The “where are our PARENTS?” line hit me in a serious way

  • @JordanHowellMusic
    @JordanHowellMusic Рік тому

    Actually, it was really cute seeing you two doing the blind taste test. That’s adorable. Nice. I should try this with my girlfriend, lol!
    Thanks for the videos y’all…

  • @TiagoTiagoT
    @TiagoTiagoT Рік тому

    Steph looks totally adorkable with those glasses and the bun!

  • @tornadey018
    @tornadey018 3 роки тому +266

    Matpat: because they're stupid kids
    Me: I feel targeted

    • @ai6896
      @ai6896 3 роки тому +1

      It's ok how smart you are now doesn't project if you can learn or not

    • @noumenine6474
      @noumenine6474 3 роки тому

      Meanwhile he got tricked.

    • @SunFlower-yi7bh
      @SunFlower-yi7bh 3 роки тому

      Ha

    • @unculturedswine5583
      @unculturedswine5583 3 роки тому

      @@ai6896 I know right, Matt literally took most of life to realize that froot loops were the same tasting.

    • @BrotherTheory
      @BrotherTheory 3 роки тому

      I still love him :)

  • @nasutchi3080
    @nasutchi3080 3 роки тому +2792

    The opening was too perfect when MatPat delivered the line “WHERE ARE OUR PARENTS?” which parodied every 90’s commercial 😂

    • @Mushroom321-
      @Mushroom321- 2 роки тому +23

      Right!? 🤣

    • @justinjames6776
      @justinjames6776 2 роки тому +11

      Hey matpat you think your great?! ha ha then why did call us kids "stupid"?! better think about that, because if you say that again, prepare to say bye from my TV!😡

    • @composedflame3086
      @composedflame3086 2 роки тому +7

      @@justinjames6776 gn

    • @composedflame3086
      @composedflame3086 2 роки тому +3

      ?

    • @taahirwilliams3788
      @taahirwilliams3788 2 роки тому +9

      @@justinjames6776 IDK what your talking about

  • @WhatOfficalTM
    @WhatOfficalTM Рік тому

    Thanks for this, i also thought they tasted different

  • @Thatoneguy-be-like
    @Thatoneguy-be-like 8 місяців тому +1

    Now we need to figure out which one is cheaper

  • @ForgottenSaber2367
    @ForgottenSaber2367 2 роки тому +1438

    Love that he’s saying lemony yellow, orangey orange etc to describe fruit loops when that is actually the description of trix cereal

  • @RobeonMew
    @RobeonMew 3 роки тому +337

    I can confirm this.
    Sometimes I buy Apple Jacks, and they have "illegal" colored loops.

    • @Zaybith_7
      @Zaybith_7 3 роки тому +7

      =0

    • @naomigwolfe8112
      @naomigwolfe8112 3 роки тому +4

      the likes are at 69, also what are the colors you found? Ive found a blue/ green one once

    • @bree2303
      @bree2303 3 роки тому +4

      I would like this comment but I don't want to ruin the 69 likes

    • @stack_o_rats
      @stack_o_rats 3 роки тому +2

      :O

    • @erich_ika
      @erich_ika 3 роки тому +15

      shiny hunting apple jacks

  • @creativeusername7951
    @creativeusername7951 2 місяці тому +1

    Multicolored-cereal pieces that all have the same flavor? Next up: Play-D'oh's!

  • @partydave1067
    @partydave1067 9 місяців тому

    The intro to this episode is criminally underrated😂😂😂😂

  • @donz6211
    @donz6211 3 роки тому +379

    MatPat: "WHERE ARE OUR PARENTS???"
    My first thought: Why your eating them my dear boi!

    • @shells7766
      @shells7766 3 роки тому +5

      bruuuuuuuuuuuh dont look at my playlists

    • @pebbles3609
      @pebbles3609 3 роки тому +6

      @@shells7766 ok ❤

    • @donz6211
      @donz6211 3 роки тому +4

      Dude, I commented this at the beginning of the video and I came back here at the end and I had 42 likes. Surprisingly fast.

    • @justaspectator9762
      @justaspectator9762 3 роки тому +1

      @@shells7766 ok

    • @btg-bp4vl
      @btg-bp4vl 3 роки тому +3

      @@shells7766 NO REGERTS! *continues to do the opposite of you orders and finds a secret that i shall keep in my playlist of fav vids.*

  • @AndrewDukes
    @AndrewDukes 3 роки тому +335

    Hey Mat.. could you do a theory on Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs about how long can you survive on just sardines? It’s really been on my mind a lot haha

  • @kiarasha1106
    @kiarasha1106 2 місяці тому +2

    I remember as I kid when I first ate frootloops I tried each one of the colors and they tasted the same and I just never liked it and never bought it again.

  • @generic_youtube_name9978
    @generic_youtube_name9978 10 місяців тому +2

    13:14 im not crazy, right? That's green she's holding?

  • @iamafannow.7891
    @iamafannow.7891 3 роки тому +211

    "Parents just don't get it, we theorize what we like." -MatPat, a dad, 2020.

    • @AxxLAfriku
      @AxxLAfriku 3 роки тому

      SUPRISE! I am the funniest YTer evah!!!! Just kidding, it was no surprise. Everybody knew already. HAHAHHAHA!!!! That was an amazing joke (it was real talk though). WAWAWAWAWA!!!! Good afternoon, dear fan

    • @fitzer8835
      @fitzer8835 3 роки тому +6

      @@AxxLAfriku no

    • @maritzasanchez6520
      @maritzasanchez6520 3 роки тому +1

      @@AxxLAfriku are you okay?

    • @dottiet6688
      @dottiet6688 3 роки тому

      @@AxxLAfriku tf? You good brother? XD like chiilllll ouuuttttttttt

    • @Galaxyzzz__
      @Galaxyzzz__ 3 роки тому

      @@AxxLAfriku
      Wut

  • @howlpup13
    @howlpup13 3 роки тому +146

    Apple Jacks: *exists*
    MatPat: that just sounds like Fruit loops with extra steps

  • @scottletourneau4571
    @scottletourneau4571 8 місяців тому

    I love this GTLive episode

  • @Sironepiece
    @Sironepiece Рік тому

    7:01 there are so many products that you could use that line for

  • @matthewgumabon7498
    @matthewgumabon7498 2 роки тому +2862

    If the “Froot” flavor is just the 7 fruit flavors combined, I guess it would make sense that we can detect the different flavors… as long as we can see the color.
    If our mind sees red, we expect “cherry”, and since cherry is 1/7 of the flavor profile, our brain focuses on it and masks the other subtle flavors.
    But! With no visual clues brains to point our brain towards a certain flavor, no particular flavor will stand out and it will just taste like “froot”, which Matt seems to describe as generally a sugary, cardboard, citrus blend.

    • @jacobweatherford4696
      @jacobweatherford4696 2 роки тому +92

      When i see red i think strawberry...

    • @trumanbadra8003
      @trumanbadra8003 2 роки тому +158

      @@jacobweatherford4696 this man just debunked a mulit paragraph theory with 7 words and an ellipsis. call this a hockey blowout because i was speechless after those three periods

    • @TheNetherLord5240
      @TheNetherLord5240 2 роки тому +66

      yeah, the placebo effect is strong

    • @shadowbunz4865
      @shadowbunz4865 2 роки тому +12

      @@jacobweatherford4696 what is wrong with you

    • @minodigital328
      @minodigital328 2 роки тому +31

      @@jacobweatherford4696 The red is labeled as cherry in advertisement so that's what your brain might expect to taste regardless of what the color makes you think, plus strawberry isn't one of the flavors in the 'froot' mixture of fruit loops, so your brain wouldn't be able to focus on it and mask the other flavors out.

  • @Spiceodog
    @Spiceodog 3 роки тому +208

    If my friends said “ hey wanna meet in a heavily graffitied alleyway for breakfast?” I would be so excited for that tbh

    • @BrotherTheory
      @BrotherTheory 3 роки тому +6

      Tbh, That would be creepy and awesome at the same time, Owen :)

    • @PaperMoonLaZY
      @PaperMoonLaZY 3 роки тому +1

      Because he doesn’t have friends....

    • @ilikebread818
      @ilikebread818 3 роки тому +3

      Same id be like "ight bet I'll bring the apple jacks 😂"

    • @danielfridman90
      @danielfridman90 3 роки тому

      It mean they are cultured and educated

  • @austingomez9630
    @austingomez9630 9 місяців тому

    That opening brought so much memories😂❤ 90s kids best generation

  • @sambruckner468
    @sambruckner468 8 місяців тому +1

    6:22 May pat chewing animation OMG 😂