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I checked out the labels for both the Japanese and American one and they were indeed written in different serving sizes. The Japanese 230 kcals for the whole 500ml whereas the American 140 kcals is for 240ml or 8 fl oz. That’s about 291 kcals total for the American 500ml. And yes, the extra calories are likely from the amount of sugars. They both use high fructose corn syrup, the only difference is that American one has more sugars at 68.75g/500ml compared to the Japanese one at 55g/500ml so that checks out.
i love when people add nuance to calories, thank you for this comment🫶🏻 higher numbers are often used to fear monger and that can easily create disorder eating patterns in people which can lead to full blown disorders a good handful of those same people
I KNEW it was different. I have bad trauma with drinking calpico in the states (from drinking too much and chasing with calpico 😅) but I went to Japan recently and tried calpis water and it tasted so different!
I have a store near me with stuff from other places (japan included) and I've gotten calpico from my local store, the Japan one was so nice to drink, the American ones not bad but definitely not as good.
@@MarissaTheMuseit's a non carbonated soft drink with a light sweet yoghurty flavour similar to yakult. it's just a regular ass refreshing drink lol, you can mix it with alcohol if you want, but that's personal preference. i used to mix it with soju and sprite if i didn't have yakult on hand and it's pretty good.
I got some of the US kind while on vacation and lemme tell you, the hot Florida sun was the only thing keeping the bottle from the nearest trash can after one sip lmao
When I was in Japan I chugged so many of these, my host mother literally just started bringing them home for me anytime she went to the store. She knew I was obsessed
What’s up with that anyway? Do they want to kill their own people just because the food industry wants to make more money by selling more sugary things? I don’t understand that at all.
One of my friends in high-school always had the strawberry flavored ones and finally she convinced me to try the weirdly too-light pink liquid, mind blown. I've been hooked ever since
Apparently that was one of the main reasons the name is different in the English version, because it sounds like cow piss and English-speaking people were too weirded out by the name haha
the “flimsy” plastic is probably the same plastic L’Occitane uses for their eco refills. It’s not flimsy at all, just soft. It’s supposed to be easier to keep recycling.
I was wondering if there is a difference in serving size. Just because they have the same amount of product doesn't mean the serving size is the same. I was trying to look this up online a few weeks ago when I bought the American calpico and was like why is this so sweet?
@@naonao9528 you’re right. I checked out the label for both the Japanese and American one and they were written in different serving sizes. The Japanese 230 kcals for the whole 500ml whereas the American 140 kcals is for 240ml or 8 fl oz. That’s about 291 kcals for the American 500ml. And yes, the extra calories are likely from the sugar content. The American one has more sugars at 68.75g/500ml compared to the 55g/500ml in the Japanese one so that checks out.
Idk if it was mentioned that some years ago the US formula was changed, and you see that with the "cirtus" flavor leaf design on the bottle. It became slightly less milky and slightly more tangy. It's not a huge change though, but it would change the flavor that everyone used to get.
My Japanese teacher in high school brought this into class once and I fell in love. The best way I can describe it is flat Sprite mixed with skim milk which sounds absolutely disgusting but it's soooo good 😂
I wanted to try the American one since my bro-in-law and nephews love it. I'm allergic to artificial sweeteners, so at least I read the ingredients before opening any and there was someone to give it to
When I tell you, I lived off of Calpis while I was living in Japan. When I got back home I bought a huge bottle of Calpis concentrate so I could slowly detox from it
The caloric difference would still be there, because it's a sugar compound. It is really odd if you think a 100Cal less drink is actually sweeter than the one with higher calorie. Probably a sweetener if you ask me.
She said they both use high fructose corn syrup. The serving sizes are different that's why the difference in calories but if you compare the same amounts the US version actually has more calories. It's sweeter so those calories are likely from the extra sugar.
Does the Japanese one also include sucralose? I don't have a philosophical objection to artifical sweeteners, but I really dislike the taste and was disappointed to find sucralose in American Calpico.
@@spyderm4n YES! YES! I tried them both too and thought it was weird that less calories one tasted sweeter. Turns out Japanese one not having artificial sweetener like sucralose is the exact reason why it has more calories despite being slightly less sweet
Sucralose sucks! All artificial sweeteners wreak havoc on the microbiome of your gut, they kill the beneficial bacteria in your gut. Avoid Calpico. & all products which use artificial sweeteners & write to the manufacturer (Asahi) & ask them to change the formulation to use plant-based sweeteners like stevia or monkfruit. Thanks for looking into this!
American here who LOVED Calpis during my Japan visit. But, yes, when I returned to Arkansas, the name was off putting to everyone I tried describing it to.
It's all about local marketing and taste panels. Just like coke in Asia taste different than coke in America. Companies try to dial in to local taste preferences so they can maximize their sales.
On top is the brand there are different brands of that drink in America. Or at least where I live. Also the consintrate is sold here as well as well as Calpis Calpico. From what i was told when working at mostly Japanese Asian store. Calpic is the drink Asahi and Calpis are brands. Its like you can have Cola and not be CocaCola because thats a brand.
So if anything, the American is better because it’s less calories and sweeter although I like sweet things and I’m American I think I heard somewhere that Japanese people don’t like sweet things
I have never seen or heard of this drink before in my life and I am a 40 years old. What the heck is that made of? I have to look it up right now. It looks like water down milk that is so wild.
i tried drinking the strawberry one (american version) recently after remembering i liked it like 7 years ago. OMG it was so sweet i couldn’t get more than two sips in.
i will never forget the day i was absolutely balling in sweat after a skateboarding session in tokyo and me thinking the white calpis was pocari sweat and almost puking from not expecting the taste and texture. it doesnt taste bad but its not what i needed at that time xdxd.
I'm so upset that EVERYTHING in America is sweeter. I get it but I have that thing that a lot of Asians and apparently polish people (I'm part polish so checks out?) where you try a dessert and say "mmm, not too sweet". I just want enough sugar to taste good I don't need to feel sick :(
Fun story. I used to order grocery items for my store (US) that has an asian/korean/japanese grocery aisle, and somewhere between 2020/2021 calpico switched from calpis to asahi. Maybe the manufacturer changed its taste somehow through that move
No it's brand difference. It's like buying a store brand Cola vs Coca-Cola. At some Asian stores you can still buy Calpis, but Asahi is easier brand to get for stores as they have many other drinks that stores buy from them as well.
I was so happy when we have our own Calpis in Malaysia, but it tasted a lot sweeter too. So I still stick to Japanese Calpis (but they cost way more), or get Milkis (Korean equivalent, cheaper than imported Japanese Calpis).
uh? カルピス or カルピス water are not the same, they are supposed to taste different as one is used as a sport drink and the original one is used as a beverage drink which taste just the same as the one your dilute. so the bottle design are not the same … she got the first bottle which is a sport drink mixed up as the original… the original is still on sale with limited seasonal logos only.
Sadly, Americans are conditioned to require dangerously unhealthy amounts of sweetness when deciding to buy drinks and sweets. Even if some companies wanted to help consumers and reduce the sweetness, they would lose too much of the market to other companies dealing out sweeter drugs a.k.a. sweeteners.
Never tried this but seeing the way the calpis is colored and looks reminds me of milk of magnesia, and I was definitely trying not to gag throughout the entire video
I remember drinking this as a kid when I lived in Okinawa. Loved it. Do they still come in the really small bottles? Edit: my two favorites were this drink and the milk bread stuff with the creamy filling. Makes me want to go back just for that lol
America usually uses corn based products while a bunch of other countries don't use corn based products, and they're probably also produced in different manufacturing facilities
I did think back in the day, US Calico had the same formula. And now it’s sweeter and more watery. And their secret? Corn syrup, it’s a sweetener and has a silkier mouthfeel. Japan’s junk food isn’t healthier, not just calories but the extent that they use corn in their junk food. There are regional changes, as foreign products are tested by their countries FDA, and companies want to be successful so they do their market research. The simple solution into the US market is to add sugar to it lol.
The calories, are you sure you read them right? Is it possible the American one if for half a bottle instead? If it's sweeter and doesn't contain artificial sweeteners, it should be higher in calories.
I checked out the labels for both the Japanese and American one and they were indeed written in different serving sizes. The Japanese 230 kcals for the whole 500ml whereas the American 140 kcals is for 240ml or 8 fl oz. That’s about 291 kcals total for the American 500ml. And yes, the extra calories are likely from the amount of sugars. They both use high fructose corn syrup, the only difference is that American one has more sugars at 68.75g/500ml compared to the Japanese one at 55g/500ml so that checks out.
American labels have you going math to figure out anything 😅
Not that big of a difference in sugar added for the "significantly sweeter" taste.
Actually you can read on the bottle in the video it says "serving size one bottle" for the american one
@@Stonesand_bones Yeah for real. It says on her bottle serving size one bottle. So maybe something else is up
i love when people add nuance to calories, thank you for this comment🫶🏻 higher numbers are often used to fear monger and that can easily create disorder eating patterns in people which can lead to full blown disorders a good handful of those same people
Apparently calpis was renamed to calpico in America because calpis sounds like “cow piss” 😅
It really does sound like “cow piss.”😂
fr what I thought
😂
Yeah…yeah it does now that you say that…
@@ravenzyblackIt doesn't.
I KNEW it was different. I have bad trauma with drinking calpico in the states (from drinking too much and chasing with calpico 😅) but I went to Japan recently and tried calpis water and it tasted so different!
I have a store near me with stuff from other places (japan included) and I've gotten calpico from my local store, the Japan one was so nice to drink, the American ones not bad but definitely not as good.
What is it? What’s it taste like? Is it a standalone beverage or for use with alcohol or???
@@MarissaTheMuseit's a non carbonated soft drink with a light sweet yoghurty flavour similar to yakult. it's just a regular ass refreshing drink lol, you can mix it with alcohol if you want, but that's personal preference.
i used to mix it with soju and sprite if i didn't have yakult on hand and it's pretty good.
I got some of the US kind while on vacation and lemme tell you, the hot Florida sun was the only thing keeping the bottle from the nearest trash can after one sip lmao
My stomach turned just from hearing that you used this to chase liquor!!🤢🤢
When I was in Japan I chugged so many of these, my host mother literally just started bringing them home for me anytime she went to the store. She knew I was obsessed
Yeah, I fell in love with these when I was doing a homestay in high school.
That's an awesome host mom.
i had to look it up, it’s basically vanilla yogurt in liquid form
wow. stupid.
Of course the American one had to be sweeter
Fructose, glucose, all that bs is sugar
Diabetes 💪🇺🇸
What’s up with that anyway? Do they want to kill their own people just because the food industry wants to make more money by selling more sugary things? I don’t understand that at all.
64g added sugar. You know how it goes
Less calories tho
One of my friends in high-school always had the strawberry flavored ones and finally she convinced me to try the weirdly too-light pink liquid, mind blown. I've been hooked ever since
Never ever got to drink those beverages so I have absolutely no idea how they taste...
I was only listening, not watching the video and I definitely thought you said “cow piss”
Same 😂
I never thought of that until she said something, and I immediately busted out laughing
Apparently that was one of the main reasons the name is different in the English version, because it sounds like cow piss and English-speaking people were too weirded out by the name haha
"Flimsy" drink bottles are easier to squash so it takes up less space in the trashcan. It also uses less plastic
the “flimsy” plastic is probably the same
plastic L’Occitane uses for their eco refills. It’s not flimsy at all, just soft. It’s supposed to be easier to keep recycling.
I love the White Peach flavor I found in a market near me a couple years ago. It's so nice and refreshing.
In Malaysia, it's called Calpis and it taste quite similar to a local drink called "Vitagen"
you did not just compare calpis to vitagen
@@wassupbros4629 Oh yes I did. Let's fight about it 😆
Jokes aside, it really does taste similar for me though.
@@bryanmavis8771 Yess, it does taste similar for me but calpis is thicker and more flavourful? 😅😂
@@意颖-l9f Yeah now that you mention it, Calpis does have more oomp
The Japanese has more kilocalory, but the US American one taste sweeter. Can you tell us where the kilocalory come from in the Japanese?
I was wondering if there is a difference in serving size. Just because they have the same amount of product doesn't mean the serving size is the same. I was trying to look this up online a few weeks ago when I bought the American calpico and was like why is this so sweet?
I'm going to assume the US one uses an artificial sweetener to keep the kcals down and boost the sweetness
The japanese one maybe has sugar while the American one is almost guaranteed to have an artificial sweetener, so that would explain
@@naonao9528 you’re right. I checked out the label for both the Japanese and American one and they were written in different serving sizes. The Japanese 230 kcals for the whole 500ml whereas the American 140 kcals is for 240ml or 8 fl oz. That’s about 291 kcals for the American 500ml. And yes, the extra calories are likely from the sugar content. The American one has more sugars at 68.75g/500ml compared to the 55g/500ml in the Japanese one so that checks out.
@@urlsisichecked out both labels, they both use artificial sweeteners. The only difference is in the amount per bottle
Idk if it was mentioned that some years ago the US formula was changed, and you see that with the "cirtus" flavor leaf design on the bottle. It became slightly less milky and slightly more tangy. It's not a huge change though, but it would change the flavor that everyone used to get.
This is my favourite drink and all my friends think I'm disgusting, because it sounds like Cow Piss 😂
In Australia it's the Japanese one, full Japanese labelling too. I wonder if it tastes like the Japanese one.
My Japanese teacher in high school brought this into class once and I fell in love. The best way I can describe it is flat Sprite mixed with skim milk which sounds absolutely disgusting but it's soooo good 😂
I love this food and drink channel
Lmao
Good to know that there is a difference between the two.
American one probably as artificial sweeteners which is why it’s sweeter but also lower in calories
Calpico has been one of my favorites ever since I was a kid
Lol love how you used wine glasses
I remember I got these as a kid when i was in thailand on vacation - loved it
Everything reminds me of him 😭
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I wanted to try the American one since my bro-in-law and nephews love it. I'm allergic to artificial sweeteners, so at least I read the ingredients before opening any and there was someone to give it to
When I tell you, I lived off of Calpis while I was living in Japan. When I got back home I bought a huge bottle of Calpis concentrate so I could slowly detox from it
Most likely artificial sweeteners and flavors
Awesome and informative. One question, what’s Calpis.
Only had the American version but it's one of my favorite drinks. There's so many Japan-only flavors that I've wanted to try. One day!
I really wish this drink was easier to find in the UK, I've only been able to get it once in a random Asian convenient store.
Maybe US uses high fructose corn syrup to sweeten and Japanese a sugar?
I don’t know about this drink but unfortunately Japan uses high fructose corn syrup in products too.
The caloric difference would still be there, because it's a sugar compound. It is really odd if you think a 100Cal less drink is actually sweeter than the one with higher calorie. Probably a sweetener if you ask me.
She said they both use high fructose corn syrup. The serving sizes are different that's why the difference in calories but if you compare the same amounts the US version actually has more calories. It's sweeter so those calories are likely from the extra sugar.
Does the Japanese one also include sucralose? I don't have a philosophical objection to artifical sweeteners, but I really dislike the taste and was disappointed to find sucralose in American Calpico.
This would make sense why the American one has less calories but taste sweeter!
@@spyderm4n YES! YES! I tried them both too and thought it was weird that less calories one tasted sweeter.
Turns out Japanese one not having artificial sweetener like sucralose is the exact reason why it has more calories despite being slightly less sweet
Sucralose sucks! All artificial sweeteners wreak havoc on the microbiome of your gut, they kill the beneficial bacteria in your gut. Avoid Calpico. & all products which use artificial sweeteners & write to the manufacturer (Asahi) & ask them to change the formulation to use plant-based sweeteners like stevia or monkfruit.
Thanks for looking into this!
What is it?
That's what I'm wondering
Me too.
Same
Watered down milk with flavoring like fruit
first time the American version is lower cals
Thank you. I was wondering about the difference.
Holy shit, i just randomly found these for sale at work one day and i thought they were so tasty, now i really want to try the original!
Calm down guys, you don't wanna piss off Shun.
*Shin. That's her JAPANESE boyfriend in case anyone didn't know.
American here who LOVED Calpis during my Japan visit. But, yes, when I returned to Arkansas, the name was off putting to everyone I tried describing it to.
lmao that's so smart to change the name... I always think about the Korean peach drink "Coolpis" and how it would be like to be sold in the US LOL
"Sprite milk" is how I describe the taste. It's so good!
Tastes even better in wine glasses lol
when I visit my cousin in the states we had it and I said something is off with your drinks, and if it had be her favorite she would have known!
What the hell is this drink? I’m from Europe and I’ve never seen anything like this in my entire life
its a japanese drink. It makes sense you haven't seen it since I've personally only seen it sold in japan and america
It's all about local marketing and taste panels. Just like coke in Asia taste different than coke in America. Companies try to dial in to local taste preferences so they can maximize their sales.
On top is the brand there are different brands of that drink in America. Or at least where I live. Also the consintrate is sold here as well as well as Calpis Calpico. From what i was told when working at mostly Japanese Asian store. Calpic is the drink Asahi and Calpis are brands. Its like you can have Cola and not be CocaCola because thats a brand.
I've lived in the US my entire life and never heard of this. Now I want to try it!! I'm going to figure out where to get it 😂
If you haven’t found it yet, I’ve seen it a couple times in my local Walmart, Kroger, and H-E-B ☺️
So if anything, the American is better because it’s less calories and sweeter although I like sweet things and I’m American I think I heard somewhere that Japanese people don’t like sweet things
I have never seen or heard of this drink before in my life and I am a 40 years old. What the heck is that made of? I have to look it up right now. It looks like water down milk that is so wild.
i tried drinking the strawberry one (american version) recently after remembering i liked it like 7 years ago. OMG it was so sweet i couldn’t get more than two sips in.
I thought this was “cow piss” when I first heard it and now it’s staying that name
i will never forget the day i was absolutely balling in sweat after a skateboarding session in tokyo and me thinking the white calpis was pocari sweat and almost puking from not expecting the taste and texture. it doesnt taste bad but its not what i needed at that time xdxd.
I'm so upset that EVERYTHING in America is sweeter. I get it but I have that thing that a lot of Asians and apparently polish people (I'm part polish so checks out?) where you try a dessert and say "mmm, not too sweet". I just want enough sugar to taste good I don't need to feel sick :(
I wasn't looking and thought I kept hearing cow piss, very glad that was not the case.
Fun story. I used to order grocery items for my store (US) that has an asian/korean/japanese grocery aisle, and somewhere between 2020/2021 calpico switched from calpis to asahi. Maybe the manufacturer changed its taste somehow through that move
No it's brand difference. It's like buying a store brand Cola vs Coca-Cola. At some Asian stores you can still buy Calpis, but Asahi is easier brand to get for stores as they have many other drinks that stores buy from them as well.
I was so happy when we have our own Calpis in Malaysia, but it tasted a lot sweeter too. So I still stick to Japanese Calpis (but they cost way more), or get Milkis (Korean equivalent, cheaper than imported Japanese Calpis).
"Its just a drink, its not salty..."
Good catch on the difference. I never noticed that there was a difference.
I never noticed they called it calpico! I always called it calpis.... Is does sound like cow piss but that's what made it endearing 😂
Would love if they keep the name Calpis 😂
I looove that shirt ❤ my fav artist
uh? カルピス or カルピス water are not the same, they are supposed to taste different as one is used as a sport drink and the original one is used as a beverage drink which taste just the same as the one your dilute. so the bottle design are not the same … she got the first bottle which is a sport drink mixed up as the original… the original is still on sale with limited seasonal logos only.
Makes sense we call it Calpico instead of what many people would consider sounding like Cow Piss
With respect, you are poifect 😉
I loved it during my Japan trip. Too much time between that and having some at anime conventions. But makes sense we go sweeter. 🙄
Sadly, Americans are conditioned to require dangerously unhealthy amounts of sweetness when deciding to buy drinks and sweets. Even if some companies wanted to help consumers and reduce the sweetness, they would lose too much of the market to other companies dealing out sweeter drugs a.k.a. sweeteners.
Never tried this but seeing the way the calpis is colored and looks reminds me of milk of magnesia, and I was definitely trying not to gag throughout the entire video
Ive only had the other flavors, they briefly sold them in my work
Calpis Soda > Calpis Water but I could only find it in the grocery store now. The vending machines only carried the water :(
I remember drinking this as a kid when I lived in Okinawa. Loved it. Do they still come in the really small bottles?
Edit: my two favorites were this drink and the milk bread stuff with the creamy filling. Makes me want to go back just for that lol
Asahi Is a pretty popular Japanese/Australian brand from what I know
I really want to try the Japanese one. I think calpico is ok but I can’t drink it much because it is sickly sweet!
what does it taste like? might look for it next time i'm at the asian market.
I just desperately wish I could find it somewhere irl
Japanese calpis has more calories but the us calpico is sweeter??? Serving size difference or good ol US food trickery (eg artificial stuff)
It doesn't. It's a serving size difference. US version actually has more calories when serving sizes are equal.
I've only had Calpico (never been to Japan). I can safely admit that I love it quite a bunch.
I miss the concentrated version...haven't found it in the US, not even at dedicated Japanese markets.
That shirt is so cool, where’d you get it
are they carbonated? is it similiar to milkis?
Nope! it's still but very sweet haha
Ive bought the american calpico before and i have always had to water it down because of how absolutely sweet it is like sickeningly sweet😭
America usually uses corn based products while a bunch of other countries don't use corn based products, and they're probably also produced in different manufacturing facilities
I did think back in the day, US Calico had the same formula. And now it’s sweeter and more watery.
And their secret? Corn syrup, it’s a sweetener and has a silkier mouthfeel. Japan’s junk food isn’t healthier, not just calories but the extent that they use corn in their junk food.
There are regional changes, as foreign products are tested by their countries FDA, and companies want to be successful so they do their market research. The simple solution into the US market is to add sugar to it lol.
I normally would go for the Japanese one, but I'd buy the American one just to collect the Asahi cap. lol!
The color look identical alright 💀
The calories, are you sure you read them right? Is it possible the American one if for half a bottle instead? If it's sweeter and doesn't contain artificial sweeteners, it should be higher in calories.
I KNEW IT WAS GOING TO BE SWEETER 🤣
IM NOT GONNA LAUGH IM NOT GONNA LAUGH...
Is there multiple servings in the American bottle? Maybe that’s were the calorie difference is coming from
My childhood in a bottle. Definitely preferred the concentrate. One of the things I miss most since going vegan
Recently the standard calpico in america has more of a strong tangy flavor but the calpico soda cans still taste like Japanese calpis
“Sounds a little bit off” that’s a nice way of saying it sounds like cow piss.
ASAHI MENTIONED 🗣️🗣️🗣️💎💎💎💎
Betting they used artificial sweeteners in the American one too because the calories are so much lower.
You saying Calpis sounds like a New Zealander (me) saying 🐄 💦
Need to see how much sugar and persevertives are on each
bro i love mango calpico and now i wanna try the japanese version
Ok I get why they changed the name in America 😂
You have to pallet it cleanse between testing
All I know is that these taste like those little yogurt bottles
We get the one with less calories as a favor. 😆