Food Theory: The Secret Dunkin Donuts DOESN’T Want You To Find Out!
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Have you ever been walking through the mall and smelled that delicious, iconic sent of Cinnabon? Have you passed by a Panera and SWEAR you could smell the bread from outside? Maybe you've been on a bus and suddenly got a craving for some Dunkin Donuts? All of those things happened on PURPOSE! You see, companies are operating just inside the law to get you STARVING for their food... some may even say they've tip-toed outside the lines of the law. Well Theorists, get your detective hats ready. We are going to figure out if these companies are BREAKING the LAW!
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One time I was walking down the street and caught this massive whiff of Panda Express (which was probably 200 ft behind me). It was strong enough that me AND THE GUY WALKING IN FRONT OF ME both TURNED AROUND and went back to the Panda Express.
I see why
huh? So the wind was blowing in the opposite direction or what?
Oh
You guys got Panda whipped.
omg, this happened to me, but with baker's delight (AUSTRALIA 🐨)
Disney parks has been at this for YEARS. Although they do the typical scent stuff like making it smell like cookies outside their bakery to get you in the snacking mood, they go well beyond that. Every major area of the park has its own scent, several major rides have distinct scents to make the experience more memorable, the major disney resorts have their own scents (in my personal experience the polynesian scent is like aromatherapy, like you just feel a wave of relaxation hit you every time you walk in the lobby)
Disney is the master of mind control
I was surprised he didn't mention this! Certain rides definitely have certain scents.
I was LITERALLY popping on here to point this out!
That darn mouse
Disney has some of the most amazing tricks. Everything there is so well planned to make a full experience.
I can relate to this with Auntie Anne's pretzel, those things smells heavenly
Yes! Whenever I went to the mall, I would head straight to their kiosk and get a pretzel. Only then I would shop.
True
Big truuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
AUNTIE ANNES I LOVE THEIR PRETZELS
Frr
Just used this video as a source for my Philosophy class discussion about how Descartes believed you couldn't trust your senses because they can lie to you. Let it be known that MatPat and the team's hard work is the subject of college-level discussions about ethics and finding the truths of the world. Thanks guys!!
Rationalism for the win! Thanks Immanuel Kant!!
Two birbs with one stone: yt scrolling and thesis writing 👍
@@Amira_Phoenix pog
I used to work in the "food avenue" section of Target, where they had me make popcorn every 30 minutes whether it was selling or not. They told us it was because popcorn was super cheap in waste, but the smell made the customers hungrier when they were grocery shopping. Our store did a lot of grocery sales, so we made tons of popcorn.
And yes, Food Avenue was at the front of the store.
Sounds like you weren't making popcorn. You were manufacturing smells and binning the waste side-product (when you couldn't sell it to customers). Something about that idea amuses me.
nope.
Fun fact! A lot of the “fake smells” are still organic from a chemistry standpoint! They’re called esters and are a mix of to different carbohydrates, one that’s an alcohol and one with a carboxyl group! We did a lab on it back in grade 12 and it’s so fun bc the smell of the butyric acid wafted through the whole science wing, but in the chem lab it smelled like flowers and oranges and bubblegum
This nigga is fooled by the "organic" buzzword.
@@Death-999 oh I’m not, in fact I’m 100% pro gmo it’s just fun to point out how something completely synthetic is still organic lmao
@@mimikyurepaints2381 I wish more people watched NeilRed
They still do it at Disney Land throughout the park those little things on the walls you think are speakers are just that lol let's say you're around the candy shop they be making fresh cookies and you smell it
Organic chemicals just mean compounds which have carbon atoms present in it. Like for example CO2.
Fun fact: there's a possibility that you'll never smell fresh donuts baking in a Dunkin. They usually rely on the overnight baker and for my local store, they'll only day bake if someone already in the store can do it, and if its still like ... 6AM and they're out of glazed donuts.
I worked with the night baker and the donuts and croissants always smelled sooooo good fresh out the oven, never the same during day shift
@@mandyfrazier4937 I used to be the night baker. They tasted better as well 😈
"fresh from the Freezer" Just like Tim Horton's and Panera!
I got real lucky one time, went in around 2 pm and got some donuts fresh out the oven, started to melt in the bag even. Definitely the best trip I've had to dunkin's
I actually got a glazed or chocolate donut when they were out and the fresh donut was so soft and delicious
So I’ve worked at Panera bread recently, and I can tell you the bakers work the night shift so they can actually make the bread in a timely manner. The bread that you smell throughout the day is that same bread just reheated when they need it.
Does reheating bread release the same chemicals that are produced during the baking process? I doubt it
@@UserNameAnonymous How about you just grab some leftovers in your fridge and reheat them in the oven and then take a smell as they start to get warm. See if it smells like the food it is. If it doesn't then you probably shouldn't eat it.
One of the candy shops in Banff has a fan that makes the scents of their homemade candies waft into the street and it always smells SO. GOOD.
Oh yeah that place. There's a lot of smells going on in banff. I believe the Beaver Tail store does something similar. Can always smell sugar, cinnamon, and fried dough when you walk by
@@thefabulouskitten7204 I went to the Lake Agnes tea house above Lake Louise yesterday and it smelled so good! They tea biscuits with cinnamon sugar on top baking and it made the entire area around the lake smell like cinnamon rolls! I got vanilla orange tea and two biscuits with jam and enjoyed to do much! I also got a hoodie, but that’s beside the point. So’s the tea, actually.
From my knowledge, Disney does the same trick in their amusement parks, where they pump the aroma from food places onto the alleys so they can attract more customers.
Great episode (as always), Mat! Greetings from Poland!
That’s what I exactly was thinking throughout the video
They don't just do it with food places from what I've heard. They do it pretty much anywhere to invoke a feeling, such as nostalgia.
Careful! Nobody talks about the mouse. He is always watching.
I hate the smell. I've been, and it was one of the worst experiences of my life.
DFB Guide talks about this on their UA-cam channel. They call it smellitizers I think.
My mom worked as a candy girl in Disneyland back in the early 1980’s. She told me about the smells being wafted from behind the bushes in from of the shop to bring people in from Main Street. As a kid I found that fascinating!
That’s nice!
As an adult i find that disturbing
Yup
As a Panera employee, I can confirm the ovens are still used and then we also have an oven with the vents on the outside and when we start baking, the place gets warm and smells good 🙂 but the kitchen is under the vents so it spreads more through the place.
Like how “early humans” was the same semi faceless cutout “human” as his roommate. I know they use the same ones a lot, but I dunno man, seems like someone still holds a grudge.
Seems like he made the grudge pretty early in his life
I noticed that to
Maybe he was trying to say that his roommate lived like a caveman 🤷🏻♂️
@Not gonna lie no
730th
At Jimmy Johns, employees are encouraged to yell “FREE SMELLS!” when pulling bread out of the oven.
Peculiar flex but i as a jimmy employee will note ussually we just shout "hot bread" REALLY loud as we walk the bread through the store (wich probably distributes smell i always thought it was dumb our ovens are away from our bread rack) so that we dont bump into people with the trays because they are instant scar causers but we talk about free smells and how good the bread smells constantly
Former JJ employee. Managers told us to yell hot bread, and if customers were in to yell free smells
@@Hjhugj that makes sense free smells would achieve the same job of warning the employees but at the location i work at yelling hot bread tends to interest the customers almost as much (to be fair we have a really chill group of workers and customers) and sometimes when my managers shout hot bread i respond with " you tellin me it aint cool bread" and that tends to pull some laughs
I love JJ's energy more then their sandwiches. There sandwiches are good and worth their price, but the speed and energy of the place is why I like to go. Also buying day old bread.
man somehow i managed to develop a chocolate addiction and donut addiction when i was a kid
"You ever catch a whiff of some perfume and flashback to the girlfriend that used to wear it?"
But wait, what's a girlfriend?
First
ey 3rd
4th
My last relationship ended 5 years ago, so no, I don't remember what she smelled like, thanks MatPat for rubbing it in 😂
Why are you everywhere?
When he mentioned Cinnabon does the smell tactic, I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT HE MEANS!! literally the moments you past by it, the smell is so distinct and AMAZING, your brain instantly wants one.
I REALLY hate the cinnabon pastries they are NOT that good.
Oh I think Famous Amos does something similar. Even getting within a few METERS of that Famous Amos, you get smacked in the face with sugary, buttery, cinnamonny, chocolatey goodness-it’s too hard to resist sometimes.
I have a bad sense of smell so I have no idea what he was talking about. Unless it is really close to me, I can't smell anything.
@@NbNgMODbut do you at least like cinnamon rolls?
@@HighAsHeckPriestess not from cinnabon
I've ways been fascinated by artifical smells and tastes. The way they're able to replicate some very specific and even complex things is wild.
I can’t even comprehend the words you just said. Jesus Christ you’re smart
Being able to use gas chromatography and high pressure liquid chromatography have helped tremendously with mapping flavor chemicals and allowing for creation of better copies of natural flavors.
Even though I am a bundle of food allergies, I’m not really worried about artificial flavors. They often are molecularly identical to what we eat in our food or extremely close to it, so our bodies are likely to know how to handle it.
The natural flavor is typically more complex and so does taste different, being a combination of flavor-related chemicals rather than just one of the ingredients. Vanillin, for example, although considered an artificial flavoring when it is synthesized by the manufacturer rather than extracted from the vanilla bean, is the major ingredient in the natural product vanilla (which has other minor ingredients contributing to the taste).
I do think there should be more caution concerning artificial colorings, since they can be radically different from what our bodies evolved on.
The Popsicle brand of popsicles introduced a line called Simply Popsicle which used very simple ingredients (also cane sugar instead of corn syrup - and yes. I can tell the difference and cane sugar is much tastier), including natural colors and flavorings from real foods. It really made a great difference - grape tasted like grape, orange like orange, etc. because the flavors really were from the fruits and there was no interference from non-food colors. Can’t find that line locally so maybe they discontinued it, but I found that their Paw Patrol-endorsed popsicles are actually the same things. Thanks, Paw Patrol! But the full line had more variety.
There are other popsicle brands that use only the real fruit or natural flavors and colors, and the difference between those and the usual stuff is undeniable. But it’s nice to see that happening to such a ubiquitous brand as Popsicle.
Mom: Honey, why are you plugging your nose? We’re on a bus.
Me: Matpat has educated me.
@Тоmmуlnnit 🅥 definitely not a rickroll, don’t go to 5:20 in it
I am a EDUCATED ONE!
@Тоmmуlnnit 🅥 what?
id rather suffocate then be lulled by donut and coffee advertisements
I have been educated too
love how he doesnt even mention the fact that disney was doing this all the way back in the mid 90s
Nobody talks about the mouse if they know better
So it’s best you take this comment down before he sees
Careful Mickey will find you
🐭🐭🐭🐭🐁🐀🐁🐀🐁
He knows not to go near the mouse unless he wants to go missing
I work at Dunkin and they treat me terribly so I’m not scared to say that all of the donuts are shipped from a different factory/location. We get the donuts shipped to us every morning so we don’t actually make the donuts. We do cook the muffins in the location though
Well, I mean, I doubt people eating at dunkin donuts go for their fresh, healthy menu
Wow I mean I guess that makes sense but Still also may I ask why do you make the muffins at the same place?
It’s Dunkin’ Donuts why are there even muffins
@@2DJoYogurt I work at Dunkin and yes we do get our donuts frozen from other locations. Some stores make their donuts in house, it varies by state but there arent many. Muffins, Bagels and croissants come frozen raw, we bake every morning in house.
@@GlizzyGoblino Oh OK thank you for telling me
I actually explained this to one of my old bosses when I worked at a restaurant years ago. It's how I convinced them to make cinnamon rolls through our pizza oven, because people would come in, smell them being cooked, and would want to buy more food.
Easiest raise I ever got at a job.
bonus, you get to sell the cinnamon rolls as desserts!! win-win!! :D
On the popcorn scent category: in one of my college bio labs we worked with the chemical that makes the signature popcorn smell, diacetyl, and it really is its own scent. And not one I like, but C. elegans worms love it!
I really love the mental image of two worms smelling popcorn and going absolutely nuts
It’s fun seeing how Matt discovers secrets from lots of fast food companies
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@@loveit8293 why that crap
True, I love his videos
@Тоmmуlnnit 🅥 what’s that crap?
@@louise6093 yeah they’re really fun to watch
I think it's fine to waft out smells if it's from what you're actually making, even if a bit heightened.
However, it becomes disingenuous once you start using smells that aren't from your product. It's similar to using CGI in a food commercial, something which is explicitly against the law. You're presenting and something that isn't your product as what you're trying to sell.
if we start banning calming smells at stores can we ban the music I hate hearing it and it actually irritates me.
That being said, in his analogy of using sony who tend to spray scents i dont really find that to be an issue. I mean its not like im going to equate oranges to a PS5, and thats such a legal toilet, because where do you stop, they would essentially have to ban using any sort of air freshener in commercial envoirnments for fear it could "trick humans into buying something" though i do agree that if you sell food as a product brand name IE dunkin or starbucks the smell should be on brand for your products available... Also those smells shouldnt be allowed outside of your stores zone. I am referring to the dunkin using scents on transport systems in Seoul, i get that its obvious that its a fake smell but at least for me i would find it extremely intrusive. It would be like if a mcdonalds employee stood at your front door constantly ringing the door bell with a big mac in their hand, at least thats how i see it since unlike with sight where i can simply ignore a billboard or sound where i can mute the TV or Radio i cannot just ignore the smell at least with out plugging my nose.
@@christylbk store music creeps me out idk but let’s start a petition
@@christylbk leave the smells there, just get rid of the music
@@christylbk the smells are okay but yeah get rid of the music
once I heard misery play in a store and I had to cover my mouth to stop myself from laughing
never again
Disney: “I’m four parallel universes ahead of you”
Yes.. Fax nob
But in a parallel universe Disney already bought all of those 4 parallel universes to make into spinoff shows
How?
Man coffee
they did have their "4D" rides with smell and feel so I guess maybe
The worst part is when your sense of smell is really sensitive and the "nice perfume smell" actually gives you a horrendous migraine.
held a door open on valentines day in school for 100+ students going to lunch with colognes and perfumes amped up a bit, thought I was gonna flipping pass out and had to sit down for a minute
I can't do aerosol air fresheners for the same reason. It produces a cloying miasma that makes me feel like I'm choking along with that headache.
I actually got sick once when i was a kid, while i was at a perfume store with my mother.
I was extremely overstimulated from the perfumes that i threw up. Partially lucky that we were at the cash register when it happened, because when the cashier lady saw i was trying to hold it in, she grabbed a little trash can from behind the table and handed it to me.
I think my mom was embarrased that happened, but there really shouldn’t be anything else to do in that situation, other than check if your child is alright and leave as soon as you can so that doesn’t happen again, because this sickness was caused by the enviroment.
The problem was, my mother only did half of that, she checked with me if i was ok, then proceeded to banter with the clerk lady, as if none of that happened. I come to find out later in life that my mom just doesn’t read the room well and may just be the only person that can actually worry too little in a serious situation.
But still, if your child says they’re feeling sick and actually throws up, you should still check on them, becuase they could still be sick.
And unfortunately, i was still in the area that made me sick, and she was taking such a long time, i actually started to feel sick again and just said screw it and waited outside, which at such a young age, it was my first time i purposly split from my mother in a public area.
Lot of bad thing could’ve happened, and not one cross my mother’s mind. That is actually the second thing i learned about my mother, when my mother has something on her mind, nothing else takes over until she’s finished or it’s something that needs her full attention.
As long as she actually sees it.
Worse part is, she didn’t even aknowledge it for the rest of the day. It literally took until the next day ror her to bring it up. When i had pretty much forgotten about it. Which is the third thing about my mother, she claims to be so busy, she has some check list of things to do in her head that she does in order of which one came to her first. That’s at least what i think happens.
I really don’t want to want to just dogpile on my mother, she is an actual good person, she just can be a bit thick-headed at times, but her heart’s still in the right place, though she can turn into the personification of a ‘karen’ when she doesn’t get her way at restaurants.
(Well, except the asking for the manager part, she moreso just just really snarky and a bit bitchy when it happens, but mostly the same, really.)
I apologize about for the ranting, i suppose i just had some issues of my past i needed to get out.
@@gaminggladiator06 sounds like youre the one with the issue but cling to your mother for excuse. Must be young. Really( Be grateful you find this complaint worthy or traumatizing. Giving so much authority to someone else, to care for your state of mind or health will only hinder you. Never expect it and be appreciative when true friends show consideration. Otherwise get use to how most people will respond to your oh so desperate needs. Grow up nerd
@@gaminggladiator06 if you see the complexity of your mom as a person than you should be mature enough to keep it to yourself like the rest of us.
I love food theory. one single episode teaches me more than years of school - and makes me rethink my food errands for the better.
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All of the theory channels do that
"Companies use smell to advertise to you."
That's one thing. You're honestly telling me that you haven't learned one thing in school?
@@songofshadow5043 and why would you learn this in school
You know, I do have a question to add to this. So with covid causing us to mask up when outside, I noticed a benefit recently where the mask can either hinder or eliminate smells (benefit to me because I can be sensitive to them). I mainly noticed this when someone who didn't wear a mask as often mentioned how some people we both interacted with that day clearly smelled alcoholic, while I never caught any scent. From there I did start noticing how face masks seemed to block scents (although not always getting rid of them 100%).
So, with how long customers had to comply with mask mandates when entering businesses, could we find a decline in the aroma method's effectiveness in areas that required face masks?
Actually that is a very good observations, with the mask mandate down, I guess I'm gonna go back to masks
The funny thing about the vents is they actually help with the smell situation, too, while also channeling the grease particles from fryers and such which really mess up ceilings and walls. Ever notice you can smell french fries within a mile of a McDonalds or donuts within blocks of a bakery? It's because the smell is piping out those vents. The ventless method would of course increase the smell inside the store and probably outside the front door, but it's a trade off. In a mall or airport situation, though, you'd definitely want the smell indoors.
Matpat: *exposing companies' advertising tactics*
Companies: "He's too dangerous to be kept alive!"
To be fair, he ate a Christmas Tree and tried dish soap to ward off heat. They are probably waiting on him to do it to himself.
Matpat: *Starts Spitting Lightning fast facts*
@Obama shut it
@@donovanloreman that’s true, they probably don’t see it necessary to do it themselves
Not really exposing; all this information can be found in one quick google search. But he did show this information to a wider audience who probably never would have googled it in the first place.
I love that this video is basically saying "Companies are exploiting our senses to increase their profits...But we are gonna fall for it anyway"
I mean, capitalism does force us to buy food in general…
@@MV96_ Yeah farmers aren't slaves. You gotta pay people for the labor of producing, proccessing, transporting, storing, and inspecting your food. The only food you got a right to is the food you grow or hunt yourself. Otherwise you have to compensate those people who do produce the food for their labor.
@@MV96_ ever heard of commodity trading?
We used to trade horses for perishable wheat.
Then you go to a mill and find out it’s not open.
Go start a philanthropy food business where you make no profit, then.
@Zachary Tang 郑诚鋆 I mean, that is basically modern purchases but with extra steps. Or less steps maybe.
I work for an auntie Anna's, I've seen this constantly. Every other customer comments about the smell. Another thing I notice is that when it's not busy, small spikes in activity will happen if a customer holds the door open for an extended period of time (outdoor mall), allowing the smell to escape and draw people in.
We also don't use hoods, but I guarantee there's something in the food that heightens it's smell, cause something as basic as our almond granola (which otherwise would have no smell) mix has an insanely potent scent.
Auntie Anne's was such a core memory of mine when going to any mall as a kid. We could always smell it there and we would end up getting pretzels every time
I mean, this is by far actually one of the more ethical marketing strategies out of a lot of them
Theory Idea: Why does everything "taste like chicken?" as a default when we don't know what it is/where it came from?
Edit: He made a video on it and I have now seen it! Very cool Matthew Patthew
My crack theory is that were so used eating to chicken and the fact that it has the most ordinary flavor unseasoned that it's the first thing we can think of
Why is this comment not liked enough?
@@butterflytr3077 yeah deserves more
Because of the matrix, remember? :)
Haven’t experienced that, so I would not know.
Fun fact! Smell as a tactic to bring in costumers was literally mentioned in my first marketing class. It's so widespread it's literally marketing 101! Now I every time I walk by a food court with people I mention it to them lmao
"Now I every time I walk by a food court with people I mention it to them lmao"
I bet you don't have many friends.
@@Death-999 that isn't a very nice thing to say but sure, if that's your conclusion go off I guess
@@danielasosa4964 That's a lot of words just to say "you're right", people that need to "educate or inform" people all the time are really, really annoying. Also, this is the internet darling, I don't need to be nice.
Death just because there are many rude people, doesnt make it ok..
@@Death-999 I bet you don’t have many friends
this is one of those rare in your face bltant advertising i’m actually not mad at all about… keep the yummy scents COMING!!! i’d rather have somewhere smell amazing to get me to buy stuff than stink and chase me away.
Disney world utilizes this technique nearly everywhere throughout the parks and even the resorts.
As me Who did go to all the 4 parks the only food that i did buy was an popcorn so i did not perceive
@@memereposter2606 They use it for a lot more than food.
Honestly it’s part of the experience and it’s kinda fun.
Yea so true
Oh yea definitely
A perfect example of this is the smell dispensers they use at Disneyland to entice you into eating their overpriced food and snacks
Mat pat with another food theory always makes my day and reminds me that fast foods are always up to something
Same
Same
Police: Ok what’s his name it will make it easier for arrest
Victim: Mario dude
Police: ok what did he look like
Victim: luigi
@@monkwee1334 you mind if I send this to my Instagram cause that was to funny
Go ahead
2:07 About 0 times Matpat.
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_Cries in congential anosmia (the inability to smell)_
Disney World: We have revolutionary scent technology pumping throughout the parks to enhance your experience!
Also Disney World: We're gonna let this building at EPCOT's Future World West smell like sewage for a couple decades!
You mean that building between Test Track and the Mexico Pavilion?
i mean the future probably smells like sewage
@@MovieFan1912 It's by where World of Coke used to be, a building with bathrooms where I think they do character meets sometimes
@@willmurnan You aren't wrong!
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i was about to comment that i first learned about this trick when i worked there many years ago.
I’d be curious to know how this affects people with allergies and whether any company has been sued for giving someone an allergic reaction based on their scents.
It's nearly impossible to have a histamine reaction to these sorts of things. They can dilute them into quantities as small as parts per trillion. Also, it's basically impossible to be allergic to a scent compound since they aren't proteins. The worst they can do is have minor interactions with existing proteins and you might get mild allergy like symptoms like watery eyes or a mild headache. There's no documented cases of anyone ever suffering anaphylaxis to a scent in the wild. It's always accompanied by some sort of protein allergen.
Such an annoying response
I am sensitive to scents so I stay away from candle aisles at stores and hold my breath during Christmas time when cinnamon is everywhere. I’m allergic to cinnamon and can get a headache from such a strong smell, but that is different than these scent dispensers, I suppose. I do have friends, though, that are even more sensitive than I am and get runny noses and headaches from walking into a store with any artificial or floral scent. You bring up an interesting point and it makes me curious if they are affected by these sorts of artificial scents, too.
@@AoiAesuithiel I thought that was just me. I don't talk about it because my family thinks it's weird, I can't use spray things or perfume in general.
@@carolfigueirars I'm glad you now know you're not alone :)
I want an artificial scent dispenser that smells like Subway bread/cake. I guess it doesn't matter what it's called as long as it acts as a carbohydrate filled ferry for your sub ingredients.
Why not just make homemade sweet oat bread/ large buns with herbs? Put some process meat and cheese on your sub, then toast it. Boom, you have Subway smell.
Was gonna say exactly this! Dunkin isn't really a thing here in Sweden, but every single person here would recognize the Subway smell.
THANK YOU for calling their "bread" cake! And thank Ireland for calling them out on their "healthy food" bullshit!
11:29 "Wait a minute that is 20 MatPat's over the legal limit" a yes the imperial system
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That was extremely instructive. That's the kind of thing that makes me very glad that Food Theory was made real. Thanks a lot to Matpat and the rest of the team who worked just as hard to bring this to us.
"Who knew that kitchen design would be so intense?"
Me, an electrical engineer who has to design power layout for school cafeteria, retail cafes, and hospitality kitchens: _Raises hand_
Do you want a cookie?
@@altonbarna7161 why you hating on this guy lmao
never knew that was a job??? what the??
@@GreatRaijin how is asking if someone wants a cookie hating on the person
@@rosegacha8 do you understand what the phrase "do you want a cookie" is suppose to imply? If not search it up
Matpat: “printing shops are losing popularity for advertising”
Me, who just got a graphic design job at a printing shop in July: 👁👄👁
as someone who works in radio, i feel ya
feelsbadman
After 13 years in commercial printing, up until last year at least, I'd say printing really isn't losing that much popularity anymore. It has lost a TON in that time, but it's largely bottomed out. Of course regional variance is likely a thing, and I don't really know what's happened in the past year for the print industry.
@@ReggieBauer Is radio not huge still? Like in the car?
@@Jacksiloution Not nearly as big as it used to be. My car connects to my phone as soon as I get in the car, and so I listen to my own music or podcasts. The issue with radio is that I have to listen to a collection of random songs, some of which I don’t like, peppered with commercials, which I don’t want to hear.
Depends on what you’re printing. I designed for a print shop that did books and we were fine.
Good luck ❤️
Just as you pointed out that popcorn has a scent category all to its own, somebody I work with just walked past with a WHOLE BAG of microwave popcorn. And let me tell you, it smelled reeaallly good. 🤤
"Smell can change your view of the world"
Sun tzu, the art of war
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“Who the f*ck keeps making fake quotes from me to make jokes, these 21st century memes are getting old”
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The Title: Don't Trust Dunkin Donuts!
Me: What other than the fact that Dunkin Donuts are giving ya frozen donuts that they bake in the oven?
@Something came down shaddup
@Something came down scam or self promo
Not clicking it dude
This is why I go to Krispy Kreme lol
@Тоmmуlnnit 🅥 dude I ain't clicking it also not the real Tommy
@Kurara Chibana......🍑🍎 go back to where you belong
True Story: I actually take a big whiff of everything I eat (cooked meals anyway) before I eat it. Some people think its weird. The points in this video explain why I'll never stop.
I do the same thing lol.
Same! even if I know what it smells like, I still need to sniff it
Sounds normal to me.
@@pollychen1735 same
Same
These types of videos are always really fun for me because it doesn't really affect me because I have a really bad sense of smell and barely smell anything unless i put my face right in it.
I just realized A lot of the "Theories" On Food Theory AREN'T Theories, It's Food FACTS.
It’s taking theory’s and solving them useing fact and science
This channel is just an excuse for matpat to buy a ton of food and list it as a business expense
Ya almost all of them are. Very few are only speculated theories and even some of them are extremely close to being proven.
I mean, it's not like it's Food Hypotheses. These actually have data supporting the claims.
@@MakoKitten exactly
“Who knew kitchen design could be so intense?”
Welcome to architecture MatPat 😏
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@@micro11. lol I was gonna call it Arch Theory
Sounds cool, but not as easily understandable
@@micro11. “the show that details the details drawings, section cut by section cut. Today we’re gonna dive into the psychology of color and texture …”
Yeah, I dig it!
@@loveit8293 Sorry no
The Secret Dunkin Donuts DOESN’T Want You To Know
Me: *You can’t slam dunk the donuts*
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Not with that attitude!
A fellow masshole?
Truly, the darkest of times.
technically you can
I work for a high end hotel and we pump scents in our garden to enhance the smell of the flowers. The soaps in the room have a similar scent which we of course sell in our gift shop.
Mat Pat: lists the ten smells
Popcorn: *“You are all inferior to me”*
*Laughs in croissants*
@@tomf3150laughs in burnt popcorn sitting in the cash register
Humans: "Man, we are so smart! So much smarter than any other animal."
Also humans: "Me smell something good! Me must eat more!"
Even hearing MatPat talking about bread made my brain go: me hungry, want bread, eat bread
Well animals also do that
Ape together strong 💪
I don’t know man that’s the words of a genius
Also humans: Why are so many people so obese!?
Matpat mentioning he’s still team Diet Coke despite the epic blind taste revealing he prefers the generic just felt so relatable.
I noticed this a few livestreams ago
1:17 “*boop*” lol
I love all the little things Dan puts in
At my local Bruster’s ice cream we do the same thing, we have a vent above the waffle cone irons that sends the smell outside and around the building. Customers will comment on how good it smells all the time lol
wow
I love how many puns mat uses. Genius
Also, he looked so happy when he said “Who knew that kitchen design would be so intense”
Maybe he likes intensity
The talk about Panera had me thinking of Boudin's in San Fran. All that wonderful baking bread smell is directed to vents pointed at the sidewalk. It smells SO GOOD to just walk past the place, never mind that it's one of the best places to get real sourdough bread.
Oh yeah! My favorite place!
@@LadyOnikara mine too! Alway plan a meal there whenever I go to San Fran.
I was on a mission trip into San Francisco, and I walked past the Boudin only to find it was closed. My disappointment was immeasurable and my day was ruined.
I find it so funny how MatPat's real saltiness sometimes comes through, those are the moments that truly make my day. The relatable hate of shitty things that happen to us and all we can do about it is sit back and experience it.
I feel he’s the kind of guy who would be at a restaurant smelling the food to see if it’s a scam or not and everyone would just be thinking “is he ok?”
And he'd be the one to respond: "No! I'm not ok and that's kind of my charm!"
Mad respect for Matthew’s truly loyal fans who got here early enough to see this
Dude, you do MARVEL and Star Wars Breakdowns?!😱 so cool
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“Each time you smell something, particles go in your nose and trigger the sense and because something went up your nose that came from the object. The object you smelled is slightly lighter then it was before due to the lack of particles.”
-TheOdd1sOut
Yyyyeeeeep
@Ysabela In case anyone is confused, this is obviously a bot, report it and hope the account gets removed.
I don't even remember him saying that but I believe it
Edit - NVM I remember him saying that, it just clicked
SciShow also covered it. Whatever you smell, those particles are physically in your nose. From dead bodies to poop to flowers.
Samuel Ransom if anyone clicked the link, what happened
As someone who has acute hyposmia, this episode is absolutely fascinating to me. I’ve had hyposmia for as long as I can remember, but I wonder how scent marking may have taken a dip since the pandemic and people losing their sense of smell from Covid?
At first I was on the fence about Food Theory but know I can say proudly say that I have binged all the episodes and am craving more!
First non bot pog
@@Borax_Sensei maybe your not
I read a book once, where the protagonist was selling his house, and the realtor told him to bake cookies in the kitchen before the showing, to give the potential buyers a nice feeling from the smell.
This is commonly done. When we sold our house, the realtor bought an apple pie and just put it in the oven.
@Ysabela BE GONE BOT!
"Ever catch a whiff of some perfume and have flashbacks to the girlfriend..."
I'm going to stop you right there MatPat
Yo I appreciate that you are subbed to the legend DanTDM.
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@@thecomposerchanginggames5250 of course I am
As a person that's worked at Duncan donuts one of the grossest things that I know they do is they leave their frozen hasbrowns in a drawer that isn't cold like a freezer so then they sit and get soggy until they're all used and the donuts only get changed twice daily at both 12s and don't check if bugs are landing on them
It's kind of interesting seeing how businesses are able to manipulate other people. I despise shopping so much and am so cheap that none of the psychological tricks work on me. I buy nothing unless I intentionally left my house to get it.
If I'm alone or with others who are NOT my granddaughter, I buy nothing unless it is on my list and most of the time I'll have a coupon for it. Unfortunately, having a granddaughter, I learned the secret to getting me to spend are the words "Grammy PLEASE?!!" 🤣
@@dr.braxygilkeycruises1460 , that is definitely the most dangerous psychological trick out there.
You talking about smells reminded me of how Disney parks waft out their real or artificial smells close to this to both sell things and make the ride environment more enjoyable. Great job on the vid MatPat.
“Companies are tricking you to buy more food through smell”
Me with a diminished sense of smell: “I am immune to your manipulation money man”
ME TOO :D
I have regular nose-bleeds, so it only works if my nose is right up on the dispenser.
my sense of smell is absolutely horrible so my superpower is being immune to this advertisement
Theme parks been doing the scent thing for almost 50 years. I'd love to see a Disney/universal parks theory 😭 there's so much to talk about within it
Starbucks does this that’s why they make us brew coffee every 30 minutes it’s not for freshness or for hot coffee but for the smell of it
Joke's on Starbucks, I *hate* the flavor of coffee 😁 I do, however, highly enjoy a Pink Drink with a Starbuck's grilled cheese, so they're still getting my money anyway, just not from their scent-vertising 😂
as a former starbucks employee, it's actually because after 30 minutes the coffee starts to taste bad, so it constantly needs to be brewed over and over again
@@IceMetalPunk starbucks has grilled cheese?
@@astronarx3189 Yep. Made with two types of cheese and Parmesan butter, and it's *delicious.* Terrible for heartburn if you have acid reflux, because of all the butter, but definitely worth popping a Prilosec for.
@@IceMetalPunk That's oddly specific
This video explains my wanderlust especially at malls, I just love going to malls just to walk around and loiter, and the unexplained satisfaction of doing so, is now unraveled its the underlying scent that draws me in, still cant put a finger on what the scents are, but maybe its a conglomerate of all the scents from the shops in the mall
“Smell is the strongest sense”
My allergies: Y’all hear sumn?
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Matt I gotta tell ya. That's the EXACT thing my dormmate did to us down to the 30 minutes instead of 3. Horrific
_Matpat's helping those companies by making us imagine these smells, which emulates the effects actual smells have and also makes us hungrier and more susceptible to making impulsive purchases!_
Me: [Smells food.]
The saliva in my mouth: *Whomst has summoned the almighty one?*
I don't know if it's true, but while working at the Gap in the 90s, I was told that the store was maintained at a positive air pressure. This was to push the scent of the clothes (fabrics and dyes-Gap scent?!) out into the mall so as to induce shoppers to come in. There actually was a breeze flowing through the Gap's mall entrance that was not detectable at other clothes stores.
True or not, of all the clothes stores in the mall, only the Gap could be smelled from a distance.
Even years later I could pick up on the scent of a Gap from afar as I strolled a mall.
OK, let's say you DID become the host of Jeopardy!, how then, would you time the new schedule of filming between TV and YT?
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Proboly less yt videos, but that don’t matter to me Bc He has wanted to be on jeopardy for so long
You're doing this wrong. You have to give him the answer then and he'll respond with the question.
The night need to be an heir to the Theory channel's throne
The night need to be an heir to the Theory channel's throne
Can’t wait til this video is released in smell-o-vision!
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Popcorn has earned its spot as a fundamental scent
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I gotta say that smell being able to bring us back in time is way too real. I was in the hospital for 6 months and sometimes when I smell something chemical I get brought back to those months where I just felt horrible.
Nearly spat out my store brand cola when he admitted to still buying Diet Coke, lol. I switched to the Kroger brand that won the bracket and now I'm disappointed when I have to settle for Coke.
Just a strange suggestion but have you thought about which you prefer rather than mats winner. If you prefer kroger buy kroger, if you prefer diet coke buy diet coke
@Darth Axolotl Oh, totally! The whole being disappointed by Coke now was just a little joke, I’m not that picky. I’m mostly a coffee drinker so I’d just go with whatever cola was the easiest/cheapest to get, which let me learn to like the different subtleties of each one.
For example, I like Coke for its more lemony flavor over Pepsi's more caramel profile, unless I want something less tart and sweeter. RC stands out for not really standing out. As for the Kroger, it has a cherry/citrus finish, which is what I like most at the moment, but, I also kinda rotate as my tastes shift. I’ve always done this with all different flavors, since well before Matt’s video, but I also didn’t really bother to try store brands, so it was still really beneficial.
I really want his roommate to watch these videos and go...
"DUDE! I said I was SORRY about the microwave!"
Matpat: "You made me never want popcorn... AND burnt said popcorn!"
Theory idea: does something free/made by yourself actually improve the taste? I thought of this when eating a late dinner lol
Joshua Weissman and Binging with Babish want to know your location.
My local MickyD's has good oven hoods. All of the smell goes in a very busy crossing that we literally call 'Heavy Traffic'. Of you're 100m away from it you can smell the beef and the fries. I know it's kinda planned but gives a very wholesome feeling, though.
I would assume the answer incentivizes people who’ve never tried Krispy Kreme to try Krispy Kreme. No shame to Dunkin lovers, btw
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@@cloudyskies55055 yes it is! 👍
I only had Krispy kreme once when I went to visit Florida because there’s none in Michigan and it was way better than dunkin and that’s coming from a guy who’s grown up on dunkin
I feel like there's a pun in your comment somewhere.
All the dislikes are "Dunkin Donuts" Owners getting their secrets revealed.
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@Mr Nugget mr nugget is a cool cat 😎
Using scent to advertise is not a new thing, it has been going on for decades. Real Estate agents would put vanilla extract in the oven to make the house smell like fresh baked cookies to entice sales by making the buyer "feel at home".
I just realized I don't remember going to a Dunkin Donuts that smelled like donut, only coffee. It seems to work, because I haven't bought anything other than ice cream from a Dunkin Donuts in years.
I work at Dun,in Donuts 🍩 as maintenance cleaner & I absolutely love it it’s a good paying job the co-workers & staff it’s only 23 minutes away from my apartment via walking distance & & the coffee is the best.
thats because we dont actually make any donuts in store unless we absolutely have to!
@@marymajors5838 Wait, where do you get your donuts from then?
I was in my home town the other week and I was at a shopping centre and saw that the Burger King in the middle of the parking lot was pumping out the smell of barbecue and can confirm, it is very much enticing.
my mom bought the scent air perfume thing and they had “hotel scents” and people always tell me my house smells good
Nothing to see here , just Matpat on the quest to ruin every restaurant and childhood memories
Jk , big fan of ur theories , it also helps me make a excuse to my mom that I'm watching science
Speaking of Cinnabon back when I still lived relatively to a mall I would spend about 5 minutes just watching the people working at Cinnabon making Cinnamon Rolls, I found watching them make cinnamon rolls both extremely entertaining and relaxing. I didn’t always buy something but the staff were fine with that.
That reminds me of a story that Paul Hollywood (him off the Bake Off!) When he worked at his dad's bakery, his dad told him to throw some hot cross bun mix onto the outlet vent for the ovens and fans. That meant the scent of fresh buns would drift out to potential customers and get them to buy more. And by gosh did it work.