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Every single ingredient must be listed in the US. Moreover, we use the scientific names instead the common names. Restaurants receive huge fines for not posting the list.
@Janie Scheible stfu
Yes in the US the ingredients list is broken down a lot more many of the scary-looking/sounding things are just the scientific names for things.
If the British had the same laws we did, this stuff would be in their ingredient list.
Example: Riboflavin is Vitamin B2. Niacin is Vitamin B3.
@@jamesmatthewneeland5707 I was doing some research after watching this video and it looks like the US is at the top in terms of organic food sales. I'm wondering if there's some correlation between that and having all these ingredients listed. Thinking about my shopping habits in the past year or so, I have been noticing myself buying more local "organic" type things.
Even if Americans don't understand what those things mean, I think this is one area where the US does have it right.
@Sammykid2 reminds me of when people were trolling bottled water companies by asking if their product contained dihydrogen oxide and saying how its a deadly chemical that can kill and some fell for it saying no our product only contains water… 🤦♂️
13:50 Yes. Our labeling laws are much more strict. Every little thing has to be individually listed. Which is why the UK will say mozzarella, where as in the U.S. it will say mozzarella, and then EVERYTHING in that mozzarella is listed in the parenthesis.
The US food doesn't have more ingredients, it's required by law to list everything in them and break those ingredients down that way. The ingredients list in the UK would be basically identical if they were required to list the same level of detail in what the food contains as the US.
This is their 3rd Food Wars video and they’re finally questioning that lol.
This might be an area where the US weirdly has it right. It's certainly made Americans in the past 30 years at least more aware of what they're putting into their body even if they don't understand what "Lake" food dye or Propylene glycerol is. If the same laws were a thing in Britain, a lot of the same stuff would appear on their ingredients list. As of 2020, organic food sales were worth $50 billion in the United States. I know there's some debate about the impact organic farming impacts the environment but the data is saying Americans are looking at other methods in how they obtain food.
@@chaost4544 Well, it is right but it is used very poorly. By creating a wall of text it actually makes many people not want to read it. The mathematical approach with brackets along with difficult or often hidden percentages within the labeling also makes people not want to figure out what is included.
@@SpoonHurler well no, because "seqsoning" that is in some European labels can make my mom almost die because they don't say that they specifically have peppers. Or my cousins to maybe have a seizure because it has a certain dye in it, these labels we get in the US are amazing.
It's required by law to list every ingredient in a food product in the UK as well, though some ingredients may be named differently than in the US.
You really gotta give it to subway, for convincing everyone to eat a whole loaf of bread for lunch
@@Yarpon seriously, fresh french bread (drools)
When I was younger I could have sworn the first time I seen a subway commercial it was advertised a diet food option. lol
@Nicholas Rodriguez nice try at an insult. Perhaps some proofreading for your lower intelligence.
It isn’t really a whole loaf. It is like a small baguette which is pretty much consumed in France every day.
@@jeremyertel3409 it is if you only get a 6 inch and you don’t put any dressings on it.
100,000 congratulations. You guys definitely deserve that button. The skys the limit now
George Chaplin much appreciated 👍👍👍
@@officeblokemike7914 sup Mike
@@dtru31 sup Keif 👍
That list under Wheat Flour in brackets is actually vitamins, nutrients, etc. added to wheat Flour in the US.
Yep because it is all stripped away when making white flour, but those words are scary to people it seems, EU list them as numbers and not names.
@@Kirinketsu_ Not just that, but the US has stricter guidelines when it comes to labeling ingredients. Which is why in the US the ingredient list much longer for the same exact product with the same exact ingredients.
@@Kirinketsu_ No, because noone else but US adds that shit
I've never had good nachos outside North America.
In the US you have to list the ingredients of each subcomponent (meat, bread, cheese, sauce etc)
100K is only the beginning gents!!! Congrats and Cheers!!!
Scott Ritchie, Cheers Buddy, much appreciated and thanks for yours and everyone else's support👍
@@officeblokemike7914 Any ideas on where that plaque is going to hang yet? I say right by the Bar and Darts set-up! Cheers to the 3 of you!
@@SKRRebelRacing sounds good to me Scott, cheers pal.
Oh hey!!!! Congrats on 110 K subs!!!! You guys zare the best reaction vids on UA-cam!!! Love you, much love from Connecticut, USA! (I love HP!)
Canadian Broadcast "CBC" program called Marketplace did an episode on a bunch of fast food chains regarding how much chicken vs filer was being used in their chicken products. Most chicken nearly at 90% but Subway had only 42% chicken in its chicken strips and 53% chicken in its roasted chicken the rest was soy protein. It was also found the grill marks on their chicken were "painted" on. Subway tried suing CBC for $210 million claiming their own scientific evidence claimed only 1% of their chick was filler, but it was dismissed by the Ontario Superior Court. Subway claimed they were going to appeal the dismissal but I don't think they ever did. If I recall shortly after this they changed their menu.
I wish they would empty the drinks into a measuring cup so we could see how much soda vs ice each cup has.
Ice is the biggest rip off ever
In the US you get your own drink so you control the amount of ice.
My favorite is the Sweet Onion Chicken Teriyaki on Italian bread, add bacon, lite lettuce, pepper jack cheese, w/ Southwest sauce and salt and pepper.
Woohoo! You guys made it to 100k. Congratulations!!
pearlylady22 thanks a lot 👍
100K!!! Congrats Blokes, I’ve been here since around 37k subs, would love for you guys to react to Insider’s ‘Recruits in the US Military and or Marines’ videos. Good on ya Mates!
CJ cheers pal appreciate the support😎
Happy 100k Office Blokes!
We have to disclose the makeup of out foods to a greater extent. They have similar ingredients.
From what I just read, EU does not even list sodiums only table salts, maybe that is why so many of the words in US food scares them.
The piquant bite of the banana peppers plus the genuine heat of the jalapenos with some onions and bell peppers on the Meatball sub is probably the most flavorful fast food item you can buy.
I'm not sure what subway they're going to where you don't just go "I'd like X amount of cookies" and you just say how many you want; plus if you walk into a normal subway and ask for 36 cookies they'll only have like 10 left
Congrats on 100k!
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In the U.S, we are required to list all subcomponents of everything, for instance in the UK, they might list mozzarella, and in the US we would list mozzarella, along with everything in the mozzarella
100,000 SUBS!!! WELL DONE YA PRICKS! Much love from USAland
Congrats on 100k Blokes!!!
Not sure if they still have it but the southwest steak and cheese wrap was the best thing they had at subway here in the US. It was shredded steak, pepper jack cheese, jalapeños, onions, guacamole, and siracha in a sun-ripped tomato wrap. That thing was heavenly.
100K! Glad i was here to witness history!
Cheers Dizzy 👍
I have always been baffled by Subway's success. I can only imagine it is for areas of the country that don't have local delis. Even grocery store subs are better than subway subs.
Depends on who makes your sandwich.
Subway, Little Caesars, etc. Puzzling for me.
100k congrats!
Congrats on the 100k boys! Loved your videos for a while now, keep it up
Congratulations on 100k! I live near Philadelphia. I'll send you some proper cheese steak hoagies!
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The US does have some strict laws on food product labels due to back in the day them being so lax that US meats were banned by many other nations for their subpar made famous the precautions or lack there of in the time by the book " The Jungle". This made then president Teddy Roosevelt go after them hard leading to the modern strict laws on food packaging and labeling. IDK about UK food laws though so they may be more or less strict than here in the US.
The EU didnt adopt similar label restrictions until 2014/2016 and they are still nowhere in depth as the US, they seem to not even list sodium only table salt and use number and not scientific names which I guess is why things in US food seem scary to them.
in the USA you have to state every single ingredient because there is a law that you have to be transparent with the nutritional value and ingredients in our food as candy companies used to market their candy as being as nutritious as chicken . so since then thats the rule
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Wow you guys hit 100k congratulations!!!
OMG, when the British guy first sat down with the food, I thought he was Jared Fogle!! He looks just like him!!
I think that europe is not as detailed by law to disclose as many ingredients as USA. I could be wrong
You are absolutely correct that the US has to disclose more than the UK. But also we have to disclose the chemical name for some reason instead of just saying vitamin B2-B12 which is what a lot of the “ additives” end up being if you look into what is “ riboflavin” for example…
The thing about Subway is that they used to let the different franchise stores use local ingredients but then changed it that all locates had to get their product from corporate. It's why the quality has slipped in the last 10 years or so. Personally, I would rather go to a Jersey Mikes's subs since you can see them slice the meat and cheeses in front of you instead of it coming out of a bag like at Subway.
In the US foods tend to be far more processed and contain more cheap and unhealthy ingredients in order to reduce production cost and therefore cost to the consumer. In New Zealand, it is the law to disclose ingredients but there are far fewer than what is contained in the US counterparts. For example, here, the fries are Potato, canola oil (for frying), and a preservative agent. 3 Ingredients. Whereas in the US, there are 10 different ingredients that go into their fries.
I'm going to be 100% honest with you guys me and my brother love nachos and he took one look at those and said " I'd rather eat the 7-11 nachos and those give me the runs ".
I do 6" sub with double meat and double cheese. It's a 12" sub with half the bread.
Also Congratulations on the 100K subs.
That sugar in the bread is eaten by the yeast. They add it to make the bread rise faster.
"Jared is in jail! It's safe to come back to Subway©®."
New Subway©® commercial. (Picture of Jared safety behind bars)
13:38, in the States, by a Tremendous LAWSUIT, CORPORATIONS MUST disclose ALL ingredients to the Consumers and Populace, unlike the United Kingdom. In the United Kingdom, a Corporation may say only basic ingredients, whilst getting away with hiding the many. Good observation Dave.
@ 9:44 I was thinking the same exact thing as Daz 😂
And yes in the US we do legally have to disclose EVERYTHING in the food not just the base contents. As far as I read the UK doesn't force anyone to go that deep, just the base ingredients.
Yes, they have to disclose everything. We've only told you on every video.
tru congrats on 100k
Its been known for about ten years that the British Food Quality laws are not nearly as strict about listing what is in a product. The FDA is tops in their regulatory industry. The food is essentially identicle, the laws about what has to be declare are what are different. That said they type of Ham seemed to be different.
Yeah in the US we scientifically named the ingredients. for example our chips, sorry our"crisps" bags are filled with nitrogen air but on the bag it will say some crazy name as a "Perseverative"
Our labels are also organized in such a way that the order is from the most abundant to least abundant ingredients
Yeah. Jared Fogle faced up to 50 years in prison, but struck a plea deal and got 12.5 years.
Subway is awful. Every time i pass one, it smells like feet. Only place worse is Taco Bell.
Both are at the bottom of the barrel. Subway closed almost 2,000 locations in the US last year. They don't even offer roast beef any more.
It just chaps my ass to spend money on crap food. There's soooo many places I would rather give my money to and be happy for the same price. If you like subway, you don't like good food.
Really? I haven’t eaten there in years but I remember liking it quite a bit. I always got the same sandwich though ( sweet onion terryaki sandwich I believe ) so I can’t have a real opinion . I was also much less healthy at the time so I was less sensitive to eating shit processed food. I do agree though that Taco Bell is def the worst fast food place out there. The tortillas don’t even feel real.
Congratz on the 100k!
I sent you guys an email for office blokes confidential about a week ago. Hope to see it on the channel whenever that launches.
I feel like they didn't do a good enough dive into Subway.
They didn't talk about different cookie flavors or that Subway in the U.S. actually has a couple of soups. They also have two wrap options if you don't want bread. They used to have a chop salad which was replaced by their protein bowls. They have flat breads. They also have an entire breakfast menu. They have sliders which replaced a round bun sandwich. Finally, a lot of Subways even have made to order pizzas!
Who is old enough to remember when subway used to cut a small piece of the bread at the top and put the toppings in (vs cutting the bread open and filling it). The sandwich was mostly bread
@@aj897 I’m in my 40s. They used to top it the other old way when I was in high school. ua-cam.com/video/8PsoJJpQVIM/v-deo.html
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Congrats again on 100k! Did you guys do a video about "subs" on purpose? lol In honor of this video, I'm gonna get a sub for dinner....Jersey Mike's, not that subway crap lol
Universal on hits and misses. 30% of the time you might get a fair sandwich. 70% is just slip. Over all, not good.
Great. Now I need my foot long Italian bread turkey breast sandwich with provolone cheese (not toasted), lettuce, tomato, easy olives, easy cilantro, avocado, with the standard mayo mustard “sauce” - unless I get the garlic oil.
Switching back to homemade after that bread comment. Just need to get those sauces they have.
We do have chicken pizziola subs here in the US but it's a temporary special item that comes and goes here in the PNW. Also it's my favorite Subway sandwich.
best subway is Spicy Italian on herb & cheese bread, with everything ...prove me wrong
The weird thing I saw at subway while in the UK was an option for corn 😂🤣… I mean I’m the Native American/ Mexican but ppl in Europe love them some corn lol even on pizza like in Czech Republic 🤢🤢 lol
An old but apropos joke:
In heaven:
Your cook is Italian.
Your mechanic is German.
Your policeman is English.
Your lover is French.
It is all organized by the Swiss.
In hell:
Your cook is English.
Your mechanic is French.
Your policeman is German.
Your lover is Swiss.
It is all organized by the Italians.
We list more because of Teddy Roosevelt establishing the FDA, which dropped the hammer on pretty much all US food disclosures
Congrats on the 100,000 lads
👍👍cheers, dj vern
Subway is better if you keep what you eat simple. I love a cold cut foot long with Mayo on the bread with American cheese, lettuce, pickles, green peppers, olive oil, salt and pepper.
Jared served 13 years for child pronography, he got out in 2020.
US labels list and are required to list in more detail than what you will find on EU food labels. EU had their food labels updated to be more inline with the US in 2014/2016 but even then its nowhere near the same information. Examples: in the US the form of sugar, oils, sodiums must all be listed where in the EU olive oil and palm oil can be listed as vegetable oil, sodiums are not listed only table salt. love how these guys also act like the US put more crap in their food when its just not listed when provided on EU labels.
"Food manufacturers are required to list all ingredients in the food on the label. On a product label, the ingredients are listed in order of predominance, with the ingredients used in the greatest amount first, followed in descending order by those in smaller amounts. The label must list the names of any FDA-certified color additives (e.g., FD&C Blue No. 1 or the abbreviated name, Blue 1). But some ingredients can be listed collectively as "flavors," "spices," "artificial flavoring," or in the case of color additives exempt from certification, "artificial colors", without naming each one. Declaration of an allergenic ingredient in a collective or single color, flavor, or spice could be accomplished by simply naming the allergenic ingredient in the ingredient list."
Sugar can be listed with over 40 different names based on the type of sugar being used and where it was extracted from. Sodium is another ingredient that can have many names that can sound like scary chemical names and US list all sodium and from what I read the EU only list table salt which is not the same thing.
Enriched bread is refined wheat removing the outer coating bran and the germ to make white flour. This was done to allow for longer storage of the flour, the downside to this is most of vitamins, minerals, protein and carbohydrates are located in the bran and germ so white flour is enriched to add this back which is why its food sources list is so long. White flour should be a thing of the past but people have become used to the taste, textured, flavor, and even color, and well there are many staple foods made from white flour that you wouldnt like if made from wheat.
(Parentheses) = name of the food source, everything being used in that and to make that ingredient
[Square Brackets] are not always used but when used are to highlight the main ingredient and its food sources
{Curly Brackets} are not always used but when used are to highlight additional ingredients used in the main ingredient followed by the food sources used to make that ingredient
but hey most of the EU doesn't file a crime or murder in their data base unless someone was convicted to make their countries look better, I guess they are doing the same thing with their foods.
Congrats, blokes!
Cheers Gary,👍 appreciate it
Technically you can get as many cookies as you want, both in the UK and the US. I'd really like to see a price comparison alongside the cookie bit.
Yes everything that goes into food must be broken down to EVERYTHING. Not just wheT crumbs, but enriched wheat etc. water has a nutrition list and ingredients list for F’s sake!!!!
If you guys ever make it to Louisville, KY go to 4th street and stop by Guy Fierri’s restaurant and get trash can nachos and a jalapeño margarita. Good stuff!!
Good job on 100,000.
In the United States companies are required to list the ingredients within ingredients, including every little chemical composition of those ingredients so that's why it seems like our food has a ridiculous amount of weird stuff in it.
They use the exact same ingredients as the US because they come from the exact same place. Subway has specific vendors they purchase from here in the US and import to the UK and others. Unless theres legal food restrictions, you'll get the exact same stuff.
You broke 100k! Good on ya boys.
Daz spitting flames with those zingers in this vid haha
God I’m glad I live in the northeast where there’s a ton of good local sub shops. Fuck subway.
Chicken tikka sub would be amazing... C'mon Subway!! Bring that over the pond for us! We like Indian food too! Lol
We also fill out drinks up to the top with ice before any drink goes in, so the size comparisons aren't accurate.
I live in Florida and I like Firehouse Subs more than Subway!
Subway is proper $#!t!
Jersey Mike's, Jimmy John's or Firehouse. 👍
Here is my personal favourite combo , try and i guarantee u will order it every single time . U take foot-long Chicken and beacon cheese melt and add , pickles , jalapeños and friend onion and to top it off u ask for chipotles/south-western souse. Trust me , u will thank me later and its all in intalian cheese and herb bread
This is a WHOLE LOT of information about a subject to which I'm indifferent. You don't go to Subway for the quality. You go there because it's convenient, fast, and cheap.
Its not really that cheap now tho
@@John_Redcorn_ Jersey Mike's is about the same price with 3x the quality. They slice the meat fresh for every sub. But Subway is the largest food chain in the world so it's accessible.
@@willvr4 yes it is (jersey mike’s). Just wish theyd add a few more bread choices
@@John_Redcorn_ Agreed
So hard to plan your day around having bread and some toppings at home. So hard. And it takes so long to slice the bread and throw some stuff on it.
Pretty sure the US just discloses more.
They are literally listing the ingredients for cheese - pasteurized skim cows milk, cheese cultures, enzymes - A.K.A. "Cheese".
@Office Blokes React do more U.K. v. U.S. stuff, cause we all cant travel to the U.K. either, but we're interested in what to expect if we did, even if vicariously.
Yeah us has much stricter guidelines as far as listing ingredients and scientific names for things etc.... makes a lot of things seem like very they are filled with crap when in reality it’s not bad at all. (Not saying we don’t have food full of crap, most definitely do) for example like the bread crumbs in meatballs while the UK may list bread crumbs as an ingredient US has to list all the ingredients of the bread that was made into crumbs as well as all the other spices and ingredients. Makes it seem “worse” when in actuality it’s the exact same thing....)
Yes here in the States its law to list everything used to make the food and the nutrition info
US law says you must disclose all ingredients
Never liked Subway. Having grown up in NJ with real German delicatessens and Italian restaurants everywhere I would never choose it over the real thing.
I just want to tell everyone thanks. I was the 100,000th subscriber. Thanks for all the recognition . As a 100,000th follower I understand that I have a big responsibility to maintain the standard. Again thank you everyone for your supporting words and you’re welcome.
Congrats Fat.🥳
Dave is right about the ingredients. Now, I'm not saying US food is perfect. It's not. But we are strict here about what must be listed. EVERYTHING must be broken down... Congrats on 100K!!!!!!!!!! 🍻
Subway in the US also sells pizza.
When I need a salad on bread I go to subway. I guess better than a Big Mac for you.
Our list sounds and looks scary/weird is because we have to not only list the ingredients but the chemical makeup of them. We can’t just say flour we have to list everything in said flour.
I have no idea what kind of subways they have in the UK but in the states you know what to expect when you walk in a Subway. They bake the bread on premises and all the ingredients are fresh in front of you. Short of refrigeration failure I don't know how you can fuck up a Subway sandwich!