The first one - the states had/has something called fruit by the foot. That would have been closer to the winders

@BizzyBee30

6 ай бұрын

Exactly!

@ariana.bookowl

6 ай бұрын

that is what I was going to say too.

@jojoply

6 ай бұрын

I was going to say that! The Cheetos Mac is nasty. Not a great comparison

@scarletsjazz6472

6 ай бұрын

@@jojoplythe two British ones were supposedly nasty too though so… maybe it was a good comparison 😂

@S_J_banana

5 ай бұрын

@@scarletsjazz6472I’ve tried mugshot and they are quite nice

As a US viewer, I wish you had access to supermarket options rather than the "specialty" ones like the cheetos mac and cheese (which was rank when I tried it!). I feel like those would have been a fairer comparison. Could you and an american or canadian youtuber send each other a package of things, then try them at the same time?

Someone from the states needs to send you a care package of US foods to really have a proper tasting.

@tatersprecious5827

6 ай бұрын

I'm from the States, and I have never tried any of these items. I know from these videos that it looks like all of us are eating this stuff all the time, but just because they exist doesn't mean we're all buying them. Every US item looked disgusting to me, too. 😅

@imissa3095

5 ай бұрын

😂 these aren’t really popular U.S items or flavors. I know they seem so but definitely not. The chemical taste is real but because ppl here have had them their whole lives we dnt notice it. Also our cleaning products dnt smell the same as UK we mostly have citrus, pine, lavender scents as the most common

@cmdjk1

4 ай бұрын

@@tatersprecious5827When I went to the U.S. literally everything tasted like trash.

@tatersprecious5827

4 ай бұрын

That’s fair. The US is a big country with a lot of trash food in it. It’s definitely out there. But there’s good food, too. People come here and want to try all the crap they see online. And it’s crap. So it’s understandable that people think that’s all we have. 😉

As an American, I can tell you that when I went to the UK, the most immediately obvious thing to me about the food was how all of our food back home tastes really artificial and sometimes kind of mummified by comparison. Generally, I think that's because you guys are way better about not putting weird chemicals into your food. Also, I WISH I could get Ribena squash every day! It's miles better than American grape flavor anything. We don't really understand squash yet, though. I miss it!

An American here, fruit by the foot is more like the winders though it is a bright red. Fruit roll ups taste similar to fruit by the foot but roll ups are stickier. The Mac n cheese you would make at home is usually kraft which has the powder and you would add milk and butter. There is also Velveeta which has liquid cheese you would pour onto cooked shell noodles. I feel like strawberry and orange are the most popular Jello flavors in America. We don’t have black currant flavored anything in America, though plenty of grape. I’ve never tried the Skittles Jello before, either. Sometimes I will add unflavored gelatin to the Jello mix so that it is more firm. Our toilet cleaners smell like bleach, so I never associate the flavor to cleaner, though some smell like lemon, making lemon flavors reminiscent of cleaners. Crystal Lite is the more popular powdered drink, but I find adding all of it is too sweet. People use the liquid ones too, but a brand called Mio is more popular. Cookie Crisp in America basically tastes like chocolate.

Kellogg is an an American founded brand and while I can't tell you how a "Winder" tastes I can tell you the American equivalent of that would definitely be a Fruit By The Foot...which tastes completely different from a Fruit Roll Up. Cheetos Mac and Cheese is a novelty item (which is probably why it's available in the UK). The equivalent to the UK ones would have been Kraft or Annie's Mac and Cheese. What you guys call Squash is just our (unrefrigerated) Juices. More Welch's and Mott's...less novelty water additives.

@mariannetuite7411

6 ай бұрын

Actually the closest thing the US has to squash/cordial would be Kool-Aid

@amlissa

6 ай бұрын

@@mariannetuite7411 That's what Google says but if you look at the ingredients in the drink she had it's more like unrefrigerated juices. Welch's and Mott's may be a bit "high end", but syrupy "juices" are just our Squash. I would say Hawaiian Punch, but that might have too much sugar compared to theirs.

@skw_x

6 ай бұрын

do you dilute the "juices"? @@amlissa

@sadiesparrow5484

6 ай бұрын

Maybe a frozen juice concentrate from the US would be closer, though those are less popular than they used to be. I think squash is just kind of uniquely British and there isn't a good equivalent

@amlissa

6 ай бұрын

@@sadiesparrow5484 Bingo! Frozen juice concentrate is even better.

Could be fun to try british supermarket versions of dishes vs authentic homemade versions. I think british versions of anything are always made to appeal to a bland pallet. You could even do budget vs expensive vs homemade. Something like butter chicken, carbonara, thai green curry.

@hutchyyy6444

6 ай бұрын

This! I'm scottish and while I LOVE our food, all of the ready meal versions are super bland and underseasoned. Like I know british food doesn't have a complex flavour profile at all but a little salt and pepper wouldn't go a miss 🤣

This reminded me of when a friend of mine used to bring in the undissolved jelly cubes with her lunch at school and eat them straight out the pack... I thought it was absolutely unhinged but then I tried it, surprisingly not that bad!

I don’t know if you’ve had a look Grace but there is an online store called American Fizz (UK based) that sell US and Canadian foods, sweets and drinks. They are also quite reasonably priced.

@outoftheklosset

6 ай бұрын

Is there an equivalent for the US?😂

@lynnejamieson2063

6 ай бұрын

@@outoftheklosset the only US based online store that sells UK things that I’ve heard of is called British Corner Shop (I think), whether or not they’re reasonably priced, I couldn’t say…but if your looking for somewhere to find reasonably priced US food in the US, I don’t have a clue 😊

@rawrsophiex

6 ай бұрын

@@outoftheklossetpublix have a UK aisle but I think they’re only in florida

Grace taste testing food and drink is the best way to start the year! ❤

@kerrimarie9736

4 ай бұрын

not really when she’s literally looking

The faces! 😂 I do apologize for the cleaning supplies flavored American food. I imagine it’s made with chemicals that are probably banned in the UK. 😂

This is a fun video Grace. You did a good job editing!

I’d love a “what i got for Christmas” video Grace! ❤

Eating a rubber had my American mind reeling lol. Erasers, got it haha

Love your new editing style too!

Fun video! The comparisons were a little off but who cares? I would like to see you make and try some US regional dishes such as New England clam chowder, Philly cheese steaks, Louisiana low country boil, California fish tacos, Texas chilli or even simple biscuits and sausage gravy (the South's beans on toast). Real family style recipes. As a matter of fact, I would like to see the UK regional dishes. The real food that anyone from that area would recognize. Anyway, thanks for sharing. I really enjoyed it as usual.

@hannahk1306

5 ай бұрын

Ooh yes! A couple of British examples I think of off the top of my head (although I'm sure there are tonnes more): - proper Cornish pasty (none of that Ginsters rubbish!) - rag pudding - jam roly poly - Bedfordshire clanger - Welsh rarebit - cock-a-leekie - hotpot - haggis (decent one), neeps and tatties - laverbread - Welsh cakes - beef stew and dumplings - pie and liquor (with jellied eels if she's feeling brave!)

Love this! Please do more! I’d still love to see a Cookie Crisp comparison as well. Oh & id love to see you try American flavored coffee creamers! Maybe in tea if you don’t like coffee?

When she says it's the English food.the rest of the UK.have got the same food.but were in America do the food comes from one part or all over.👍🥰

Such a fun video I'm always intrigued to see the different thinks you get in the UK for food compared to what I can get in Canada.

I've loved these videos since I was a kid! as an American, I definitely agree with the comments saying the comparisons were off, as a lot of the flavors/brands you got are novelty, and definitely not what you'd grow up eating - but I'd love for you to do this sort of video again, and hopefully you're able to get some of the more common brands :)

Welch’s purple grape juice in the UK (definitely in Sainsbury’s) tastes like an American grape juice :)

The editing! Look at you! 🫶

never been this early before :O - mac and cheese needs to be the red and yellow box of cheesy pasta vs america's kraft branded stuff

Love it! You should do a video testing Mean Girls inspired items. I know Kaspas Desserts have a got a few new things on their menu ❤

❤ love these type of videos xx🎉

Evan edinger is a youtuber whos originally from the US but has been here for like a decade. He's known for british vs american videos. Could be a good collab.

@paradeoflaughter

5 ай бұрын

Yes! That would be a fun collab! Evan is great

Have you tried the rhubarb and custard and the pear drop squashes? They are lush!

Here in the US and those drink powders liquids most people don’t actually use them full strength as they are VERY strong, and not meant to be similar to a juice drink flavor, more of a soda flavor. Fun video grace!

If you are doing it again I would getting the same flavours + dont open your eyes in between tasting. Maybe put a cloth before your eyes. Also, just branded vs unbranded is so fun! And i see no one do those anymore!

Deffo up for hearing Mr Gracks opinions from off camera next time if he is keen! Looks like he was giving them a go too 😁😁

I’m a Canadian and we live on the border to America so we buy a lot of the food and the exactly the same stuff like kraft dinner or chocolate bars like snickers taste completely different. Milk and cheese and beef taste very different. Canadian food taste so much better. I know what you mean by the chemically tastes. We have a lot stricter food laws.

I’m in the UK and use the little squeeze squash in work so I don’t need to lug a big bottle. I tend to get the Aldi normal flavour ones but sometimes get the slush puppie ones

This was fun! I wanted to know how the cookie crisp and Reese’s pieces cereals were too! We can’t get either in NZ (I mean I’m sure you can order them online, but they aren’t readily available in supermarkets to my knowledge) and I was curious. I wanted to know how closely the Reese’s Pieces cereal resembles the cups. Maybe you could review in on social media somewhere

As a Brit, for some reason American boxed Mac'n'cheese is BETTER. 😂 Honestly some things from the states taste great, chemicals and preservatives aside!

@ayragon

Ай бұрын

Secret to American Mac n cheese, double the butter and half the milk. So much better 😊

Happy New Year Mr and Mrs Grack!

I wish the US cares more about what went into outlr food

I’d be curious to see you blind test Australian versus UK chocolates, but the same ones. We have Cadbury here, but it doesn’t taste the same as the UK versions (UK is better, but that’s my opinion). Would be interesting to see you blind taste test the same Cadbury products form the UK and Australia and see if you notice the difference. PS Or Cadbury/UK brand chocs versus the same from around the world 🤷🏻‍♀️

@BlinkedAgain

6 ай бұрын

I second this - Irish Cadbury tastes totally different and only that will do for me lol

@hannahk1306

5 ай бұрын

When did you last have British Cadbury's? The quality has gone majorly downhill since they swapped out some of the milk fats for vegetable fats. I had some chocolate buttons from my selection box earlier and they actually tasted stale!

@swirlymay

5 ай бұрын

@@hannahk1306 oooh that doesn’t sound promising. I had a standard dairy block over Christmas that my aunt bought over and I thought it tasted the same as last time…🤔

@hannahk1306

5 ай бұрын

@@swirlymay It started years ago when Kraft bought Cadbury's and first changed the recipe, then Mondelez bought them and not only did they not change it back but they have continued to tweak it. Cadbury's chocolate used to be much creamier and now it's mostly just tastes sweet.

Aldi has a chocolate and peanut butter cereal you can compare the Reece’s cereal to 🫶

Australia has Fruit Roll Ups too, but I'm so glad I've never eaten them😂

My mother used to bring us back candy from London. The candy bars were like our American candy bars but they just had different names and wrappers (Mars bars and Rolos.) I never tasted a difference.

i would definitely poll american viewers before doing this again, at least! i love seeing the UK options, but none of the american options are what i would have chosen as the equivalent... they seemed like much more gimmicky or specialty items vs. classic american things most people ate growing up!

Happy new year from Ohio Grace ! 🌟

Please do the same thing with UK and AUS foods! Easy Mac, aeroplane jelly and our roll ups !

Peach squash is the best by far

The American Mac and cheese is flavored after the potato chip “Cheetos”

My Nanna always had Robinsons in her kitchen 😊

squash isn't really an American thing - people drink rather lemonade, juice like minute made or soft drinks over squash. although (as a nordic European )people drink a lot of squash over here (north Europe), so Sweden, Finland Norway and Denmark. the most popular brand for squash here, is called Fun light, please try if you can find it in the uk!:)

I think you should do an America Vs UK but off of viewer recs so you can get an accurate reading of what snacks/foods the majority of us actually eat or a poll.

As an American I had no idea they made Cheetos Mac n cheese and I have 0 plans on trying it

I'm an American living in Europe now for almost 2 years. I can say that I definitely taste a difference in most things that are available in both places, including sodas. And for the most part I prefer the European version

@waterfall5660

5 ай бұрын

Omg sodas for me are the biggest difference too! I usually hate soda and the only soda I drink is specifically Diet Coke in England 😭

Kraft is the American Mac n cheese the Cheeto’s one is a novelty

Maybe the viewer's from America could send you food to try, because every state has their own specialty.

As an adult, i can't believe we basically just ate sugar for breakfast with all the American cereals out there. It's wild.

Velveeta Shells Mac & cheese is the superior American box mix imo, kraft is classic though, and I’ve never had Cheetos

@Nimeariel

6 ай бұрын

If you like cheetos (the crunchy snack) and you like boxed/microwaved mac n cheese, then you'll like the cheetos mac n cheese. It's creamy and has a subtle cheetos flavor.

Surely the british mac and cheese should be 'pasta n sauce mac n cheese'? That's a classic

If I ever get to visit England, I volunteer to compare US/English snacks! I'm from Oklahoma, and most of our convenience store chains have a ridiculous amount of snack foods. I could fill a checked bag. haha.

So much fun!

When you had your eyes closed, waiting for the spoon to be fed to you, it made me think of the scene in The Grinch when they were force feeding him fudge as the Holiday Cheermeister. Obviously, the Jim Carrey version!

@hollie531

3 ай бұрын

Fudge dudge !

We love a lil snackle with Grackle

omg hi early gang happy new years

I think for the Mac and cheese Kraft Mac and cheese is the classic in the US and closer to the others

@AlexisBelon

6 ай бұрын

Kraft is really a staple in the United States I’m not ashamed to love it. Btw idk if you’re into nyc vlogs but if so, you might like mine! I’d be sooo grateful if you swung by and took a peek. 🙏 Stick around if you like!

The Cheetos mac n cheese is nothing compared to kraft dinner. I recommend trying that it will blow your mind.

Kool aid I think is basically squash in the USA but powder form x

Fun video but please ask an American lol these were weird comparisons (except maybe the jello). I don’t even know what squash is, but we have the exact same thing you do in a bunch of fruit flavors.

Comparing an instant mug and a supermarket brand microwave option is a bit unfair. There's a boxed one by marshalls that's quite nice. Or even the bachelors packet option.

The American version of fruit winders is called 'fruit by the foot'.

I've never had the Cheetos brand Mac n cheese, (i felt a bit dubious about it tbh) but the Kraft Mac n Cheese is a classic here❤ I also love the Aunt Annie's Vegan Mac. If you can get your hands on either of those, they might impress you a bit more than the Cheetos one. Lol

@Shmitty_A

6 ай бұрын

I agree. I’ve tried the Cheetos Mac and cheese and it’s gross.

@saraarnett2557

6 ай бұрын

The Cheetos Mac and cheese is revolting. My kid wouldn’t even eat it.

Ok I’m disappointed you didn’t at least taste the cereal still, but I also think you have the wrong fruit rollups. We have something called “froot by the foot” that’s more comparable to your fruit winders. Also, should you get another PO box so we can send you some genuine American treats. I’d be down to swap snacks and we can do a comparison. Lastly, that orange “crush” was bound to be awful, crush is actually a pop/soda so I wouldn’t imagine it’s nice flat.

Hawaiian Punch was what rich kids must have drunk (or Mom might get it for you if you begged the right way). KoolAid was the norm when I was a kid.

@meriambenouis5318

6 ай бұрын

As a Brit I love the flavours of kool aid but I panic when I see how much sugar goes in😅

Water enhancers aren’t very close to squash. Kool aid or hug juices would be more similar

happy new year and hres to a great 2024 take carex

I mostly enjoy home made snacks. To me they taste so much better. I too am older, and have to be gluten free. And am still searching for a good gluten free bread that doesn't make me sick, there is one more like homemade called canyon house, but boy oh boy does it ever make me sick. Gas so bad you can't stand up straight.

You should have tried Kraft mac and cheese!

I'm American been here in the north east of the UK for 21 years sooo we can hook up it is doable punk ❤ but seriously I'm only in the north east and love train rides hahaha

The mac n cheese 🧀 wasn't fair comparison, you should of compared Kraft cheesey pasta to the American one xx😊

How do you know what cleaning fluid tastes like?

what about the Lemon Barley...really hope they still make that, my squash of choice. From memory, blackcurrants are not allowed in the US due to some sort of parasite or something that they carry (or something) that interferes with some other crop that is important to the US - just looked it up and apparently it's down to 'white pine blister rust', a fungus.

I'm guessing "It tastes like feet and rubbers" will sound amusing to American ears.

I don’t mind the mugshot mac and cheese 😂

I’m American living in London, happy to lend a hand (or opinion) for future 🇬🇧 vs 🇺🇸 videos

Liquid water enhancer 😂

Wish you’d had gushers fruit snacks instead of fruit roll ups😩 the coolest thing about fruit roll ups was they had tongue tattoos… so you’d let that sheet of fruit thing sit on your tongue for like 30 seconds and then walk around to your friends saying nonsense with your colored tongue sticking out

I'd love to see you attempt this in a more "Beryl Shereshewsky" style. Take some polls, have people reach out, maybe a video chat will give you the insight you desire as well! **edited to add more thought: I only suggest polls and more conversation because some of the choices here are not things I'd personally eat or find nostalgic as an American. Example: the Mac n cheese: blue box Kraft or Velveeta are definitely the more common ones from what I know of the people around me and my experience! Mac N Cheetos is a newer thing. Or the drink mixes! Everyone is SO different here. Do you call juices Squash? Cause the mixes are not at all what I'd consider an American juice. Their water enhancers, usually artificial sweeteners. I like half a packet in a liter of water cause I too find it powerful, or sometimes I'll mix half packet of the lemonade powder mixers with a liter of black, unsweetened iced tea for a real treat. Anyways, fun video as always and I can't wait to see if you try this again!

@lynnejamieson2063

6 ай бұрын

I’d say that in general Beryl is cooking things from scratch whereas Grace has had to try and source things that she can get in either a US import store or from the international aisle in the supermarket to put up against things that we already have our own versions of in the UK. So whilst a poll might be a nice idea, it wouldn’t necessarily help with products to compare.

@joannamarina6734

6 ай бұрын

@@lynnejamieson2063 She also talks to the people who talk about what they like and the why. Hence mimicking her style.

@lynnejamieson2063

6 ай бұрын

@@joannamarina6734 I understand that but like I said before, she is making things from scratch and learning about familial and cultural traditions and methods. It would be pointless to do something similar if Grace wasn’t able to get the items that correspond with what the person is talking about.

@lavenderoh

6 ай бұрын

Anyone can get anything in 2024. ​@@lynnejamieson2063

try velvets shells and cheese, the cheeto one is pretty horriable

hi beautiful ❤ happy new year

HNY Grace you little marvel. Did I miss something? Was watching Vlogmas and suddenly you were gone. No mention of Christmas Day, the NY or anything. And as far as I can tell this is your first video back and again, nothing mentioned? Hope you had a great festive period. Would love to hear about it. 😉💕

Grace, you've got the wrong American fruit roll. The one that's similar to Winders is called 'Fruit by the Foot.'

You’re right, you can’t get those fruit roll up colors in England, because they’re banned 🙃 American candy is full of artificial colors. They’re harmful, especially blue, and thus, banned in Europe. You’re probably better off not having true access to what we are stuck with

I’m a British girly living in America at the moment! I’d love to collaborate with you if you wanted? Or send you products from here?

@mariaangelicavillarraga2334

6 ай бұрын

Why do you live in América?

@laurenmillyx

6 ай бұрын

@@mariaangelicavillarraga2334 I moved here 15 months ago on a track and xc scholarship at an American college, and also studying my masters in human nutrition

Chunky Kit Kats are sooooooooo much better in the UK than US.

Great video

Fruit by the foot is a much more accurate comparison than fruit roll up’s .

I am allergic to yellow dye #6. So England may be better for me

OOO I'm an American living in the UK, would be totally down to compare or provide reviews! :)

I’m heading to the US for the first time in March and I am slightly worried about the food! The chemicals, the synthetic taste, the amount of sugar! Some of it has to be lethal!!

@paradeoflaughter

5 ай бұрын

Just don't eat the processed stuff and you'll be fine! It's not all bad over here.

It's too bad that you were't able to eat Original Kraft Dinner macaroni and cheese AKA 'KD', which is much nicer than that odd Cheetos one that you tried. 🤷🏻‍♀️. Regardless, I enjoyed watching your video. 🫶🏼🇨🇦 viewer in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿.

chicken liver gizzard and intestines tasty for me like cow tripe and intestines and dont eat bacon ham pork

if you need an american in london, i'm here :)

The USA "squash" things don't come in a bottle, just the squeeze containers

not the cheetos mac & cheese! girl please try kraft that’s the US staple