US vs UK Wendy’s | Food Wars
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- From calorie count to portion sizes, we ordered everything on the UK and US Wendy’s menus to find out the big differences between the two.
0:00 Intro
0:10 Portion Sizes
4:32 Price
5:53 Nutrition
7:06 Ingredients
9:17 Exclusives
Additional Camera: Sarah Medroumi
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US vs UK Wendy’s | Food Wars
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I did not expect Joe to tackle the meat cube the way he did. Pretty damn smart.
Years ago I interviewed a competitive eater who share some tips. Never thought that info would come in handy!
@@JoeAvella ratioed
@@whoareyou3781 No
@@whoareyou3781 counter ratio
@@JoeAvella Yeah, I was thinking it had to be that the moment I saw you pop the top...
Long story short:
UK: reasonable portions but it's "expensive"
US: eat 'till you vomit for less than 10$
Both: you need a degree in chemistry to understand/say the ingredients
Yeah but did the us guys include tax in their price cause otherwise it's the same
My big knock on this show is they do a bad job of explaining that often the ingredients are more similar than implied. The US labeling requirements are stricter, so they bundle ingredients less and elaborate more.
I have a bachelor of science in chemistry. Yea, I can pronounce all of the ingredients, but otherwise most mean nothing to me without looking them up. LOL
UK is expensive for no reason its a scam
@@caffeinepizza Me too.
Joe went pro on that tactic. Wouldn't put it past him to be a fan of food challenge eaters tbh
Question is, could Joey Chestnut eat 8 meat cubes before Joe and Harry finish one?
We need some reaction clips from these restaurants when the crew comes in and says "I'd like one of everything on the menu please."
Surely they would call ahead
@@johnr797
Hear the reaction on the call then
@@jeffreyventura6311 "hi this is a famous CZcams channel and we're going to do a video on all the food items on your menu what day would we be able to come in for that order?"
"Tuesday should be fine, around 3 o'clock?"
"Ok"
@@johnr797 put that on a vid and you got 3 mil views easy
@@jeffreyventura6311 why? Why would that conversation be interesting? How do you think these things happen?
I need a meat cube rematch, my big mouth combined with Joe’s technique and I’d be unstoppable
Anytime anywhere buddy!
@@JoeAvella you cheated
People thought I actually was serious 😭
What will you guys do next for food wars?
You guys need to call Matt Stonie to watch this competition lmao
@@whoareyou3781 competitive food eaters use the same technique joe was using, not really cheating.
Whenever I think this show is out of content they come up with another new banger
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Ikr
So true
Sidemen Varicocele the USA crews getting fed well ?
Wendy's only reopened in the UK within the last month or less after 21 years of absence a lot of places they have covered are only in London whereas Wendy's is opening around the country
What nobody ever talks about is how in the US fast food cups are filled mostly with ice. Yes the cups are way bigger, but when you remove the ice the amount of soda is basically the same
Yeah that happens in the UK aswell. Luckily we can make our own now😅
THATS why I get no ice or wash ice in my drinks , also there’s extra larges here
I'm more shocked Harry stopped his clock at exactly 32 seconds😳
But he finished first and stopped his timer a bit late so technically the u.k won
Meat cube champion! 🥩🧊🏆🇺🇸
👏👏👏 Harry tried valiantly lol. Gotta ask... Do you ever end up with indigestion or heartburn after these videos?
@@ashbunny2645 hard to tell. I have indigestion and heartburn all the time all the time.
Need a matchup when you guys can finally get together.
@@JoeAvella I mean, that's probably BECAUSE of this show so...
@@JoeAvella I still have trouble eating meat, and you are a meat cube champion, wow. I was vegetarian all of my life, but I have to eat meat for my health now.
“Americans LOVE drinking our calories!!”
Plz put that on a T-shirt!! 😂🤣
And we put ice in it too..... and it's default personally I say light to no ice
Been waitingages for this!
Finally, I've been waiting for this video for weeks 🙏🏾😀💛
Lol I do love food. Do you?
When Harry and Joe share a meal,
Carbs, fats, calorie counts they reveal.
They taste, analyze
Sugar, salt, portion size.
In horror, both Yanks and Brits squeal!
I love this so muchh
@@SusanAjayi xo
the food wars song
Varicella
Varicocele the USA crews getting fed well ?
I like how insane the us is with the large and medium
that's why they are number 1 in food quantity sizes
@@moogleking and in obesity
Its misleading though as like 70% of the cup is ice unless you ask for little or no ice.
@@moogleking i remember watching supersize me (documentary in the 2000's) and the portion sizes were ABSURD, even after those were retired
@@laszlokanya9966
I thought the country of Nauru was the most obese in the world
The meat in the Taco Salad comes from the chili that comes with it to pour over
Lol yes and it is great. How do you do?
Former wendys worker here. There’s actually 5 drink sizes at American wendys. Large, medium, and small (for the meals, or biggie bag). Value or junior depending on what you call it (for the 4 for 4). And lastly the kids size (for the kids meals) it’s the little white cup used for small frosties.
Food wars is the best of food insider - always look forwards to a new one
It’s why I’m subscribed
@@5ashll303same
That Frosty drop. 😂 there really is a difference when UKs is smooth while US have a bit of the chunky side of the frosty. Happy you doing a Wendy’s food war.
It may have just been left for longer
Considering there’s only 1 Wendy’s in the UK and it’s in Reading and the UK Insider Inc. Headquarters is in Shoreditch it would’ve been over an hour drive to bring it back to the offices to film. I'm in the UK and had a Frosty today and it’s just like the ones in the US. It had definitely melted by the time they started filming
The difference was probably time.
Well not really. The frosty is supposed to be like soft-serve ice scream, not milk.
When at I worked at Wendy’s in the US in high school the taco salad came with chili. If it was served for dine in the chili was poured on the salad before serving it to the customer. If it was to go it got served in the small cup.
Just for reference; here in the U.S., Wienerschnitzel also has a chili option besides Wendy's! And it also is really good if you get it with the onion option! 😋 Cheers!
True but I think they meant a nationwide/ widely available restaurant chain. Like you can go anywhere in the country and find like McDonald’s, Wendy’s, Burger King etc but there’s restaurant chains that are unique to certain regions/states like in-n-out, whataburger, etc
Yo, when Joe put the sweatband on, I lost it!
LOVE THIS SHOW!! ❤️🙏🏼
His resemblance to Danny in the original Karate Kid was spot on....intentional or otherwise
0:29 Are they not going to point out how Wendy’s says the large Frosty in UK is 592 ml, but Harry measures 300 ml. That’s almost half of what they say they give you
hoping thats an error for one of the 2 things, else UK folk get scammed
I wonder if he drank some and that's why he kept quite. (just a theory).
Ohh, Wendy gonna get roasted about this!
It is notoriously difficult to portion a soft serve ice cream to it's full capacity. The swirl of the machine often creates air gaps and it's difficult to stop the dispense at the right time
Considering the price tag of Wendy's and the fact that there are only a few locations, I'm not feeling left out not having this.
Just imagining your intern driving thru "Hi, I'll have one of everything. Thanks"
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Worth it ?
I suggest you do Cinnabon,they have recently expanded to the UK and are in EG petrol stations
They used to have a store in London, but that shut down :c Where did you see it?? 👀
@@kyffu6twer I believe they’re coming to some Asda stores! Give it a Google 😊
@@kyffu6twer there's a cinnabon in Westfield in stratford, london iirc, had it before once and it was great!
Wow, clearly the UK is now officially just the USA of Europe 😅
@@kyffu6twer in EG garages. I didn’t even know until I went to pay for petrol once there was one in the corner
Food Wars is the best! More videos with Harry and Joe, please!!
Yes right plz never end it!!!!
Wendy's also do region exclusives. Where I live we have the Carolina Classic, which is a quarter-pound burger with chili, diced onions, mustard, and coleslaw.
Damn. Now I kinda want some coleslaw. :(
the taco salad isn't just that container with lettuce/cheese... it comes with tortilla chips and a cup of chili and salsa and sour cream on the side. it's practically like two meals.
Honestly food war episodes make my Sunday!
I appreciate the dual screen comparison on the frosty’s-it was nice not having to try to remember what the differences were so I hope this becomes a regular thing
UK Wendy's exclusives are cheeseburger deluxe, veggie stack, avocado chicken club, avocado veggie salad, Apple cranberry chicken salad, veggie bites, garlic mayo, Heinz sweet chili, egg and cheese sandwich, plain porridge, cranberry seed porridge,
The UK person sounds so smart and I love it!
Dont say ur from America
It’s the accent!
As a Canadian, I feel like in most of these we get the best of both worlds.
indeed we do though wish this was on yesterday cause I had wendy yesterday XD
Same
This show is bloody brilliant!
Great series. ❤️
Me in the UK seeing a Food Wars title: “We have one of those!?!”
in Reading, not worth the queue
@@littlemissgiggles165 good to know, thanks!
@@littlemissgiggles165There are also 2 in London
This is a great series.
For any one wondering the us have larger cups and sizes to account for ice in the drinks
I love your videos so much I made a playlist for the videos I love
Only just found this channel 2 days ago and iv already binge watched the food wars play list, can't wait to see more fast food chemistry 😁 absolutely love Harry and Joe's reactions, and it's always nice to learn what's going into our food.... I say while stuffing my face with a stacks burger 🤤
“Something unsettling about a burger having a son.” Let me tell you about the A&W Burger Family…
my favourite duo back at it haha
I’ve been working at wendys for over a year and this is super interesting to see
binged watched all the other episodes waiting for a new episode. LOVE THIS SERIE
I'm pretty excited for the plans to bring Wendy's to the UK. Those burgers look like a serious contender for my new regular fast food place but I'll have to see.
Wendy's is not that good. You're not missing out on anything. The best thing they have is the frosty.
In the uk they have to use hormone free meats they’re going to taste much better
agree, i hated the chips
The quality is probably a little above McDonalds and Burger King, but way below Five Guys. But on the plus side, the prices are also better than Five Guys.
@Nick yeah, I never go to Wendy’s. My go-to is either In-N-Out, Five Guys, or Smashburger. These UK guys in the comments would have their minds blown if they had a Smashburger.
I don't eat much fast food anymore but since I am from the same hometown as Wendy's they were our go-to place as a kid in the 70s and 80s. When you said "something called hot chili seasoning" it immediately took me back to childhood. Of course back then their menu was much smaller, but when we got chili we always got those packets of hot sauce to go with it. I'd sneak an extra one or 2 to put on a burger if I could. Wendy's might have been the first fast food place to have a sauce other than ketchup, now that I think of it.
wendy's US also has the 50 piece chicken nuggets for $12.99 in select locations!
Great work guys, I remember asking for Wendy’s and you’ve done it!
You're lucky. Wendy's only returned to the UK in June (I think they have two stores here so far)
@@olavbjortomt1596 there's going to be one in my home town Oxford soon (I watch this to see if it will be good to try it).
Our smallest Soda being bigger than the UK large was a nice throwback
Baconator comes in two sizes in the UK. You can get the triple if you ask. As I was told when I was in the Wendy's in Croydon.
Just found this channel and im going to binge these episodes 😂
I used to work at Wendy’s and you can actually get your chili in 3 sizes small large and wait for it, a batch of chili which cost $116 I believe
Oh gosh, how much is the batch? If I need that much chili I might as well just make it for less than half the price!
EXCUSE ME WHER
I've been craving a takeaway all weekend. This has put me right off.
I thank you.
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Their asiago chicken sandwich is my favorite fast food item ever. Also, Sonic and A&W also have chili. If they have Sonics in the UK you guys should totally do them
Wendy's also has a 20 piece nugget, baked potatoes, and a value and kid size drink size. Also the 4 for 4 no longer has the double stack and havent for two years, but we do have a 5 dollar biggie bag where it's a Bacon Double Stack, 4 nuggets fries and the drink.
The taco salad "meat" is actually a side of chili, then you also get a bag of nacho chips. Before the nacho chips, you'd actually get a baked potato.
Joe ate that meat cube like a pro competitive eater. :)
0:28 you can tell how different the formula is based on this shot alone.
This so funny .. I’m glad u guys challenge each other 🤣🤣👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Hoping the UK menu might get larger with the more branches they open here. Lucky enough to live localish to the first one that opened recently and have had a few items from the menu but wouldn't mind trying a few of those US only menu items. Would really like to try those breakfast biscuits.
Seeing you guys makes me wanna eat these more🤤🤤🤤
9:08, was not prepared for that jump scare 😅
Me: mum can we buy Matt stonie
Mum: we have matt stonie at home
Matt stonie at home 1:15
Lol
I worked at Wendy's in Canada for 5 years, more than 20 years ago, before triple burgers were officially on the menu, and the "meat cube" was referred to as "Grand Slam"(I'm assuming referencing baseball).
They also have grand slams in tennis
@@DeltaAssaultGaming hadn’t thought of that
There are like 3 Wendy's stores in the whole of UK right now. Glad they've made a come back though. Can't wait to be able to try one out! :D
I'm still waiting for them to come to Coventry, even Birmingham would be fine because then I'll finally be able to try it aha
5:49 hes right... little order I learned with the 4 for 4 to kinda get the most out of it, get your 4 for 4 and then ask to upgrade only the drink to a medium frosty and get an extra 4 piece nuggets and its $6 even
One of my go to broke boy lunches in college next to Little Cesar's, you can sub the fries out for chili too
5:30 big mistake not bringing the 4 for $4 offer to the uk. would've been a huge marketing boost, it worked so well for subway for YEARS!
4 for 4 was actually supposed to be a limited time thing but then everyone just kept buying the shit out of them
Dollar and pounds aren’t the same. Pounds is more so I can’t imagine it being 2 pounds
Wendy’s is my favorite fast food by far. Where I am it looks way better!
FINALLY!!! A Food War about Wendy's!
Hi I work at Wendy’s and in America our chili also has a family size as well as a family nugget. And baconator also can be single or triple we just advertise it😌
Seems kinda unreasonable to whine about sodium nitrate, I mean that's pretty much used in all meat curing.
I love how the UK large frosty didn't even come close to 20 ounces.
I used to order Dave's triple in combo. The fresh ground beef is really tasty. Best beef hamburger in a fast food restaurant.
As somebody living in the uk, i didnt know we even had a wendys
We need a video of joe just reading out each ingredient with expressions of sheer frustration! It is all of us trying to work via zoom calls!
Since when did we have Wendy’s in the UK?
About a month or two ago one opened in Reading
There’s one in Reading but the company will be opening plenty by the end of the year across the UK
@LegalOrez So? Two or four?
June 2 - they opened their first restaurant in Reading
in canada it was a thing to be able to ask for the grand slam, which was 4 patties. niagara region specifically.
steak n shake also does chili my grandpa used to order it everytime we went there
Been waiting on one for wendys.
I don't know why I like watching food related videos, especially the time I always watch them which is always late at night. They always leave me very hungry after watching and I don't like it. But at the same time I find this very interesting and informative. ( at the time I am watching this it is 2 am and there is no food in the house other than cinnamon toast crunch and I already had 2 bowls an hour ago and I can't bear to eat another) If someone can relate to my dilemma please tell me how you put up with this, and mabye send me a large bag of takis or doritos so I can deal with this problem.
@Da Contradiction the big sad :(
There's also a "secret menu" burger that used to be on the menu in the states. It's called a Cheesy Cheddar Burger. It's a single beef patty with a single slice of american cheese and cheddar cheese sauce.
Here in Canada. The taco salad is served with a small chilli and a sour cream. You’re supposed to mix it all together :)
Now that Wendy’s came back to UK after 20 years, I’m excited to finally try it. Too bad still didn’t arrived in North West but I will wait !
We’ll get them eventually (though given how long it took Preston to get a city centre Burger King I might be using a Zimmer frame)
I am waiting for chick fil a too personally
@@thelightinthedark8344 Probably not going to happen. They tried launching in the UK a couple of years ago and immediately attracted protests to the point that one landlord immediately declined to renew the contract and they abandoned their only other outlet soon afterwards.
@@timrollpickering why did the wendys in the UK attract protests
@@charlottestreet3301 It was Chick Fil A (sp?) that was protested to the point their first landlord chose to not offer a renewal after just one week.
It sucks that Wendy's doesn't have the Bacon Mushroom Melt anymore. One of the best burgers ever!
“Man we love drinking our calories” noooo way!!! “Sips iced coffee made extra extra…” lol
This series is just too goood
Bacon Pretzel Pub TRIPPLE!
I never realized how disgusting some of Wendy's food looks
That pub burger...🤢
WE FINALLY HAVE WENDYS?! i need to try a frosty omg
These videos are super awesome, but they make you really hungry
Wait. UK has Wendy’s?
Yep
I know someone who used to work at a Wendy's and they said the chili meat is just burned burger patties.
Yes. It's reject burgers that's been ground and put into the chili. Way to use the meat instead of throwing it away.
8:07
They used the wrong formula of sodium nitrate
The correct one is NaNO3
I love when your eating the meat cube I am in frankie and bennies eating a double cheeseburger
A burger being 1,000+ calories is so absurd to me, like how can something of that size be so calorific. Wow
Joe and Harry literally pronouncing the ingredients and the editor fast forwarding it
i really love the price comparison
The 4 for 4 is the perfect fast food menu item ever
I love Wendy's. I didn't realize that Wendy's was also in the United Kingdom. My grandfather loved Wendy's chili with the baked potato.
Pretty sure the only one in the UK currently is in Reading
@@TheRealCDS Good to know.