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  • From calorie count to portion sizes,

  • we wanted to find out all the differences

  • between Krispy Kreme in the UK and the US.

  • This is Food Wars.

  • In the UK, we can get doughnuts in four portion sizes.

  • As a single doughnut,

  • as a three,

  • a dozen,

  • or you'll be the life of the party with a double dozen.

  • In the US, you can get your doughnuts in single,

  • In the US, you can get your doughnuts in single,

  • two, if you get it with a coffee combo,

  • three-pack,

  • dozen – look at these beauties –

  • or two dozen.

  • Now technically, the double dozen

  • isn't the biggest thing on the UK menu.

  • Krispy Kreme in the UK will cater for events

  • like your weddings or your parties.

  • And they can do something called a doughnut wall,

  • which contains 216 doughnuts hanging on pegs on a wall.

  • That's 18 dozen.

  • Krispy Kreme will also make you something

  • called the doughnut tower.

  • It looks almost like a wedding cake

  • and is made of around 216 doughnuts.

  • You've got to give them a heads up though,

  • because I went to the Krispy Kreme today

  • and asked for one and they said no.

  • Also in the US at Krispy Kreme

  • you can get mini doughnuts in four or 20.

  • I have to know.

  • Uh oh, I'm in trouble.

  • I don't know if I'm going to make it

  • through this shoot, Conner.

  • These are so good.

  • This right here is a standard

  • USA Krispy Kreme classic glazed doughnut.

  • I want to bite into you so bad.

  • But before that, let's weigh it.

  • Now we're going to weigh a glazed doughnut in the UK

  • to see what it comes to.

  • Oh, they're so light.

  • In the UK, our hot coffee sizes are regular and large.

  • US Krispy Kreme,

  • you can get your coffee in three sizes:

  • small, medium, and large.

  • And if you're really thirsty,

  • you can get yourself a Brew Box.

  • Nice.

  • A large hot coffee in the UK

  • is supposed to be 16 ounces.

  • So we're going to measure that to find out if that's true.

  • And to make sure that this reading

  • is absolutely accurate,

  • got a big boy.

  • OK.

  • Krispy Kreme in the US,

  • you can get your iced coffees in two sizes,

  • medium and large.

  • Iced coffees in the UK also come in two sizes,

  • regular and large.

  • They use the same cups as the hot coffees.

  • They've ditched the plastic ones

  • apparently to cut down on plastic waste.

  • And now we're going to measure our iced coffee, black.

  • Oh, definitely more coffee.

  • Now besides doughnut walls,

  • the biggest thing on the UK menu is this,

  • the Sharer Bundle.

  • It's four dozen doughnuts,

  • and it comes to 41 pounds and 95 pence.

  • This here is the largest single menu item

  • you can get at a US Krispy Kreme.

  • It is the Meet and Greet.

  • Two dozen assorted doughnuts and a Brew Box, all for $42.95.

  • Let's look at nutrition.

  • This is a classic ring glazed doughnut from Krispy Kreme,

  • and it contains 200 calories, 8.3 grams of fat,

  • 12.6 grams of sugar, and 96 milligrams of sodium.

  • That same doughnut in the US is 190 calories,

  • 11 grams of fat, 10 grams of sugar,

  • and 85 milligrams of sodium.

  • Ours is less with everything except fat.

  • Few people can stop after just one doughnut.

  • So if you just had to have three of these,

  • the calories go up.

  • Now you're looking at 600 calories,

  • which is 30% of your daily allowance.

  • And in the US, these three doughnuts

  • are slightly less in calories.

  • It's 570 over here.

  • But look at how much sugar these three doughnuts had.

  • It's almost three-fourths

  • what you should be having in one day.

  • Speaking honestly though, if I have these

  • it's not like I'm going to have a salad for lunch.

  • Getting a dozen doughnuts for you and your friends

  • or just yourself,

  • that would put you at 2,400 calories.

  • And in the US, our dozen comes to 2,280 calories.

  • I would hope you wouldn't eat all 12 of these by yourself.

  • But if you do, I guess that's all the calories

  • you're going to need for the day.

  • I could eat 12 of these, easy.

  • Another popular doughnut at Krispy Kreme

  • is the chocolate glazed.

  • Just ignore the sprinkles on ours

  • because we didn't have any plain ones.

  • Now, this one is 237 calories

  • and also beats the classic glazed

  • in pretty much every other metric,

  • probably because of the chocolate frosting.

  • Our US chocolate glazed is 240 calories.

  • So it looks like the chocolate glaze

  • helped put us over the top.

  • What?

  • If you want even more calories in your doughnuts,

  • how about the UK's chocolate iced with custard?

  • Now this one is 289 calories.

  • And ours is 300 calories.

  • 300, just this one doughnut?

  • I'm definitely going to regret it.

  • That tastes so good.

  • In the UK, the most calorific doughnut is this one,

  • the Lotus Biscoff doughnut.

  • It's 396 calories.

  • The most calorific

  • doughnut you can get at a Krispy Kreme,

  • at least in America, is something called

  • the chocolate chip cookie dough doughnut,

  • made with Chips Ahoy! cookies.

  • And it is 400 calories.

  • They weren't available where we went.

  • And the second most calorific doughnut you can get

  • at a Krispy Kreme is the Oreo Cookies and Kreme doughnut.

  • That's 390 calories.

  • Also couldn't get it.

  • The third most calorific doughnut

  • you can get at a Krispy Kreme in the United States

  • is the double dark chocolate doughnut.

  • 370 calories.

  • No.

  • And the fourth most calorific doughnut you can get

  • at a US Krispy Kreme is the cake batter doughnut.

  • 360 calories.

  • We got it.

  • This is a nice-looking, this is like white.

  • I mean, this is sprinkles, it's colorful.

  • Oh man, I'm fading fast.

  • I shouldn't, I'm going to drink all those coffees.

  • What about the drinks?

  • Well, this is a large mocha with 2% milk.

  • And in the UK it contains 247 calories,

  • 16.3 grams of fat, 12 grams of sugar,

  • and 80 milligrams of sodium.

  • In the US, our large mocha is 480 calories,

  • 1 gram of sugar, and 260 milligrams of sodium.

  • Come here, you salty mocha dog.

  • Whoa, this is good.

  • I'm surprised, I thought I wasn't going to like it.

  • I normally don't get chocolatey drinks.

  • If you get this as an iced coffee,

  • it contains 280 calories, 12 grams of sugar,

  • and 14 milligrams of sodium.

  • Do you want to get it iced?

  • Now the calories are 420, 2 grams of sugar,

  • and 190 milligrams of sodium.

  • Since the UK and US sizes are different,

  • we've calculated it per fluid ounce.

  • And we found some pretty shocking differences.

  • From the UK to the US, there's a 55.5% calorie increase,

  • a 93.3% sugar decrease, and a 160% sodium increase.

  • I've eaten way too many doughnuts

  • on this thing, dude.

  • I'm losing, losing my ---ing mind