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  • Harry Kersh: From calorie count to portion sizes,

  • we wanted to find out all the differences

  • between Chipotle in the UK and the US.

  • This is "Food Wars."

  • This is a UK chicken burrito.

  • We've also got some black beans, some white rice,

  • some lettuce, cheese, sour cream, guac as well inside.

  • We're gonna measure the length, the–

  • [auto-tuned record scratch]

  • I don't want to say girth.

  • Producer: You're gonna have to say girth.

  • I'm gonna make you. Harry: Aw, man.

  • Producer: There's going to be a lot of girth

  • in this episode.

  • Harry: Game face.

  • We're gonna measure the length,

  • the girth, and the weight of this burrito.

  • So, our burrito is 7 inches long.

  • Joe Avella: I have the same burrito Harry has right here.

  • Well, not the same one. The same order.

  • I don't know where the burrito ends and the tinfoil begins,

  • so I'm kind of eyeballing it.

  • It looks to be about

  • It looks to be about

  • between 7 1/4 and 7 1/2 inches.

  • Harry: A girth of 10 inches.

  • [saucy guitar music]

  • It has a girth of –

  • [laughs]

  • I promise I'm a professional.

  • Joe: Its circumference –

  • girth, really?

  • Going all the way around.

  • Almost exactly 10 inches.

  • Burrito is a 10, if you're

  • thinking about making it a tux.

  • [upbeat suave music]

  • Harry: And, finally, it weighs...

  • more than the scale can handle.

  • This isn't even the big boy.

  • Joe: Hey, told you guys to get a new scale.

  • We got a new scale.

  • Harry: Bear with us.

  • [distant screaming]

  • Harry: So, we're gonna weigh this burrito half at a time

  • to see what the total is.

  • Half one, 310.

  • And then this one,

  • plus I'll get the scraps from the plate.

  • So, combined, the two halves

  • of our burrito weighed 597 grams.

  • Joe: Chipotle's burrito order weighed –

  • man, that's hefty.

  • That is a hefty boy.

  • Harry: In the UK, we can also get our burritos

  • in bowl form.

  • This bowl contains the same ingredients as our burrito,

  • but obviously without the tortilla wrap.

  • Let's weigh it and see what it measures up to.

  • So, this one came out to pretty much exactly 500 grams,

  • which, even with the bowl factored in,

  • is, like, 100 grams less than the burrito.

  • Joe: So, this here is that same burrito ingredients

  • in bowl form.

  • Whoa, gonna have to go this way.

  • Oh, wow, I'm really smart.

  • Wait, is it heavier?

  • Wow. So, correct me if I'm wrong,

  • but there's more here than there was in the burrito.

  • Harry: Finally, we can get our meals

  • in the form of a salad.

  • Now, this has all the same ingredients as our bowl,

  • but without the rice.

  • Let's weigh it and see how much difference that makes.

  • Strangely enough, this came to pretty much

  • exactly 500 grams, the same as the burrito bowl.

  • Joe: And here is the salad version of that bowl,

  • which was the bowl version of that burrito.

  • Sticking with me so far?

  • Being weighed.

  • I do want to point out, this does have white rice on it.

  • I mean, salad is boring and disgusting.

  • I would never get one.

  • Harry: In the UK, you can only get one size

  • of chips on the side,

  • and that's roughly this many.

  • Some of these are a little bit fractured,

  • so I will just try and form whole chips where I can.

  • I'm like the Banksy of tortilla chips.

  • Banksy, you've done it again.

  • 29, 30, and a half.

  • Joe: At a US Chipotle, you have two sizes of chips,

  • the regular

  • and the large.

  • Regular chips first.

  • That's gonna take forever.

  • All right, one.

  • [fast-forwarding]

  • 25, 30, 35, some broken ones.

  • [normal speed] A regular bag is roughly 41 chips.

  • Now let's count the large.

  • 75, 76.

  • Nearly double for the large bag of chips at Chipotle.

  • Very nice.

  • Harry: In the UK, we can only get

  • one size of guac on the side.

  • It's supposed to be 4 ounces.

  • We're gonna measure it to check if that's the case.

  • Ours was just shy of 4 ounces,

  • so pretty much right.

  • Joe: The guac in the US,

  • of course, comes in two sizes as well,

  • and I'm gonna weigh them just to make sure.

  • Just to keep them honest.

  • I don't know how much the measuring cup is.

  • So it should be over 4 ounces, if anything.

  • 3.75.

  • [clears throat]

  • That's including the cup,

  • which, correct me if I'm wrong, you do not eat.

  • Skimping on the guac.

  • Don't act like 0.25 ounces isn't that much.

  • If it's not that much, then put it in there.

  • 8 o-zeezers.

  • It's a little over 7.

  • Zoom in on that. I want to shame these people.

  • Shame on you, Chipotle.

  • You already charged us extra for it,

  • and you're also just not giving us

  • as much as we pay for.

  • Tsk,

  • tsk!

  • Harry: And, finally, we have tacos.

  • Oh, hell, yeah.

  • When we looked at the menu, they were only available

  • in a portion size of three.

  • In the UK, this taco is 6 inches in length.

  • We got a veggie taco,

  • which includes guac, salsa, sour cream,

  • cheese, fajita vegetables, and black beans.

  • And ours weighs....

  • Joe: At a US Chipotle,

  • you can get tacos in orders of one, two, or three.

  • This guy's falling apart.

  • It's a 6-incher.

  • And, of course,

  • I did not get a vegetarian taco.

  • This one has meats aplenty.

  • So it has different ingredients

  • than the one that they weighed,

  • making this weighing completely arbitrary!

  • Harry: Now, this [burrito thuds]

  • is the biggest burrito you can get at a UK Chipotle.

  • We chose chicken as the base,

  • but then we added every other meat as an add-on,

  • and we've also got all the vegetables and all the salsas.

  • They were a bit reluctant to make this,

  • but eventually they got it done,

  • and it seems to not be leaking,

  • so good job, guys.

  • Joe: This right here is the biggest burrito you can get

  • at a Chipotle in the US.

  • So big, in fact, I named it the Big Boy.

  • Got that?

  • Fantastic.

  • OK, "What's in it?" you ask.

  • Well, it's a carnitas burrito with double carnitas,

  • and I also got double barbacoa.

  • Of course it's double wrapped,

  • because it has guacamole, white rice, fajita veggies,

  • black beans, queso blanco, mild tomato,

  • I actually got all the salsas,

  • sour cream, cheese, and lettuce.

  • This runs about $18.20 in the US,

  • which is about 13 pounds and 16 shillings.

  • Harry: This burrito set me back 16 pounds 75,

  • which is around $22, which is quite expensive.

  • You're