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  • Harry: From calorie count to portion sizes,

  • we wanted to find out all the differences

  • between Ben & Jerry's in the UK and the US.

  • This is "Food Wars."

  • In the UK, Ben & Jerry's comes with

  • a standard tub size of 465 milliliters.

  • And the cores tubs are the same size.

  • Look at this little cute guy.

  • In the US, we start with these mini tubs.

  • They're 118 milliliters, or 4 ounces.

  • A standard US Ben & Jerry's pint

  • is 16 ounces, or 473 milliliters.

  • And also like in the UK,

  • our cores, this guy right here,

  • is the same size as our regular pint.

  • Our topped tubs are actually slightly smaller.

  • They are 15.2 fluid ounces, or 450 milliliters.

  • One thing to note is that despite

  • the two being very similar sizes,

  • the UK does not refer to its tubs as pints.

  • That's because pints are actually different

  • in the UK and the US.

  • Here in the US, we measure our liquids

  • using US customary measurements,

  • which is based on an 18th-century English

  • who cares, all right?

  • Our pint is 16 fluid ounces.

  • In the UK, we use imperial measurements,

  • which were only established in 1824,

  • after the US had declared independence.

  • Our pints are 568 milliliters,

  • which is 1.2 times larger than a US pint.

  • To illustrate the difference,

  • I've brought in an imperial-measurements measuring jug.

  • We're going to fill it with ice cream.

  • That just looks like the best milkshake

  • you've ever had, honestly.

  • According to Target, this is 16 fluid ounces.

  • So we're gonna put this in here and see what happens.

  • And in case you still don't believe us,

  • this is a British pint glass.

  • We're gonna fill this with ice cream.

  • Joe: Here we go.

  • While I've got this pint in front of me,

  • it would be kind of rude not to try,

  • wouldn't it? Cheers.

  • [sighs] All right.

  • [Harry laughs] Joe: Found the walnuts.

  • It was going really well, then I hit a lump.

  • I'm down to about here though. Pretty strong, I think.

  • [Joe burps]

  • It's the lumps that get you. But honestly,

  • not the worst way to eat Ben & Jerry's.

  • I mean, as much as I can get,

  • then I gotta start eating it. How does that look?

  • Fun fact: This is actually how Ryan Gosling

  • ended up gaining 60 pounds for a movie role,

  • which he then got fired from.

  • So, ended up being a little bit of a waste of time,

  • but pretty effective way to pile on mass.

  • Now, while the volume of ice cream you get

  • in the two countries is theoretically pretty similar,

  • one other thing we wanted to check

  • was how much topping you get mixed in with your tub.

  • Here's a pint of Cookie Dough in the US.

  • We've let it melt. So we're going to strain it

  • to see how many cookie-dough chunks are in a pint.

  • We'll do the same over here. Let's go.

  • Oh, yeah, that ice cream is totally

  • catching up with me right now.

  • I swear to God, if I throw up ...

  • The style of this reminds me of the net

  • you use to catch bugs in Animal Crossing,

  • with the little ...

  • whichew!

  • Joe: Here we go.

  • Yeah, this is completely arbitrary. Here we go.

  • Doesn't look very appetizing

  • when you put it like that, does it?

  • I have to sift through this, I guess.

  • Yeah, these are all -- one, two ...

  • Just another day at the office, really, isn't it?

  • 12, 13, 14, 15?

  • So, in a UK tub of Cookie Dough,

  • we got around 33 pieces of actual cookie dough

  • in varying sizes.

  • While we're going into excruciating detail

  • on the portion sizes, why not take a look

  • at the cores tubs as well?

  • [ice cream thuds]

  • It's the same flavor in the US.

  • Let's cut this bad boy open.

  • Ha-ha!

  • I can still eat this after I've sawed it in half?

  • Is there anything, any chemicals on here

  • that are likely to kill me?

  • We'll find out.

  • [ice cream thuds]

  • Ooh!

  • [heavenly music]

  • That core doesn't go all the way in there.

  • It's kind of like ...

  • Chocolate, vanilla, salted caramel core.

  • Just pick it up.

  • I mean, I didn't wash the saw.

  • A bit of woody oak flavor.

  • Here are all the Ben & Jerry's items you'll find in the UK

  • that you won't find in the US.

  • And here are most, actually half,

  • of the US-exclusive Ben & Jerry's flavors.

  • We'll start with this one,

  • which is the Birthday Cake ice cream.

  • I haven't actually tried this before,

  • but apparently it's vanilla cake batter ice cream

  • with pink frosting, strawberry swirls, and cake pieces.

  • Americone Dream.

  • This is the Stephen Colbert-flavored ice cream.

  • I'm not quite sure what Steve tastes like,

  • but it looks like they got his essence in this pint.

  • Speaking of ice cream that is person-flavored,

  • The Tonight Dough. Look, you see that right there?

  • There is absolutely no way

  • that's his hand holding that cone.

  • Good job on the Photoshop, those guys.

  • The Berry Sweet Mascarpone.

  • Another one you can only get here in the US.

  • Would be something – I'll be straight up with you,

  • as an Italian man, I'm about to say something

  • very controversial, but this flavor, when I saw it,

  • I was like, "Yuck! No, thank you."

  • Where is it? It is literally the first one in front of me.

  • Ben & Jerry's Cannoli flavor.

  • A "Mascarpone Ice Cream with Fudge-Covered

  • Pastry Shell Pieces & Mascarpone Squirrels."

  • Squirrels. "Swirls."

  • Next up, we've got this one,

  • which is Cookie Dough S'Wich Up.

  • Next up we've got the Dough-ble Chocolate

  • Cookie Dough Twist.

  • Caramel Chocolate Cheesecake.

  • This is a no-brainer right here.

  • I bet this one's pretty good.

  • "What's in it?" You ask.

  • "Caramel Cheesecake Ice Cream with Cheesecake Pieces,

  • Chocolate Cookie Swirls." Hell yeah, dude.

  • This is going in the Joe pile.

  • Cherry Garcia. They don't have Cherry Garcia in the UK?

  • Doesn't that seem weird?

  • This is, like, when everyone found out about Ben & Jerry's,

  • I feel like. Cherry Garcia was

  • I have no idea if this was before

  • Jerry Garcia died or in tribute of him.

  • Chocolate Peanut Butter Split.

  • I'm gonna assume it's chocolate and peanut butter.

  • What do you guys think?

  • Chocolate Therapy.

  • "Chocolate Ice Cream with Chocolate Cookies

  • & Swirls of Chocolate Pudding."

  • Like, every consistency of chocolate.

  • Ah, the Chubby Hubby.

  • Thought this one was, like, super popular.

  • Chunky Monkey was earlier, it was banana and walnuts and ...

  • it's the one I drank.

  • It's not sitting right. Ugh.

  • Next up we've got Cone Together,

  • which I'm guessing is a "Come Together" pun.

  • Did The Beatles do "Come Together"?

  • I really, I'm not a Beatles guy.

  • I just listen to Owl City, so I'm not the person

  • to come to for classic music advice.

  • Cinnamon Bun.

  • Tastes like cinnamon buns.

  • Coffee Coffee BuzzBuzzBuzz.

  • Maybe this instead of your morning coffee. [laughs]

  • Coffee Toffee Bar Crunch.

  • Everything But The dot dot dot.

  • It has a lot of stuff in here.

  • Gimme S'more.

  • Glampfire Trail Mix.

  • Go-To Cold Brew, another coffee one.

  • Next up we've got Baked Alaska.

  • Now, I've actually never eaten a proper baked Alaska,

  • but I presume it tastes similar to this.

  • This has got vanilla ice cream

  • with marshmallow swirls and white polar bears.

  • Then we go into the Caramel Chew Chew ice cream.

  • New York, baby! Super Fudge Chunk.

  • Salted Caramel Almond.

  • Not as many punny ones as I thought, right?

  • Vanilla Caramel Fudge. I wonder what's in it.

  • Milk and Cookies.

  • Peanut Butter Half Baked.

  • So it's a combination of the two most popular ones.

  • That's pretty smart, actually.

  • What? This is crazy! This can't be right.

  • Vanilla?

  • Why don't you have vanilla in the UK?

  • Then our lost classic tub is Sofa So Good Together.

  • I'm not sure why they needed the "Together."

  • I feel like the pun works better without the "Together."

  • Ben & Jerry, if you're listening, fix this.

  • The Punch Line.

  • Chillin' the Roast truffles.

  • Pistachio Pistachio.

  • Oat of this Swirled.

  • OK, now we're getting back on the puns.

  • Strawberry Cheesecake.

  • And this isn't even all of them.

  • In the US, you can also get flavors such as

  • Boots on the Moooo'n,

  • Brewed to Matter,

  • Chocolate Shake It,

  • Cold Brew Caramel Latte,

  • Ice Cream Sammie,

  • Justice ReMix'd,

  • Mint Chocolate Cookie,

  • Peanut Butter World,

  • Red, White & Blueberry,

  • Triple Caramel Chunk,

  • Urban Bourbon,

  • Pumpkin Cheesecake,

  • Totally Unbaked.

  • That's just the regular ones.

  • We got a lot more to go through.

  • We also have a few nondairy and low-calorie

  • exclusives in the UK.

  • We'll start at the end with this one,

  • which is Save Our Swirled NOW.

  • Then we have one more nondairy exclusive,

  • which is this one: Cookies on Cookie Dough.

  • Here in the US, you can get the, in nondairy form,

  • Americone Dream and The Tonight Dough,

  • "Milk" and Cookies,

  • Cherry Garcia,

  • Chocolate Caramel Cluster

  • and Mint Chocolate Cookie,

  • Caramel Almond Brittle,

  • Crème Brûlée Cookie,

  • ooh, the Netflix & Chilll'd,

  • Peanut Butter Half Baked,

  • and Phish Food.

  • A few other flavors you can get in the US

  • that you can't get in the UK, nondairy,

  • that I also couldn't get in the US but I've assumed

  • are available somewhere in this country

  • are the Karamel Sutra Core, nondairy,

  • the Coconut Seven Layer Bar, nondairy,

  • and the Coffee Caramel Fudge, nondairy.

  • Then we're on to some low-calorie options,

  • which Ben & Jerry's calls Moo-phoria.

  • Now, this one up here is a Chocolate Cookie Dough,

  • low-calorie version,

  • but it's only 136 calories per 100 milliliters.

  • Our next Moo-phoria exclusive flavor

  • is the Salted Caramel Brownie one.

  • The next Moo-phoria exclusive we were able to get

  • was this one: Poppin Popcorn.

  • The Moo-phoria light flavors you can get in the US are:

  • Chocolate Cookie Enlightenment.

  • [drumroll] EnlightenMint, M I N T.

  • Very good, Ben & Jerry's.

  • Chocolate Milk and Cookies,

  • Mocha Fudge Brownie,

  • P.B. Marshmallow.

  • I am slightly against the concept

  • of low-calorie ice cream.

  • I feel like with something like this,

  • you just have to enjoy it as it was intended to be enjoyed,

  • which is the proper way.

  • If you're going to save some calories,

  • maybe just save them elsewhere and then treat yourself,

  • or just eat less of one of these

  • instead of a whole tub of that.

  • As you saw when I hacked one open with a saw,

  • Ben & Jerry's also sells cores ice cream,

  • which is ice cream flavors with a core

  • of usually some kind of caramel filling in the middle.

  • We've only got one exclusive over here, which is this one,

  • the Blondie Brownie Core.

  • We got the cores

  • In the US, we got a bunch of cores

  • you can't get in the UK.

  • The Boom Chocolatta Cookie Core,

  • Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Core,

  • Sweet Like Sugar Cookie Dough Core,

  • Wake and "No Bake" Cookie Dough Core,

  • Brownie Batter Core,

  • Cookies and Cream Cheesecake Core,

  • Peanut Butter Fudge Core,

  • and Salted Caramel Core.

  • We got all eight of them right here.

  • In the US, we can also get these exclusive topped pints.

  • Now, from what I understand, 'cause I've never had one,

  • the ice cream has a layer of topping.

  • You used to be able get these in the UK,

  • but now you can't anymore.

  • Whiskey Biz,

  • the PB Over the Top,

  • and the Tiramisu.

  • But you can also get a Strawberry Topped

  • and a Thick Mint Topped.

  • Frozen yogurt.

  • US Ben & Jerry's also has two frozen-yogurt options,

  • whereas the UK does not have any.

  • Sorry, guys, but we can get frozen-yogurt versions

  • of Cherry Garcia and Half Baked.

  • [groaning] Ice cream!

  • All right, in the US, we got these mini tubs.

  • You can get them in four flavors.

  • I could only find one.

  • You get them in Americone Dream, Cherry Garcia,

  • nondairy Caramel Chocolate Chunk,

  • and nondairy PB & Cookies.

  • I've actually never had Cherry Garcia.

  • Into the palate.

  • Ooh, that's a 10 right there, baby.

  • Similarly to the topped tubs,

  • we also used to be able to get mini tubs in the UK,

  • but unfortunately they were recently discontinued.

  • Outside of tubs of ice cream,

  • Ben & Jerry's also has some

  • no-spoon-needed options in the UK.

  • This is an exclusive one right here,

  • which is a Cookie Dough Peace Pop.

  • We do not have the no-spoon options,

  • but we do have the pint slices,

  • and you can get them in the forms of:

  • Amaze-Mint,

  • Americone Dream,

  • Cherry Garcia,

  • Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough,

  • Chocolate Fudge Brownie,

  • and The Tonight Dough.

  • Final no-spoon-needed exclusive we have here in the UK

  • is this one, which is Salted Caramel Cookie Dough Chunks.

  • Cookie dough chunks, we got them too!

  • And these are some of the exclusive

  • cookie dough chunk bags from Ben & Jerry's

  • you can get in the US.

  • You got the Sugar Cookie Dough.

  • This one I mentioned earlier, Half Baked,

  • 6 ounces for some reason.

  • All the other ones are 8.

  • I don't know why they did that.

  • The Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough

  • and Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough.

  • You can also get The Tonight Dough,

  • [Cinnamon Bun] Dough,

  • Gingerbread Cookie Dough,

  • and a vegan Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough.

  • One US-exclusive Ben Jerry's item that,

  • people, I assure you,

  • I tried, I tried, I tried to get my hands on it

  • in time for the shooting.

  • Just couldn't happen.

  • Ben & Jerry also has two dog flavor ice creams.

  • Now, they're not flavored like dogs,

  • they're flavors for dogs.

  • The Doggie Desserts is what they're calling them.

  • And the two flavors are Pontch's Mix and Rosie's Batch.

  • So, unfortunately, no doggo wars in this episode,

  • but here are the pictures of Paul and Luda.

  • Here's a picture of ice cream.

  • Can someone in graphics make it look

  • like they're eating the ice cream?

  • Quick clarification before we start the nutrition section.

  • Ice cream is kind of tricky to quantify,

  • because sometimes it's referred to by weight

  • and other times by volume.

  • It is because the containers are all the same size, yes,

  • but the density of ice cream can vary.

  • So, overall, seems the fairest way to measure is by weight.

  • In the UK, Ben & Jerry's provides its

  • nutritional information per 100 grams,

  • whereas in the US they do it per serving size,

  • which is around 141 or 142 grams,

  • depending on which type of ice cream you have.

  • So if we divide the US serving by 1.41 or 1.42,

  • we should get a roughly equivalent figure. Got it?

  • Let's start with what is officially

  • the most popular Ben & Jerry's flavor in the United States.

  • That is this, the Half Baked.

  • 100 grams of USA's Half Baked contains 262 calories,

  • 13.4 grams of fat, 7.8 of which are saturated fat,

  • 31.9 grams of carbs, 25.5 grams which are sugar,

  • and 90 milligrams of sodium.

  • 100 grams of UK Half Baked contains the following:

  • 264 calories, 13 grams of fat,

  • 8.1 grams of which is saturated,

  • 32 grams of carbs,

  • of which 27 grams are sugar,

  • and 84 milligrams of sodium.

  • So it looks like the UK's is actually higher

  • in saturated fat, carbs, calories, and sugar,

  • although the US edges us on total fat and sodium.

  • What is the most calorific flavor in the US, you ask?

  • Turns out it is the Peanut Butter Cup.

  • I couldn't find it.

  • This magically delicious peanut-butter-cup-flavored

  • Ben & Jerry's ice cream that is somewhere in this country,

  • 100 grams of it contains the following:

  • 330 calories,

  • 23.3 grams of fat,

  • 12.6 of those are saturated fat,

  • 25.3 grams of carbs,

  • 22.5 grams which are sugar,

  • and 126 milligrams of sodium.

  • The same ice cream in the UK contains

  • 310 calories, 21 grams of fat,

  • of which 12 grams are saturated,

  • 24 grams of carbs,

  • of which 23 grams are sugar,

  • and 176 milligrams of sodium.

  • This time we edged the UK on calories, fat,

  • saturated fat, and carbs,

  • while they beat us in sugar and sodium.

  • Now, these 100-gram figures don't seem so bad,

  • but bear in mind that they are for less than one serving.

  • Realistically, I'm eating a whole tub of this

  • while cuddled up in my blankets,

  • depressed, watching Netflix.

  • If you were to eat a whole pint

  • of the Peanut Butter Cup ice cream, don't.

  • The stats do not look good for you.

  • Two figures to watch out for would be

  • the 270% of your daily saturated fat allowance,

  • and almost 200% of your daily sugar.

  • Blech.

  • Here are the numbers for a full tub

  • of Peanut Butter Cup in the UK.

  • Keep in mind that our tub is

  • a tiny bit smaller than the US one, but overall,

  • we are still better off than them in most of the metrics.

  • Here is everything that's in a tub

  • of Ben & Jerry's Half Baked

  • in the UK. Joe: In the US.

  • Harry: Cream, water, Joe: Cream, liquid sugar,

  • Harry: sugar, Joe: which is sugar and water,

  • Harry: condensed skim milk, Joe: skim milk, water,

  • Harry: wheat flour, Joe: sugar,

  • Harry: brown sugar, Joe: wheat flour,

  • [fast-forwarding]

  • [fast-forwarding intensifies]

  • Seamless.

  • These are actually pretty much identical lists,

  • so good job, Ben & Jerry.

  • There's also nothing in there

  • which you should be particularly concerned about.

  • And this is kind of in line with Ben & Jerry's

  • overall philosophy about sourcing ingredients.

  • According to the Ben & Jerry's website,

  • they boast that their ice cream is non-GMO,

  • fair trade, and cage-free.

  • And they do seem to live up to that.

  • All you "Food Wars" heads watching this episode

  • know that we always have to deal with

  • artificial flavors that are OK in the US

  • but not allowed in the European Union.

  • But the ones that Ben & Jerry use

  • are actually made with natural colors,

  • like vegetable juice, spirulina, and turmeric.

  • So while what's in the ice cream

  • might not be too interesting,

  • what's outside it is actually worth pointing out.

  • In the US, the Ben & Jerry pints

  • do come in a cardboard tub

  • that has [polyethylene] plastic on both sides.

  • In the UK, however, they've actually stopped coating

  • the outside of the tubs,

  • which makes them more widely recyclable.

  • Ben & Jerry's have said that it is their goal

  • to replicate this in the US at some point this year,

  • which would save 79,000 pounds of plastic a year.

  • That's it?

  • Conner: Got it. Joe: Got it.

  • [laughing] How much chocolate do I have on my face?

  • [Joe singing]

  • Ice cream

  • That looks like my cat after he's had an upset stomach.

  • You know, a little present he'll leave on the carpet.

Harry: From calorie count to portion sizes,

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