Subtitles section Play video Print subtitles Joe: From calorie count to portion sizes, we wanted to find out all the differences between McDonald's in India and the US. Joe: This is "Food Wars." Drinks in McDonald's India come in three sizes: regular, medium, and large. Drinks in the McDonald's in the US, four sizes: extra small, small, medium, and large. Time to keep 'em honest. Lost a couple drops. 26, 27 fluid ounces. Whoo! Hm. Fries in India come in three sizes: regular, medium, and large. In America, our fries come in four sizes, I think. We have a small, kids, or kids, small — I can't tell the difference either — medium, and large. The medium and large come in these really cool new packaging where you can just open it up like that and it's nice and easy to share. It's a little plate. Good job, McDonald's. Very innovative. But now it's time to measure and see how much we're really getting. Joe: First things first, the large. 175 grams. Obviously it's different per scoops or whatever. Yeah, let's go here. This one, almost exactly 100 grams. This one, 80 grams. Fry math, hang on. This is, like... yep, there you go. That's a 20-gram difference right there. So, you tell me, internet. Is the kids and the small different sizes? I don't think they are. "Food Wars" is on it! We're on it, baby! What about McNuggets? Here in India, you can order them in three sizes: six pieces, nine pieces, and 20 pieces. They gave it to us in two boxes of 10 each. Oh, is that it, India? Cute. Our McNuggets start at four, then you got six, 10, 20, and not to be outdone, booyah, 40 McNuggets. All the mathheads watching will be quick to point out that that is double India's largest nugget option. The only burger that India shares with the US is the McChicken, the humble McChicken. Not even gonna bother with the analog scale now. Boop! 149 grams. Ah, just so frustrating. Just one more gram and it would be perfect. With the paper? I mean, we'll do this and shave off an eighth of an ounce. Our McChicken weighs 140 grams. Here is everything you'll find on the menu at McDonald's India that you will not find in the USA. And here's all the McDonald's menu items from the US you won't find in India. Here in India, we can't really recreate the iconic McDonald's Big Mac because it's made from a beef patty, and to keep to the religious sentiments of Hindus and even Muslims, we don't serve beef or pork in a lot of fast-food restaurants. We have something called the chicken Maharaja Mac. As you can see, it's got three buns, two patties, a lot of cheese and mayonnaise, some tomatoes, onions, lettuce. Lettuce try it now. [ba-dum tish] Oh, my God. That is truly a Maharaja Mac. If you're wondering, a raja is a king, and a maharaja is like an emperor. So this is clearly our answer to the Big Mac. Now let's taste the veg Maharaja Mac. I think it's actually a very cool challenge that a lot of fast-food restaurants here have had to adapt to the Indian palate, as well as sensibilities of food. We have come up with such cool, iconic fast food that you won't get anywhere else in the world. Like, look at this! This is outrageous! There's no way to eat this without being messy. There's literally no way. Mm! Oh, my God. That's really good. Yes to all that, looks really good. Because of India's lack of beef, all the American beef options are technically exclusives. All right. Big Mac. There it is, just brimming with stuff. My go-to for, like, 20 years. I still get it occasionally. The classic McDonald's hamburger. Beef patty, ketchup, and mustard. Of course, you can get it with cheese. Hi. You can upgrade to a double cheeseburger or a McDouble. What's the difference, you ask? I'm not sure either. So let's start with the double cheeseburger. Look at that. Look how yellow that is. Beef, cheese, beef, cheese, toppos. The McDouble is beef, cheese, beef. So it's just one slice of cheese in the middle, but not on top. What's the price difference? Can we get that on-screen? And how much is a slice of cheese? Joe's hack, get yourself a McDouble and bring your own slice of American cheese. Booyah. Save yourself this amount of money. The problem with millennials today, the reason you guys can't buy houses is you're spending all your money at Starbucks, you're getting your double cheeseburgers instead of a McDouble and bringing your own cheese slice. I mean, you guys are terrible with money! You're eating, what, seven, eight McDoubles a day like me, right? And that adds up to, like, at the end of the year, $18? 10,000 years later, that's a down payment on a house. What are you guys doing? All right, next up is the iconic McAloo tikki burger. You take mashed potato, and you fry it in breadcrumbs, and you get this really delicious cutlet. Here in India, they adapted it into this burger with a very special sauce, some tomato, and chopped onions. Mm. It's just so classic. They nailed this burger. Next up, there is a Mexican McAloo tikki, which I assume has some stereotypical Mexican ingredients and flavors like jalapeño. Yes! Jalapeño. Mm, nice. It's way more spicy. Good twist. Next up, they have a McEgg burger. McEgg. McEgg, McEgg. I don't know why I did that. Let's see what that looks like. Ugh! Sorry. I did not expect... pesto? Next up is a chicken kebab burger. Every time an Indian fast-food chain tries to adapt an Indian special food into a burger, I take it with a pinch of salt because this is not what we're used to seeing when we think of kebabs, but I'm going to try it, and let's see what happens. Mm. It's very, very dry. Patty has almost a cardboard-y taste to it. I wouldn't put those flavors together if I was thinking kebab. McCardboard tikki, maybe? No? OK. That's a bit harsh. I'm sorry. Next up is the McVeggie, which is the vegetarian counterpart to our McChicken. If I had to eat this versus the chicken one, I would not be upset at all. Really good. Next up, we have two "American" burgers: the American Cheese Supreme veg and the American Cheese Supreme chicken. My hunch for what makes them American