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  • From calorie count to portion sizes,

  • we wanted to find out all the differences

  • between Popeyes in the UK and the US.

  • This is "Food Wars."

  • The fountain drinks at Popeyes come in three sizes.

  • The small, which is 22 ounces,

  • the medium, which is 30 ounces,

  • and the large, which is, of course, 40 ounces.

  • 40 ounces.

  • That's so much soda.

  • In the UK, drinks only come in two sizes,

  • as a kids size or as a regular size.

  • We're not sure how much is in either of these,

  • so we're going to measure them both.

  • A little over 300.

  • About 450.

  • But those aren't the biggest, I say!

  • Actually, at the Popeyes in the US,

  • you can also get a gallon of sweet tea

  • and unsweetened tea.

  • One whole gallon.

  • Ah, look at this!

  • Gallon, gallon.

  • Oh, and don't you hate when dummies do that thing

  • where they're like,

  • "Hey, the medium is the same size as the large!"

  • And it never is, it's a total con, so.

  • Medium soda, large cup.

  • Oh, wow, guys!

  • The medium's about the same size as the large,

  • except for, like, oh, I don't know, 10 ounces!

  • Dumb TikTokers. You guys aren't even ...

  • out-of-your-league TikTokers.

  • I'm the fast-food king online! All right?

  • When was this cleaned last?

  • Ooh,

  • I'm gonna go 36. What do you think?

  • I mean, it could have been the amount to top of this cup,

  • but again, you can't fill this to the brim.

  • You have to put a cap on it.

  • In the UK, fries just come as a regular serving.

  • US, we got two Popeyes fries sizes,

  • a regular and a large.

  • The regular, as we have here,

  • just came with the side of the three-piece we got here,

  • and of course a large,

  • which is a box of just fries.

  • Harry: We're going to weigh these to see

  • how they compare to the US.

  • Joe: We, of course, now are going to also

  • weigh our largest fry.

  • Do not sleep on these fries.

  • You'll be surprised to learn

  • that the inside of this scale is disgusting.

  • A Popeyes chicken sandwich in the UK

  • weighs exactly 250 grams.

  • Joe: In the US, it weighs

  • 270 grams.

  • In the US, Popeyes signature chicken

  • comes in seven serving sizes.

  • We'll start with these.

  • So, of course, the one-piece kids meal,

  • then you can upgrade to a two-piece regular meal,

  • which comes with a side and a biscuit,

  • or you can get yourself the three-piece,

  • and a four-piece. Side and a biscuit.

  • From there, you can get yourself

  • an eight-piece family meal,

  • the 12-piece for the family as well,

  • or just for one person over a weekend,

  • and the largest, the 16-piece.

  • Are you kidding me?

  • [laughs]

  • How absurd is this? Look at all this chicken.

  • In the UK, the signature chicken comes

  • as a two-piece meal,

  • as a three-piece meal,

  • as a six-piece sharer,

  • as a nine-piece sharer,

  • or our largest size, the 12-piece sharer.

  • Let's weigh a wing, a thigh, and a leg

  • to see whose chickens are bigger.

  • So, in the UK, our thigh, leg, and wing combo

  • came to around 290 grams.

  • Here we go. First guy up, the leg.

  • Next up, got that wing.

  • Kind of a wimpy-looking one.

  • And this one, the thigh.

  • How 'bout the tendies?

  • In the US, we have these following sizes:

  • A kids meal has a one-piece,

  • but what's up? They gave us two!

  • And then from there you get a three-piece,

  • which they forgot,

  • and then we have five-piece,

  • comes with a side and a biscuit,

  • eight pieces.

  • I feel like they're getting bigger as I go along.

  • Look at the size of this tender.

  • Then we have the 12-piece.

  • I mean, guys, this is like a --

  • look at this!

  • Did you know they're this big?

  • This is fantastic. I love how big these are.

  • That's what I'm talking about, Popeyes! Thank you.

  • And, of course, the 16-piece.

  • Look at this bad boy.

  • Look at the size of these guys.

  • Tenders in the UK come in four portion sizes,

  • as a two-piece, which is the kids meal,

  • as a three-piece, a five-piece, and an eight-piece.

  • Next up is the nuggets.

  • These can be found in servings of

  • a four-piece kids meal,

  • a six-piece kids meal,

  • eight-piece,

  • the 12-piece,

  • 24-piece,

  • 36 pieces,

  • and then this double pile right here,

  • the biggest order, 48 pieces.

  • And I have to say, does not look like enough.

  • I know I could destroy that 48-piece with confidence.

  • What do we got here?

  • Oh, look at this sticker! This is fun.

  • Yeah, look at these guys!

  • Look at this big one playing a saxophone,

  • how fun is that?

  • That's cool, right?

  • In the UK, we actually call our nuggets bites,

  • and they come in the following sizes:

  • There's a four-piece, which is a kids meal,

  • a six-piece, a nine-piece, and a 12-piece.

  • Unfortunately, we couldn't get these today.

  • USA, we got biscuits, baby.

  • These are the not-cookie biscuits

  • that have come up before in other "Food Wars" episodes.

  • These are the biscuits biscuits,

  • and at Popeyes, you can get them in one,

  • either on its own or probably with just about every meal.

  • You can also get them in six.

  • It's, like, rolling right down here.

  • And you can also get them in 12.

  • Just overflowing biscuits over here.

  • We actually do have biscuits on the UK Popeyes menu.

  • If you order it as a side, you get one biscuit.

  • The biggest single item you can get on the US Popeyes menu

  • is this, the Bigger Family Feast.

  • It comes with 12 pieces of chicken,

  • five chicken sandwiches,

  • two large sides, got the slaw and the mashed potatoes,

  • five biscuits, and five apple pies.

  • This entire thing will set you back about 60 bucks

  • and clocks in at 10,000 calories

  • if you choose a more calorific side, like the fries.

  • I did not.

  • That pretty much dwarfs our largest single item,

  • which is this, the 12-piece sharer.

  • You get 12 pieces of chicken, four regular sides,

  • four biscuits, and four drinks,

  • all for the price of 24 pounds and 95 pence,

  • which was around $33.50 at the time of recording.

  • Mm.

  • We're so bad at fried chicken in the UK.

  • We just don't do it well.

  • But this, I gotta say,

  • I feel like a certain Kentucky-based chain

  • has had the monopoly for far too long,

  • and they've let their standards slip.

  • So this is really good.

  • I'm thrilled that the standards

  • are hopefully going to get raised.

  • And here's everything you can find at a US Popeyes

  • you won't find in the UK.

  • And here are most of the things you'll find

  • at a UK Popeyes that you won't find in the US.

  • Let's start with the chicken.

  • There are two main exclusive chicken options in the UK.

  • Firstly in the UK, we can get a chicken sandwich deluxe.

  • It's just a Popeyes chicken sandwich,

  • but there's cheese and lettuce on here as well.

  • What he means to say

  • is they took a delicious chicken sandwich

  • and added a bunch of junk.

  • Deluxe means vegetables,

  • aka the junk I don't want on my crispy chicken sandwich.

  • Popeyes in the UK also sell hot wings.

  • These come in orders of three, five, eight, 12, or 20.

  • Now, it might surprise some American viewers,

  • but London in particular

  • has a pretty big chicken-shop culture,

  • and we're pretty passionate about our hot wings,

  • so let's see how these measure up.

  • No, no, no, no, no, no, no.

  • Don't get it twisted. We're the wings country,

  • and we should have those.

  • I have no idea why we don't have those.

  • That to me is a very good chicken wing.

  • Good level of heat, very crispy on the outside,

  • very juicy on the inside, what more can you want?

  • We only have one exclusive chicken item.

  • Well, it's technically not an item,

  • it's more of a style of chicken.

  • Both in the US and the UK,

  • they have the spicy and they have the regular,

  • but we also have something called the blackened chicken.

  • It is a chicken option without breading,

  • therefore, who cares?

  • And it comes in the form of sandwich or tenders.

  • Here it is, blackened chicken.

  • It's called fried chicken for a reason.

  • This is just, like, cooked on a grill?

  • Grilled chicken at Popeyes.

  • What is wrong with you?

  • Oh.

  • Nope.

  • In both the UK and the US,

  • Popeyes chicken sandwiches,

  • fried chicken, and chicken tenders

  • are available as either classic or spicy.

  • One interesting fact is that someone from Popeyes told us

  • that the UK version of the spicy chicken

  • is actually hotter than it is in America,

  • after they tried it on some focus groups

  • and they kept asking them to crank up the heat.

  • Who said British people can't handle spices, huh?

  • Now, this is not an exclusive

  • because it's available in both countries.

  • However, this is my first time

  • trying an American-style biscuit.

  • Now, the obvious statement is that, to me,

  • this just looks like a scone.

  • The color is there, the shape is there,

  • the kind of flaky layers are there.

  • It even kind of smells like a scone.

  • And the fact that this is being served with fried chicken

  • to me and to I think most British people is really weird.

  • Don't get me wrong, this is tasty,

  • I'm just still struggling to see any differences

  • between this and a British scone.

  • Popeyes in the US doesn't just serve chicken,

  • it also has seafood,

  • something you can't find in the UK Popeyes.

  • Now, the US Popeyes did for a while

  • have a Cajun flounder sandwich,

  • which is a fried flounder fillet in a bun

  • with some pickles and tartar sauce.

  • At the recording of this, it is no longer available.

  • I don't know if it was a limited-time thing

  • or they just stopped, they're taking a break, I don't know.

  • But you can still get the popcorn shrimp.

  • This is it.

  • And it comes in a quarter-pound serving.

  • There are no seafood options in the UK,

  • but we do have one vegan option

  • which you guys don't have in the US,

  • and that's the Creole red bean sandwich.

  • This is a 100% plant-based red bean patty

  • with some tomato, some lettuce, and a Creole sauce,

  • but unfortunately we weren't able to get one today.

  • I will say the Popeyes menu in the US

  • doesn't look very vegetarian-friendly,

  • so maybe if this takes off in the UK,

  • you guys can get it too.

  • Whatever the hell that thing is,

  • 100% plant-based red bean pat -- ugh.

  • That will never touch American shores.

  • That can stay in the UK.

  • No one's going to Popeyes for vegetarian, vegan anything.

  • It's a fried-chicken place. So no.

  • Now, we have two sides that are exclusive to the US.

  • Red beans and rice.

  • Grr!

  • Oh, do we got a bad boy? A thingy-thing?

  • Did they not give us any silverware?

  • Mystery spoon from somewhere in the office, all right.

  • Red beans and rice, there it is.

  • And coleslaw.

  • We just have the one exclusive side in the UK,

  • and it's onion rings.

  • These are battered using buttermilk,

  • similarly to the chicken.

  • Unfortunately, we weren't able to get these today either.

  • I got a bunch of sauces in front of me,

  • and you know what that means! It's:

  • Sauce Talk.

  • We've got a tartar sauce.

  • The Creole cocktail sauce.

  • Creole is a type of cuisine in Louisiana.

  • Blackened ranch.

  • Was this supposed to be for the blackened chicken,

  • do you think?

  • And of course we have regular buttermilk ranch.

  • Well, we already know what ranch is.

  • Ranchy.

  • Blackened ranch.

  • Oh, that's way better.

  • The sweet heat.

  • Had this earlier with the tenders,

  • can confirm, fantastic sauce.

  • Wild honey mustard

  • and the bayou Buffalo sauce.

  • In the UK, we have the following exclusive sauces:

  • we have this voodoo sweet chili sauce,

  • which could be quite similar to the US's sweet heat sauce.

  • Then we have a garlic mayo

  • as well as a mango habanero sauce,

  • which sounds really good.

  • It's not an exclusive,

  • but shout-out to the Mardi Gras mustard,

  • because this stuff slaps.

  • Now, it's not exactly an exclusive,

  • but it's worth a shout-out.

  • Musician Megan Thee Stallion

  • recently launched a collab with Popeyes

  • and released the Hottie Sauce.

  • You can get it as a side for dip

  • or pre-add it to your chicken sandwich.

  • Or if you're in the UK,

  • you can dip a hot wing into the Hottie Sauce

  • and have a hot wing summer.

  • She's also becoming a Popeyes franchisee,

  • as she is opening her own Popeyes soon.

  • And then underneath this, it says,

  • "Need some 'WAP' content here, open to ideas."

  • I'm assuming she is the one who did the song "WAP"?

  • I don't know who this person is.

  • I've never heard "WAP."

  • I just know it as a reference on the internet.

  • And I am going to bask in the glory

  • that only some my age can,

  • of not having any idea what a popular thing is.

  • Ah.

  • Desserts!

  • This is a cinnamon apple pie.

  • Oh, my God [mumbles].

  • What?

  • And ...

  • ugh!

  • Chocolate chip cookies.

  • Was she with Paul Davis,

  • Pete Davidson for awhile? Was that the one?

  • We have an exclusive dessert option of our own,

  • which is ice cream sundaes.

  • Now, these are available in the following flavors:

  • vanilla, chocolate, caramel,

  • with Oreos, or with Lotus Biscoff.

  • You can also pay an extra 50 pence

  • to add little pieces of Oreo or Biscoff

  • to any of these sundaes.

  • If you've watched "Food Wars" for long enough,

  • you'll know that I really don't like Biscoff,

  • and I know that's a very controversial opinion,

  • so don't send for me, please.

  • All right, so before you saw those big gallons of tea.

  • There was sweet tea and unsweetened tea. Very nice.

  • We also have a premium lemonade. That's this right here.

  • I've been sipping on because this chicken is getting to me.

  • They also have premium strawberry lemonade,

  • and they also have this right here, Hawaiian Punch.

  • You guys don't know what Hawaiian Punch is?

  • It is fruit punch.

  • Oh, yeah, all the good stuff's at the bottom.

  • And ginger ale. Ugh, I have a headache all of a sudden.

  • We have a range of exclusive drinks in the UK,

  • some of which are hot and some of which are cold.

  • We'll start with the hot drinks.

  • It wouldn't be a British fast-food menu

  • unless you could get a cup of tea.

  • Then we have a range of hot coffees,

  • including a cappuccino, an Americano,

  • a flat white, and a latte.

  • Then we're on to the cold drinks,

  • including some bottled options,

  • like this Oasis summer fruits,

  • this sparkling water, and this orange Capri Sun.

  • Of all the linguistic differences

  • between the States and the UK,

  • this might be the one that annoys me the most.

  • We pronounce this CAP-ri Sun. You pronounce it Cap-RI Sun.

  • You're putting the emphasis

  • on the completely wrong part of the word. Get it right.

  • In the UK, you can also get a range

  • of hand-spun milkshakes,

  • which unfortunately we couldn't get today.

  • When they are available,

  • you can get them in similar flavors to the sundaes.

  • They come as Biscoff, Oreo, vanilla, chocolate,

  • caramel, or also strawberry.

  • And just like the sundaes,

  • you can pay an additional 50 pence

  • for an additional Biscoff or Oreo topping.

  • The chicken sandwich from a UK Popeyes

  • contains the following.

  • If you get the chicken sandwich at a US Popeyes,

  • it contains this.

  • What if you made it a meal?

  • You add the regular serving of Popeyes Cajun fries,

  • you'll be adding the following.

  • A side of fries in the UK contains the following.

  • Poof!

  • Add this medium Coke to the mix,

  • and you're adding 368 calories,

  • 99 carbs, all of those are sugar,

  • and 88 milligrams of sodium.

  • And a regular Coke in the UK adds 180 calories,

  • zero grams of fat or saturated fat,

  • 45.6 grams of carbs, all of which are sugars,

  • and zero sodium.

  • And what is the total of this US meal?

  • 1,335 calories,

  • 56 grams of total fat,

  • 19 of those grams are saturated fat,

  • 182 grams of carbs,

  • 106.5 of those grams of sugar,

  • and 2,118 milligrams of sodium.

  • Yo.

  • The UK total:

  • 1,300 calories,

  • 63.7 grams of fat,

  • of which 20.4 grams of saturated,

  • 135.4 grams of carbs,

  • of which 54.8 grams are sugars,

  • and 1,160 milligrams of sodium.

  • Obviously the sugar stats here look bad,

  • but in Popeyes' defense,

  • a majority of the sugar is coming from

  • this 30 ounces -- [chuckles] 30 ounces --

  • of Coca-Cola.

  • Now, if you got a sugar-free soda instead,

  • it would be a much lower figure.

  • The meal does contain, however,

  • 95% of your daily saturated fat

  • as well as 92% of your daily sodium.

  • Perhaps surprisingly, it seems as if

  • the fat and saturated fat totals

  • are actually higher in the UK than they are in the US.

  • This meal would take you just over 100%

  • of your daily saturated fat allowance.

  • However, the sodium content is way higher here

  • than it is in the UK.

  • The biggest difference comes in the chicken sandwich.

  • This guy right here, for some reason,

  • has 260% more sodium than that in the UK.

  • Unfortunately, Popeyes has not disclosed

  • a full ingredients list in the US, only allergens.

  • It's a similar deal in the UK.

  • Popeyes doesn't disclose a full ingredients list,

  • just allergens.

  • The only sort of surprising thing we found out in the US

  • is that there is fish present in the beans and rice.

  • But what else do we know about the Popeyes food?

  • Ah!

  • Well, for one, on the website,

  • there is a list of a slightly vague commitment

  • to removing all artificial colors, flavors,

  • and preservatives from their fried chicken

  • by the end of 2022.

  • So, that's this year, guys. Better get on it.

  • Also by the end of this year,

  • they want to remove all MSG from their chicken.

  • Now, correct me if I'm wrong,

  • but that implies they currently

  • are using MSG on the chicken.

  • But how much and to which chicken dishes

  • they're actually adding MSG,

  • they have not specified.

  • They also want to use only cage-free eggs

  • by the end of 2025.

  • Take your time there, guys, jeez.

  • Also, cage-free "eggs"?

  • What about the chickens?

  • One interesting thing is that in the UK,

  • Popeyes has pledged to make all its chicken halal,

  • meaning it's suitable for Muslim people to eat.

  • Popeyes UK also uses Red Tractor-assured chicken.

  • This is a farming standards board

  • which oversees poultry farming in the UK.

  • To be Red Tractor-assured,

  • you can't do things like wash your chicken in chlorine

  • or use antibiotics on your chicken,

  • unless it's approved by a vet to treat a specific illness.

  • Red Tractor doesn't exist in the US,

  • but Popeyes does say it uses chicken

  • free from added hormones and steroids.

  • There's a commitment on Popeyes' website

  • to removing antibiotics from its chickens

  • by the end of 2021.

  • So that's right around the corner

  • at the time of recording this,

  • and we reached out to them for what was going on,

  • and they told us X, [laughs]

  • which is code for nothing.

  • Red Tractor certification also means

  • that chickens must be kept in a safe, comfortable,

  • hygienic, and sufficiently sized housing;

  • given a full, healthy diet;

  • and have permanent access to environmental enrichment

  • that is suitable for their needs.

  • Again, we do not have Red Tractor in the US,

  • but Popeyes claims it wants to, quote,

  • "promote practices that support

  • and address the globally recognized

  • five freedoms of animal welfare," end quote.

  • These principles broadly line up

  • with the Red Tractor guarantees, which are:

  • freedom from hunger and thirst,

  • freedom from discomfort,

  • freedom from pain, injury, and disease,

  • freedom to express normal, natural behaviors,

  • like accommodating for chickens' instinct to roost,

  • and freedom from fear and distress.

  • I don't even get those freedoms!

  • I'm terrified all the time!

  • [chicken clucks]

  • So it looks like they're aiming for equivalent standards,

  • even if they don't have a nice Red Tractor badge

  • or whatever to prove that they've achieved it.

  • Now, obviously Popeyes is a Louisiana fast-food chain.

  • Joe asked me to try and find Louisiana on a map.

  • I don't know much about American geography.

  • I can tell you where California is,

  • where Texas is, where Florida is.

  • New York is somewhere over here, I think.

  • If I had to hazard a guess as to where Louisiana was,

  • I mean, it's the South, right?

  • It's the South.

  • Maybe ...

  • is it, like, this one?

  • Maybe that one there.

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