we wanted to find out all the differences

between Kit Kats in Japan and the US.

This is "Food Wars."

In Japan, our Kit Kats come in four sizes,

big little pouch bite,

minis,

and bar,

and classy one, Sublime.

So, one thing to note here regarding mini sizes,

the regular Kit Kat is 11.6 grams,

but the flavored minis, such as matcha,

are said to be slightly smaller, 11.3 grams.

So I'm going to weigh them now to confirm.

So, let's weigh a regular-flavor Kit Kat first.

It weighs 11 grams.

But it doesn't show the decimal points,

it says just 11 grams.

Let's weigh matcha flavor.

12.

It's actually heavier than regular flavor.

Interesting.

Japanese Kit Kats have become popular all around the world,

and the US, of course, is no exception.

I just want to mention at the top here,

we're going to be talking about Kit Kats

that are native to our countries.

I know you can get them online.

I think Walmart.com has some of them.

Fantastic. They're imported. We know. Thank you.

In the US, our Kit Kats come in nine sizes.

Starting from the smallest,

we have a Kit Kat minis unwrapped,

then the thins,

miniatures,

snack size,

standard four finger,

the Big Kat.

From there, we move up to king size, which is,

a piece accidentally broke off

and then I accidentally ate it.

The Big Kat king size.

So it looks like it's just two Big Kats.

And the biggest size, the XL.

A bag of Kit Kat bites should have 11 bites.

Let's count in Japanese.

Ichi, ni, san, shi, go,

roku, shichi, hachi, ku, juu,

juuichi.

11 bites.

And according to the bag,

the combined weight should be 50 grams.

So let's weigh all 11 bites.

Ooh!

It weighs 52 grams.

Good deal.

All of our US sizes come in a variety of units,

depending on your Kit Kat needs.

So many varieties.

Here's a few worth mentioning.

The minis. The biggest bag of minis unwrapped

you can get is 419 grams.

As the title implies,

these things are unwrapped little bites.

It's sold like it's for sharing, but get real.

Whoever sticks their hand in here first, it's their bag.

For the miniatures, according to Amazon,

you can get up to 4-pound bags,

aka 1,814.37 grams.

And what it looks like, they just sent me

a bag that's loosely 4 pounds of Kit Kat minis.

All the bars have their various packs.

None of them seem unusual.

I will, however, mention that

the biggest single purchase of a Kit Kat item you can get

is the king-size 24-pack.

The total here is 2,040 grams,

about 4.5 pounds of Kit Kat.

Here's all the Kit Kats exclusive to the US.

And here is all the Kit Kats native to Japan.

Kit Kat in Japan is made by Nestlé

and is one of the best-selling candies in the country.

One of the reasons for its popularity

is that Kit Kat has a good-luck charm in Japan

because the name Kit Kat in Japanese is Kitto Katto.

And Kitto Katto sounds like "kitto katsu,"

which means "you will surely win."

So the Kit Kat brand became associated with good luck.

And these Kit Kats are often given to students

before their exams.

For the past 20 years,

Kit Kat has introduced more than 350 unique flavors.

Wow!

Some of them are discontinued, unfortunately,

and some of them are regional,

so we couldn't get them by the filming of this episode.

Gomen ne!

So here are a few standard Kit Kat flavors in Japan.

Coffee break.

But it doesn't taste like coffee,

but goes well with coffee.

So I brought my coffee with me today,

so let's see how it goes.

Itadakimasu.

It's actually pretty good,

much better than expected.

So, next we have

melon.

Mm!

It's so melon.

It has way too strong melon flavor.

Next, we have chocolate orange.

Overall, not bad.

Next, graham cracker.

This is fantastic.

Next, I'm gonna go

cheesecake.

This is marvelous.

If you're a cheesecake person like me,

you will definitely like this.

Next, strawberry cheesecake.

You get some decent strawberry flavor

and cheesecake flavor at the same time, which is amazing.

Next, apple cinnamon.

I'm not a big fan of this.

There is a lot of cinnamon in it,

which makes this horrible.

Pistachio.

Look at this cute squirrel!

Kawaii ne!

Kawaii!

It's not great, but not horrible either.

Next, pudding.

Mm!

Mm, it's disgusting.

It's way too sweet.

Let's go next one.

We have strawberry milk.

Ah!

Holy crap.

This is nasty.

This is the worst one.

So, this is the last one.

I've got cookies and cream.

This is the best thing I have ever had in my mouth.

Sorry to interrupt.

But believe it or not,

the US does have a few exclusive flavors

you can't get in Japan.

First up,

pumpkin pie.

Yo!

This tastes exactly like pumpkin pie.

Yeah, they hit it out of the park with that one, wow.

Key lime pie.

This one's so good.

It tastes just like key lime pie.

These are both fantastic.

Fruity cereal.

What cereal is this?

Is that Froot Loops?

Tastes exactly like Froot Loops.

Gingerbread.

Raspberry creme.

I love this one.

Yo, Joe,

Yuelei.

All right, try it, let's go.

What do you guys think?

Yeah, yeah, Starbursts, good call.

Witch's brew?

"Crispy wafers and marshmallow flavored cream."

These are great.

Yeah, it has, like, a frosting flavor to it.

Then we got glow in the dark.

Wait, what's supposed to glow in the dark?

The packaging or the ... ?

That's not fun!

I thought this was going to glow in the dark!

The packaging?

Let's see it, let's give it a shot.

Nothing's glowing.

All right. Lights back on.

It's a regular Kit Kat.

This is regular. How disappointing is that?

Thumbs down.

Birthday cake.

Close to a frosting and sprinkles flavor.

Man, these are all really good.

Also in the US, you can get a lemon crisp flavor.

Sold out everywhere.

It was like a Supreme drop.

The second those hit the shelves, they were are gone.

Also Kit Kat in the US has this line called Duos.

As you can see, three different flavors,

two flavors in one.

We got mint and dark chocolate.

Mocha and chocolate.

Eh, I'm already,

I'm not predicting this is going to be anything special.

It's just OK.

Strawberry and dark chocolate.

Is the way I'm eating these annoying?

I mean, it's not terrible, but.

Maybe strawberry and chocolate would've been too sweet,

but with the dark chocolate, I'm just not into it.

So these were fun, right? These were fun?

No?

All right, back to Japan.

Kit Kat has a collection of flavors

inspired by the many regions and prefectures of Japan.

So I'm going to start with this, Mount Fuji,

the highest mountain in Japan.

It's 3,776 meters high.

And the flavor is strawberry-cheesecake flavor.

How can I open this?

Here we go.

It looks great.

It's pretty good.

But it tastes exactly the same

as that one that I tasted 10 minutes ago.

All right, next one is this Shinshu apple.

Shinshu is kind of very old way

to call Nagano Prefecture.

And Nagano Prefecture is located in the center of Japan

and is famous for delicious apples.

And, finally, they turn into Kit Kat.

Ooh.

This is the nicest chocolate I've ever had.

Next, we have Amaou strawberry.

So it's basically from Kyushu.

Kyushu is Japan's third-largest island

and is located southwest of Japan.

And Amaou is the best brand of strawberries in Japan.

Marvelous, again.

Next, I'm going to go with this one.

Ito Kyuemon Uji matcha

and Ito Kyuemon Uji hojicha.

Uji matcha and Uji hojicha are named after Uji city,

where they're grown.

And the difference between matcha and hojicha is

matcha is matcha, right?

Matcha is a green tea.

But hojicha is a roasted green tea.

Let's go with Uji matcha first.

Whoo!

Matcha is always perfect.

How about hojicha?

It's as beautiful as my heart.

Let's move on to the next one.

We have beni imo.

Beni imo, which is purple sweet potato.

It's from Okinawa.

So, Okinawa is Japan's southernmost prefecture

and is famous for beni imo.

Okinawa is my favorite place in Japan.

I love this.

It has just right sweetness.

We've got azuki sandwich flavor from Nagoya.

So, Nagoya is located in between Tokyo and Osaka

and is famous for its azuki sandwich.

Azuki is sweet red bean paste.

So sweet red bean paste sandwich.

Oh.

It's not my taste at all.

Momiji manju flavor.

It's from Hiroshima.

So, Hiroshima is located in the southwest of Japan

and is famous for its momiji manju,

which is kind of maple-leaf-shaped cake

filled with sweet bean paste.

It tastes exactly the same as this one.

Sweet red bean paste.

Japanese people love sweet red bean paste.

Hokkaido azuki and strawberry flavor.

Hokkaido is the largest

and northernmost prefecture in Japan

and is famous for its azuki.

Much better than the other azuki flavors.