US vs UK Lunchables | Food Wars | Insider Food

From exclusive items to portion sizes, we wanted to find all the differences between Lunchables in the US and the UK. This is "Food Wars."
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[@MeleeTiger]

"Lunchables set up an entire generation to be obsessed with charcuterie when they got old" ... I was not prepared for such a spot on observation in this video.

[@jonathanthegreat2008]

Where’s the classic food wars intro? You know, the “from calorie count to portion sizes, we want to know all the differences between Lunchables/Lunchers in the UK 🇬🇧 and the US 🇺🇸 ! This is Food Wars.” Stuff?

[@tschandler2]

Getting lazy

[@hbsauce2]

I think they’re getting a bit bored of doing these videos to be totally honest, they’re running out of things to compare but the videos are a big money maker for the channel because they get a lot of views

[@gaming.golden]

its bad for viewer retention.

[@dylnm]

@@hbsauce2 they look really over it bless them

[@fourtrifiveo4350]

​@@hbsauce2i mean i hope they get something new for their sakes

[@aufak-live101]

I feel like were missing the "From Calorie count to Portion sizes, we gonna compared Lunchables / Lunchers from the UK & The US. This is Food Wars"

[@Mammutidae]

Exactly! Felt sort of off kilter without the intro

[@BrjefRcseCase]

True at least they did it with walkers/lays. But it does feel odd without it

[@Vanzee-fb2xb]

*Our God indeed is a covenant keeping God. Has he said a thing and not perform it? I watch how things unfold in my life, from penury to $356,000 every three months and I can only praise him and trust him more. Hallelujah 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻*

[@Jackn-d8s]

Hello how do you make such monthly?? I'm a born Christian and sometimes I feel so down🤦🏼of myself because of low finance but I still believe in God🙏.

[@RubyAurora-s2o]

Thanks to my co-worker (Alex) who suggested Ms Susan Jane Christy

[@RubyAurora-s2o]

She's a licensed broker here in the states🇺🇸 finance advisor.

[@Omen-id6xg]

After I raised up to 525k trading with her I bought a new House and a car here in the states 🇺🇸🇺🇸and also paid for my son's surgery (Oscar). Glory to God.shalom.

[@SolangeMarro]

Can I also do it??? My life is facing lots of challenges lately

[@debbiemckeown7626]

I’m in my 30s and I’ve bought lunchables on my breaks on nightshifts occasionally.

[@ballooncoast848]

Who is here from the lunchies drama?

[@GabeplayzVR]

Lunchly*

[@ballooncoast848]

@@GabeplayzVR I just noticed I wrote that.

[@GabeplayzVR]

@@ballooncoast848 😂

[@wildwine6400]

I remember in the early 2000s in the UK, they did more a "meal" version of the Lunchable that included some small chocolate miniatures of something like Daim aswell as a Capri Sun

[@HA05GER]

Chocolate fingers was one if i remember right.

[@JDaxter]

Does anyone in the UK remember the hot dog luchables? I remember loving them as a kid.

[@HA05GER]

@@JDaxter I feel like I remember but I can't picture it.

[@WeAreAllThings]

@@JDaxterHad them in the US. They were My top 3 at the time.

[@jasminappleby779]

@@HA05GERI only ever remember the mini choc fingers

[@der8265]

The concept of lunchables is wild to me. Nobody would have a pre packaged meal in school here, unless its like a snack sausage

[@oliviaiglesiascampuzano1910]

I'm from Spain and same! This would probably be considered borderline child abuse (I'm obviously exaggerating)

[@Wockytoky]

Thats why you europeans are shrinking 💪🇺🇸

[@ZendovGaming]

As an American I always looked down at people sent to school with these things

[@aaronbarkus6458]

1 minute in, i want a lunchable, 2 minutes in, driving to the local gas station, 4 minutes in, arrive at kwik trip, grab lunchable, 8 minutes in, returning to my bed with the goods

[@aaronbarkus6458]

My best moment was the fact I also bought a cheese stick, its like I knew what was to come 😢

[@aaronbarkus6458]

20 minutes in, ive almost finished my lunchable and they start ruining it for me

[@sarahjkadlec4029]

@@aaronbarkus6458pls get the smoked cheese stick from kwik trip next time it’s god tier

[@jonalexander9312]

I remember in the mid 2000's there used to be a pizza and treatza one that had chocolate sauce and sprinkles with the usual pizza stuff. Only had it once but I remember liking it

[@mariautech5786]

Was probs a kids cuisine

[@jonalexander9312]

@@mariautech5786 Nah it was a lunchable

[@Mammutidae]

At this point I see the series as a vehicle for jokes and facilitating the magic that is the Joe/Harry dynamic 😅 ProZD did a pretty solid video of evaluating the American ones a while back. No shade love you both Joe and Harry ❤

[@zzvlr]

This kinda aged well

[@brynbloom5993]

Joe's never had a lunchable? Ok we get it, you had parents that loved you 😂

[@jtpadilla1]

Or didn’t depending on the years you were in school. Late 90s if you didn’t have lunchables you weren’t living lmao my sisters used to go crazy for these.

[@amagicallaura]

i begged for lunchables but i think i was actually given one once in my life (probably to shut me up) bc they were junk food & it wasn't very good in the end...! still in the uk it used to come with daim chocolates & a capri sun.

[@brynbloom5993]

@@jtpadilla1 oh don't get me wrong I loved them too! (Born '91) But let's be real, they were absolute crap and we should *not* have been eating them 😂

[@mhenderson7673]

Ha, my mum wouldn't buy that stuff for us because it was too expensive!

[@brokenhands512]

​@mhenderson7673 I got them occasionally but I was a brown bag lunch kid.

[@HerHollyness]

Dairylea Dunkers with the Jumbo Tubes are legit still a staple of my diet as a 35 year old woman. If they made those tubes as a packet of crisps I’d be sooo fat. 😂

[@timcroft109]

Real ones know that jumbo tubes are the way to go. The breadsticks are tasteless, the Ritz are undunkable and don’t talk to me about the nacho version. I am a 46 year old man BTW 😂

[@cicisdeliveryservice]

Oho lentil chips sour cream and onion usually available in B&M or Home Bargains and taste identical! I have tried a few and these come closest. Get them and a big tub of dairylea and thank me later.

[@JasperCasper24]

Oh same, I get them as a treat a little too often xD

[@nataliekerrane]

Same 😂 i bought some the other day for my toddler to try and she hated them so guess theyre mine now

[@what_im_eatin_uk]

I absolutely agree that jumbo tubes are the only option when it comes to dunkers. I have been known to have a box and completely avoid the cheese so a bag of just jumbo tubes would be amazing

[@CJBrookes]

No one going to address that the cheese is listed as “Cheese food” on the back of the UK pack? No particular type of cheese, just “cheese food”. 😂

[@blackthorn5709]

@@CJBrookes That’s the name used when they can’t legally call it “cheese” because it doesn’t meet the criteria. Same as those plastic “cheese” slices that go on cheap burgers.

[@CJBrookes]

@@blackthorn5709 oh. 100%. I just find it hilarious and a strong reason not to eat them. 🤣

[@user-rmftwz-yrjsoq]

I just love eating a “sweetened dairy product”, a sandwich with some “cheese product” and “chocolate flavored drink” for my lunch

[@captainjames4649]

It's normal cheese It just has a preservative in it​@@CJBrookes

[@nahor88]

@@CJBrookes It's really pathetic... cheese is already not good for you. You'd be amazed how much saturated fat you consume with just a couple slices. They go a step further and pump it with fillers, making it EVEN WORSE.

[@VelvetTeacake]

The UK cheese is Dairylea because that's the brand 😂

[@ShoelessJP]

Used to eat a lot of Lunchables at college to hold me over when I had a long class before dinner, and they worked well.

[@CAP198462]

I would get a packet of Pizza Hut breadsticks. If I was really hungry, some combos too.

[@rationalbacon5872]

I do not understand these products. They make no sense. Just put some cheese, ham and crackers in some Tupperware.

[@JoJoZaka]

same reason for any food product exists. convenience. easier to hand a kid one of these than to portion out a child sized snack everyday

[@HerHollyness]

I have never really understood the point either. Do kids really find building a cracker ‘sandwich’ that exciting? And then seeing that teenage version where it’s literally just the bits for a sandwich in a box?! 😂 Hey, why not spend twice as much money buying some plastic-wrapped bread, cheese and water so you can hand your teenager a box and say, “Make your lunch yourself.” Who does that?

[@ZombieSlayerTakashi]

It's Charcuterie for kids.

[@kellyrowe4075]

As someone who was a kid that liked these I think part of the appeal came from how well they were marketed. Tons of commercials on all of the tv channels for kids that made them seem fun possibly because around the same time there were a couple of toys that let you make food like the easy bake oven and some that you made bug shaped gummies to gross out your friends. It also helped that there used to be way more variety in the types of food and they were definitely less healthy so it was that feeling of getting away with eating junk food for lunch. As for those “teen” centered ones Im certain the majority of those go to older elementary kids wanting to feel like teens not actual high schoolers lol.

[@hamzasultan96]

​​@@JoJoZaka If portioning packaged ready to eat foods is too hard for you, maybe don't become a parent...?

[@BooboosANDBloodshed_95]

If you had Lunchables when I was growing up, you were considered the popular kid. And your parents had money I grew up during the early to mid 2000s. 😅😅😅😅

[@sdewey4152]

We also had a hot dog version here in the UK. It was like cocktail sausage sized hot dogs.

[@ZayneThyler]

US had those in the 2000s along with burgers and tacos. 😀 They got discontinued unfortunately.

[@brandonaston301]

They were so mich better then the crappy cracker and cheese ones

[@leemktm]

"Maybe don't do that." 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@lunarozegaming]

Honestly I eat the pizza ones cold, they’re not great warmed up in my opinion. It’s the sauce that bothers me when warm. I also get the sub one with the pringles. Honestly it’s a quick lunch when you have 50 coworkers and 4 mircowaves on a 40 minute break

[@mrsmustachelover]

I think they’ve also gotten smaller because some kids are getting less time to eat now. A lot of elementary schools only have 20mins set aside for lunch time. So lunch has become more of a “snack” since they probably spend half of that time distracted with friends and trying to open their lunch

[@johns80schick]

Capri Sun, Hi-C, or Sips Iced Tea were my drinks of choice back in the 90s. I never had Lunchables. always a sammy and chips. Hillshire Farms Small Plates are the grown-up version of Lunchables and they taste great.

[@MishMashTTV]

Yeah LA lunchable prices are like 3.99$ for the regular cracker stackers or pizza no drink no clue where you got 2$ from

[@peter_de_Jong817]

Why would you ever give this kind of crap to your childeren? It's not surprising that they got so many childeren with obesity and other health issues.

[@unknownboy1070]

I'm totally speechless, watching this makes me want to appreciate more of my life born in an Asian country.

[@theannihilator8800]

Lol true

[@palalabu]

lmao i just said the same thing. like how is this a meal?????

[@brandonaston301]

Sorry but your food i rice everyday for every meal I believe

[@theannihilator8800]

@@brandonaston301 We can cook rice in more ways than the number of dishes you can think of

[@pp-bf2ec]

I think it's same with all non-english speaking countries. Like really, parents feed this sh*t to kids?!

[@amnanadeem3630]

What’s better than watching food wars love you guys so much food wars literally keeps me going you guys are the best💙

[@SnDFrostey]

Do a fast video comparing US vs Canada fast food chain. there are differences!

[@fayesouthall6604]

They have done loads.

[@Wayzor_]

What like Maple Syrup on everything?

[@skibbadabba]

At 27:22 ''sometimes u would go a bit heavy at the start and then have to really scale back on the amount of cheese ur having.................. Or sometimes u have all the cheese too early and be left with none at the end'' ............... hhmmmmm?????? Bit like ''Heads I win, Tails u lose'' !! HaHa!

[@mylefttoe9300]

You know what you’re doing youtube😂😂

[@user-yv2cz8oj1k]

Why not just create MRE pouches for kids?

[@strategicplays2977]

Agree 😂😂😂

[@strategicplays2977]

MRE for kids would be a lot better some how

[@hav431am]

The most processed food ever

[@PixelatedH2O]

Everything edible is processed in some way

[@hav431am]

@@PixelatedH2Oyes but this is practically just pink slime and plastic yellow cheese flavoured squares

[@watcherzero5256]

@@PixelatedH2O Fruit, Vegetables?

[@user-rmftwz-yrjsoq]

@@watcherzero5256yeah where are those???

[@JohnEXPTalk]

not exactly a wine-wroth snack or meal, but if you have to then try with a simple fresh Chilean Sauvignon Blanc

[@AM-mv6ro]

Awful food for kids. It’s ultra processed food and it should be banned.

[@sugi_YT]

Not amazing but at the same time they’re relatively cheap, convenient and easy to throw in a lunch box. Not everyone can afford organic, unprocessed food stuffs and even still everything is fine in moderation, there’s no reason to throw the “ThInK aBoUt ChiLdReN” plenty of people regardless of age purchase them for a whole myriad of reasons

[@gls888]

It's bad but I wouldn't run a nanny state and ban them.

[@BOBA2733]

Bro your so rude it's a kids food and for everyone

[@AM-mv6ro]

@@sugi_YTchildren don’t need non-gmo organic raw et al food. I’m a single parent Brit with 3 kids (all of primary school age) and I work 2 jobs. Making a nutritious meal that isn’t full of chemicals is NOT difficult. It’s poor and lazy parenting.

[@AM-mv6ro]

@@BOBA2733it’s chemicals aimed at keeping children filled. Feed them proper food. Whole foods and less ingredients will them wonders and make them less sick.

[@JoostHillemans]

What a disgusting lunch that must be. What is that focus on non fresh industry food?? How deplorable to raise kids on this junk.

[@xxanabananaxx]

Who the hell wants cold ass chicken nuggets for lunch? I’m American and I’m appalled.

[@kellyrowe4075]

As a kid I was usually just had the cafeteria food but once for my birthday in fourth grade I got to bring a lunchable. That sounds lame but it was one they don’t have anymore with a mini burger, tiny chocolates, and a tiny cola can so I was pretty hyped! In hindsight there’s no way that was healthy or tasty but hey it made tiny me happy with the novelty to the point where that cute little soda can still comes up in my memories on occasion.

[@rifleorcagames]

who's watching this on the 1st of October, 2024 !!!!!!

[@MrDikketet]

Scraping the bottom of the barrell

[@dannyleyamato1309]

Not so fun fact, the Creator's of lunchables would never permit their children to consume a lunchables product. Why you may ask? Lead, im not joking luchables contained lead. Why no one knows, do they still contain lead. I have no clue i haven't looked into it since 2008.

[@ckpunkrulz]

Who eats these god

[@davidjones535]

These weren't around when I was in school yet yes I'm that older but my step daughters and nephew would want them for lunch on summer break seemed like a waste of time to me and you guys must really be scraping the bottom of the barrel with this one

[@Matthew-bu7fg]

Fruit winders next week is it?

[@michaelwesten4624]

so much plastic waste for so little

[@westhepro1]

ngl, this is some cookie-cutter bottom of the barrel stuff right here.

[@3arthandsky]

As mexican my parents would say no to lunchables except for my younger sister she would say its cause she was young and can get whatever but as the oldest i have to eat whatever is at home. My sister also liked the canned raviolis. Looking back at it im happy i never got to partake in american classics. Also my school lunch was free but wasnt a fan of the food so i would sometimes pack something myself.

[@spooky_shran]

wow, what an injection of pure nostalgia

[@anttikalpio4577]

Is that supposed to be edible food? Glad we don’t have them in Finland

[@adamcolclasure4892]

We don't have them in Asia either thankfully, to many questionable chemicals.

[@NecromancyForKids]

​@adamcolclasure4892 Yeah, good thing that China has cooking oil literally fished out of the gutter and rice made from plastic instead of ham cheese and crackers.

[@slothgami]

Nachos one I still eat. So terrible and delicious

[@CricketEngland]

America cheese the single worst cheese in the world

[@Ray_Vun]

i'd kinda understand if a kid had those for a middle of the morning snack. but not as something to replace lunch. i feel like everyone would be commenting on the kid that brought that to school to have as lunch, and not in a positive way

[@oror3751]

It's shouldn't be even an option or at least marketed as "meal replacement" for kids

[@samanthamaynard4447]

I'm in my early 40s and I definitely was given Lunchables, and so were many other kids. It definitely wasn't a sad thing.

[@MeleeTiger]

The nacho Lunchables were what started me on mixing my cheese and salsa into one container, the chips were slightly larger I think, but not much.

[@thegirlwholikesart6834]

6:00 daryleey actually had a street food variety and i only remember there being a Pizza one i used to always put it in the toaster

[@number1discodave]

They should be called "Barely Edibles" 🤢🤮

[@mrandroid52]

5:30. Saturn eating his children

[@strategicplays2977]

MREs are better!!!

[@johngreen7619]

I've just realised why Harry keeps experimenting with facial hair. It's trying to emulate Joe! We're looking at the Friends episode where Chandler grows peach-fuzz to be more like Richard! Ah, bless ... 😏

[@benoitwaffle5439]

On the next Foods Wars, US vs UK Spam... Harry shows up with a full fu manchu.

[@BrjefRcseCase]

We get it insider you are struggling to get a good thumbnail 😂

[@truec]

5:25 No! You fool! You have to alternate the meat, cheese and crackers if you're going to eat them all together like that!

[@Robc3107]

Nothing will beat the mini hot dogs and burger lunchables we used to have in the uk, a mini hotdog/burger patty, bread, cheese and a sachet of ketchup and it had such a weird texture but it tasted so good 😂

[@jakey_playz]

OK EVERONE IN THE COMMENTS ARE LIKE PROSSESED FOOD BLAH BLAH GUES WHAT FAST FOOD IS PROSSESED OUR DAILY FOOD IS MADE IN THE FACTORY PROSSESD SO SHUT UP!!!!

[@Puppet007]

I’m 25 years old and I buy the lunchables to take to work with me because they’re cheap and gives me enough energy until I get home.

[@Oltheboll]

Who used to have these all the time at Lunchtime in Primary School?

[@ashlight6107]

I've eaten lunchables as a kid before. Although I didn't really care about lunchables and I've never eaten a lunchable for years now.

[@PlaystationAccountt]

Processed food is bad for you

[@dawng.8836]

Lunch ables started out for adults, then they realized that kids were eating them & they added cookies

[@blackthorn5709]

Dairylea Lunchables were better back in the day. Who remembers the double cheese ones? One stack of standard cheese and one of orange-coloured herby cheese. Those were the dog's and a staple of my post-school snacking for years.

[@Renard-ks6hj]

Can't believe im early to these type of videos, they usually get recommended to me months later after they get posted

[@LuckyAxelYT]

I don’t care if its UK Or American, As long as its not lunchly and can hold me back when i have no lunch. its fine

[@xpdev0]

Full of lead and cadmium

[@christopherparker6308]

Honeslty joe and harrys face ib the thumbnail says "We know youre tired of this series. But that viewcount babyyyyyy."

[@J-146]

Real ones had the attack-a-snack wraps in the UK. I think they still exist aswell which is nice

[@charlottestreet3301]

You can still get attack a snack wraps in the uk

[@lonewolfheart1697]

The packaging of these things probably has more nutritional value than the ultra-processed contents....

[@IRVDawg]

New name is lame

[@noodlechild666]

These were banned at my school. Sign of a lazy, uncaring parent. Side note - cheese should not be the colour of that Kraft stuff.

[@TheScentDetective]

The pizza Lunchables reaction was correct. When they came out in the mid 90's I was the first kid at my school to bring them for lunch and thought I was Billy Bada$$. Turns out I was really Davy Dumba$$. They were terrible and the main reason I stopped eating Lunchables altogether.

[@tedhodge4830]

Lunchables were always gross. Who is punishing their kids with this stuff? More importantly, why are you punishing these two guys by forcing them to make this video? That pizza kit is giving me PTSD. That cold, clammy gross sauce.

[@NHCOFFICIA]

HI You know, the “from calorie count to portion sizes, we want to know all the differences between Lunchables/Lunchers in the UK 🇬🇧 and the US 🇺🇸 ! This is Food Wars.

[@danielhakimi]

I feel like putting together your lunch was a cute novelty the first time I tried a given lunchable, and some... uh, flavors were less appealing than others... I feel like I didn't hate the pizza, but looking back now, I don't know why I wouldn't have hated it. All of the ingredients are offensive, it was more just the idea that it's kind of pizza. Compared to a peanut butter sandwich, it was... different.

[@Denathorn]

I'll be honest... I think lunchables are the crappiest piles of w[WAHEY... EASY!!!]k mankind has ever created! :D

[@BlueEmulsion]

Dairylea Snackers are so Bracknell

[@andrewwalker7340]

Taco Bell taco Lunchables were the best....I feel bad for everyone who didn't get to enjoy them.

[@johnnyrocketed2225]

It’s called Ham and American… but why not American Cheese?... 🤔

[@ComeAtMe]

The hotdog and hamburger with the soda was my go to Lunchables

[@Theofiilus2978]

I feel sorry for you if these are your school lunch... We whined about our food in our school in Finland when i was young. Now in University it's pretty amazing especially when it's actually proper meal.

[@Darkasasin80]

I never understood the appeal of Lunchables. Most of them were just gross and the ones that were palatable I could throw together myself but better for probably cheaper. I swear it's just kids falling for marketing.

[@AzraelThanatos]

Part of the reason for the changes for the school lunch Lunchables is due to some of the oddities with restrictions and requirements for them...which is often why most places have some really bad school lunches, and it's compounded by various national administrations "doing something" by changing the rules. The last major set of changes was back during Obama's term in office with Michelle being the one to head the stupid change which led to a mess because a lot of kids, even ones that didn't get access to much food otherwise and definitely needed it, preferring to toss most of it in the trash

[@JonLovejoy]

New content with Harry and Joe? I'm in!

[@jenniferpetrucelli1233]

My kids love these but I rarely get them for them. 😂 Not exactly healthy and balanced. I also remember 20+ years ago lunchables often came with a tiny flavorful sauce for the cracckers and meat. I was sad they got rid of that.

[@benbeck7511]

I will never consider anything without a snap open mess making spicy Dijon mustard and an Andes chocolate mint a lunchable. That mustard and mint made up for how bland and boring everything else was.

[@furrantee]

I tried Lunchables for the first time last year. Growing up if your parents sent you to school with Lunchables you had some bougie parents. They were too expensive. I tried the nachos in both regular and the bigger box. Both were gross.

[@kaylsbro]

I miss lunchables pizza it’s funny I’m from the uk and when I go to Florida on holiday I always go to Walmart and get a few lunchables pizza to eat while I’m there

[@jazy13u]

Always thought daiylea was pure British but it turns out kraft cheese brought them early 60s but since 1950 was originally British who started the classic triangles so their is still hope haha later mondelez worked or joined kraft and did some other things but you can still taste the pure clean fresh milk that originally dairylea brought to the table.

[@VelvetBrandy]

Anyone remember the pizza kits with the chocolate sauce and sprinkles? Or the hamburger and hot dog lunchables?

[@magicknight8412]

Lunchables,one of the most unhealthy, least/zero nutrition,ultra high processed foods around and they are aimed at children ... :(

[@jacobb8531]

I think it's so interesting how americans pronounce certain things. *Ca-pree-sun* for example whereas in England I'd say *Cap-re sun*

[@kimjongun2540]

Ffs imagine getting a frozen grilled cheese sandwich...you shouldn t be far from your parents if you can t easily make a grilled cheese...its toast ffs

[@usualfulful]

Never ate one of these things, doubt I ever will. I always worry I will not be able to tell the difference between the “food” content and the packaging and will find myself chewing on plastic.