British Highschoolers Try American Cereal.. (American Reacts)

[@kevintwine2315]

Videos like this make me eternally grateful that I'm not American

[@ingridsweeney1787]

Me too!

[@kimc.1268]

As an American, one thing to realize is that many US folks don’t really eat these cereals and for every unhealthy sugary cereal there are a ton of people who eat healthy breakfast foods.

[@williambailey344]

If these cereals have too much sugar fir breakfast what about pancakes and syrup 😮for breakfast 😮

[@alimar0604]

Me too Kevin, me too! 🇬🇧

[@GuyWets-zy5yt]

Same here coz I spent many years vacation there but not to live

[@tasha1721]

Think ill stick with my wee humble bowl of porridge 😂

[@defender4004]

My father had porridge for breakfast for decades. With raisins and a bit of orange juice.

[@helenwood8482]

British kids, however young, don't like artificial flavours.

[@helenparsons364]

The headteacher can't switch off, pointing out the spelling 😂 love it!

[@russellpetrie119]

even the colour of it looks nuclear

[@robertjohnsontaylor3187]

@@russellpetrie119 breakfast cereals that glow in the dark. 🦠

[@hoptoit5910]

I’m Australian and we have the same regulations with artificial colours as the UK, sugar content etc. in Australia and Europe, artificial colours are banned. That’s why we don’t have blue fruit loops in our packs because there’s no natural colour to be found for the blue. So yeah, the colours of our fruit loops aren’t as bright due to natural colouring.

[@triarb5790]

Yet we happily sell Energy drinks...

[@Peter-mw3wj]

Makes sense that you have the same regulations as Europe considering you’re in the Eurovision

[@ChokyoDK]

Bro here in Denmark we usually eat straights oats with milk and maybe raisins and that's it. Eating candy with Red 40 for breakfast is crazy 😂💀

[@fayesouthall6604]

I’m and oat milk girl in Wales with honey and fruit like banana or blueberries

[@Elizabeth-yd4mc]

@@fayesouthall6604 frrr like i’m an overnight oats or granola girl in england

[@Debbie-henri]

My mother used to give me cereal - all sorts of sugary stuff (that was legal here in the UK anyway). But my son had none of it, and now he's 28 he still doesn't eat anything other than oats or a sandwich. I stopped eating that junk sugar cereal when I left home. Similar to you, I eat oats, a few raisins, yoghurt instead of milk, blueberries, blackcurrants, a pinch each of chia seed, flax seeds, cocoa powder, bran, and some spices. I'm actually quite impressed these school kids are mostly unimpressed with these cereals. A bit disappointed that the responsible adult in the room rather enjoys them and would feed some of this stuff to his own kids.

[@janeconnors1807]

Same here in the UK

[@DramaQueenMalena]

In Switzerland, we eat oat with milk or yogurt or both. If you want it sweet you add berries or a banana. Or a little bit of honey. Or a fruit yogurt.

[@Musiklife.9049]

Can’t beat the humble egg to start your day

[@Jo10371]

What a lovely bunch of lovely lads and teacher. Made me smile

[@TerryD15]

I'm nearly 77 years old and a Brit and still eat cereals, I have 3 that I eat regularly, Weetabix, which are plain unsweetened flaked wheat biscuits around 2" x 4" x perhaps 1/2" thick served with milk and very little sugar, secondly I may have oatmeal cooked with milk instead of water and usually add chopped fruit (Nectarines, bananas, or berry fruits) to sweeten it, although I may choose instead to have a bowl of Granola which is oats and seeds, uncooked and bound with a little honey, I tend to have the tropical fruit version with dried and chopped or sliced fruits, eaten with lots of plain yoghurt instead of milk. I try to have the very minimum of processed sugar if any on my cereals and rely on the fruit for sweetness -It's not so addictive.

[@maxjjackson]

Food safety is viewed from almost opposite viewpoints. One says Its up to you but 'this is mostly safe, most people should be ok, probably'. The other says you can't sell this as 'this may not be safe for everyone'. Profit before people.

[@Elleking1812]

Not sure if you've ever looked into this or not, but check out the difference between the ingredients in Heinz Tomato Ketchup UK/EU v USA !!! It's a real eye opener. Details can be found via google!! I'll never consume anything that contains corn syrup.

[@DianaMcFerran]

Me neither! Nasty stuff

[@triarb5790]

We have tomato sauce in Australia ( you can get ketchup but it's not as popular) Tom Sauce is really vinegary, and any American I've given it to can't cope with the savoury taste. Mind you, they don't like Vegemite either...

[@Elleking1812]

@@triarb5790 Love Marmite myself. 😜

[@Gmachine88]

IIRC Mythbusters had an episode where they compared the nutritional value of a cereal to the box it came in, and the box was slightly BETTER. Insanity. Think I'll stick to my weetabix and crumpets.

[@joyelmes7814]

I always recycle my husbands cereal boxes so they can make more cereal from them. Actually I never eat cereal myself, hate milk since school when we were forced to drink it every day.

[@xVentax]

I always know when I’m looking at an American recipe, because somewhere in the list of ingredients will be sugar. I saw one the other day for a savoury dish that used a TABLESPOON of sugar! 😳

[@musicandbooklover-p2o]

and lots of salt

[@PokhrajRoy.]

The headMASTER of hot takes and expressions, Mr. Smith

[@LeeStewart]

Growing up in the U.K. in the 80’s and 90’s cereals were typically full of sugar and very sweet but as concerns grew regarding obesity companies had to tone down the amount of sugar and artificial sweeteners. Especially now with the sugar tax in the U.K.

[@GrahamDixonUK]

People complain about the "Nanny State" here in the UK. But sometimes we need to be saved from ourselves. Sugary cereals and snacks for young children should be outright banned. If a child has never had sugar packed foods, they won't develop a want for it.

[@landaulea5921]

I grew up in the 60's 70's, only ever had cereal without sugar...weetabix, shredded wheat, corn flakes, rice crispies etc. Ate them mainly in the morning but sometimes for supper. I still eat cereal without sugar. Watching kids eat such sugary things makes me uneasy, no need to make them that way

[@jujutrini8412]

@@landaulea5921 My mother once gave me shredded wheat without sugar and I told her it felt like I was in prison!

[@nealgrimes4382]

When i was growing up in the 80s very few Cereals were sweetened at all, the only.ones i can think of are sugar puffs and frosties and they were mildly sweetened towards American Cereals.

[@batintheattic7293]

@@jujutrini8412 To be fair, though, that's shredded wheat. Even WITH sugar on - it's still shredded wheat.

[@Kaige46]

It seems like all consumables in the US have sugar in them! Good for the pharmaceutical companies.

[@marie_84]

Good for hospitals!

[@suzannebaxter2888]

Well I'm English and I didn't even know we had fruit loops in the first place. As a child we had winter breakfasts and summer breakfasts. Mom would cook a huge pot or porridge with honey added. Then a boiled egg with soldiers. In the summer we would get cornflakes or rice krispies or fresh fruit and a slice of butter and toast. I was 21 before I had my first ever MacDonalds and never touched them since. Burger King is supreme in our house.

[@pollyparrot8759]

If you're English why are you calling your Mum "Mom" .... that's American.

[@MsPeaches2you]

@@pollyparrot8759😂

[@helentee9863]

​@@pollyparrot8759not necessarily only America. Mom is used in some parts of northern England (according to my northern English brother in law 😉).

[@russellpetrie119]

can you actauly buy anything healthy and edible in the states?

[@nealgrimes4382]

Wow they can't rule out that affects your DNA and chromosomes, so: warning may cause mutation.

[@InquisitiveBaldMan]

In America them kids would Sue the KZbin channel for giving them the food before telling them about the chemicals....

[@mikeantonio3163]

They should read the ingredients beforehand!

[@FionaIngrid]

Plain oats is the way to go - throw in a chopped apple, a handful of raisons, sprinkle with flax or put some berries and bananas in and that's all ya need - filling, tasty, slow release carbs, lots of fibre. Always with plant based milks.

[@rebeccaa2433]

Oats are not healthy at all like you think. Neither are plant based milks.

[@FionaIngrid]

@@rebeccaa2433 Sure they are .. and have drank soya milk for 30 years now - yummy

[@rebeccaa2433]

@@FionaIngrid You do you. Just look into oats not only not being intended for humans (horse food) and what they spray them with, but plants do not produce milk. Therefore, plant based milk is not a real food item.

[@FionaIngrid]

@@rebeccaa2433 If you’re worried about oats that are sprayed with artificial chemicals then eat organic oats - they’re a powerhouse of nutrition. So far as milk goes, I’ll quote Stephen Fry “Peanut butter isn’t butter, quince cheese isn’t cheese, cream of coconut isn’t cream .. try as the dairy farmers might, history and the nature of language development will decide”. As for myself, I’ve drank soya milk for 30 years now and my vegan daughter, now 26, went straight from the breast to soya milk. We love it - and it’s incredibly healthy. What we would never do is drink the lactation secretion of a large bovine mammal - firstly out of love and respect for the cows who produce milk for their young (as I did for mine) but also because it isn’t healthy (its the most common allergen). Of course, as a species, over the course of history, in times of need and desperation ’some’ groups of humans have developed a tolerance to cows milk (the enzyme to break down lactose) but still today 95% of Asians, 70% of black people, 50% of hispanic people and 70% of Native Americans are profoundly lactose intolerant. In caucasians that figure is 33%. Also, according to many doctors such as Pam Popper, women in particular suffer in westernise countries from having high oestrogen levels (and the associated health concerns) because of drinking cows milk. At any rate, whatever you prefer to call plant based milks, they are arguably much much much healthier than drinking the milk of another species - and my family including my 81 year old vegan parents have thrived on them. nutritionfacts.org is a non-bias scientific website where you can find data about all the milks if you’re interested. On that website it also talks about the latest evidence based research - which includes a population study of 100,000 men and women who drank milk. Researchers found significantly higher rates of bone and hip fractures and other serious health issues. Also Dr T. Colin Campbell (who wrote the China Study - the most comprehensive study of nutrition to date) and who went into medicine to prove the benefits of dairy (having grown up on a dairy farm) eventually ended up finding that casein (the main protein in cows milk) was the most relevant chemical carcinogen ever identified (in research he conducted in laboratories for over a quarter of a century). If you want to know more about that you can read the research or maybe watch Forks Over Knives.

[@jillkemp5521]

​@@rebeccaa2433oats reduce cholesterol and help to prevent heart disease.

[@BomberFletch31]

7:18 - yeah, it is the same school every time. Josh & Ollie (hence, "JOLLY") are friends of the Headmaster, Mr Smith. Josh has another channel, Korean Englishman, where he gets these high schoolers to try Korean food. The two boys at the end of the clip (in the Express VPN sponsor ad) - Max and Armand, went to Korea with Josh, twice.

[@101steel4]

When my cousin moved to America, he was shocked when his wife got a box of cereal from the cupboard and started eating them dry from the box, like they were a packet of sweets 😂😂 That's a thing there. Apparently 🙄

[@robertjohnsontaylor3187]

There’s a couple of points that come to me, and the first is the erudition of these lads, when I was there age I was definitely a trog! The standard of education and teaching has obviously improved since the 1960’s. Secondly if these cereals are typical in the US no wonder the schools there concentrate more on sports than academic studies, you just have to get rid of all that excess energy from the sugar, I’m also really worried about the health of these US kids, especially from the carcinogens in the cereals. I have a hatred of very sweet [UK] things, I won’t bother finding out about US products. Me I like things like Oatabix virtually no sugar.

[@fayesouthall6604]

I’ve seen this video. The Cinnamon one is available here and I love it. The headmaster is a legend

[@aniaania3952]

The best food is natural. All you need is oatmeal and milk. Of course, without sugar. My son wouldn't eat it. It's the first time I see such colorful petals. Greetings from Poland🙂🙋

[@leandabee]

I've been to the US, and I couldn't eat the toast or bacon because it was so sugary tasting, like someone had rolled it in a jar of jam 🤮. This was fun though. We have Fruit Loops here in Oz, I'm not sure of the sugar content, but I'm sure it wouldn't be good.

[@PokhrajRoy.]

10:19 I was young and I don’t think I’d appreciate Artificially flavoured stuff except for bubble gum.

[@79BlackRose]

Does your brother Ben have 3 or 4 bowls of American cereal before he comes on your channel? 😆

[@adrianhempfing2042]

Lol. Probably haha

[@79BlackRose]

@@adrianhempfing2042 Where has Arturo gone? And Ben hasn't been on since last year. I am feeling sad. 😢

[@adrianhempfing2042]

@MrSimonHubbard I reckon he keeps Arturo and Stefan in the wardrobe / toilet under the staircase . Ben , he probably just let's him keep playing basketball / out of his hair . It's almost Easter. Maybe he'll visit home/Ben then

[@79BlackRose]

@@adrianhempfing2042Haha! Probably true about Ben. 🙃 But I miss him because he is such a character and he pushes Joel out of his comfort zone like only little brothers can! 😂 I don't think Stefan's heart was in it. He is a nice guy, but said almost nothing. Whereas as Arturo has a great personality, would banter with Joel and ask questions for us to answer in the comments. Maybe he is a KZbinr in the making? I hope he comes back. 😊

[@krpurple2678]

I love watching Russell Howard Playground Politics. He asks young UK school students questions and they're so funny

[@xneurianx]

This video finished and the advert that comes up after you talking about how US food isn't always great.... Five Guys. Irony in motion.

[@maryannecomment3302]

I never ate serials in my life. As a child I had sometimes grains (plain, without sugar) in my yogurt, without sugar. I gave that to my child as well. These colored serials are just scary.

[@ILooKs33]

I'm surprised they didn't include Fruity Pebbles. I was actually looking forward to the kid's reactions.

[@williambailey344]

I laughed when Joel said about fruit loops the difference between US and America 😊😂

[@terryjohinke8065]

We had "Fruit Loops" and " Cocoa Pops" and they were so sweet you could eat them out of the box. We mostly eat "weetbix" but you need to add a moderate amuont of sugar and milk. It's wheat and dietry fibre . England has Introduced a high sugar tax to avoid Type 2 diabetes. That would also apply to beer and many other products. How would they tax fructose, the sugar in fruit?

[@knightwish1623]

After the video I had a look at my Weetabix packet and there are only 1.6g of sugar in two (normal amount for breakfast) Weetabix biscuits.

[@NapaValleyVegan]

Sugar does not cause diabetes. It may lead to obesity which often leads to diabetes but it is excessive amounts of saturated fat that leads to insulin resistance and eventually diabetes.

[@johnmcgrath6192]

Lol, I grew in NYC with Iriswh immigrant parents,. We NEVER had cereal. Oatmeal with milk (no sugar) and tea or bacon and eggs for breakfast. Except for the period when I would east only Tuna sandwiches. But even then on Friday I would eat fish and chips at thee local chippies. Fresh fish. Then later I could only eatr a hamburger at a bar or restaurant, not the fast food places. The irish vvard served deligious steak fries,

[@100SteveB]

Growing up in the 70's here in the UK, I think our cereals were probably much closer to what the US still sells today. Lot's more sugar and artificial flavourings than would be allowed here today.

[@gillianhollins3003]

Haha I know it was around but there were 5 of us so my parents used to go to the cash and carry and but a bulk box of cornflakes I've never eaten them since I left home

[@leec6707]

I miss the mini toys we had in cereal in the 70s.

[@silvertongue3003]

Can we just agree that serial isn’t made for breakfast or for young kids.. it’s made for adults to destroy when they have the munchies. For breakfast you eat oats with unrefined milled sugar and lots of butter 😋

[@deetgeluid]

They have a full English! Now that is nice!

[@peterpain6625]

When the British tell you some food is "disgusting" they're probably onto something ;)

[@alansmithee8831]

Hello Joel. I could never eat breakfast. Give me a full English breakfast at lunch. I did like Nabisco Shreddies for supper, but they seem different since Nestle took them over, so I prefer the much cheaper supermarket copies. I eat them only rarely. These days I even drink coffee black, most times.

[@79BlackRose]

Same, I could never breakfast. I would occasionally have a bowl of cereal in the evening if I got the munchies.

[@TerryD15]

On the whole we tend to use natural colouring derived from fruits and vegetables (e.g. Beetroot gives a vibrant magenta colour), especially, rather than chemical colourings and most cereals have little of no sugar so that each individual can add it to their own taste and not be physically programmed to need sweet foods which seems to be the case in the US as sugar is very addictive. I eat an unsweetened wholemeal wheat cereal and only put a tiny amount of sugar on it, perhaps a quarter of a teaspoonful sprinkled over the both large biscuits of Weetabix.

[@annbeth6730]

I had cinnamon cereal from Lidl and my mouth blistered.

[@cliffordwaterton3543]

Who in the hell puts milk in the bowl before the cereal???!!! It's the end of civilisation as we know it!

[@vixwza8553]

I would because soggy cereal is disgusting, I pour milk first then add a fistful of cereal, eat it when it's moist but STILL CRUNCHY, and then add the next fistful.

[@davidknell8831]

Explains a lot! Let’s go champ!

[@josefschiltz2192]

It's extraordinary just how much sugar is planted in foods that absolutely don't need it. Even mayonnaise and many other salad dressings and breads, WHY on Earth when it is so unnecessary. I can only only assume it is a cynical attempt to encourage the raising of glucose levels, a heightened insulin response and the heightening of a subsequently fast hunger response afterwards. It's no wonder that people succumb to health issues with such daily extremes going on in their bodies. The sugar needs cutting or removing altogether in many of these foods. Either that or make your own, then you can cut it out altogether. You can then hit the profiteers of unhealth where it hurts, in their overbloated wallets.

[@kandyapple2210]

I'd really like you to react to Little Britain, Fawlty Towers and Hello Hello.

[@SergeDuka]

6:40 It's not "slightly bad.'" It's terrible! We have a massive problem with Type 2 diabetes in the US. The solution? MOAR SUGAR!!!

[@betelehemgetachew1985]

Nice video, Joel!!

[@alanabroad3471]

5:11 That's your doppelganger on the left.

[@666soulreaperuk666]

You can get lucky charms in the UK. I'm guessing the closest thing to the cinnamon toast would be cinnamon grahams (cinnamon chips from aldi). i'd try the toast.

[@dogfood61188]

Ok now im offended. “Peanut butter doesn't belong with milk”. Big table spoon of peanut butter Milk Banana Big spoon of yoghurt Maybe a splash of vanilla essence In a blender. Drink it then come back and tell me peanut butter and milk don't go together.

[@cassandrabellingham8486]

Froot Loops are my guilty pleasure whenever I travel.

[@veraroselloyd1701]

This is from Jolly

[@karenmarriott4479]

What great kids ❤

[@nmlx7710]

Embarrassed to admit I pay a RIDICULOUS amount of money ordering Reece’s Puffs from Amazon.. 😂

[@kathyrhode6252]

I start my day with protein, no carbs or starch

[@davidcook7887]

There has to be some kind of child protection in the US? Has to be!

[@101steel4]

Nope.

[@hughtube5154]

Bullet-proof backpacks.

[@DJChipsandGarlic]

that headteacher must be blagging a living.

[@David-yz3uo]

Would buttered toast in the US have less sugar than the cereal?

[@alanmoss3603]

American bread is awful - pumped full of chemicals to make them super white and last longer on the shelf1

[@DMGamanda]

I have a local made granola. Has no sugar or artifiacl sweetener - just honey. Then i have a banana on it and natural yoghurt. It keeps me going til lunch and i assume a lot healthier than that stuff which doesn’t keep me going til lunch anyhow.

[@allabouteve3290]

Weird I have a very similar breakfast too 😊

[@BobGnarley.]

We literally do have cereals that turn the milk a different colour. Coco pops? Nesquik? Choco snaps? These kids are sheltered lol. Still prefer wheat based cereal personally shredded wheat nice and wholesome breakfast keeps you going til lunch

[@indianaclifton5847]

Me and my brother when we were younger used to just eat fruit loops plain, I'm from Australia

[@Irene-Donald]

Hi JPS thanks for this.

[@pendorran]

Those chaps who run the account met the King recently. They posted video.

[@tgsgardenmaintenance4627]

Give me a full English any day! A rotisserie chicken does the job too!

[@ktwashere5637]

but this is the thing about what you are used to and how those tastes will stay with you. Its why its imperative to not give kids so much sugar or you set them up for a lifetime of needing food to be oversweet

[@esraeloh8681]

Funny, I loved Lucky Charms as a kid, & I still love them. I don't eat them cos of all the shit in them but still, every couple years or so I'll grab a box That Dave Chappelle line comes to mind for the risk factor of the additives. "Why.... Cos fuck it"

[@GuyWets-zy5yt]

...and we do pooridge with lilly fruits in summer

[@clement2780]

shreddies,

[@ym10up]

The US has normalized a high sugar diet for generations, which has a huge knock on effect on its health system. Not giving that much sugar to kids at a young age would delay or even prevent a lot of health issues in the population. Deliberately choosing profits over health of the nation is just awful.

[@FTL3478]

You should definitely react to more Jolly

[@samstone9508]

Cinnamon Toast Crunch- blech

[@ikkelimburg3552]

Dutch person over here. The only thing that came even close to breakfast cereal in my youth was muesli (whole grains, nuts and pieces of fruit like apple, grapes, berries…just what your mom found the easiest to toss in) with yoghurt. I hated that. Breakfast cereal like choco pops or Kellogs was ‘for lazy people’ according to my French mother. My Dutch father claimed it didn’t fill you up (‘Come on…it’s hot choco with some crisps in a bowl! We’re not buying that’). So muesli with a cup of tea in my childhood in the eighties and muesli with strong black coffee as a teenager in the nineties. Nowadays I just take the coffee and an apple to go.

[@nicolad8822]

It’s ok though Americans just over prescribe Ritalin to calm the kids down after breakfast.

[@rustynail1194]

I get why we as Brits don't want this but sometimes it's nice to have that choice. All our soda or what we call pop, has no sugar in now. Sweeteners taste absolutely vile to me. The sugar tax doesn't make sense to me, I'd be happy to pay a bit extra for a sugary option.

[@johnfrancismaglinchey4192]

Young children tend to eat with their eyes,,,,, a dangerous thing if you leave brightly coloured anything to hand ….

[@jillosler9353]

That's why kids have mums - the only parent who limits the junk! 😂

[@onlyren563]

Interesting how kids in Uk didn’t like the fact milk was different colour and that is what sells in Us 😫

[@bhanani5480]

Here in New Zealand we now have Cheetos, which are made here but they are yuck, I cant even describe the flavour but all it is is a flavoured corn chip. We do have an American shop that imports stuff from the US and I buy my cheetos from there, its the best!!

[@hayleydee9146]

I tried fruit loops once and I tell you now I gagged just no the amount of sugar I couldn't

[@PokhrajRoy.]

6:04 TATTOO ALERT? I’m guessing it was for St.Patrick’s.

[@adrianhempfing2042]

Correct

[@Praestmark]

You should try cerial from Europe..

[@readmylisp]

Well, you survived and look in pretty good nick. Let's be thankful.

[@Newtredegarhistory]

Bet they all in the dentist how crunchy that stuff was 😂

[@Woowoooph]

Netherlands here. I never understood the whole Anglosaxon 'cereal' thing - dehydrated indefinable chunks and then milk? To make them soggy again? Yuk!

[@jonathanfinan722]

I'm sure you'd get into trouble feeding these things to lab rats, never mind humans.

[@MARC-p5w]

oh im uk

[@JORDAN-wq2gf]

I love Reese's Puffs!

[@johnfrancismaglinchey4192]

One of the guys in the office looks like you.

[@vincentbarnes7839]

Joel you got a tato on your hand ?

[@adrianhempfing2042]

A temporary tattoo for St Patrick's day celebrations

[@vallee3140]

Lovely lot of fellows and Teacher, I hate anything too sweet, but Husband would probably love them all and add sugar.

[@101steel4]

I haven't eaten cereal since i was a kid. It's not something I'd even consider as an adult.

[@johnmcgrath6192]

In US Freedom means businesses can do any thing to make money.,

[@martinwilliams9866]

Rather than saying "A healthier version," what about saying "A less unhealthier version"?

[@Irene-Donald]

I wish the US would think about the health of their citizens.

[@marie_84]

A lot of US citizens are born with weak genes. Tough to make them change. That's why companies are so filthy rich. Making most of their money from weak minded, often also uneducated people. Weak genes + Lack of education = Lack of awareness.....

[@MadMaxine1979]

This is Jolly's KZbin video.

[@rmw7536]

FDA Fuck Doing Anything for the people

[@eduzz4655]

The FDA just works against tobacco. That's all.