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  • George: From calorie count to portion sizes,

  • we wanted to find out all the differences

  • between Domino's in Japan and the US.

  • This is "Food Wars."

  • In Japan, Domino's pizzas come in three sizes.

  • Our Domino's pizza comes in four sizes.

  • George: So, this one is medium, which is cut into 8 slices.

  • Joe: Over here on this end, you got the small.

  • That's 10-inch pizza.

  • And here's regular, which is also cut into eight slices.

  • Joe: Next up is our medium.

  • That's a 12-inch pizza.

  • And this one is large.

  • This one is cut into 12 slices.

  • Joe: Then we move to our large, 14 inches.

  • And finally, the extra large, which is 16 inches.

  • Look at all that grease.

  • A Domino's large plain pizza has a 33-centimeters diameter

  • or an 855.3-square-centimeters area

  • and costs 2,000 yen.

  • So breaking that down,

  • our pizza is 2.33 yen per square inch,

  • or about 2 cents.

  • Now take our large. This is a 14-inch pizza,

  • also a 35.56-centimeter pizza.

  • And it has a surface area

  • of 993.1 square centimeters.

  • That's 1.4 cents per square inch,

  • or 1.62 Japanese yen.

  • But what gives you the most food for your money?

  • So, here's a large plain slice with a pan crust.

  • And here's another with hand-tossed crust.

  • Let's weigh both right now and see which is more.

  • So, first let's weigh pan crust.

  • 51 grams.

  • And hand-tossed crust.

  • It weighs 49 grams.

  • And we will do the same.

  • I want to note that right now in America,

  • you can only get the pan Domino's in the medium size.

  • Same exact experiment, only I'm doing two medium pizzas.

  • Medium pan slice, medium hand-tossed slice.

  • So, this is the hand-tossed slice,

  • and it weighs

  • a smidge over 75.

  • We'll go 76.

  • The pan.

  • That goes in there too.

  • 110 grams.

  • Making the difference this amount.

  • I'm not doing math.

  • In Japan, we have seven different crust options.

  • No. 1, we have pan.

  • And No. 2 we have hand-tossed.

  • And No. 3, we have ultra-crispy.

  • Ooh.

  • It's like a cracker.

  • No. 4, we have cheese burst,

  • where a string cheese is placed around the edge of the crust

  • and sprinkled with consommé Parmesan seasoning.

  • Ooh.

  • No. 5, we have the cheese 'n' roll.

  • It's got mozzarella cheese in the crust.

  • And No. 6, we have mille-filet.

  • Or mill-foy.

  • Mille-fail.

  • In Japanese we say mi-ru fi-yu.

  • So this one is mi-ru-fi-yu pizza,

  • which has two layers of crust

  • with Camembert mixed cheese in between.

  • Mille-fail.

  • Mille-fee-yuh.

  • French people, please correct my pronunciation.

  • No. 7, the last one we have,

  • the triple mille-feuille.

  • It's got three layers of crust with cheese in between.

  • Wow.

  • In the US, we have only five crust options.

  • I realize there's four pizzas in front of me.

  • Let me explain.

  • One crust option you can get here,

  • and it's a small only, is the gluten-free crust.

  • I don't know how bread is gluten-free,

  • but we figured it out.

  • Ta-da.

  • We also have the hand-tossed,

  • which is more of a standard pillowy,

  • I mean, right, this is like standard dough,

  • this is what we think a pizza looks like.

  • This is the pan.

  • Look how thick that is, man.

  • That's, like, triple the dough thickness.

  • Good on you for the pan.

  • Now, you can get this in the medium only.

  • We also have a crunchy thin crust.

  • And we have so many pizzas here, to be honest,

  • I don't know which one it is.

  • So when it just comes up in the video, I'll show it off.

  • But imagine a crunchy thin pizza.

  • Oddly enough, we also have something called

  • the Brooklyn-style pizza.

  • This is reserved for large and extra-large pizzas only.

  • And this is a Brooklyn-style right here, extra large.

  • Obviously it isn't crispy, because it's sagging.

  • This is really thin.

  • Here's everything you can get at the Japanese Domino's

  • that you cannot get in the US.

  • Here's everything you can get at a US Domino's

  • you cannot get in Japan.

  • Everyone, look at this.

  • This is a limited-time-offer pizza.

  • It's called the Best 34.

  • Look at this lid.

  • It's disgusting!

  • Don't look at me! Don't look at me!

  • So, this one has all 34 Domino's toppings,

  • like teriyaki chicken, mayo, spinach, tomato, shrimp.

  • This is huge.

  • It's like my baby.

  • [sings lullaby]

  • The New Yorker-style pizza is similar

  • to the Brooklyn XL option you can get in America.

  • But only in Japan you can get the Quattro New Yorker.

  • It's a 16-inch pizza with each New Yorker topping style

  • covering a quarter of the pizza.

  • So one quarter is pepperoni, and one is cheese,

  • and one is pepperoni and sausage,

  • and one is ham and mushroom.

  • So, here we have Nippon favorites series.

  • Nippon, or Nihon, means Japan in Japanese.

  • So these pizzas feature Japanese ingredients.

  • This one charcoal-grilled teriyaki chicken.

  • It's got teriyaki chicken, teriyaki sauce,

  • spinach, mayonnaise, and corn.

  • Next we have Hokkaido three cheeses.

  • So, Hokkaido is the northern island prefecture in Japan,

  • and it's famous for its cheese.

  • It's got Hokkaido Gouda cheese,

  • Hokkaido cheddar cheese,

  • and Hokkaido Camembert and sliced asparagus.

  • We have spicy mayo and mochi.

  • It's got mochi rice cake and corn,

  • pork sausage and sliced asparagus,

  • and Korean seaweed flakes.

  • And last one, we've got charcoal-grilled beef

  • and spinach and mushrooms.

  • Mm!

  • Oh!

  • Umai!

  • Umai!

  • This beef is so tender,

  • and it's got so much, like, charcoal flavor,

  • which makes this amazing.

  • I love this.

  • So many exclusive pizzas here at the US Domino's.

  • I don't know where to begin,

  • so I'll just start with this one that I'm holding.

  • This is the Cali chicken bacon ranch.

  • I don't know what makes it California-in-y or Cali-y,

  • but it definitely has chicken, and bacon, and ranch,

  • and it's big.

  • Thank you very much.

  • All right.

  • Chicken taco pizza.

  • Oh, yeah.

  • Got taco spices to it.

  • Good job on this one.

  • Next one, the cheeseburger pizza.

  • Um ...

  • Yeah. Oh, my God.

  • I'm going to say something crazy.

  • This tastes exactly like a McDonald's cheeseburger.

  • Even has the oniony and the ketchupy taste.

  • Wow.

  • That is a surprise.

  • I thought this one was going to be bad,

  • but it's actually pretty good.

  • The extravaganZZa.

  • This has pepperoni, sausage, ham,

  • mushrooms, black olives, green peppers.

  • This is the meatZZa,

  • which I'm assuming is just a lot of meat.

  • I'm seeing sausage, I'm seeing pepperoni,

  • and maybe hamburger.

  • Yeah, I'll put this in the good pile.

  • I f--- with this one.

  • Philly cheesesteak.

  • Oh, no.

  • In some weird way, I'm blaming you for this.

  • Since you handed this to me, this is your fault.

  • Look at this nightmare.

  • Meat somewhere on here.

  • I'm also seeing green peppers.

  • Oh. Look, look, it's like,

  • look at that, it's, like, stuck to the box.

  • No.

  • Buffalo chicken.

  • OK, OK.

  • This is more my speed.

  • Chicken.

  • No, not tomato sauce, like a white sauce.

  • Good call.

  • Mm!

  • This isn't Buffalo enough.

  • The capital of the great state of New York

  • needs to be better represented in this pizza.

  • The capital of New York is Buffalo, correct?

  • No?

  • We got the Memphis barbecue chicken.

  • Love Memphis.

  • Love barbecue.

  • Love chicken.

  • Yeah.

  • The key thing here is the barbecue sauce.

  • I don't know what is in it, but, man, that's really good.

  • Memphis,

  • capital of the great state of Tennessee.

  • Everyone, here is the ultra cheese New Yorker.

  • It's got 1 kilogram of cheese,

  • or 2.2 pounds.

  • OMG.

  • Ooh!

  • Look how thick this cheese is!

  • Go!

  • Go home.

  • It weighs 180 grams,

  • 180 times eight equals

  • 1,440 grams in total.

  • So, here are other Japanese specialty pizzas.

  • So, here we have quattro meat max.

  • So it's got charcoal-grilled teriyaki chicken

  • and charcoal-grilled beef

  • and giga meat and Goryeo galbi.

  • It's Korean-style beef pizza.

  • And next we have seafood special.

  • This part and this part is shrimp mayonnaise.

  • So this part, it's got shrimp, octopus,

  • mussels, littleneck clams,

  • Mactra clams, green peppers,

  • and cherry tomatoes.

  • Next we've got garlic master.

  • Looks so spicy.

  • Garlic and pork sausage and pancetta.

  • And this part has got jalapeño, obviously.

  • It's picante.

  • Pepperoni and Italian sausage and onions.

  • And look at this huge thing.

  • Mayo jaga.

  • So, jaga, or jagaimo, means potato in Japanese.

  • It's got potato and pork sausage

  • and a lot of mayo.

  • Joe: Our US Domino's has sandwiches and pasta.

  • I was not a fan of the Philly cheesesteak pizza,

  • but let's see what the Philly cheesesteak tastes like

  • in its native form of sandwich.

  • Better than the pizza.

  • Also at the US Domino's,

  • you can get a Buffalo chicken sandwich,

  • a chicken habanero sandwich,

  • the Mediterranean veggie,

  • no, thanks,

  • a chicken bacon ranch,

  • an Italian sandwich,

  • and, of course, the chicken Parm sandwich.

  • Our Domino's has four pastas to choose from.

  • I only got two, the chicken Alfredo

  • and the Italian sausage marinara.

  • You can also get a chicken carbonara and a pasta primavera.

  • I've just been informed I have to eat this.

  • Strong flavor on this.

  • I would skip the pasta at Domino's, personally.

  • This thing is, like, baked on.

  • See how baked this is?

  • Like, come on.

  • I feel like chef Ramsay here.

  • Just, "Oh, come on. Oh, this baked on here!"

  • In the US, we have a few chicken options

  • you can't get in Japan.

  • Yes, Japan has wings,

  • but they don't have these flavors.

  • Visually, I can see why.

  • First flavor we got here is the garlic Parmesan.

  • Hey, Domino's, what are you doing?

  • Next one, we got,

  • I'm assuming this is the honey barbecue.

  • These drizzles! What are you guys doing drizzling, man?

  • Just toss it!

  • Toss it in the sauce!

  • Nobody wants a drizzle.

  • Oh, wait a second.

  • This is the sweet mango habanero.

  • I wasn't expecting that heat.

  • Oh, man.

  • Very good.

  • These are --

  • why did you do this?

  • Why did you do this?

  • Toss it in the sauce.

  • Why'd you just squirt it on here, like, as an afterthought?

  • Honey barbecue.

  • Right? Is this not nuts?

  • This is nuts, right, that they did it like this.

  • I like the sauce.

  • So, Domino's also does their wings in boneless flavors.

  • They have obviously those three,

  • and you can also get these two other ones.

  • And I see we have the crispy bacon and tomato,

  • and this one must be the spicy jalapeño pineapple.

  • Whoa, what?

  • Hell yeah.

  • All right.

  • Get that B-roll fast.

  • There it goes!

  • I know.

  • Your audible gasps are warranted.

  • I don't know what this --

  • what am I supposed to do with this?

  • Ooh, this one I'm looking forward to, Yuelei.

  • We got the food less than an hour ago.

  • I don't think an hour is unrealistic for food to sit.

  • I think you guys gotta put some more chemicals

  • in your cheese to keep it goopier longer.

  • Ooh, I got some pineapple, and I got some jalapeño,

  • and I got some chicken.

  • Let's check it out.

  • Yeah.

  • Overall, everything here tastes pretty good.

  • Presentation, you gotta work on that.

  • In Japan, we don't have boneless wings,

  • but we have Japanese fried chicken,

  • which is called karaage.

  • It kind of looks like American boneless wings.

  • Ah.

  • I love karaage.

  • And also we have chicken nuggets.

  • Both come in four, eight, and 12 pieces.

  • Our Domino's has breads and oven-baked dips.

  • Let's review the breads first.

  • Shall we?

  • Over here,

  • we have Parmesan bread twists and garlic bread twists.

  • I know that because of their totally twisted shapes.

  • They also have Parmesan bread bites

  • that were currently unavailable.

  • Whoa.

  • Uh-oh.

  • These are very good.

  • To Parmesan we go.

  • Not as good.

  • But still pretty good.

  • I mean, it's bread and cheese and oil, right?

  • US Domino's also has something called stuffed cheesy bread.

  • You can get your stuffed cheesy bread with either

  • spinach and feta or bacon and jalapeños.

  • Take a wild guess which one I chose.

  • [beep] Just ripping this whole [beep] thing apart.

  • Oh, God!

  • This thing is especially greasy.

  • For whatever reason, Domino's didn't stop there.

  • Domino's has something called dips.

  • [sighs]

  • What it appears to be

  • is a giant dish of melted cheese.

  • And you can get it in cheesy marinara or five cheese.

  • What are we doing, Domino's?

  • [laughs]

  • What is this?

  • Come on, guys.

  • So, this is the marinara one, I'm assuming.

  • A pizza without the bread, right?

  • These dips are literally zapping my will to live.

  • Please don't ever get ...

  • It's a whole bowl of cheese, Yuelei!

  • Why would -- oh, look at the oil in this too!

  • Everyone in here just gagged.

  • Can I even dip it?

  • Oh, whoa.

  • I don't know what of the five cheeses is in here,

  • like, which five.

  • Why am I eating this?!

  • Ugh!

  • So, here are our Japanese exclusive side-menu items.

  • Let's start with this one.

  • We've got oven-baked potato wedges.

  • This one is plain.

  • Consommé.

  • Chili garlic.

  • And this one is butter.

  • And next we have cheese sticks.

  • Shrimp popcorn.

  • It comes with this tartar sauce.

  • Here we have choregi salad.

  • We've got Korean-style seaweed flakes

  • and choregi dressing.

  • So, choregi is, like, Korean-style sesame-oil dressing.

  • And fresh salad in the package.

  • So, here we have corn potage.

  • Clam chowder.

  • Minestrone.

  • Black chili.

  • You've seen these before.

  • It is the Domino's marbled cookie brownies.

  • Liquid sugar

  • Oh, yeah.

  • You can also get these cinnamon bread twists.

  • Lastly, another dip.

  • I swear to God, if there's cheese in this,

  • I'm walking out of here and I'm never coming back.

  • Baked apple dips.

  • And I'm assuming you dip these into this.

  • I'm not gonna.

  • So, here are our other desserts.

  • We have mini pancakes,

  • heart-shaped fondant chocolate,

  • and here we have egg custard tart.

  • I have never tried this one before.

  • Itadakimasu.

  • Mm.

  • Mm!

  • This is so good.

  • So flaky.

  • Mm.

  • This one is apple pie.

  • And next we have custard pie.

  • Lastly, of the sodas you can get in the US,

  • can't get in Japan,

  • get yourself Fanta orange and Sprite.

  • We have Coke Zero.

  • It's supposed to be Zero,

  • but they gave us just normal Coke.

  • Next, we have ginger ale.

  • Canada Dry.

  • Canada is an amazing country, eh?

  • Qoo orange juice.

  • And here is Sokenbicha.

  • It's Japanese blended tea.

  • And last one, we've got Georgia Japan

  • Craftsman café latte.

  • Georgia Japan.

  • Sounds like George Japan.

  • I'd like to be sponsored by you.

  • Let me try this.

  • It's got a lot of milk and sugar in it.

  • I gotta be honest.

  • It's not my taste.

  • Take two.

  • I really love this.

  • Please give me a sponsorship.

  • A Japan large hand-tossed pizza

  • is 130 calories per slice,

  • or 1,560 calories for the full pizza.

  • In the US, a large hand-tossed pizza slice is 280 calories,

  • which makes the entire pizza 2,240 calories.

  • A large big-pepperoni hand-tossed slice

  • is 335 calories per slice,

  • or 4,020 calories for the entire pizza.

  • Our large pepperoni is 370 calories per slice,

  • which makes the entire pie 2,960 calories.

  • Japan's most calorific pizza is

  • the ultra cheese New Yorker size.

  • One slice is 478 calories.

  • That's 3,827 for the full pizza.

  • Ah.

  • Our US Domino's pizza with the most calories

  • is the Cali chicken bacon ranch.

  • This is an XL of said pizza.

  • One slice is 560 calories,

  • and that makes the full pie 3,360 calories.

  • Our large plain pizza has 1,620 calories total.

  • Our large cheese is 2,240 calories.

  • That's a 38.2% increase.

  • Our large big pepperoni is 2,680 calories,

  • over 34% of your daily recommended calorie intake.

  • 333% of your daily sodium.

  • Ah!

  • Too many tasty calories!

  • Ours is 2,960 calories,

  • 48% over your daily recommended amount,

  • but somehow ours has less sodium,

  • only 299% of your daily sodium.

  • In October of last year,

  • a study found detectable amounts of phthalate,

  • a plastic softener, in common menu items

  • from large fast-food chains, including Domino's.

  • The study analyzed 64 food samples

  • from several popular fast-food chains

  • and found phthalates DnBP and DEHP

  • in a majority of the items.

  • USA Today reported that, "Food containing meat,

  • such as chicken burritos and cheeseburgers,

  • had higher levels of the chemicals studied,

  • while cheese pizza had the lowest levels."

  • OK, so that's good news for Domino's, I guess.

  • The study goes on to say that "food handling gloves

  • contain replacement plasticizers,

  • which may be [a] source of food contamination."

  • Sounds to me like an easy fix.

  • Just prepare the food without gloves.

  • Japan has a ban on DEHP in food-handling gloves.

  • Good-er news, if you're a fan of "Food Wars"

  • and saw the US versus UK Domino's episode,

  • we highlighted BHA and BHT in the US pepperoni.

  • Well, on the stewardship page on Domino's website,

  • they have stated, ahem,

  • "We have eliminated a long list

  • of ingredients from all of our core products

  • including BHA and BHT and PHOs,

  • as well as trans-fat from core pizza products,"

  • which is fantastic news.

  • I clearly was going to eat it anyway,

  • but thank you regardless.

  • [cricket chirping] Our cricket is back.

  • Nothing can stop the mating call

  • of the North American, or the West Coast cricket.

  • OK, here we go. [clears throat]

George: From calorie count to portion sizes,

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