Cheap vs. Fancy Packaging Taste Test

Does food with trendy packaging actually taste better? Let's talk about that. "Good Mythical Morning.". We're about to see if trendy packaging. makes food taste better. But first, this portion of today's episode. is sponsored by Bombas, a comfort-focused premium basics brand. with a mission to help those in need. Hey, we're in the midst of cozy season, so why not put your feet up.

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Ergo, what is the connection. between our favorite package design. and our favorite food choices, if any? Okay, boys, on Rhett's side, you've got some cola cans to choose. from based on looks alone. No reading labels. No considering prices. It's about your gut instinct based on visuals. And after you choose your favorites based on looks, you'll blindly taste the Colas on Link's side. and tell us which one tastes the best, and we'll see if there's any correlation. between your favorite packaging and your favorite taste.

So, why don't you go ahead. and just tell me which one is your favorite. based on look. Why don't we? Yeah. Let's do it. Well, not this one. Can we just say the generic 365 Cola? Why? I was like, why does it have dice on it? We don't like, I don't like that. That's ice, not dice. It's like numberless dice on a Coke can? We're saying no dice to the can with ice. What on, don't speak for me. I'm speaking for me and my best friend. in this first round. I'm saying no dice on this.

I would never. I knew it. Why would I want to drink this? I mean, when I was a kid, I just gonna be honest with you, and I went to a birthday party at somebody else's house, and they had all the Walmart colas, I was like. Eeh. Psh. I judged. I'm sorry, I judged. And you weren't a rich kid or anything. No, I was like, listen, it's party time, get the Coke. Get the Coke for the kids. Give all the kids Coke, it's a party. But then you became a dad. and you found yourself saying.

Water only. Get those other kids that I don't even know their names. Yeah. Just the crappy cola. I still haven't learned the kids' names. that come to my house. What is this Rad all about? Look at that. It's Classic Cola, Link. I've never heard of it. We've got a red can with a burgundy stripe and a yellow. I like those colors together. Yeah, it's really working. I do not like the cursive underneath that. Oh really? That totally throws it off for me. But look at that.

Whoa! Did you see that? Rad Soda goes sideways. That has a Star Wars like sort of thing, does it not? I mean, if you- Yeah. If you cross your eyes a little bit, cross your eyes a little bit. Cross your eyes all as much as you can. That's as much as I can do it. Well, you're looking down. Look in the middle, follow my finger. No, man. You have so much facial ability, your eyes need to be better. Hold on. Look. What? Give me a second. Hold your finger out. You can make so many emojis with your face. Okay, just look at this. Lemme get closer.

Go in, just go in. Force it, force it, force it. Ah, it's not working. Watch this. I'm looking at one point. Watch this. Oh wow. That's Rad Soda. I'm choosing this. They're gonna get stuck that way. No, they're not. I think I prefer Virgil's. You have to masturbate in order. to get 'em to straighten back out. After all, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey. What? Keep that kind of stuff to yourself. Well, that, it's science.

I don't like this. It feels like it's trying too hard. I just like naturally bold Virgil's Cola, handcrafted. I don't, listen. I don't give a, listen-. Each cola known as-. This is, this is, this is, this is aptly named. That is rad. I'm going with a classic Virgil's, because you're getting older. Taste that. I don't know if you've noticed, but one of these is really dark. and the other two aren't, which is completely strange. That's awful.

That, it has a spice in it. It's like some sort of, it's wassilized. Oh, good God. That's horrible. It's like- What do we? What is happening here? What's this, like a cream? Why has it got cream? It's cream soda-ish. Cream soda. Isn't it? This one looks like cola. And it tastes the best by a long shot. Should we wait Stevie? Yeah, I mean, three, two, one. Pick your favorite. Yeah, yeah, we like cola. You can't market either one of these as just cola.

Yeah, who do you think we are? Okay, so starting from towards Rhett's side, you have the trendy option first. Oh. Rad Soda classic cola. And they claim that drinking this cola. feels like a backyard barbecue. hanging out in your friend's garage. and an outdoor movie night. And it sells for 1.99 a can. And you hate it. And I'm seeing that it has 13% juice. I don't want no juice in my cola. 13%. What kind of juice is it?

It's a fruit. It's a fruit and vegetable. It's a cola. Apple juice. Fruit and vegetable juice for color. We don't need juice in our cola. Stevia and caffeine. Stevia doesn't taste great to me. Then next you have Virgil's Handcrafted Cola Soda. that sells for 1.87 a can. Yikes. And finally, the one that you liked the best was 365 by Whole Foods. Yeah, sometimes you just gotta go with-. Welcome to the party kids. Sometimes you gotta go with a bad can.

Okay, we got some chili crisps here. Stevie, this is our thing. Listen, I had initially. there was a Fly By Jing in the lineup. I said no, Link already has a formed opinion about that. He's a big chili crisp guy. So these are a couple more unique ones. I have not had two outta the three of these. Have you? Fly by Jing. No, no, of the ones up there. Have you had the ones that are up there? I think I've had this one. Yeah, I've had that one,

but I haven't had the other two. So, I'm very interested in what you think. Laoganma. Well, let's just look at Laoganma together. Let's look at it together. This one has a person's. Lao. Laoganma. It has a person's face. And I can't tell if they're sad or not. Which is perfect. Which is perfect. Because I need to feel a little bit sad. before I eat chili crisp, because it makes me happy. I feel like there should be. some stuff on it that I can't read. Well, there is, dude. I know.

That's what I'm saying. That's a good thing. Oh yeah. I mean you could read all that. Yeah, I'm saying that like. So I might be choosing that one. This one is elegant. Oh, Williams Sonoma. Sonoma. Give me a break. Gimme a break. When I think of chili crisp, I do not think of anyone. with a last name Williams, or the last name Sonoma. I do like that pattern. It would be great on a bathroom wall. Sweet and spicy. Okay, it's pretty, but.

But this one. Guiz? Guiz. Ji, ju, jiz. Oh, I kind of like this. It doesn't have anything I can't read. But I love what I'm seeing. Ga, ju-iz. Hold, hold it. Hold it up to your face. Hold it up. No, look at it. No, I'm not looking for you to model right now. Look at it? Now, lift it straight up. Keep looking at it. Faster. Hmm, good. What? Okay, now.

So now I don't need to go to the optometrist. That did hurt. Now look at me again. Should that have hurt? Look straight on me. But a little bit so camera can see, right here. Try to look up and keep your eyes completely straight. What? Try to look straight up without. Oh, okay, I got it, I got it. Because some people can't do this. So I'm gonna look this way. Straight up. Like is your, no, no, no, no. Just your eyes. If your eyes are in your head and go like this, your eyes go straight up. Oh, that's pretty good.

Some people cannot main, look, I don't know if I can do this. Look at me. I've rolled my eyes at you so many times. Look at me. Do my eyes go in when I go up? A little bit, yes. Yeah, see, yours don't go in. Look. Okay. And that's. That's when I roll my eyes. How crossed are they? I wanna know, I can't see. I'm not gonna watch this show back. I said they're pretty, they're kind of, they're crossed a little bit, yeah. How, but what angle? Gimme an angle. Oh, well that one just went in further. Really?

Yeah, and then this one, this one's always going in. Don't touch my eyes. I'm touching the eyelid. I mean, what? You're so weird, man. Well, I want you to know. You can't see. You're so weird. You're looking up, you can't see which one. I'm pointing at. But you're like, literally like, almost like you're so touchy. Don't poke people in the eye. I had to touch. How would you know which eye I'm talking about? Say the right or the left! If I don't point, if I don't touch your eye. Okay. I prefer this one. I think I gotta go with the sad. I'm going back on what I said. The sad one. This pink.

I just love pink right now. Let's taste these. We got a job to do. And no one's gonna do it for us. Mmm. Flaky. Layered. That's good. It's a little bit sweet. It's everything. It's everything all at once. Umami. Oh, are they making a sequel for that? It does not have what this one has, which is like a,

this one has- Whoa! A big thing in it. It has a big P or something. That one is great. Whoa! Wow, I thought this one was good. This one's classic, but this one is. It's great. I love that one. It's much more flavorful. Much more. Like it's got, this one had layers, but this one's got dimensions. And then this one looks very simple.

I actively dislike the last one. Boring. I would say it's two dimensional. Three, two. Oh gosh, she's all over it. One. We gotta go with that one. I can't tell you how good that is. Oh my God. But this one is totally permissible. I am so excited. Also via look, I was like, I like the darker chili crisp. So I'm very excited that aligns. The first one that you liked. but you didn't love was Laoganma Spicy Chili Crisp. that claims to be the most popular chili sauce in China.

for 88 cents an ounce. I will also say, if you're in the middle of nowhere. and there's a super Walmart, they'll probably have that chili crisp. So it's a good bet. Really? Yeah. Totally solid. In the middle. you have Guiz Crunch Supreme Chili Crisp. It's the trendy option. So beautiful. They use premium peppers. and a wow factor for 1.73. And the last one, the worst one, the blandest one was Williams Sonoma Chili Crisp for 2.26. That's for white people, I guess.

I'm so relieved. I know. That that happened. Can I take this home? You can, and also you both get a trendy item. because you picked the trendy product. Oh God. What's, oh, a monchhichi. I thought it was a boo boo. Oh wait, I just told you. you could take that chili crisp home. Can I take that back? How do you wind up with the chili crisp. and Link and I, that's our thing. Yeah, but y'all already got it. Good question. You already got it. I ran out a long time ago.

We'll talk about it after we cut. Okay, you know what, we'll split it. and put it into little Ziploc bags. Hey, our biggest sale of the year. is going on right now over at mythical.com. Every single thing 30% off. Wow. Site-wide, everything. 30% off. Wow. Also, we're giving 30% off all plans. of the Mythical Society. Go to mythicalsociety.com. I don't believe it. To get 30% off every freaking thing.

I don't believe it. That you can get from us. And it's so worth it. I don't believe it. What if this was my voice? We probably wouldn't be here. I think it might be better. Really? Yeah. Try it on a Tuesday. Okay, I'm gonna do it this round. Or not. Coffees, huh? Canned lattes. Lattes. Canned lattes. Laurel's Classic Latte, gut friendly dairy. It's kind of like a Moochelle vibe here. Do you like seeing the animal.

where the milk comes from on your can? Because I'm like that. I like a barbecued restaurant with a pig on the sign. I do, I'm sorry. I do like it. Well, and you could draw the line in between. because the cow makes that juice, but the pig is the juice. And I was 11 or 12. before I understood that milk wasn't just cow pee. But you drank it anyway? Yeah, uh huh. For dinner every night. I was like, I don't know why our family. loves cow piss so much, but it is very good. I'm trying to figure out what A2 milk is,

but I'm just gonna say this is A2 dairy. and that's probably gonna make my tummy happy, 'cause it says that at the top. So I'm a sucker for these lattes that look fancy. And also, can I just say the color scheme. makes me want to drink coffee. Brown and light brown, I love those mixed. Yep, and a little blue. I like blue. This screams energy drink. I'm sorry. Yeah. It looks like a Celsius. Bob, I don't want to drink your drink. Yeah, that's right.

Yep, you are great. You really do bring the Olympics alive though. We could cut corners on design. and just let me take care of it. Are we gonna get to meet him when he comes to LA. for the Olympics in 2028? He's a legend. The way he talks about things. We don't like that, Bob. And then lastly, it may be bold, smooth, and delicious. Pa. Epic mealtime. I feel like this whole thing. of like putting a skull and crossbones on things. Overdone. 2012.

We got over that in 2012. It looks like it's gonna be really high caffeine content, which I don't, I don't like the idea. Death Wish does make a high caffeine. Let's try this. Okay. You gotta tell me via sticker. Yeah, what are we doing? Oh my god. Oh my god, you could have. ruined the whole system. Well, clearly we both think, is that gonna screw everything up for y'all. with the cameras? Yes, now the graphics and the... Woo, gosh, thanks. Okay. A-ooh-ga.

We love this one. We love it. Y'all with the cameras. This is okay, but we don't like sweet coffee drinks. And it's hard to find. Don't speak for me. A can latte. How does that feel? How does that feel when your friend speaks for you. on your behalf and it's something that's true. And then he says, "Don't speak for me.". It hurts your feelings, right? No, when I did it, I followed it up by saying exactly. what you said, which made it a really nice joke. We don't like sweet drinks.

There you go, that's funny. And did you like that? It's a little too sweet. It's a little... Because... Because I don't like sweet. We don't like sweet drinks. But aren't, now, you love these, but all of these are sweet, aren't they? This one tastes, it's really hard to find one. that doesn't have too much sweetener. I like this one better because it's very milky. It's almost like a Yoo-hoo. But hold on, look at me. Okay, follow this with your eyes, not your nose.

This is in case you get pulled over. Now I know you wouldn't be the kind of guy. that would get pulled over for drunk driving. But you are the kind of guy that would get pulled over. for suspected drunk driving. Yes. Okay, and so, and by the way, I'm not a lawyer, but I heard you're never supposed to do the sobriety test. But anyway, what I want you- No comment. What I want you to do is follow this with your eyes. I do this. at the optometrist. Not your nose. I mean, I get tested for this every year.

Oh, you're good. You are not drunk. Straight up. Straight down. Okay. So, can I skip my appointment this year now? Yeah, you're good, 20/20. Look at this one's got floaties. This one is starting to layer at the top. Huh.

But I think it tastes the best. Uh-uh. Well, it's my favorite. I'm sorry, I gotta taste this one again. Yep, that one's too sweet for me. Okay. Three, two, one. It is sweet, but it's the most coffee-like. I agree. I didn't love any of these. Okay, the first one. is the Death Wish Coffee Co. Premium Original Latte. for 2.57 a can. Oh. Okay. And the middle was Costa Latte for 3.99 a can.

Not good. Which means, Link, you chose the trendy one, Laurel's Classic for $5 a can. that claims to taste, quote, "just like your favorite neighborhood latte.". Which also means you get a trendy little treat. Little bit jealous. Oh. Little bit jealous here. And it's supposed to be good. for your tummy. For your tummy. I don't know. Oh, grass fed, eight is grass fed. Oh, Guatemalan coffee.

This has really changed who I am. Look at me, I am really shaping up. Did you feel a gentle burst of gut-friendly energy? Yes, sir. So these are all low-sugar. chocolate hazelnut spreads. Okay. Now we don't really. like hazelnut. As much as we feel like we should. But I will say I do like Nutella, and sometimes I say Nut-ella. and sometimes I say Nu-tella. But these are not-tella. At the beginning of the year I say Nu-tella, so I'm gonna say Nut-ella right now.

Choco Hazel Good Good. Gimme some of that Good Good. That is a nice. Yeah, and they see, they've done the brown. and the light brown and the red and the, they, it makes you think about chocolate. It makes you excited. It looks like. it's in a pile of leaves. So, I don't know if this would work year round. It's a fall treat. Oh, this is just straight up Kroger. And it just tells you what it is. And it's got actual hazelnuts on it. In case you don't know what hazelnut look like. I don't want to know that that's what's in there.

Do you like it on a stick like that? Oh yeah, I like it on a stick like that. We like it on a stick. It almost looks medical though, in the way they've done it. Oh gosh, this one, hold on. Now that, what does that, what does that remind you of? Yes sir, that reminds me of... Okay, all right. Don't say it out loud, just think it. Okay. It reminds me of a couple of things. Okay. None of which. I have a problem with. Right, now here's the thing.

I'm gonna, this is one other thing. some people's eyes can do, okay. Get ready. Turn it sideways. They see it. Okay. I wanna show it to you. Now, I'm gonna get this close to you and I want no, no, no. Keep your tongue. Keep your tongue, keep your tongue in. And what I want you to do, see if you can make your eyes. Some people can do this. Call me Trevor. Sink. All right, Trevor, Turbo, Turbo. Sink your eyes deeper into the sockets as it gets closer. And push them out as it gets further away.

Some people can do this. You might be able to. Okay? Sink 'em deeper as it gets closer. Okay. But don't move your face, just your eyes. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You're trembling. Okay. They didn't move at all. They're going in, I'm sinkin' 'em in. See if they can go out, bug out as they go away. Follow it with your eyes, not your face. You don't have it. You don't have that gift.

Okay, well, I like this one the best. Yeah, that one's cool. Okay. But something about it looks like a, like a hippie nutrition store. where nothing is backed by any modicum of science. So, I'm going away from that. Look, I ended up spelling rarely. Rarely do we agree. Okay. Put this back on. Put this back on. I gotta go completely trendy.

This one looks like Nutella in terms of the color. and what is in the color of Nutella in my mind. Mmm. You're saying zero sugar or just no added sugar? No, reduced sugar. Reduced. Sorry, I was just thinking. Nutella in my mind sounds like an old rock folk song. You know, Nutella in my mind, that's what you just said. Nutella in my mind. That's why I was distracted. when you asked me about the sugar content. Yep.

Understood. This one tastes sweeter and more milky, but much less chocolatey. Ooh, the viscosity looks nice though. That scoopability, that thickness. Mmm. Excuse me. It's not. Wow, I really like both of those. Mmm. Try this one. This is gonna be difficult. Oh, I like the way that feels too. Hmm.

This one has... Mm. A deeper flavor. Oh! But this, I mean. Whoa. You seem to love this one. Lemme just try this one again. because that last one was real good. Interesting. Okay. That one sticks to you a little bit more. Yeah. Three, two, one. I think this one's more nutty. It has more of the nut.

I don't disagree. This has like some kind of like oil added to it. to make it slide around in your mouth and I like that. Just keep, just keep eating it. The first one is Kroger. What? Good work, Krog. 65% less sugar and it's 33 cents an ounce. The middle one is Barely, which claims to have 80% less sugar. and sells for 66 cents an ounce, which is twice as much as Kroger. Not worth it. And then the last one. is the trendy option, Good Good. which claims to have 85% less sugar for $71 an ounce.

So most expensive, but the least amount of sugar. And Rhett, you get to have your next trendy thingy. Go for it. Oh. Yeah. This is wonderful. I gotta push for Kroger on this one, y'all. Oh. It just has the most robust experience. That's wonderful. In Not-tella. That is wonderful. Too much, too much. Look at that. It's like a chocolate bar.

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