Food Theory: I SOLVED Fanta’s Mystery Flavor!
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That SPOOKY feeling is in the air. Can you feel it, Loyal Theorist? And with the creepiness, that means MYSTERY flavors are here: Gatorade, Mtn Dew, Airheads, Dum Dums, and Fanta! And this year we’re specifically trying to figure out: what is the mystery Fanta flavor? Let’s do this!
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Fun fact in Ireland (might be other countries too idk) fanta regularly has mystery flavours, not specifically a "halloween" mystery
Yup Bosnia has bottle's of a mystery fanta flavour
Have you tried the strawberry cheesecake (we have it in England)? Tastes like strawberry vanilla
We have it in south africa
Yeah in Latvia its called what the fanta
same in england@@StinkiestPinkies
In Italy already exists a flavour of Fanta that is based on bloody oranges, it's called "Fanta aranciata rossa" which literally translates to Fanta red orange juice, if you can find it it would be a more direct comparison
He talks about it in the video ;)
@@JeromeMillionin the video he talks about the sanpellegrino version. Here in Italy we have actual Fanta brand bottles with those red oranges :)
@@bea95 ah yes sorry, missed the fact that you were talking about a proper Fanta one! Is there also a chinotto Fanta?
@@JeromeMillion I never tried Fanta chinotto, but it looks like it existed here for a while, then disappeared before 2012
@@bea95 if it disappeared, maybe it's for the best that you didn't try it 😅.
Having so many people tasting "blue raspberry" definitely reminded me of the "Don't Trust Your TASTE" episode, where the colors of things could fool your sense of taste because of your expectations.
Same man. I instantly thought that voodew was pineapple because the first mystery flavor I tasted was pineapple.
In other parts of the world, Fanta releases mystery flavours more frequently, not just on Halloween
it’s the same with with a bunch of the other sodas and even candies and i’m sad i don’t get to try them as much 😭
Yeah. I think I've only had a mystery fanta once, and it was on like April
I've had atleast a few different what the Fanta flavors in the last couple years
ok
It also happens in Turkey
As an Italian, Matpat absoulutely KILLED the pronounciation of the film!
He did falter at the Dracula part, and he butchered Aranciata and Sicilia.
@@dezdanna9297 Yeah! But still, the pronounciation is amazing for someone who (I'd assume) doesn't speak Italian as a second or first language :) Most non-italian speakers butcher Italian pronounciation so it's refreshing to hear someone not badly butcher an Italian pronounciation ^^
@lemon_kid4527 to be fair I'm pretty sure Steph is Italian
@@JackedUpEntertainment Wait she is? That's cool! I never knew that before!
@@lemon_kid4527 Now I kinda want to learn Italian! (I have a weird obsession with learning new languages lol)
I find it really interesting how "You can't tell what it tastes like!" became a sales argument.
My group of friends used to live for the 'they changed the slurpee flavour' days when the machine was halfway between the old flavour and the new one.
@@justinwhite2725 i work at a movie theater and we have this issue. sometimes we can't really clean out the machine properly so the coke flavor that we switch out can get mixed with the special flavor. weirdly enough when we put in the mystery flavor icee, we switched it out with the cherry so for a few days we couldn't tell what the flavor was.
Well I think it's more trying to appeal to the "you're so special" part of the brain where they try to appeal to the fact that people think they will be the chosen one who can guess it while millions can't
Fun fact from a movie theater employee who deals with the soda machines Matt references while making his guess as to the flavor combo; we do have flavor cartridges that add flavor options to every drink in the machine, but blueberry is not one of the options. We have grape cartridges, and lime cartridges, but no blue in the rainbow of flavors.
Does your theater also sell it in its icee form?
@@kiebahow442 no, we have different stuff for icees. The flavors are in these plastic bags stored in cardboard boxes, they’re really heavy, but then they’re placed on a shelf where they’re hooked up to a tube that connects to our icee machines, it’s all done behind concession stands in the back kitchen area
@@v.v365 I know, it’s such a pain to lift. Especially when you have to lift then over your head.
What company?
@@theunknownalfa3986 I think AMC has a branding partnership with Coca Cola, which is why we only sell Coca Cola company drinks, anything owned by them is what we can sell.
1:43 IS THAT A SPY X FAMILY GAME THEORY POSTER??? WAS IT THERE BEFORE? THAT’S SO FREAKING CUTE!!!
IKRR IT'S BEEN THERE FOR A WHILE ITS SO CUTEE
It still cracks me up that blue raspberry isnt a real thing but its such a defined flavor
I always just assumed it was the same thing as regular raspberry, but colored blue for candy so that it wouldn't be confused with cherry.
@@BlueSparxLPs Not really, it's more tangy, harder and somewhat berry like. In some cases it feels like what you imagine battery acid to taste like if it were a kind of food like thing.
Just like how broccoli isn't a real vegetable but it's treated like it always was one.
@@Animebryan2who told you broccoli isn’t a vegetable? That’s just wrong
@TACTICALwaffle2 theyre right? The broccoli we know is mostly human made
Style Theory idea: Are 3 in 1 bottle products more efficient than buying the three bottles separate? Pls Matt
No because if you've ever used 3 in 1 products they don't work nearly as well.
Do you mean like scrubs, face washes and masks or shampoo and conditioner?
So my men’s face wash/body wash/shampoo/conditioner/grill cleaner/descaler/paint remover 7 in 1 combo might not be effective?!? I need to know these things!
@@waz207 I normally get the 9 in 1, butane (lighter fluid), body wash, lubricant, sports drink, shampoo, face wash, shaving cream, moisturiser and sun cream.
good idea, maybe comment that in the Style Theory
Having a yearly mystery flavor episode would be awesome!
If you guys do this again next year, maybe have half the team not look at it before they taste it! If last year they colored it blue and it tasted like orange creamsicle, maybe they try to use color to trick you into thinking of flavors that normally match the color of the drink
Since Jason thought it tasted like soap, does he also think cilantro and/or ginger taste like soap?
Why do you ask? Is that some kind of way to know if you have an illness or something?
@@jpazar6742I think there’s a genetic anomaly that causes some people to find that cilantro tastes like soap. I’ve never heard of it being the same with ginger, but maybe they’re wondering if that genetic anomaly might apply to ingredients in Diet Coke too?
@@jpazar6742some people have a specific gene that make cilantro taste like soap, I guess that's what the OP means.
I thought about that too. And he said the same about Coke zero so maybe it comes from the artificial sweeteners. I have issues with how those taste too but I never thought about classifying it as soap although it definitely ruins the flavour and leaves a lingering bitter aftertaste. It's weird when I first taste it though. And then I'll also have a migraine the next day so I'll pass on these drinks. And yes, I do think koriander (cilantro) does smell like soap and in larger amounts I taste it too. my brother does too. We clearly have the gene in our family somewhere. But I do enjoy ginger.
Or did he have COVID at some point because my SO has complained about a lot of sodas (especially cola and citrus based sodas) as tasting like soap since having the Rona.
Dang four days after the last theory? The team’s killing it
@@ForgiveZharion bot
@@ForgiveZharionhow dare you disrespect Georgian
Yeah they are.
In Australia we have a drinks company named Bundaberg that successfully sells a Sarsaparilla (ie. licorice flavoured). It is popular in our household, and the oldest in our house is 41.
I thought it might go down the road of blackcurrants, like ribena
For those who aren't sure what was the flavour it was bloody orange so he kinda got it
Always delivering FANTAstic dives towards insanity.
yea that episode was BLOODY good
@@user-rg4qz1lj6q ORANGE you glad they released it?
the puns- noooooooooo
Cocacolastic
Bad puns This is theorist heritage
Are we gonna talk about Stephanie's awesome hair?!? I absolutely love the style & awesome video! I love these flavor tests lol
Yes! Her hair looks great.
I noticed that Stephanie’s has red hair streaks which is so awesome!
@@Princessmoonlight818thats the point
2:06 Not really related to the video, but I just noticed the Spy X Family spoof picture behind MatPat, the Game X Theory picture o his family, and that's just awesome and adorable!!
okay so the process of figuring out the flavor was pretty cool, that was fun, but I find myself just *so happy* for matt that he gets to have two things he loves collide in the best way, airup and cola. like, seriously, that's so freaking great for him, and I hope that helps him with backing down off of so many sodas all the time. he's been prioritizing his health a lot and that's great, but still, those *can't* have been good for him to have so much of. I hope these pods do him, and many others, a lot of good. ☺💖
"Diet coke tastes like soap" MatPat, with a broom: "GET OUT! I DON'T ALLOW DISRESPECT TO THE SWEET NECTAR OF THE GODS! SHOOOO!"
This is what I imagined comparing ingredients list on the back of a soda can looks like.. "Hey Matt, do you taste Sino barbital flavoring #3, with just a dash of Red #5? Because I sure do!" "Me too MatPat!" 😂
I first saw it at the movie theaters and you could see different colors mixing in it. It really tasted like Skittles to me.
12:43 I used to find these all the time when I was younger in like Marshall’s and stuff, I used to INHALE them they were sooo good they had a higher juice concentration percentage in it so it was juicier and sweeter than sparkling water but it gives you the satisfy tingle of sparking water I LOVED THEM MATT
Mountain Dew had to ruin the only thing that would actually get people to buy their halloween special drink
Don’t worry, Matt. It’s not weird to film a soda in public. I’d just be watching with silent excitement cause I’ve gotten a hint to an upcoming video! Love how snowcone waspicked up by everyone so quickly.
Yeah I was cracking up. But on a more serious note flavour wise if what their saying is a fruity flavour that's similar to raspberry snow cones could it possibly be blackberry
"Don't worry, I'm just a youtuber" Oh no, a youtuber
But did the store kick him out for filming the soda machine? I know some places won't let you film anything regardless.
Hey mat I just wanted to say I appreciate you guys! I love game theory, film theory, style theory, and food theory! You guys are doing great!
Next year I would 100% watch a VooDoo flavor guess in September and a Fanta mystery flavor guess in October
Last time Fanta had a mystery flavour competition in Canada I worked at a gas station. When we got our delivery from Coca Cola, the order form literally said “Fanta Mystery (dragonfruit)” lol
It’s always the best time of the year when Matpat is making theories about halloween food products.
Halloween itself is nice
No, christmas products
The more the ridiculous the theory is the more i like it ngl
@@average_lsd_enjoyer7659 fr
i was all invested in the video but then you ended on the sponsor and this might be one of the best ones yet. I too am ashamedly addicted to diet soda. as a type 1 diabetic for the past almost 25 years it's been one of my main go to drinks. i'm just like matpat but i need my diet coke flavored. and thankfully air up is doing just that and giving us one of the best ones. i might need to buy this immediately
Hey been away for 6 months so got ALOT of catching up to do on alot of subs. Love this channel. Your sence of humor makes me chuckle and your also quite cute 🤭
its amazing to see the entire theorist team on camera for a while now! We want more videos like this!
I don't think the San Pellegrino will taste that similar to the Fanta since the San Pellegrinos are way more concentrated juice so they have way more kick to them (or atleast the lemon one does)
But they are great
this video is going on my watch-over-again-next-year list for sure
As italiano, you pronounced the name of the film SO GOOD
5:24 Steph's hair is so cool!! Also, I never liked Fanta tbh, too artificially flavored for me, can't handle it
Fanta was made to taste bad. Coca Cola made it for n@si Germany to lower their morale bc it tasted bad
Hey, don't hit on MattPatts girl!!! She's way out of your league boy. 😂😅
The fanta mystery flavors are often enough actually not bad imo. One of the three pink ones some time ago was dragonfruit and one was mango-passionfruit if I remember right, that was great!
Thanks! My Aunt and Uncle have this at their house and I was scared to try it, now that I know what it is, I know I will like it and then I can drink it (I prefer diet drinks over full sugar ones) and they have it in diet there. Can't wait to try it update: It's actually really good. I can taste the raspberry and the citrus but also it DOES have that afternote of snowcone syrup/melted mixed slurpie
Gosh I wish this could have been a mtn dew video because "without further adew" could have been such a good pun to get into the taste testing portion of the video
Fanta: makes a fun mystery Mat Pat: lets look too hard at this
has fanta been doing mystery flavours in the uk longer than the US??? i swear there has been mystery flavours for like 5 years or more
What the Fanta was so good the green one
According to the rest of the comments - I'm going to say yes. Apparently it's not even just Halloween for y'all Closest America's had is those "Coca Cola lab" flavors that come out as a "Mystery Flavor" - though they get labeled stuff like "Space" and "Dream"
Sumol also has mystery flavours and in 2011 was really tasty
Yeah you guys apparently got a mystery one that was strawberry cheesecake!?
I think it depends on what is more popular in the region in question, Fanta is more popular in Europe since it's a German brand, whereas Mountain Dew has the flavor profile thing going for it in the Us
1:16 Sigh... Another clip for the compilation channels
I specifically went to timed comments to see if someone wrote something like this
@@masterofcraftmoc827same
@@masterofcraftmoc827same
Fanta is literally my favorite soda, can’t wait to watch this one.
"Some opinions I trusted. Other opinions were Jason." Just cut right to the chase.
Fanta's got the same thing down here in Australia as: "What the Fanta?", the latest tastes like Apple Cinnamon for some reason.
Not sure if it's the same one running on New Zealand but I swear the one we have over here is banana, and it's terrible
To me it almost has a playdough taste and smell, though I also very much pick up an apple undertone to it
The Uk does too, I never buy them tho bc they’re usually terrible, the only one I ever bought was literally just recoloured orange and lemon ._.
that just sounds like apple pie to me then
Oh we've got one going on here in South Africa too. It's purple and I'm still trying to figure out what it tastes like... I think I taste cherry?
This video is so cool!!! I love these types of videos!!
Did they ever actually officially reveal the flavor? I’m not seeing it
I think Fanta is the only product that I've NOT seen a "mystery flavour" version in local stores. Even had a 500ml of mystery flavour MILK (which was possibly strawberry cheesecake).
We just had "seasonal flavor" milk here. Very reminiscence to the blue milk you see in Star Wars. Tastes like cotton candy or the milk after a bowl of lucky charms.
I think it’s time we Americans take over Canada, you can’t even be trusted with milk let alone a country
As someone in food service and has a coke freestyle machine, I had the exact same thought. Another thing you can do is take out certain flavors and if the fanta flavor "greys out" after removing the flavor cartridge, you can identify which flavors are in the soda
And then Fanta just announced it as "blackberry raspberry"🤦♂️
They did??
The San Pellegrino drinks are sold here in the midwest, they are sooooo good! I usually find them at Dierbergs and Menards
I like how they said “its food theory time” and proceeded to theorise all over the place
That's not even funny
Ik
it still is clearly food theory he brings all the other stuff up bc it has to do with the drink itself
Everyone: saying it tastes like a berry Jason: childhood depression
The soda at that you mentioned at the end of the vid TASTES SO GOOD, ive had it before But I haven’t had the Fanta yet, so if I can see what the Fanta tastes like I’m gonna compare the two
You guys should do a video on what makes movie theatre popcorn so good
As an art nerd, I took one sip of the mystery Fanta and I swear it was flavored like old plasticine clay, then again it was the purple Japanese one
I also like art but When did you eat clay?
@@shhinysilver1720 I meant the smell lol
@@Golden12500 ooh, i see.
for the record i would love a licorice flavored soda
Same, I will not stand for this slander!
You can sort of make your own if you mix Jagermeister and club soda. Fentiman's also sells a Burdock and Dandelion soda that gives a licorice vibe, although it reminds me a bit more of cough syrup than licorice outright.
I think if it had real licorice theyd need to put a warning though due to the whole risk of death by over consumption of licorice.
Just drink salt water
Try missing absinthe and root beer, it's delicious!
I have an idea, recreate every sandwich from cartoons or movies that are called the perfect sandwich, amd decide which one is the actual perfect sandwich
never seen these before! on halloween here on brazil, fanta drops the same "mystery fanta" cans that have different colors and themes but the flavour is pretty much the same as the regular fanta flavors
I once spoke to a coke cola rep a few years a ago whilst I worked in a pub and he was telling that those make your own machines in America save all the mixtures people make and test them for new flavours , he also told me about they were making new cola just for whisky and other spirits and a few months later they came out
So when can I expect to see Grape Sprite Zero at my local CVS?
@@thepeternetworkHave you tried it? It's grape flavored, flavored grape
@@baconeater4133 I can only get Grape Sprite Zero from the customized Coke machines from Five Guys. I have yet to see Coca-Cola actually market Grape Sprite Zero to stores in my area.
man it must be nice to be on team theorist, getting paid to drink soda
Love the show thank you all for the great content Cheers from Australia 👍
That San Pellengrino flavour is VERY popular in pubs and restaurants in the UK, i'm sure if you have connections over here, you'll be able to get your hands on one very easily.
MatPat is the only one to try 100+ drinks and foods, without anything happening to him
don't forget the tree!
I love your channel man. Thanks for all the content.
the way people make this sound like makes me feel like id love it because i lovee blue slushy/snowclone artificial raspberry flavor
i need to try the vudu if its really cherry airheads flavor! that sounds amazing!
I suggested this one in the subreddit! Glad you got to do this theory!
1. I was so close in guessing this years Voodoo flavor, I thought I was cherry twizzlers. 2. I'm so happy that matpat got his air up cola flavor. Watching all his videos that get sponsored by air up pushes me to get one to keep myself better hydrated ❤
You were correct
I wasn't even aware of any yearly flavors for carbonated beverages. I don't really buy such drinks (because drinking them in PAIN), but most fancy flavors aren't even around where I live.
Oh, I didn't know the MD Voo Dew changed. Ive only had the one last and this year and just thought it was skittles like last year when I thought the same thing. I just like it being so sweet and a treat i can only get around this time.
I think the Voodew reveal was a trick because it does NOT taste anything like airheads nor the cherry one. It tastes (to me at least) like the nerd ropes or more the aftertaste does. P.S. I don't drink many sodas and brush my tongue regularly so my palate is very *click* noice 👌
they are coming out of those machines in universal, it’s a secret flavor you gotta unlock a safe and it’s really cool
it tasted like a subtle raspberry, overly sweet but thats literally anything at this point. FACTS!!!
If I had judged just from your descriptions of a flavor I would have gone a very different guess. I don't know if it exists in the USA, but here in Brazil some candies have a "flavor" named "tutti-frutti", which is... Basically a mix of fruit flavors.
It exists in the USA, but it's not very common. More recently it is the name of a chain of frozen yogurt shops, so using it as a flavor name has gotten more complicated and using the flavor name has mostly been ditched in favor of things like "fruit punch". But actually much of the history of the flavor and all its variants is from the USA. I believe it was invented by Italian immigrants to the USA in the 1800s.
Its one of the flavors of jelly beans, otherwise, i dont know if ive seen it elsewhere
Great vid! Food theory idea: In Ortodox chrisitinanity there is "fighting" with painted eggs. What is the best way to color/boil the eggs?
Finding out how companies advertise and sell different products around the world is so interesting o:
Could you do a video on how popcorn because the designated 'movie snack'? It's something that I've been wondering but nobody seems to know
I have tried a lot of mystery flavors in my life but I never knew they revealed the actual flavor. I've just been guessing
I always love mystery flavor products it's honestly cool to me
My theory about why Mtn Dew announced the flavor early: Sales were not going well, so they announced it in hopes that it would boost sales.
I absolutely love Jasons responses
Maybe the real mystery flavor was the friends we made along the way
When I saw it in the store, I assumed it was grape flavored when I picked it up, but saw it was "zero sugar" and immediately put it back, so I'm interested to hear what it tastes like.
its healthier
@@TessaToby yeah, but a lot of folks are allergic to the substitute
6:16 she doesn’t watch food theory she would know blue raspberry ain’t real
Not sure if this would be a good idea for a video- I always wonder how seemingly random snacks make as the main airline snacks. For example how it went from simple pretzels and peanuts to specifically lotus biscoff cookies or quinoa chocolates (that was new to me on my last flight). I can’t help but wonder why and how those agreements are reached between airlines and the companies that produce those snacks. Would love to see a video on your take
I actually first tried this soda from one of those Coke machines, I saw it used orange and green syrups and my drink ended up more of a tamarind brown and tasted more like a weak sprite
The airup Kola flavor truly put a smile on Mat's face 💀
So I'm guessing Jason wouldn't call it diet coke but diet soap.
That sanpellegrino is delicious. Might taste different as it actually uses juice. Would love to see a react to it!
Thank you for trying this one out... I have a complete taste aversion to every sugar alternative that gets used in these drinks, and it seems like they ONLY do this one in zero sugar.
This annoys so much, I'd like to try all these flavours, but they're all zero sugar which tastes horrible to me.
This. I can't help but feel some of the taste aversion, like comparing it to Diet Coke, came about because it's zero sugar.
Here in brazil we got a mystery fanta that is definitely just supposed to be apple cinnamon pie. It got that dish cleaner apple smell and got a bit of a kick at the end so they were def trying to imitate it, which is strange? Cause we dont have a tradition of eating pies at Halloween since we dont even celebrate it(sadly).
The fact that this video was created after the "blue raspberry is fake" video 😅 i cant imagine matpat reacting to their answers :d
I love Matpat because he could talk on forever about anything.
So any other QR code is immediately scanned but one on a can isn’t usually scanned? Well now we all know how to keep matpat from being the first to solve our ARGs.
Didn't see a QR code
Talking about American food and drink ingredients is always like doing a chemistry lesson.
this was great. I at my work we have a Coke Freestyle machine and we have this in there. although we dont have a blueberry faloure so i wounder if ours in Wisconsin taste different.
5:14 dude turned into JelloApocalypse describing drinks