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There are tons of US products and brands that we cognize similar the backmost of our manus successful the States. Well, what if I told you that, abroad, those aforesaid celebrated products and brands went by antithetic names?
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Here are 22 US products with antithetic names abroad:
1. Lays are called "Walkers" successful the United Kingdom and Ireland
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Named aft the British manufacturer, Walkers Snack Foods Limited, the tasty snack inactive proves you can't devour conscionable one.
2. Sour Patch Kids are called "Very Bad Kids" successful France
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Pronounced "Petits Chéris" if you talk French. Oui oregon no?
3. Mr. Clean is "Mr. Proper" successful England
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Mr. Proper deserves a vacation and a biscuit aft a knackered time connected the job.
4. Burger King is called "Hungry Jack's" successful Australia
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Named aft the Australian franchise owner, Jack Cowin. In a way, he's the "Australian Burger King."
5. Kraft Mac & Cheese is simply "Kraft Dinner" successful Canada
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Younger maine would mean 4 "Kraft Dinners" a week.
6. DiGiorno is called "Delissio" successful Canada
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Adding an other "S" to the marque name, delisio means "delicious" successful Italian.
7. Dove Chocolate is called "Galaxy" successful different countries similar the United Kingdom, Ireland, India, and the Middle East.
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It would marque consciousness that the institution Mars, Incorporated would instrumentality to "space-themed" marque names.
8. Axe is called "Lynx" successful different places, specified arsenic the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand.
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If you inquire me, Lynx sounds cooler, but immoderate helps sales. You bash you, Axe.
9. Cool Ranch Doritos are called "Cool American" successful definite European countries.
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😎 American.
10. Campbell's is called "Batchelors Condensed Soup" successful the United Kingdom and Ireland.
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A licensing expiration led to the sanction change, contempt it inactive being called "Campbell's" present successful the States.
11. Smarties are called "Rockets" successful Canada.
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Canada has a candy akin to M&M's called "Smarties." So the sanction alteration makes consciousness to debar immoderate confusion. Imagine expecting cocoa and getting a rotation of these small guys.
12. A 3 Musketeers barroom is called a "Milky Way" successful Europe...and a Milky Way barroom is called a "Mars" bar.
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My encephalon hurts (lol).
13. Always marque pads are called "Whisper" successful countries similar Australia.
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Stay happy, Always...I mean, Whisper.
14. Frosted Flakes are called "Frosties" successful astir of Europe
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They're much than good. They're blooooody brilliant!
15. Olay has gone by assorted names globally, including "Oil of Ulan" (Australia) and "Oil of Ulay" (UK).
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It was besides called "Oil of Ulaz" successful immoderate European countries.
16. Starburst are called Opal Fruits successful the United Kingdom.
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Fun fact, Opal Fruits came archetypal successful the UK! They went planetary successful the precocious '80s with the rebranded sanction "Starburst."
17. Diet Coke is known arsenic "Coca-Cola Lite" successful a fig of European countries, including Italy.
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Are you a "diet" oregon a "lite" person?
18. Tide is called "Ace" successful Latin America.
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Short and sweet. Other names see Daz (UK) and Vizir (parts of Europe).
19. KFC is called "PFK" successful Canada.
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PFK stands for Poulet Frit Kentucky, which is simply the French translation of Kentucky Fried Chicken.
20. Budweiser is simply called "Bud" successful astir parts of Europe
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And nary 1 was the -weiser. *Pauses for an eruption of laughter.*
21. Finally, TJ Maxx is called TK Maxx successful the United Kingdom and Australia.
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The retail concatenation TJ Hughes already existed, truthful it's casual to recognize wherefore the sanction was changed to debar confusion.
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