Better than the Commissary? American's First Look 👀 at German Grocery Store - Edeka Grafenwoehr!

PCSing to Germany? Then this is your first look at the German Grocery Store.

We visited the Edeka Grafenwoehr and Rewe in Pressath, Germany.

As an American living in Germany, you will have access to the on base Commissary and the off base local German grocery stores.

With the help from military spouse, Manda McVey, we go over just about every aisle in the German grocery store, to include dietary restrictions, gluten free, and vegan items.

This video will also give you an idea of "what you can expect" when you walk into Edeka or any other German grocery store near your base.

**Skip Ahead
German Grocery Store 0:00
Edeka Entrance 0:29
Shopping Basket 0:30
Gardening 0:36
Bakery 0:44
Fruits & Vegtables 0:47
To-Go Items 0:56
Flowers 2:44
Eggs 3:26
Dairy 3:52
Translate Food 5:43
Candy & Sweets 6:44
Baking 8:10
Gluten Free 8:59
Frozen 10:45
Meat 11:27
Non Refrigerated Milk 12:15
Condiments 13:54
Ethnic foods 14:49
Hot sauce 15:16
Condiments (2) 15:38
Cleaning supplies 16:06
Dog food 16:44
Beverages 18:09
Soda stream 18:17
Beverages (2) 22:14
Checking out 23:15
Chips and snacks 25:10

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[DTVDanielTelevision]

Click “Closed Captions-CC” to see corrections on mistakes being addressed in the comments section.

[Jesper_van_de_moon]

The music in the whole video freaks me out, even as a german.. 😂 Dont do that ever again please, thank you.

[olli]

I guess the "American" products in a German grocery store are as authentic as "German" products sold in the US. 😂

[BennoWitter]

Actually, the German name for arugula is "Rauke", but the Italian name "Ruccola" makes for better marketing.

[irminschembri]

Reverse culture shock: Not all the milk is " haltbar" aka stays for weeks. There is " fresh" milk, too, which is refrigerated. :)

[andreas.v]

Outstanding Video; i would add that the "Almdudler" is a beverage with alpine herbs and is from Austria, not with applejuice as the Lady mentioned.
Greetings from a german Subscriber, stay stoked and keep grinding

[melchiorvonsternberg]

To classify things a little more precisely... This Edeka market takes its location at a US base into account. Some things were adapted for the American friends that would not be found in other places in Germany. And foam kisses have nothing to do with marshmallows. This is a type of sugared egg white that is applied to a thin, soft wafer and has a wafer-thin coating of chocolate. It tastes great and has surprisingly few calories for something so sweet...

[ClaudiaG.]

i am a german and just stumbled across your video.. i have some things to add.. German sweets arent as sweet as in the usa, we use way less sugar. Coca cola also is less sweet and made with real sugar, i think you call it the fancy coke ? Its similar to the cocacola in mexico.
If you are new in germany, try our bread and cakes at the local bakery.. Also, most german speak a decent english, maybe with a heavy accent but we do speak english. Dont be afraid to ask for help.
If you buy bottles, coke, fanta, beer and so on, dont forget to return them! you pay between 8 and 25 Eurocent deposit (Pfand) for one bottle and you get it back when you return it. 25 cent might not be much but it adds up! And to make it a bit more complicated, not every bottle has a deposit on it, for example, hard liqueur never has pfand on it.

[Sebideluxe]

The culture shock comment about milk in the EU is somewhat misleading: Only H-Milch (=ultra heated milk) is kept unrefigrerated, Frischmilch (fresh milk, obviously) hast to be refrigerated, just like in the US.

[Thurasiz]

Apfelsaft = apple juice, not carbonated. Apfelschorle = apple juice mixed with carbonated water. So yes, you can get apple juice without bubbles.

[flesby]

One thing worth pointing out is that EDEKA is kind of a premium grocery store. - So the prices for food at EDEKA are somewhat higher than in other grocery stores like ALDI / LIDL / PENNY etc. In my personal opinion, it is worth it when shopping for fresh stuff like fruits and vegetables here the price is justified since EDEKA offers a higher quality / fresher products than the a fore mentioned so called discounters. Meat quality is also better at EDEKA, although I'd prefer a local Butcher for buying quality meat, I admit it is more expensive, but quality wise leagues above grocery stores. ... Small correction not every German grocery store offers "ethnic food" usually the larger ones, do not expect to find such a shelf in small grocery store in some village.

[pigoff]

Being raised in Germany we never drank soda. We drank mineral water and lemon or orange sprudel. It was delivered in cases weekly. Yum

[MsTachke]

I'm from Belgium and living since one year in Germany I'm still surprised by all the breads and Danish pastry they have this is more than in Belgium and we have allready a lot of bread and pastry. The food in the EU is definitely healthier, less sugar and no artifical colours in general. In Belgium we also try to use as less as possible artifical colours. It's interesting to see how she compares to the US. Much people speak English in Germany and like somebody said maybe with a thick accent. Most people are keen to help especially the Schwaben, this is in the the South of Germany (Baden-Würtemberg) they are really helpfull.

[MrHodoAstartes]

Fanta is NOT anything like a carbonated orange juice.
It's a soda, still.
With 3% juice by law and lots of added sugar. Also coloring, which is not the one used in the USA, because that's illegal in the EU.
But it is less sweet, does not contain corn syrup and is fruitier in flavor.
The original Fanta recipe was developed by Coca Cola Germany in WW2 because they got cut off due to the embargo and had to get creative.
So they took the ingredients they could actually source with no sea trade and war raging. Which was mainly apple cores and orange peels. So no straight pressed juice, but remnants cooked out of fruit waste. Still took off and held them together till after the war.

Fun fact on the sugar: Germany, not being precisely tropical, can not grow sugar cane. However, selective breeding of root vegetables produced sugar beets, which can be grown in cold climates and produce lots of sugar locally. This is generally where all refined sugar in Germany comes from. Cane sugar is specifically labeled and generally more expensive as it's an imported product.
You often see what may look like molasses on store shelves. That would be a thickened sugar beet juice product sold under various names, the biggest brand being Grafschafter Goldsaft. Tastes and looks a bit like blackstrap molasses, but it's cooked turnip juice and not a byproduct of sugar production, but something Germans make on purpose, as a bread topping.

[justarandomgothamite]

This is really sweet and respectful, I love it!

[manatiluna]

As a german I find the Oktoberfest music in the background so annoying.
And Rucola ist actually the italian word although everybody sais that. The german word ist Rauke. Sorry for being a "Klugscheißer".

[andream]

Apple juice you find in the juice section of the beverages. And it doesn't contain (sparkling) water. Apfelschorle is always in the soda section.

[silencechaos]

Not EVERY supermarket in Germany has a Bakery attached to it, alot of them do but we have Small Supermarket that dont have any bakery attached, but usually they still have a "bakery section" inside the store with "freshly rebaked frozen things" but they taste really good aswell. Should try Our Bread its really good and not as sweet as u know from the USA

[Emulleator]

As a German without dietary restrictions I actually learned a bit I didn't know from your video

[debbiec]

I will only use german mustard on my hot dogs after being in German when my dad was in the army. Its way better than American mustard!