My mom's friend came back from Japan a couple of weaks ago and brought us some goodies!
This first one i'm featuring is Awaokoshi-a Japanese puffed rice snack that is sweetened.
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The left features the wrapped packaging. The right is the box unwrapped.
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Amount of bars you receive in the box. All of them are individually wrapped in a similar paper as the outside box.
Back labeling of the snack.
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A look at the puffed rice snack. As you can see, the rice puffs* are very small compared to rice puffs of the American variety. It also contains some black and white sesame seeds throughout. The puff wasn't overly sweet and had a nice ginger flavor to it as well.
*Aha! These 'rice puffs' are actually millet--another type of grain that are really small. That's why these are so small. No wonder! I can't read Japanese and having the packaging saying 'puffed rice' is misleading/confusing! Thank you to the readers for catching that =)
I just love Japanese packaging on their products. It just makes everything that much more enjoyable!
ooh looks soo yummy :D
ReplyDeleteThe puffs are small because it's not rice. It's millet.
ReplyDeleteBut I have to say it's confusing because they do call it 'puffed RICE candy' on the packaging.
ReplyDeleteIt's small because they are grains of MILLET. This is a traditional Japanese pastry, no rice! see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millet#/media/File:Awaokoshi_01.jpg
ReplyDeleteYes very confusing! Thanks for sharing so I have the right info!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing! It's confusing because the packaging says 'rice' and not 'millet' and I can't read anything else. Thank you also for clarifying =)
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