Japanese Snack Reviews

Click to see a bigger picture. I'm not sure what the soymilk cookies are supposed to reset in one day (appetite?), but I have my doub...

I keep talking about summer in my reviews, but with people melting onto the pavement and sweating in the intense humidity of the rainy sea...

  Looking at the Calorie Mate packaing, I imagine they have one of the smallest design department staffs in the entire country. Every box o...

When I first came to Japan, diet foods were pretty much nonexistent. There were pleasantly chubby Japanese girls, but they were seen as ...

I think that I'm starting to have a stimulus-response reaction to anything in Japan with a big zero on it. Like the Pavlov's dog th...

While researching rum raisin flavors, I came across the word A'bunadh ; that is a word for a Scottish whiskey with a "rum raisin fi...

Before I make my final review of a health/diet food for this week of such products, I'd like to say that there are tons of things which ...

Some time last year, I started to notice more and more zero calorie jelly (what we call gelatin) products for sale in convenience stores. Th...

Click on this picture to see a bigger one that will allow you to read all of the ingredients clearly. Calorie Mate is one of those things wh...

There's an episode of Seinfeld about a Pakistani restaurant owner who occupies a space near Jerry's apartment that seems to doom an...

I've often thought it would be interesting to create a blog devoted to low calorie, diet and health foods in Japan. Of course, I soon re...

C.C. Lemon is one of those drinks that I've had an interest in for quite some time because it is packed with Vitamin C and who doesn...

On October 26, Coke released yet another version of its expanding "plus" line of no calorie beverages. Though I've only review...

You'd think that living in Japan would mean I'd be right on top of every new release, but the truth is that one would have to make i...