I didn't realise when I bought this Pocky that it is actually a product of Thailand. This is made by Thai Glico.
I didn't know if that would make a difference, hopefully in Thailand they use the same ingredients, but whether or not the ingredients are the same quality, well that is the question.
The box weighs 38 grams and has 10 sticks inside. It's really overpackaged, there is so much space inside for 10 sticks. Sadly they are on par with the way Japan packages products.
The sticks themselves have a faint coffee smell, and when I bite into it I find a coffee flavour. I take another look at the box. No, it definitely says Almond Crush. The coffee flavour stays around.
The pretzel is the same as normal. I can't get that yucky coffee flavour out of my mouth. It's a really bad aftertaste.
Notice on the box it says "biscuit stick coated with chocolate flavour", no actual chocolate here. There are plenty of almonds (17.5%), so that is quite good, but that coffee flavour is too strong, even though the ingredient list does not mention coffee.
Ingredients: Wheat flour, Palm Oil, Sugar, Almonds, Milk Powder, Cocoa Mass, Cocoa Powder.
If you can shed some light on why these ingredients would taste like coffee, please do so.
I gave a stick to Yasu and he hated it. He couldn't be convinced into eating another. There is definitely something wrong with these Pocky. Hopefully along the way I can pick up some made in Japan Almond Crush for a comparison. The Japanese made Pocky couldn't be this bad.
I don't this would even suffice as a poor man's Pocky.
2 comments:
I notice a lot of Pocky made in Thai, I wonder why there's a Thai version, how about Korean or Malaysian? Anyways I only try one Thai Pocky, I think it was the banana one. It's not too bad though.
Weird, I'll look at my Pocky before I eat it next time to see where it was made. I've had the Almond Crush before and enjoyed it immensely, and am not a fan of coffee so this seems very peculiar to me!
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