I think everyone is pretty familiar with Calpis - a yoghurt flavoured drink that sends all gaijin into fits of uncontrollable giggles when anyone actually says the word, which sounds like "cow piss" to foreign ears.
My friends and I always laughed when Yasu said it and he could never work out why - until I let him in on the joke, and even then he didn't think it was funny. I guess it's just gaijin humour.
Anyway, Calpis have the original yoghurt drink and they also have various takes on the original by mixing it with grape, apple, orange, and various other fruit flavours.
I've had the grape flavour Calpis drink and I quite liked it, so that is why I bought the soft candy in the same flavour. They also had another flavour which was apple & honey, but I thought it seemed too much like something you would have when you're sick with the flu.
The pack has 22.1 calories and 10 pieces inside. That works out to 2.21 calories per piece which is pretty good.
The soft candy resembles a high chew piece except it's a bit wider and flatter. It's a light taro purple on the outside and it has white on the outside. The outside of the pack has a picture and indicates that the purple outside is "budou" (grape), and the inside is plain flavour.
The outside of the candy is in between soft and hard. It's called soft candy, but it's not as soft as it could be. The grape flavour is really strong at first but then the "plain" Calpis flavour in the middle kicks in and starts to overtake the grape flavour. The yoghurt taste is overpowering and the grape ends up taking a backseat to the yoghurt.
I was slightly disappointed by this candy because I thought it was going to be like eating Grape Hubba Bubba, with that total grape experience. I don't mind the original Calpis flavour but why have something called Grape, if it's actually Yoghurt with a hint of grape? Rather confusing.
If you like yoghurt with your grapes then this won't disappoint you. If you are expecting loads of grape flavour then forget it.
| Brand: Calpis Calories per pack: 22.1 Website: http://www.candypark.com |
2 comments:
OMG!
I have this candy too!(:
I actually have the apple&honey one, which I plan to do a review on...sometime in the future. xP (I have too much lined up)
I also tried the original one(which I don't have anymore) and one I got at the airport in Japan that was green apple.
My friend got this purple one, when I got the apple, and she let me try it. Personally, I don't like grapes, but I thought this wasn't bad for a grape candy. It sucks that you didn't really like it though.
Well, I can't wait to see your post about the apple and honey now!! Maybe I should have got that one :)
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