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Bourbon Alfort Mini Chocolate Vanilla White 55g

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Made byBourbonNiigata, Japan

Bourbon Alfort Mini Chocolate Vanilla White 55g

White chocolate with real vanilla seed, set on a dark, bittersweet cocoa biscuit, twelve pieces to a box.

Regular price $6.39AUD

$11.62 per 100 g

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Why we say this

Alfort's 147 g bag topped a Japanese till-data sales ranking of new and relaunched confectionery five months running, July to November 2025. That is the range, not this 12-piece box.

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Product information

About

White chocolate with real vanilla seed, set on a dark, bittersweet cocoa biscuit, twelve pieces to a box. White chocolate usually means sweeter; this one isn't, because the biscuit underneath isn't sweet, it's slightly bitter, and it pulls the whole thing back. Buy it if you like white chocolate with something bitter underneath it; if you want the original Alfort Mini with a paler topping, this is the wrong one.

アルフォート ミニチョコレート バニラホワイト, the name on the box, if you're matching it to something you saw in Japan.

What you're getting

  • Taste: Vanilla-bean white chocolate over a cocoa biscuit. The vanilla is real seed rather than flavouring alone, and you can see it as fine dark specks in the white slab.
  • The biscuit is the surprise: This is where it stops being the original with white chocolate on it. The base here is a wholemeal cocoa biscuit, dark, toasty and not sweet, where the original Alfort Mini sits on a plain wholemeal one. Pale on dark, the reverse of the usual arrangement.
  • Texture: The biscuit snaps hard. The white chocolate softens in warm weather and stays firmer kept in the fridge.
  • How much you'll eat: It's rich: two or three is a serving, and it isn't a box you clear in one sitting.
  • In summer: Like any chocolate, it can arrive soft in the heat, and the sailing ship stamped on each piece may smudge. If it melts and sets again, white patches or little bumps can show on the surface. That's the fat coming through, not mould, and it's safe to eat, though it won't be as smooth or taste quite as good.
  • Allergens: Contains milk, wheat and soy. Read the pack's own label before you rely on ours.

Alfort itself is a staple in Japan. In 2025 the big 147 g bag of regular Alfort topped a Japanese sales chart for new and relaunched snacks five months running. That's the range, not this white-chocolate box. Three other white Alforts are in circulation: a winter Mini, a salted-vanilla one, and a 136 g bag carrying this same flavour name, so if you're matching a pack you saw, check it reads ミニチョコレート and バニラホワイト. Unlike those, this one is a standing line in Japan rather than a seasonal release. It's the same twelve pieces in the same 55 g box as the original Alfort Mini.

If you already know the original Alfort Mini, this is the one to try next.

Ingredients

Sugar (domestic and Thai manufacture), wheat flour, vegetable oils, shortening, whole milk powder, dextrin, whey powder (contains milk), cocoa butter, cocoa powder, wholemeal wheat flour, creaming powder (contains milk), lactose, salt, vanilla beans

emulsifier (soy), raising agent, flavouring (milk-derived), antioxidant (vitamin E).

For your safety, please check both the information on this page and the printed label on the pack. If anything is unclear or the information differs, please contact us before consuming the product.

Allergens
Contains
  • Milk
  • Wheat
  • Soy

For your safety, please check both the information on this page and the printed label on the pack. If anything is unclear or the information differs, please contact us before consuming the product.

Details
Maker
Bourbon · Niigata
Made in
Japan
Net contents
12 pieces (55 g)

Our guide

How to eat it

Good to know

  • Keep a box in the fridge. The white chocolate stays firm, the cocoa biscuit stays hard, and the box is small enough to live in the door.
  • Try it with coffee or another bitter drink: that's how some Japanese buyers eat it.

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In their own words

What Japanese buyers say

  • I expected it to be sweet because it's vanilla, but the biscuit's bitterness reins it in — it's not too sweet, it's good.

    バニラだから甘いと想像してたけど、クッキーの苦味で抑えられ甘すぎなくて美味しい。

    from monolog, a Japanese review site

  • The biscuit keeps the sweetness nicely in check, so I could eat them endlessly.

    ビスケットで程よく甘さが抑えられてて、いくらでも食べれる。

    from monolog

  • I like the regular Alfort too, but this one is my favourite.

    普通のアルフォートも好きだけどこれがいちばん好き

    from monolog

  • The white chocolate was good, but after two or three it's too sweet — I can't get through a whole box in one go.

    ホワイトチョコで美味しかったが、2〜3枚で甘すぎで一箱全部は、すぐに食べれない。

    from monolog

  • White chocolate against a black biscuit — that contrast is the best part.

    白いチョコに対してクッキーが黒ってのも最高

    from monolog

  • I used to dislike white chocolate, but after eating it in Alfort form I can eat it now!!

    ホワイトチョコ苦手だったけど、アルフォートで食べてから食べれるようになった！！

    from monolog

  • I'm not good with cocoa, but somehow I can happily eat this wholemeal cocoa biscuit!

    ココア苦手だけど、何故かこの全粒粉のココアビスケットは美味しく食べられる！

    from monolog

  • I've always loved Alfort. I thought nothing could beat Rich Milk, but this Vanilla White surpassed it.

    もともとアルフォートは大好きです。リッチミルクに勝るものはないと思っていましたが、このバニラホワイトはそれを超えました。

    from monolog

  • Delicious. The white chocolate with real vanilla beans smells wonderful and has a rich sweetness.

    美味しかったです。バニラビーンズの入ったホワイトチョコが香り高く、コクのある甘みでした。

    from monolog

  • It's the proper thing with real vanilla seed in it, but there isn't much aroma.

    バニラシードが入っている本格派だけどあまり香りはせず。

    from monolog

  • Some white chocolates are so sweet they catch in your throat, but this isn't like that — it has the vanilla aroma and it's delicious!

    甘すぎて喉が辛く？なるホワイトチョコがあるんですが、そんなこともなくバニラの香りもあり美味しいです！

    from monolog

  • Great for when you're a bit peckish and want just a little. Tasty, easy to eat, and the chocolate doesn't get on your hands!

    小腹が空いた時、ちょっと食べたい時におすすめ！美味しくて食べやすい。手にチョコがつかないのが良い！

    from monolog

  • The size is good too — easy to eat in one bite.

    大きさも一口で食べやすくてよい

    from monolog

  • Being mini-size, if I keep them in the fridge I can eat one whenever — I always have a box in.

    ミニサイズで冷蔵庫に入れておけば、気軽に食べれて、常備しています。

    from monolog

  • I don't think there's a bad Alfort, but this is my favourite so far.

    アルフォートにハズレはないと思ってますが こちらはいまのところ一番のお気に入りです

    from monolog

  • Same as last time I bought it — the chocolate has melted and re-set, so the shapes are odd.

    前回買った時もそうだけど、チョコ部分が溶けて固まってるから変な形してる

    from monolog

  • I love that the family each pick their own favourite flavour, one each.

    家族で好きな味を一つずつ選ぶのが嬉しい♡

    from monolog

  • I can see why foreign visitors buy these by the armful.

    外国の方がこぞって買うのもわかる気がします。

    from monolog

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The maker

Where it comes from

  • Bourbon
  • Niigata

Alfort is made by Bourbon, whose home is Kashiwazaki, in Niigata prefecture. The sailing ship stamped into every piece isn't a real one: Bourbon drew it themselves and named the biscuit after it, for the sense of adventure it carries.

Product facts here are checked against the maker's own page: bourbon.co.jp (opens in a new tab)