{"product_id":"glico-tomato-pretz","title":"Glico Tomato Pretz Savoury Pretzel Sticks — 53g","description":"\u003cp\u003eThin, dry pretzel sticks in a savoury tomato seasoning. This is the biscuit Pocky is made from, before the chocolate goes on. Expect tomato pasta sauce or pizza rather than fresh tomato: salt and acidity first, with the tomato behind them. If you want something savoury to pick at rather than a sweet biscuit, this is the one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOn the pack: トマトプリッツ (tomato purittsu). Worth checking against the box you remember, because the size has changed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat you're getting\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWhat it actually tastes of\u003c\/strong\u003e: not much like a fresh tomato, and Japanese buyers have been saying so cheerfully for twenty years. The nearest thing is a tomato pasta sauce or a pizza base. Plenty of people who dislike tomatoes eat these happily, which tells you most of what you need to know about how the flavour sits.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTexture\u003c\/strong\u003e: a light, dry snap. Thin sticks that break cleanly rather than crunch hard, and they melt away quickly. Glico keeps its \"extra crunchy\" wording for a different Pretz line, and the difference is real.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSavoury, not sweet\u003c\/strong\u003e: there is sugar in the dough, but this lands on the salty side. It's made with extra virgin olive oil, 3% of the product.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTwo sealed packs inside the box\u003c\/strong\u003e: 26.5 g each — the same split as the rest of the range.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIt's smaller than you remember\u003c\/strong\u003e: the box was 60 g until February 2024 and is 53 g now, with shorter sticks. If you last bought these on a trip to Japan, that's not your memory playing up.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAllergens\u003c\/strong\u003e: contains milk, wheat and soy. The same production line also runs egg products. Read the pack's own label before you rely on ours.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA few things worth knowing before you order. This is not Pocky and there is no chocolate on it: the two are made by the same company from the same stick, and Glico treats Pocky as the one you share and Pretz as the one you eat on your own. It is also not Japan's favourite Pretz: ask Japanese buyers and Umami Salada usually wins, the green box, where \"salada\" is a seasoning name rather than anything to do with salad, so if you want the one most people there reach for, that's the one. And the tomato is genuinely restrained: reviewers on both sides of the language barrier say it could be stronger, so if you want a bold tomato hit, this one tastes mild.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Glico","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48269705380066,"sku":"SH-SNK-0017","price":2.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0824\/1312\/5858\/files\/glico-pretz-tomato-front-of-pack.webp?v=1787972329","url":"https:\/\/shintop.com.au\/products\/glico-tomato-pretz","provider":"Shintop Trading Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}