Product information
About
Kaki no tane are small, crisp rice crackers mixed with roasted peanuts, and this is the salt version with the chilli left out. Instead of the usual soy and chilli glaze, the crackers carry salt, a light pepper tingle and a garlic and spring-onion oil: think of a bar bowl of salted crackers and nuts, with a deeper savoury edge. Buy it if you want a salty snack with a beer or a cup of tea; if you want the hot kick of the regular kaki no tane, this is the wrong bag.
On the pack: 亀田の柿の種 うましお (Kameda no Kaki no Tane, Umashio). Umashio means "tasty salt", and kaki no tane means "persimmon seed", after the shape of the crackers: there is no persimmon in them.
What you're getting
- Savoury rather than simply salty: the seasoning carries chicken extract, fish and seafood extract and kelp as well as salt.
- Thin and very crisp. The recipe changed in 2025 to make the crackers lighter and crunchier, and people who loved the older, chunkier mix say the pieces are smaller now and there are fewer peanuts.
- Six sealed bags of about 25 g each, so you open one at a time and the rest stay sealed.
- If you want a big hit of salt or spice, it may seem mild: this is the gentle flavour of the kaki no tane range.
- Allergens: contains peanut, milk, wheat, soy, sesame and fish. Japanese labels don't have to flag fish as an allergen, so the pack names it only in its ingredient list (a fish and seafood extract seasoning). If you avoid it, look for it by name in the ingredients.
- Also on the label: there is meat in it, chicken extract plus pork and gelatine, so anyone who avoids meat should skip it. The factory also makes products with prawn and egg, so traces are possible.
Keep the peanuts away from children aged five and under, and from any child who is crying: a whole peanut can catch in the throat. If you want the crackers without peanuts, we also stock Kameda's soy-and-chilli Kaki no Tane No Peanuts, the hotter one.
Ingredients
Rice flour (non-glutinous rice, grown in Japan), peanuts (peanuts, vegetable oil, salt), starch, soy sauce, salt-sauce flavour seasoning, vegetable oil, flavoured oil, chicken extract, spring onion extract powder, fermented seasoning, dextrin, fish and seafood extract seasoning, salt, kelp extract, sugar, hydrolysed protein, spice
seasoning (amino acids etc.), modified starch, flavouring, emulsifier, sorbitol, sweetener (sucralose), spice extract, colour (turmeric), (contains wheat, milk, peanut, sesame, soy, chicken, pork and gelatine).
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
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- Peanut
- Milk
- Wheat
- Soy
- Sesame
- Fish
- May contain
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- Crustacean
- Egg
Not ingredients — these are made or handled on the same equipment as this product, so traces are possible. We list every shared-equipment allergen stated on the pack or by the maker.
- Dietary notes
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Chicken extract is in the seasoning, and the Japanese label also declares pork and gelatine without saying which ingredient carries them, alongside a fish and seafood extract that names no species. It is not vegetarian, vegan, halal or kosher.
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
- Kameda Seika · Niigata
- Made in
- Japan
- Net contents
- One 150 g pack: six sealed bags of about 25 g
Our guide
How to eat it
Good to know
- They are eaten as they are, straight from the bag. The other use is as a crumb: crush about 30 g over 300 g of chicken thigh as a coating and fry at 170 °C, and go light on other salt, because the crackers bring their own.
- Or lay a few on a slice of cheese in a non-stick pan over low heat for one to two minutes.
- Keep the peanuts away from children aged five and under, and from any child who is crying: a whole peanut can catch in the throat.
In their own words
What Japanese buyers say
- What they like
Regular kaki-pea was too hot for me, so umashio, with no heat, was delicious.
普通の柿ピーは私には辛すぎたのでうましおは辛くなくて美味しかったです。
from monolog, a Japanese review site
- What they grumble about
And there are clearly fewer peanuts.
しかもピーナッツの量が明らかに減ってます。
from monolog
- What they like
It keeps the beer going.
ビールが進みますね。
from monolog
- What they grumble about
I saw the TV ad and thought it looked delicious, but it was ordinary.
CMで見て美味しそう〜！と思いましたが普通でした。
from monolog
- What they like
It's in small packs, so I don't overeat.
小分けのパックなので、食べ過ぎない。
from monolog
- What they grumble about
The peanuts and the crackers are both a size smaller, which I think takes away the satisfying bite.
ピーナッツも柿の種も一回り小さいのが、食べ応えを減らしていると思う。
from mognavi, a Japanese food and drink review site
- What they like
Lately I like this one better than the regular, so it's the one I buy.
最近、定番よりもこっちが好きで買ってます
from monolog
- What they grumble about
Tasty, but not the one if you want a real hit of saltiness.
おいしいけどガツンとしたソルティさを求めると違うかも。
from mognavi
- What they like
The crunchy texture and the peppery salt taste are so good I can't stop once I start.
サクサク食感とピリッとした塩味が美味しくて、食べ始めたら止まりません。
from monolog
- What they grumble about
I'd rather not taste onion in it.
できれば玉ねぎを感じたくない
from monolog
- What they like
My family love this, so the regular kaki no tane is mine and umashio is the family's.
家族がこれを気に入っているから、普通の柿の種は私用、うましおは家族用です。
from monolog
- What they grumble about
You call this kaki no tane?
コレを柿の種と呼ぶのか？
from monolog
- What they like
It goes well with barley tea; it was good.
麦茶によく合う味で美味しかったです。
from mognavi
- What they grumble about
But there's less in it than in the plain one.
しかし、内容量がプレーンより少ない。
from monolog
- What they like
Wasabi used to be my favourite; now this one is.
今まではわさびが一番好きでしたが、今ではこれが一番好きです！
from monolog
- What they like
The small bags make it an easy, light snack to have with a drink.
小袋入りなので気軽につまめるライトなおつまみ菓子でした。
from mognavi
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The maker
Where it comes from
- Kameda Seika
- Niigata
Kameda Seika, founded in 1946 in Niigata, on the Sea of Japan coast north of Tokyo, first sold kaki no tane mixed with peanuts in 1966. This salt flavour arrived in 2024, made with the chilli heat held back so parents and children can share the same bag.
Product facts here are checked against the maker's own page: kamedaseika.co.jp (opens in a new tab)
Often bought together
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Kameda Kaki no Tane Umashio Salt Rice Crackers and Peanuts 150g
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