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Meiji Almond Chocolate Matcha — Uji Matcha, 67g
$6.99
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Product information
About
The same open-flame-roasted almond as Meiji's red box, wrapped this time in a milk chocolate blended with matcha from Uji, the tea district south of Kyoto, instead of the plain coating. The sweetness is pulled back so the tea comes forward: there is a real green-tea bitterness in the coating, and then the almond's dry snap. If you have been disappointed by matcha confectionery that turns out to be sweet green icing, this is the one that answers back.
On the pack: アーモンドチョコレート抹茶 (aamondo chokoreeto maccha), almond chocolate, matcha.
What you're getting
- The matcha actually lands, and there is unusual evidence for it. In February 2025 a Japanese television panel of three pastry chefs ranked this box first out of twenty supermarket and convenience-store matcha snacks. Among the Japanese buyers of this pack who comment on the matcha at all, about three in four say it comes through rather than hiding behind the sugar, which for this category is not the usual result.
- Don't judge it by the colour. Some of the green in the coating comes from added colour, so the shade is not a reading of how much tea is in there. The taste is.
- Check the weight against what you have seen here. This is the 67 g box. Meiji replaced the older 58 g pack in late 2024, and the discontinued size is still on sale in Australia.
- The honest bit, and there are two. The commonest complaint from Japanese buyers is that this is not different enough from the plain milk-chocolate box to justify the extra: if you only want the almond, buy that one. The second is the box itself: it is noticeably bigger than what is inside it, and the pieces roll around in the empty half.
- Allergens: contains milk, almond and soy. Read the pack's own label before you rely on ours.
One more thing. Like the rest of Meiji's nut range, vegetable fat stands in for part of the cocoa butter here.
Ingredients
The maker's ingredient list, translated from the Japanese pack. Anything after the break is an additive — the Japanese label lists those separately.
Almonds (USA), sugar, vegetable fat, lactose, whole milk powder, cocoa butter, matcha, skim milk powder, reduced starch syrup
emulsifier, glazing agent, antioxidants (vitamin C, vitamin E, rosemary extract), colours (gardenia, flavonoid), flavouring. Contains milk, almond and soy.
The printed label on the pack is always the authority on ingredients and allergens, not this page — please read it in full before you rely on our summary. If you are unsure about an ingredient, contact us.
Allergens
The maker declares:
- Allergens
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- Milk
- Almond
- Soy
- Dietary notes
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The coating carries a glazing agent: shellac, a resin from an insect. These are not vegan, and some vegetarians avoid it.
The printed label on the pack is always the authority on ingredients and allergens, not this page — please read it in full before you rely on our summary. If you are unsure about an ingredient, contact us.
Details
- Maker
- Meiji
- Prefecture
- Tokyo
- Made in
- Japan
Our guide
How to eat it
- Eat it slightly chilled if you want the matcha in front: biting straight through the almond pushes the nut's own roast forward instead.
- Keep it somewhere cool. Meiji's own instruction is to store it below 28°C.
In their own words
What Japanese buyers say
What do the numbers mean?
Counts of how many reviews mentioned each thing, not a score. One review can mention several. Every quote is our translation, with the original Japanese beneath it.
- What they like
Just as I imagined — the matcha flavour really comes through, and it was delicious.
想像通り抹茶の味がしっかりしていて美味しかったです。
mentioned in 9 of 58 reviews we readfrom monolog
- What they grumble about
But isn't the box far too big for how little is inside?
しかし、内容量が少ない割に箱が大きすぎでは？
mentioned in 2 of 58 reviews we readfrom monolog
- What they like
The sweetness of the chocolate with the depth of the tea — really delicious.
チョコの甘さがお茶のコクでとても美味しい
from monolog
- What they like
Rich matcha, delicious — I want it made a permanent line.
抹茶濃厚で美味しい定番化してほしい
from monolog
- What they grumble about
An almond chocolate with delicious matcha. It felt like there wasn't much inside.
抹茶が美味しいアーモンドチョコレートでした。中身は少ない気がしました。
from monolog
- What they like
The gentle bitterness of the matcha and the sweetness of the chocolate are just right, and the almond's crunch is a good accent.
抹茶のほろ苦さとチョコの甘さがちょうどよく、アーモンドのコリコリ感が良いアクセント。
from mognavi
- What they like
The matcha is highly aromatic and mellow — indescribably delicious.
抹茶の香り高く、芳醇で何とも言えず美味しい＾＾
from mognavi
- What they grumble about
Reasonably tasty, but not much different from the regular one. And expensive!
まあまあ美味しいけど普通のやつとあまり変わりない。そして高い！
mentioned in 4 of 58 reviews we readfrom monolog
- What they like
The almond inside has that same crisp crunch as always — spot on.
中のアーモンドもいつものカリカリ食感でバッチリ。
from mognavi
- What they like
Really delicious! Matcha and almond go together very well.
すごく美味しいです！抹茶とアーモンドとても合います
from monolog
- What they like
The balance of texture and taste between the matcha chocolate and the almond is good.
抹茶チョコレートとアーモンドの、食感や味のバランスが良いです。
from monolog
- What they grumble about
It's down to taste, but I realised I prefer the chocolate one.
好みだと思いますが、チョコの方が好きだと分かりました。
from monolog
- What they like
You enjoy both the texture and the taste — so good your hand keeps reaching for it!
食感も味も楽しめて、つい手が伸びる美味しさです！
from mognavi
- What they like
The gentle sense of matcha is good.
ほんのりとした抹茶感がよい
from monolog
- What they grumble about
Maybe I expected too much — the matcha was thinner than I thought.
期待しすぎたのか、抹茶が思っていたよりも薄かった
mentioned in 3 of 58 reviews we readfrom monolog
- What they like
This series never misses!
このシリーズにハズレなし！
from monolog
- What they like
Meiji's chocolate is good, so whenever this series comes out I end up buying it.
明治はチョコレートが美味しいので、このシリーズは出ると買ってしまいます。
from monolog
- What they grumble about
I'll want it once a year, but there won't be a next time.
年に一回は食べたくなるけど、次はない。
from mognavi
- What they like
My matcha-loving child said they wanted it, so I bought it.
抹茶好きの子どもが食べたいと言うので購入。
from monolog
Real quotes from Japanese review sites (monolog, mognavi), translated by us. We show no star rating from those sites.
The maker
Where it comes from
- Meiji
- Tokyo
This is the version Meiji makes for people passing through. It belongs to a range built for visitors to Japan, which is why the box is green and gold and covered in traditional pattern where the everyday one is plain red, and why there is a code on the pack that opens an explanation in your own language. That is Meiji's intent, not how it is actually eaten: in Japan this box is bought at convenience stores like anything else.
The tea is from Uji, the district south of Kyoto whose name is the one Japanese shoppers look for on a matcha label. Meiji blends two Uji varieties for this coating rather than using one, and pulls the sweetness back so the aroma has somewhere to go.
The almond underneath is the same open-flame-roasted nut that goes into the everyday red box.
Product facts here are checked against the maker's own page: meiji.co.jp (opens in a new tab)
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