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Meiji Almond Chocolate Uji Matcha 67g

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Made byMeijiTokyo, Japan

Meiji Almond Chocolate Uji Matcha 67g

This is Meiji's almond chocolate in its matcha version: a crunchy roasted almond under a milky matcha coating, made partly with tea from Uji, a tea-growing district of Kyoto.

Regular price $6.99AUD

$10.43 per 100 g

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Why we say this

A panel of three pastry chefs on the Japanese television network TBS ranked this box first of twenty supermarket and convenience-store matcha snacks, broadcast 17 February 2025.

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About

This is Meiji's almond chocolate in its matcha version: a crunchy roasted almond under a milky matcha coating, made partly with tea from Uji, a tea-growing district of Kyoto. The coating is kept less sweet so the tea's aroma comes through, and then you reach the almond's crunch. Buy it if you like green tea and want it with a crunchy nut; if you don't like the taste of green tea, or only want the almond in plain chocolate, Meiji's everyday almond chocolate in the red box is the one to get.

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 comes through the sugar. In February 2025 a Japanese television panel of three pastry chefs ranked this box first out of twenty supermarket and convenience-store matcha snacks. The tea usually comes through clearly; some find it lighter than they expected.
  • 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 if you have seen this box elsewhere. 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.
  • Close to the plain box. The matcha coating is the difference; underneath is a crunchy roasted almond like the red box's, and some people find the change too small to justify paying more.
  • The box is bigger than what is in it. The pieces have room to roll around, so don't judge the amount by the size of the carton.
  • Allergens: contains milk, almond and soy. Read the pack's own label before you rely on ours.
  • Also on the label: the pieces are polished with a glazing agent that Meiji does not name. Shellac, a resin from an insect, is one of the glazes used on sweets like these, so if you avoid insect-derived ingredients, give this box a miss.

Vegetable fat stands in for part of the cocoa butter here, as it does in Meiji's other nut chocolates.

Ingredients

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.

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
  • Almond
  • Soy
Dietary notes

The pieces are polished with a glazing agent, which Meiji does not name. Shellac, a resin from an insect, is one of the glazes used on sweets like these, so if you avoid insect-derived ingredients, treat this box as unsuitable. The milk powder already rules it out for vegans.

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.

Nutrition
Nutrition
Per box (67 g) Per 100 g
Energy 1644 kJ (393 kcal) 2454 kJ (587 kcal)
Protein 6.4 g 9.6 g
Fat 26.3 g 39.3 g
Carbohydrate 32.6 g 48.7 g
Sodium 20 mg 29 mg

From the Japanese pack's nutrition panel, marked estimated (推定値) by the maker — not the Australian nutrition information panel. The Japanese pack gives no saturated fat or sugars figure. The per-100 g column, the kJ figures and sodium (from the pack's salt equivalent, 食塩相当量, ÷ 2.54) are our calculation.

Details
Maker
Meiji · Tokyo
Made in
Japan
Net contents
One box: 67 g — Meiji does not publish a piece count

Our guide

How to eat it

Good to know

  • Crunch straight through the almond and the nut's roast comes forward, ahead of the matcha.
  • Keep it somewhere cool. Meiji's own instruction is to store it below 28°C.
  • If it goes soft in the heat and sets again, the surface can turn white. It is still safe to eat, but it won't taste as good.
  • Small brown or black specks on the surface are part of the recipe, not mould or dirt.

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.

  • 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 4 of 50 reviews we readfrom monolog, a Japanese review site

  • 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 3 of 50 reviews we readfrom monolog

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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, a Japanese food and drink review site

  • 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

  • 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 3 of 50 reviews we readfrom monolog

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • It's down to taste, but I realised I prefer the plain 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

  • 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

  • The gentle sense of matcha is good.

    ほんのりとした抹茶感がよい

    from monolog

  • 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 2 of 50 reviews we readfrom monolog

  • This series never misses!

    このシリーズにハズレなし！

    from monolog

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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 the review sites named on the cards. We show no star rating from those sites.

The maker

Where it comes from

  • Meiji
  • Tokyo
  • Founded 1917

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 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.

Part of the matcha comes from Uji, a Kyoto tea district famous for it. 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 almonds underneath are American. This box's ingredient list names where they come from, which the everyday red box's list does not.

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