{"product_id":"meiji-almond-chocolate-matcha","title":"Meiji Almond Chocolate Matcha — Uji Matcha, 67g","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOn the pack: \u003cstrong\u003eアーモンドチョコレート抹茶\u003c\/strong\u003e (\u003cem\u003eaamondo chokoreeto maccha\u003c\/em\u003e), almond chocolate, matcha.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat you're getting\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe matcha actually lands, and there is unusual evidence for it.\u003c\/strong\u003e 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.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDon't judge it by the colour.\u003c\/strong\u003e 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.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCheck the weight against what you have seen here.\u003c\/strong\u003e 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.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe honest bit, and there are two.\u003c\/strong\u003e 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.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAllergens\u003c\/strong\u003e: contains milk, almond and soy. Read the pack's own label before you rely on ours.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOne more thing. Like the rest of Meiji's nut range, vegetable fat stands in for part of the cocoa butter here.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Meiji","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48289832108258,"sku":"SH-SNK-0030","price":6.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0824\/1312\/5858\/files\/meiji-almond-chocolate-matcha-pack.webp?v=1788124928","url":"https:\/\/shintop.com.au\/products\/meiji-almond-chocolate-matcha","provider":"Shintop Trading Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}