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Ryukakusan Nodo Sukkiri Herbal Candy 88g Bag

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Made byRyukakusanTokyo, Japan

Ryukakusan Nodo Sukkiri Herbal Candy 88g Bag

A hard herb candy from Ryukakusan with a strong, slightly medicinal herbal taste and a cool, minty note.

Regular price $5.49AUD

$6.24 per 100 g

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Why we say this

On monolog, a Japanese review site, this 88g bag has 5,495 reviews and ratings (October 2026).

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About

A hard herb candy from Ryukakusan with a strong, slightly medicinal herbal taste and a cool, minty note. Buy it if you like a sweet with a bite of herbs. If you want a fruity lolly, this is the wrong bag, and if you want the herbs with a mild milk flavour, the gold 120max bag is the other one: it adds milk, 20% more herb powder, and royal jelly and propolis.

On the pack: 龍角散ののどすっきり飴, in a blue bag. Ryukakusan is said "ryoo-kah-koo-sahn". Nodo sukkiri is the name of the range, and sukkiri means fresh and clear.

What you're getting

  • The first taste is strongly herbal, close to medicinal.
  • The cool, minty note is mild rather than icy.
  • The herb powder, made with quince and chamomile, is worked into the candy itself rather than coated on, so the herb taste lasts while it dissolves.
  • Loose candies in a zip pouch, not individually wrapped. Once it is open, keep the zip shut and the bag away from heat and damp, because warmth and humidity affect the candies.
  • Allergens: the maker declares none. Read the pack's own label before you rely on ours.

This is a sweet, not Ryukakusan's medicine: the maker sells it as candy, with no dose and nothing it treats, and it is mostly sugar.

Ingredients

Sugar (made in Japan), glucose syrup, herb powder, herb extract, flavouring, colours (caramel, chlorophyll), acidity regulator.

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

None declared — the ingredient list names no allergen.

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
Ryukakusan · Tokyo
Made in
Japan
Net contents
One bag: 88 g of loose candies

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.

  • The first time I had one, that odd, medicine-like smell and taste made me think, this isn't nice.

    初めて食べた時は、薬のような独特のにおいと味があって美味しくないなあ〜と思っていました。

    mentioned in 26 of 102 reviews we readfrom monolog, a Japanese review site

  • It's not too sweet, so you don't tire of it.

    甘すぎず飽きないです。

    from monolog

  • I love it, but some people will balk. Kids probably can't manage it.

    わたしは大好きですが抵抗ある人もいそう。お子さんは無理かも。

    from mognavi, a Japanese food and drink review site

  • The taste isn't odd, and the cooling isn't that strong either.

    味はクセもなく、それほどスースー感も強くありません。

    from monolog

  • But it's a zip pouch, so even while driving you can pull one out and have it straight away, which is handy.

    しかしジッパーになっているので運転中でも取り出してすぐ舐められるので便利です。

    from monolog

  • Also, I'd love a sugar-free version.

    あとシュガーレスも出してもらえると嬉しい。

    from monolog

  • Pouring milk down a throat that's still tingling feels amazing.

    喉がスースーしてるところに牛乳を流し込むと凄く気持ちいいです。

    from monolog

  • The taste is, well, like peppermint and mint mixed together, I suppose.

    味はまあハッカとかミントを混ぜた感じかな。

    from mognavi

  • Then I noticed quite a lot of people at work use it all the time, which surprised me.

    気がついたら割と会社の人これ愛用してる人多くてびっくり。

    from monolog

  • There's a blueberry one and others now, but the original is my favourite.

    ブルーベリー味なども出ていますが定番が一番好きです。

    from monolog

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The maker

Where it comes from

  • Ryukakusan
  • Tokyo
  • Founded 1871

Ryukakusan began as a family remedy made for the lords of the Akita domain in northern Japan. In 1871 the third generation of the Fujii family reworked the recipe and began selling it to the public in Tokyo, under a name taken from three of its ingredients. The company is still based in Tokyo.

The candy came much later, in 2011: a hard sweet carrying Ryukakusan's own herb powder of quince and chamomile, alongside nineteen herb extracts. In Japan it is sold as food, separate from the medicine that made the name famous.

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