News on Chips and Snacks from Japan

KOIKE-YA Launches One-Hand Potato Chips Packet

February 12, 2019

KOIKE-YA Launches One-Hand 'drinkable' Potato Chips Packet

Japanese snack food manufacturer KOIKE-YA has created one-of-a-kind packaging that lets you suck up potato chips without touching one.

December 05, 2018

In Japan, Koikeya finally offers a potato chip with LESS flavour: 'barefaced' potato chips

Ever wished you could get a little less flavor on your chip? Wish no more; now you can experience them (in Japan!) as nature intended, lightly fried in oil.

September 11, 2017

Nagasaki hopes to boost recognition as potato producer with new variety 'Nagasaki Kogane'

Potato growers in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan's second-largest potato-producing region hope to boost their name recognition as a potato producer with a new variety, "Nagasaki Kogane" (Nagasaki Gold), which it filed for registration in 2015.

August 10, 2017

Japanese Potato Chips manufacturer Calbee is expanding potato production in rice fields

Japanese snack maker Calbee is increasing the amount of the crop it grows in rice fields. Paddy-field potatoes are mainly grown in Kyushu, Japan's southernmost main island, but Calbee also plans to start cultivating them in the northern regions of Hokkaido and Tohoku.

July 10, 2017

Japan's potato supply is recovering as production returns to normal

Japan's potato supply is rebounding -- with wholesale and retail prices falling -- thanks to solid shipments from secondary producing regions starting in the spring.

June 19, 2017

Good News for Potato Chip Lovers in Japan

Calbee, Inc. the largest potato chip manufacturer in Japan, had some good news for Potato Chip Lovers in the country: it will resume sales of three brands of potato chips it suspended in April because of the potato shortage.

May 04, 2017

Japan's potato chip shortage reaching crisis point

Japan's potato chip shortage is rapidly developing into a crisis, with consumers rushing to stock up on what little is left in supermarkets and manufacturers struggling to find fresh supplies.

May 02, 2017

La crisis de la papa frita sacude a Japón

La escasez, que ha disparado su precio y vaciado los estantes de los supermercados, ha puesto de manifiesto, además, el férreo proteccionismo que el país asiático ejerce sobre sus productos agrícolas.

April 11, 2017

Japan: Worst Potato Harvest in 34 years hits Calbee and other Japanese snack manufacturers

Japan’s potato chip lovers, beware: Your favourite snacks may become harder to find. The country’s worst potato harvest in at least 34 years has prompted major snack makers to halt production of several types of snacks.

December 06, 2016

Japanese convenience store offers Hokkaido Blue Cheese flavored potato chips

For a limited time, the Lawson convenience-store chain in Japan is stocking potato chips flavored with blue cheese from Hanabatake Bokujo, a well-known dairy producer from the far north of Japan.

November 27, 2016

New: 'WET Potato Chips'! In Japan of course...

Snack food company Calbee is playing with fire by expecting people to swallow their new concept potato chips: 'Wet Potato, Moist Mild Soy Sauce Flavor.'

July 11, 2016

Coriander-and-pork-flavored potato chips available in Japan

In Japan, you can now buy coriander-and-pork-flavored potato chips.

Japanese snack food maker Koikeya extends line of 'breakfast' potato chips

Japanese snack food maker Koikeya extends its line of 'breakfast' potato chips - yes, you are supposed to eat them as breakfast in the morning - with two new flavors: 'Toast' and 'Milk'

Japan: Calbee offers two spicy new potato chip flavors: Thai Tom Yum Kung and Sichuan-style tofu

March 10, 2016

Calbee (Japan) offers two spicy new potato chip flavors: Thai Tom Yum Kung and Sichuan-style tofu

Japanese snack maker Calbee has recently released two new potato chip flavors (in Japan), and it looks like they could add quite a bit of zest to your snack life.

February 01, 2016

A taste of Spring in Japan: Sakura (Cherry-blossom) - Butter flavored potato chips

It is still winter in Japan, but snack makers are already coming out with a taste of Spring: Sakura (Cherry-Blossom) - Butter

December 13, 2015

Latest potato chip flavour in Japan for Christmas: Strawberry Shortcake

Every month, Japan seems to get a new odd-flavored snack or candy. You might think that’s peculiar, but just know that many Japanese people do, too.

April 08, 2015

Japan Approves Overland Transportation Route for US Chipping Potatoes

After several years of negotiations, Japan's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries (MAFF) has agreed to allow US chipping potatoes to be transported overland from an international port to an approved processing facility in Kagoshima.

Calbee Kentucky Fried Chicken Potato Chips

October 16, 2012

Calbee and KFC cooperation leads to ginger fried chicken flavored potato chips

Potato Chips manufacturer Calbee will launch later this month in Japan a new flavor potato chips developed in cooperation with Restaurant chain Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC).

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