jp sweet potato snacks 2023

 

jp sweet potato snacks 2023

tried @20231126 & 20231127

7 products tried

#1 japapo hoshi imo (dried sptt) 

#2 japapo beni kirishima glacé 紅霧島 芋菓子

#3 japapo beni sakurajima glacé 紅櫻島 芋菓子

#4 japapo yaki-imo chips 紅霧島芋 (deep fried sptt chips, yellow)

#5 japapo yaki-imo chips 富士紫芋 (deep fried sptt chips, purple)

#6 jonetz deep fried sptt chips (round)

#7 越後製菓 funwari meijin baked sweet potato flavour (fluffy mochi rice puffs)

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@20231126

#1 & #2

dried sptt juz very much like those Chinese version 蕃薯乾

n yet more moist.. n sticky chewy 

though some large pieces might still be a bit dry

beni kirishima glacé 

tender bite... texture like 糖冬瓜

however quite sweet.. is a bit too sweet compared to the dried sptt

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@20231127

#2 & #3 (glacé) 

beni kirishima 紅霧島芋 is bit sweeter than beni sakura 

maybe stick shape got larger surface area

n thus coated wif more sugar?

both got texture like 糖冬瓜

n yet a bit less sickly sweet 

n wif a hint of sweet potato flavour in aftertaste 

#4 & #5 & #6 (chips)

japapo chips are hearty hard crunchy 

yellow chips are wif a larger cross section 

yellow chips taste sweeter than purple chips

while the purple ones got a bit bitter aftertaste like typical purple sptt 

texture of purple is more dense n hard

on the other hand 

jonetz chips outlook is less brown 

n more light yellow

that feels like less burnt

bite down

jonetz texture is same hard crunchy 

jonetz tastes more sweet

n it's quite sugary sweet.. wif sugar crystals found on surface of some chips

therefore it's a bit like hard candy snaps (thinking of chinese sesame candy 芝麻糖)

#7 (mochi rice puffs)

juz as described on official website 

it's really airy fluffy.. melts in ur mouth 

the texture let me think of  tohato (the macaroni shaped crunch)

n yet it's even more airy

actually its quite oily n sweet

but the fluffy texture makes it feels like less greasy 

as for the sweet potato flavour.. that's not identifiable if not told 

juz that the aroma n taste both got a sweetness that's like caramel popcorn 

that attractive aroma even lingers around in the outer package