Karinto snack box bag packaging made in Japanese

Karinto is a traditional Japanese snack made from wheat or rice flour. It is kneaded and then fried at high temperature. Karinto from Osaki City, Miyagi Prefecture is made without yeast, but with wheat flour and local rice flour. It is made to have a flavourful texture.

1. Japanese yam flavour

Japanese yams grown in Osaki City are mixed into the dough of this karinto. 100% Japanese rice flour is also used.
People of all ages enjoy this karinto, with its crunchy texture and faintly sweet fragrance.

Japanese yams are wild and native to Japan. Throughout the ages they have been highly valued as a nourishing food. They are affectionately referred to as the king of wild, edible plants. They are also called “medicine of the mountain” in Chinese medicine and are said to have a variety of health benefits.

2. Burdock flavour

Chili pepper is lightly sprinkled into the sweet brown sugar to give a piquant flavour. The balance between crisp texture and spice is perfect, making this a great snack to eat while drinking.

Burdock contains polyphenol-rich saponin and a naturally occurring oligosaccharide called inulin (a dietary fibre). It has been used as a medicinal herb for ages.

3. Brown sugar flavour

Brown sugar has been re-examined to be a health food. According to an old legend from Okinawa, brown sugar increases longevity.

Brown sugar is the blackish-brown sugar that results from sugarcane molasses that is boiled down, cooled and left to harden. It is rich in nutrients like sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, iron and vitamins B1, B2 and B6.

4. Sesame flavour

This long-time best-seller, fragrant with the smell of sesame, is popular with people of all ages.

Sesame contains unsaturated fats like linoleic acid and oleic acid. Unsaturated fats increase immune strength and lower cholesterol.

Ingredients:

Wheat flour, sugar, vegetable oil, burdock powder, soy sauce, black sesame, margarine, chili pepper, table salt food colouring (caramel), antioxidant (vitamin E), contains soybeans and milk

Rice flour, wheat flour, sunflower oil, sugar, Japanese yam, egg, shortening (contains soybeans)

black sesame, table salt, leavening agent, cyclic oligosaccharides, antioxidant (vitamin E)

Wheat flour, rice bran oil. sugar, table salt, sesame, leavening agent