Glico Pretz Pretzel Sticks Umashio Lemon

Umashio Lemon — savory salt lemon — is the summer flavor in Glico’s Pretz lineup, returning each year as the weather turns and the appetite shifts toward something refreshing and slightly sharp.

The name positions it in the same category as the salt lemon trend that has moved steadily through Japanese food culture over the past decade: not just lemon as a fruit flavor, but lemon as a savory seasoning element alongside salt and umami.

The construction puts lemon juice powder, black pepper, soy sauce seasoning, and yeast extract powder together against the standard Pretz pretzel base — a more complex seasoning profile than the name alone suggests.

The lemon arrives immediately, with a genuine acidity from the juice powder rather than a mild citrus flavoring, and the black pepper follows through afterward rather than arriving at the same moment.

Reviewers consistently describe the sequence as satisfying: the lemon opens the piece, the pepper closes it, and the soy sauce and yeast extract provide a savory depth that keeps the overall flavor from landing as simply sour.

Glico uses what it calls “micronized powder” technology — the same fine-particle seasoning application found on the Umami Salad 8-bag format — which distributes the seasoning evenly across each stick’s surface and keeps it from transferring to the fingers.

The result is a consistently seasoned pretzel from the first stick to the last, which is the calibration that makes continuous eating easier than it should be.

47g per box, split into two 23.5g bags. The summer version, and the one that tends to disappear fastest with a drink.

About this item
Item Name : Pretz Umashio Lemon
Brand : Glico
Item Form : Pretzel
Number of Items : 47g (Box of 1)