Marukawa Orange Marble Bubble Gum

Orange Marble Gum is the one Marukawa describes as loved by three generations, and that is a specific claim rather than a figure of speech — the company has been making it long enough that Japanese grandparents, parents and children have all bought it from the same kind of shop for the same few yen.

In a category where products come and go every season, surviving that long is the whole achievement.

The flavour is orange rather than citrus generally, and Marukawa uses real orange in it: this is the only Marble Gum in the range that carries an allergen declaration.

What that buys is a rounder, less synthetic flavour than a purely flavoured gum gives — recognisably the fruit rather than an idea of it, arriving immediately on the bite and fading into a long chew.

Marukawa has made chewing gum in Nagoya since 1954 and supplies most of what sits on a Japanese dagashi shelf.

Like the rest of the Marble Gum range, these carry an atari — a winning mark hidden in the packaging, redee

About this item
Item Name : Orange Marble Bubble Gum
Brand : Marukawa
Item Form : Gum
Number of Items : 6 Counts (Box of 1)