Meiji Almond Chocolate Matcha

Almond Chocolate Matcha is one of the few matcha chocolates built around a nut.

Meiji roasts whole almonds and coats them in matcha chocolate, which sets up a contrast most matcha confectionery does not attempt: the almond is dry, crisp and toasted, the chocolate smooth and vegetal, and the two meet rather than blend.

Almond sits first on the ingredient list, ahead of the sugar.

The matcha is Uji, and Meiji blends two grades of it.

Uji has been Japan’s benchmark tea region since the Muromachi period, and what separates it from cheaper matcha is a balance of umami against astringency — bitterness that reads as depth.

Meiji pulls the sugar back deliberately so that character comes through, which the pack describes as jōshitsu na Nihon no aji, a refined Japanese flavour.

Almond Chocolate has been one of Meiji’s core lines for decades, and this is the Japanese entry in a range that otherwise runs to plain milk chocolate and a cacao-forward version.

The green comes from gardenia and flavonoid rather than synthetic dye. 67 g to a box, 393 kcal.

About this item
Item Name : Almond Chocolate Matcha
Brand : Meiji
Item Form : Semi-Chocolate
Allergens: Milk, almond, soybean
Number of Items : 67g (Pack of 1)