Morinaga Ramune Soda Tablet Candy

Morinaga’s Ramune is the original — the bottle-shaped container, the small white tablets that fizz on the tongue, the flavor that the word “ramune” calls to mind for anyone who grew up in Japan.

It has been made since 1943, which puts it among the oldest continuously produced confections in the country, and the format has barely changed: the same compressed glucose tablet, the same lemon-soda flavor, the same bottle that you shake to get the last few tablets out.

The name comes from “lemonade” — specifically, the carbonated lemon soda drink that arrived in Japan in the Meiji period and gave the country its first experience of fizzing beverages.

The candy is the tablet version of that sensation: sodium bicarbonate and acid react on the tongue to produce a brief, pleasant fizziness that dissolves quickly and leaves a clean, slightly sweet aftertaste.

The flavor is the characteristic ramune soda profile — somewhere between lemon, lime, and the generic effervescence of carbonated water — mild enough to eat continuously, refreshing enough to actually function as a palate cleanser.

The glucose base — the same energy source that makes ramune tablets a common study aid in Japan — is supplemented here with milk calcium, adding a small nutritional component that has been part of the formulation for decades.

The bottle design is the iconic one: a rounded plastic container that fits in a palm, rattles when shaken, and is recognizable to virtually every person who has visited a Japanese convenience store, supermarket, or matsuri.

108 kcal per bottle. The one that started everything else in the lineup.

About this item
Item Name : Ramune
Brand : Morinaga Seika
Item Form : Ramune Candy
Number of Items : 29g (Pack of 1)