Meiji Takenoko no Sato (たけのこの里) 70g — the iconic bamboo-shoot-shaped chocolate biscuit from Japan, on the market since 1979. A buttery almond cookie base topped with a generous layer combining rich cacao chocolate and smooth milk chocolate — melt-in-the-mouth on a crumbly cookie.
About Meiji
Meiji (株式会社明治) is one of Japan's largest confectionery and dairy companies, founded 1916. Its chocolate range — Milk, Hi-Milk, Black, Almond, Macadamia, Apolo strawberry-chocolate, Kinoko no Yama (mushroom-shaped chocolate biscuits), and Takenoko no Sato (bamboo-shoot-shaped chocolate biscuits) — anchors the Japanese chocolate aisle. Meiji also makes the Karl and Curl cheese-puff snacks.
Takenoko no Sato is one half of Japan's beloved "Kinoko vs Takenoko" rivalry — Meiji's two long-running chocolate snacks pitted against each other in playful marketing. Pick a side, or stock both.
What makes it distinctive
- Buttery, almond-rich cookie base — softer and more melt-in-mouth than Kinoko no Yama's cracker "stem".
- A chocolate top combining bittersweet cacao and mellow milk chocolate.
- Bamboo-shoot shape, instantly recognisable — a Japanese classic since 1979.
Product details
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Japanese name: たけのこの里
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Brand: Meiji (明治)
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Format: Shaped cookie-and-chocolate pieces in a box
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Net weight: 70 g
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Country of origin: Product of Japan
Ingredients
Sugar, wheat flour, whole milk powder, vegetable oil, cocoa mass, shortening, liquid egg, egg white, margarine, almond paste, lactose, skim milk powder, cocoa butter, salt, creaming powder, malt extract / emulsifier, raising agent, flavouring.
Allergens
Contains: wheat, egg, milk, almond, soy (per Meiji Japan declaration).
Nutrition (per 70 g box)
- Energy: 383 kcal
- Protein: 5.5 g
- Fat: 22.8 g
- Carbohydrate: 38.9 g
- Salt-equivalent: 0.4 g
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Authentic Japanese chocolate biscuits · たけのこの里 · Meiji Takenoko no Sato.
