Iwatsuka Niigata Monogatari Rice Cracker Assortment 218.2g is a boxed selection of individually wrapped rice crackers from Iwatsuka, a maker that has worked in Japan's rice country of Niigata since 1947. The crackers are made with Japanese-grown rice, and each piece is sealed in its own bag so the box keeps its crispness once opened — which, together with the maker's own framing of the range as a gift, is why an assortment like this is a standard thing to bring to someone's home in Japan.
About Iwatsuka
Iwatsuka Confectionery Co., Ltd. (岩塚製菓) was founded in 1947 as an agricultural processing plant in the village of Iwatsuka, now part of Nagaoka City in Niigata Prefecture, and moved into rice crackers through the 1950s before taking its present name in 1960. The company's stated commitment is to use 100% Japanese rice in its rice crackers.
What is a senbei assortment?
Niigata is Japan's foremost rice-growing region, and rice crackers — senbei when made from ordinary rice, okaki and arare when made from glutinous mochi rice — are its signature confectionery. A tsumeawase (詰合せ), or assortment box, gathers several kinds together in individual wrappers, and is one of the most traditional gifts and omiyage souvenirs in Japan.
Ingredients
Refer to the product packaging.
Allergens
Contains: sesame, wheat, soy. Made in a factory that also handles shrimp, crab, wheat, egg, milk, and peanut.
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