"One bite leads to another snack" in Japan

I wrote a confectionery maker Glico started the unique service "Office Glico". They leave a small box or small freezer at your office. You can eat any item by dropping 100yen into the mouth of the frog. Once a week Glico stuff come and restocks new sweets in the box.

Recently Glico researched guy's need for sweets at office. 20's and 30's guy eat some snack at office almost everyday, but 40's and 50's tend to be embarrassed to eat. The snack they eat are... No1. Chocolate, No.2 Senbei, No.3 Cookie and Biscuit. (I don't think they don't count Gum as snack.) They answer they have an image chocolate work for stress off. Actually, there are chocolate having copy "release your stress".　Women think guys eat snack at office is no problem. But the snack should be chocolate, some with nutrient function claims or this type of bar. Even though they think it doesn't matter, women think eating this type of snacks, ice cream, and cakes are not cool.  Yes I want guys to eat snack casually and neatly at office :-).

By the way, here is a ranking "One bite leads to another snack" in Japan.

No.1 Potato Chips: They don't tell the exactly brand. Japanese like right taste.
No.2　Chocolate: They don't tell the exactly brand too. This year, we have a bitter boom. I really love 99% cacao chocolate.
No.3　Kappa Ebisen:It's a stick type fried snack with crispy shrimp flavor. Their copy is "やめられない　とまらない" it means "can't stop".
No.4　Jyagariko:It's a stick type fried potato. I did know this snack is such popular. I have never eaten this before.
No.5　Kakino Tane:It is a type of bite-sized Japanese cracker made from glutinous rice and flavored with soy sauce.　Kakinotane takes its name from its resemblance to a persimmon seed. (Kaki is Japanese for "persimmon".) Kakinotane are often sold with peanuts, a combination called "kakipi".
No.6　Caramel Corn: puff snack coated by caramel sauce. Their package is so cute. Here is the wall paper download.
No.7　Karl: This is very popular and long seller corn puff snack. I love cheese flavor. I wrote about Karl in entrance exam season. Because they have special package. This is very long
No.8　Bokun Habanero: Super hot fried snack. Here is silly TV commercial site. Here is the wall paper download site.
No.9　Baby Star Ramen: Baby Star Ramen is a super junk food as the same as Umaibo. (Umaibo ranked in 21st). It's soy sauce flavored fried Chinese noodle. I did not know it is sold in the world like this. I don't like it but Japanese guys love it.
No.10 Pringles: Like I tell you in Potato Chips, light salt is the most popular flavor in Japan, so even thought Pringles, they made light salt for only Japan market.
No.10 Happy Turn: Very crispy rice cracker.
I don't know which one is sold in foreign countries. Have you every tried some before?

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Comments

[Tammy]

I'd gone to "JAPAN" in (Epcot-Disney) and bought these crab-shaped crackers/chips. I'm trying to find them so that I could purchase them again.

[confusatron]

#5: These sometimes turn up in "party mix" in the US, usually with wasabi peas.

#6: I bought mango flavor at a local Asian grocery. Americans think of "caramel corn" as popcorn (not corn puff) - orange color means cheese flavor. So it was a surprise!

#9: I occasionally see these in regular grocery stores.

...I have never found Umaibo in Asian groceries here - I was looking after your old post!

[yu]

Well, I've heard/seen everything on the list except no.3 and no.4 Although 4 sounds familiar (I've seen plenty of korean type counterparts) Oh, I also live in the US. xD I guess my favourite snack didn't make it :< I -love- Potapota Yaki. xD Only bad thing is that they're so good I sit and eat a whole bag full!