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JAPANESE CANDY TASTES LIKE IMAGINARY FRUIT
A Japanese candy company has been making headlines for its idea to produce gummy candy which tastes like a fruit that does not exist, that they call Kiraspika.
While there are plenty of fruit flavors to choose from, including interesting fruit combinations, candy companies have been limited to the fruits available in our world.
But what if someone broke down barriers and started making candy that tastes like a fruit that does not exist in our world? That was the genius idea that Japanese candy maker Kanro recently came up with.
Last month, the company launched a new type of gummy candy that tastes like “Kiraspika no Mi,” a made-up fruit with a totally original flavor, shape, and fantastic back story.
According to the Kanro official website, the star-shaped Kiraspika only grows in the mountainous region of Blue Knife (location unknown), where temperatures drop to -50ยบ C in winter. It is very difficult to obtain because, when the fruit ripens on a full-moon night around the winter solstice, the fruit explodes.
Pieces of the fruit fly at a speed of 300 meters per second (nearly 1080 kph) which is about twice as fast as a passenger jet plane and about the speed of an army cannon shell. A direct hit on a person by one of its seeds is invariably fatal.
Everything about Kiraspika was invented in Kanro’s fruit lab, where its flavor experts combined various existing flavors to create an entirely original one that tastes like nothing you have ever eaten.
According to its designers, the Kiraspika-flavored gummy candy has a mysterious sweetness combined with a slight sourness, but many of those who have tried it have their own descriptions of the taste.
To some, the Kiraspika flavor is that of an energy drink. Others say it tastes a bit like a spicy apple, while some compare its sweetness to that of cherry gummies, combined with the tongue-numbing spiciness of chili.
IIt is the mystery of the flavor and the conflicting personal interpretations that make Kanro’s product so popular.
Launched last month in the 7-Eleven convenience store chain, Kiraspika gummies have been selling out like hotcakes, and the Japanese company is already working on new creations in its Fantasy Fruit Lab.
Kiraspika is not the only recent Japanese experiment with fantasy flavors. Read about another Japanese candy—one that deliberately has not taste at all!
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