fbpx

JAPANeid Snack Guide 3rd Edition

The JAPANeid curation team hand-selects every single snacks, from the olden ages to the modern era, that Muslims included can enjoy snacking. We will gradually add more items to our collection.

All items have already been checked to have THE 3 NOs and SAFE from cross-contamination (CC)

Please refer to our Muslim-friendly Policy for details

Help! How to check the expiration date?

Please be advised that the Japanese dating system is yyyy/mm/dd. So, if it says 2023/7/25 or 23/7/25, it means 25 July 2023.

We provide the following info in English:

  • Snack introduction
  • Ingredient, allergen info
  • Date of halal status checked
  • Extra confirmed info (if any) such as sources of doubtful ingredients, ethanol content, production line status

With a shelf-life of 5 years! This Indonesian and Malaysian fried rice can easily be eaten by using water. Halal-certified*1
[How To Eat]

  1. Take out seasoning packet, spoon and oxygen absorber inside it. *DO NOT eat the oxygen absorber
  2. Put the seasoning into the bag and mix well
  3. Pour water or hot water until the indicated line 
  4. Seal the bag tightly. Wait 15 minutes (if you pour hot water) or 60 minutes (if you pour room temperature water).
  5. After 15 or 60 min., mix well from the bottom before eating to ensure everything is evenly mixed with the seasoning. ENJOY!!

[Ingredient]
Rice (domestic), Seasoned dried ingredients (dried carrot, seasoned onion, seasoned shrimp), Seasoning powder (soy sauce powder, salt, red chilli powder, sugar, garlic powder, kelp dashi) / Seasoning (amino acids), Trehalose, Antioxidant (vitamin E), Phosphate (Na), (contains some shrimp, wheat, soy)
[Allergen] Shrimp, Wheat, Soybean
*1 Halal by Nippon Asia Halal Association (Japanese halal body with mutual accreditation of overseas halal cert. bodies incl. JAKIM & MUIS)

Newly released in March 2023! Bite-sized biscuits filled with Earl Grey tea leaves
[Ingredient]
Wheat flour (Japan), Sugar, Shortening, Black tea extract powder, Salt, Black tea, Lactose / leavening agent, Flavouring, Cyclic oligosaccharides, Emulsifier (from soybean)
[Allergen] Dairy, Soybean, Wheat
★Shortening: plant-based
★contains 0.01% ethanol
★100% safe from CC
[Status confirmation] 15 April 2023

Long-running curry snack since 1960 with a tangy, addictive, and spicy kick that lingers in the mouth.
[Ingredient]
Wheat flour, Sweet potato starch, Vegetable oil, Sugar, Salt, Curry powder, Leavening agent, Seasoning (amino acids, etc.), Sweetener (stevia, liquorice), Colouring (yellow 4)
[Allergen] Wheat
★100% safe from CC
[Status confirmation] 3 Feb. 2023

Mouth watering strawberry biscuits with sweet-sour strawberry cream sandwiched between condensed milk-filled biscuit dough3
[Ingredient]
Wheat flour (Japan), Sugar, Shortening, Whole milk powder, Vegetable oil, Sweetened condensed milk, Glucose, Strawberry powder, Salt, Cocoa butter/Leavening agent, Acidifier, Emulsifier (from soybean), Flavouring, Colour (beet red, carotene), Uncalcined eggshell calcium (from eggs)
[Allergen] Egg, Dairy, Soybean, Wheat
★Shortening: plant-based
★contains 0.009% ethanol
★100% safe from CC
[Status confirmation] 15 April 2023

A taste you won’t get tired of! Have a bite of this long-selling coconut sable biscuits in just one-bite
[Ingredient]
Wheat flour (domestic), Sugar, Shortening, Coconut oil, Coconut, Salt, Skimmed milk powder / leavening agent, Emulsifier (from soybean), Flavouring
★shortening: palm (plant-based)
[Allergen] Wheat, Dairy, Soybean
★100% safe from CC
[Status confirmation] 5 April 2023

Just released in Feb. 2023! Yummy, rich cheesecake goodness in the ‘coconut sablé’ biscuit style
[Ingredient]

Flour (Japan), Sugar, Shortening, Coconut oil, Coconut, Salt, Cheese powder, Fermented butter, Processed cheese, Lemon powder / leavening agent, Emulsifier (from soybean), Flavouring
[Allergen] Wheat, Soybean, Dairy
★Shortening: palm (plant-based)
★100% safe from CC
[Status confirmation] 5 April 2023

Refreshing candy of the classic Japanese soda drink RAMUNE in a container just like the good old-fashioned ramune bottle. Ramune candies date back as far as the 1940s!
[Ingredient]
Glucose (domestic), Corn starch (non GMO), Starch degradation product/Acidulant, Flavouring
[Allergen] None in particular
★100% safe from CC
[Status confirmation] 13 Feb. 2023

‘Charapaki’ is a fun, playful snack you can break through the yummy chocolate bar to get the hidden Pokémon. Get a random design out of 8!
[Ingredient]
Quasi-chocolate (sugar, vegetable oil, cocoa powder, whole milk powder, skimmed milk powder, others) (Japan), Chocolate (sugar, cocoa butter, lactose, vegetable oil, whole milk powder, others), Wheat puff (wheat flour, corn starch, others)/emulsifier, Flavouring, Leavening agent, Colouring (safflower yellow, carotenoids), (some contains dairy, wheat)
[Allergen] None in particular
★emulsifier: plant-based
★100% safe from CC
[Status confirmation] 12 April 2023

Adorable biscuits with 70 different panda faces! Good combination of flaky biscuit and white chocolate.
[Ingredient]
Sugar (made overseas, Japan), Wheat flour, Vegetable oi, Whole milk powder, Cocoa butter, Cacao mass, Margarine, Shortening, Chicken egg, Lactose, Whey powder, Cocoa powder, Caramel powder, Dried whole egg, Salt, Butter / trehalose, Emulsifier (from soybean), Leavening agent, Flavouring
[Allergen] Wheat, Egg, Dairy, Soybean
margerine, shortening: plant-based
★100% safe from CC
[Status confirmation] 7 Feb. 2023

White chocolate sandwiched between crispy cookies giving this langue de chat (cat tongue biscuit) a very delicate taste
[Ingredient]
Chocolate (sugar, lactose, cocoa butter, whole milk powder, vegetable oil) (Japan), Wheat flour, Sugar, Margarine, Egg white, Almond pudding, Skimmed milk powder, Salt/emulsifier, Flavouring, (contains wheat, egg, milk ingredients, soybean, almond)
[Allergen] Wheat, Soybean, Dairy, Egg
★Margarine, Emulsifier: plant-based
[Status confirmation] April 2023

*examples of banknote

Let’s learn Japanese banknotes with this chocolatey goodness! You’ll get 1 card out of 20 types of Japanese banknotes
[Ingredient]
Sugar, Vegetable oil, Whole milk powder, Rice puff (corn grits, starch, sugar), Lactose, Cocoa powder/Emulsifier, Flavouring, Leavening agent, (contains some dairy, soybean)
[Allergen] None in particular
★Emulsifier: plant-based incl. soybean, rapeseed, palm
★Flavouring: ethanol content 0.05%
★100% safe from CC
[Status confirmation] 8 Feb. 2023

Crunchy little rice puffs with a layer of quality milk chocolate meets the nutty goodness of almonds
[Ingredient]
Roasted almonds (domestic), Sugar, Whole milk powder, Cocoa mass, Malt puff (wheat flour, starch, malt extract, salt), Vegetable oil, Cocoa butter, Lactose, Syrup / Emulsifier (soybean), Brightener, Thickener (gum arabic), Leavening agent, Flavouring, Caramel colour
[Allergen] Almond, Soybean
[Status confirmation] 6 Feb. 2023
manufactured using same equipment with items containing egg, cashew nuts

*examples of banknote

Tastes great as it is, better when cooled, superb when frozen!
An addictive jelly for children and adults alike

[Ingredient]
Sugar (Japan), High-fructose corn syrup, Concentrated apple juice, Starch syrup, Konnyaku potato powder/Gelling agent (polysaccharide thickener), Citric acid, Colouring (Blue 1, Yellow 4, Red 2, Red 106)
[Allergen] None in particular
★100% safe from CC
[Status confirmation] 13 Feb 2023

Bite-sized milk chocolate biscuits combining light, crispy biscuits with milk cream to enhance the taste
[Ingredient]
Sugar (foreign or domestic), Wheat flour, Vegetable oil, Whole milk powder, Cocoa mass, Lactose, Cocoa butter, Shortening, Cocoa powder, Sweetened skimmed condensed milk, Isomerised liquid sugar, Fresh cream, Salt/emulsifier, Leavening agent, Flavouring, Colour (caramel), (ⅽontains some dairy, wheat, soy)
[Allergen] Dairy, Soybean, Wheat
★Flavouring: 0.01% ethanol
★100% safe from CC
[Status confirmation] 6 April 2023

Soft, mouth-watering rice crackers kneaded with Oosodefuri soybeans grown in the Tokachi Plain of Hokkaido
[Ingredient]
Paddy glutinous rice (Japan), Vegetable oil, Soybean, Starch, Salt / Seasoning (amino acid, etc.), Vegetable lecithin, (contains some soybean)
[Allergen] Soybean
★100% safe from CC
[Status confirmation] 13 Feb 2023


We are a Japanese media outlet introducing many businesses involved in halal-certified product sales, as well as those offering food, accommodation and sightseeing in a Muslim-friendly environment.

We have launched JAPANeid with oishii and tasty assorted Japanese snacks. ★Grab yours now!
If you’ve already had a taste, don’t forget to SHARE #japaneid with your friends too!!

And for further improvements, kindly support us by filling out this survey!

Leave a Reply