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Korean Hardtack : Black-Bean Flavor

Saturday, October 17th, 2009

I’ve always translated gon-bbang 건빵 as hardtack and I’ve always thought of it only in terms of being made from plain barley, but this product set me straight.
Korean Hardtack: Black-Bean Flavor
The product name is Gomun Kong GonBbang, which the English sticker label translates as Black Bean Cookie. No matter that it was the squarish shape of regular hardtack. I guess by now I should know that when a Korean manufacturer says “Cookie” it means, hmmm, any Western-style baked product? Gwaja in general?

Ingredients: wheat flour, sugar, palm oil, corn starch, black-bean powder, salt, black sesame. The actual black-bean content is 0.5%.

Nutrition Facts: Serving size 33 grams. 3 servings per 3.5-ounce bag. Each serving contains 136 calories, 18 from fat. Total Fat 2 grams. Saturated Fat 1 gram. No Trans Fat. No cholesterol. Sodium 74 milligrams. Total Carbohydrates 25 grams. No fiber. Sugars 5 grams. Protein 4 grams.

Suggested retail price is 1200 won in South Korea. I don’t remember what I paid for it but it must have been under a dollar.

UPC bar code number 8 804782 005497. The manufacturer is Cheju Nongyeon, and the importer is Purunchon of 3435 Wilshire Blvd., #122, Los Angeles, CA 90010.

Tasted like plain hardtack… You eat it to satiate the munchies.

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Crown Bakey Premium Cheese Cake

Saturday, October 10th, 2009

Enjoyed snacking on this “premium cheese cake” from South Korea’s Crown company. Those two layers that sandwich the white filling are not crunchy! Didn’t remind me of a cheesecake to be honest, but it was a sweet, yummy treat to eat.

Crown Bakey Premium Cheese Cake

There are six individually packed fingerling sandwiches in the box. Has a lot of Korean copy on it, but the requisite English sticker label identifies the product as BAKEY. The first syllable is a long a, as in 베이키 (beh-yi-ke). Original New York Style ~

Ingredients: wheat flour, egg, vegetable oil, sugar, corn, syrup, cheese powder. I think they meant “corn syrup” without a comma after the corn. According to the box, the white cheese filling in the middle is cheddar.  Sure, whatever…

A recommended serving size is 2 packs (40 grams). Label says there are two servings in the box (three, based on my math).

Nutrition Facts: 100 calories per serving, 50 are fat calories. Total Fat 6 grams, 2 grams are saturated, and 2.48 GRAMS TRANS FAT. No cholesterol. Sodium 37 milligrams. Total Carbohydrates 9 grams. No fiber. Sugar 3 grams. Protein 1 gram. No vitamin A, vitamin C, calcium or iron.

Hah! Now that I’ve typed out the nutrition facts, there is no way I’m buying this again, even if it’s delicious and on sale. Trans fat is so not good.

Distributer [sic]: Nishimoto Trading Company, Ltd. Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670 USA. Product of Korea. Net Weight 4.02 ounces (114 grams).  UPC bar code number 8 801111 182911.

Have to admit that the packaging is pretty cool. The stated retail price on the box is 2,000 Korean won. I was able to buy it on sale for just 99 cents at Gaju Market because the expiration date is October 26, 2009.  Sold out immediately.

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Lotte Harvest Crackers (black sesame)

Sunday, September 27th, 2009

Actually the English label on a sticker on the back of the box says Black Sesami (misspelling). No matter. I enjoyed eating these crackers a lot.

Lotte Harvest Snacks
Jean-François Millet (밀레) is given credit for the painting — The Angelus (만종), 1857–59, currently in the Musée d’Orsay in Paris. I guess the art is in the public domain? Anyway, the packaging design is very good.

Lotte Harvest Crackers - Individual Wrapper There are two individual packs / servings in a box. The crackers are sweet and crisp, and dotted with a few black sesame seeds.

Serving Size: 18 crackers (46 grams). Honestly, I didn’t count but they didn’t seem to be that many.

Nutrition Facts: Per Serving: 225 calories, 112 from fat. Total Fat 10 grams — saturated fat 5g, no trans fat. No cholesterol. Sodium 168 milligrams. Total Carbohydrates 30 grams — dietary fiber 1 gram, sugars 10 g. Protein 4 g. No Vitamin A, Vitamin C, calcium or iron.

Ingredients: Whear [sic] flour, sugar, vegetable oil, HYDROGENATED vegetable oil (soy), coconut flour, sweetened condensed milk, roatsed [sic] black sesami [sic], ammonium bicarbonate, condensed milk cream, pregelatined cereal powder, roasted sesami [sic], salt, butter, egg whole, roasted black soybean powder, sodium bicarbonate, almond powder, black sesami [sic] paste, soy lecithin, milk flavor, enzyme, cinnamon powder, coconut flavor, sodium bisulfite.

That has to be the most poorly written English label I’ve seen on a South Korean product. But that’s not as important as taste, and these crackers tasted good.

Allergy Information: contains wheat, milk, egg, soybean, almond, coconut.

Manufactured by LOTTE Confectionery Co., Ltd. Seoul, Korea. UPC Bar Code 8 801062 248230.

The hangul says that the box is recyclable paper and that the retail price is 1,000 Korean won. I think I was able to get this on sale for just 99 cents at Gaju Market.

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Lotte Butter Coconut Biscuits

Wednesday, September 9th, 2009

Had a hard time making out what this was from afar. The prominent Korean characters said it was 빠다코코낫 (bbada kokonaht). The coconut part I got but what’s bbada? Sounds almost like 바다 (bada), which means ocean.

Lotte Butter Coconut Biscuits

Closer inspection of the English lettering revealed that it was Butter Coconut Biscuits. Another part of the label said it was Biscuits with Honey. Whatever… I’ll try anything new and on sale, so I bought a box without checking the ingredients, which by the way contained high-fructose corn syrup (yuck!).

You’d think with such a sweetener, they would taste good, but these biscuits were unremarkable. Crisp in texture, but bland in flavor.

Most of the information on the box is in Hangul, but there was a square sticker on the back side listing the ingredients and nutrition facts in English.

Product Name: Butter Coconut 100g. Ingredients: wheat flour, sugar, high-fructose corn syrup, salt, leavening, (sodium bicarbonate, ammonium bicarbonate), dry beta-carotene 10%, sodium bisulfite, wheat fiber, vegetable shortening (palm), margarine, corn starch, coconut powder, artificial flavor.

Allergy information: contains wheat and coconut.

Nutrition Facts. Serving size: 1/3 pack (33 grams). About 3 servings per container. Each serving: 125 calories, 40 from fat. Total fat 5 grams: saturated 4 grams, no trans fat. No cholesterol. 131 milligrams of sodum. Total carbohydrates 20 grams: 1 gram dietary fiber, 7 grams sugars. Protein 2 grams. Percent Daily Value: 8% vitamin A. No vitamin C, calcium or iron.

Net weight: 100 grams (3.52 ounces). UPC 8 801062 247035

Manufactured by Lotte Confectionery Company, Limited. Seoul, Korea. Tel: USA (213) 688-8806, Korea 2-2635-8722.

Lotte Original since 1979. Promise the Best. There’s a man dressed like a doctor on the side of the box holding up the box. He is identified as the head developer of these biscuits. Quote: “I made this while thinking of my family.” (High-fructose corn syrup???)

Anyhoo, the box says the suggested retail price is 1,000 Korean won. California Market is currently selling it for 50 American cents. These biscuits are not even filling, so don’t bother.

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Oh ~ Good! Lotte Cereal Choco Snack

Monday, July 6th, 2009

Oh ~ Good! Lotte Cereal Choco Snack
오 ~ 굿 ! 쌔리얼 초코

Crunchy squares filled with chocolate

귀리 (oat) 칼슘 (calcium)

Lotte “Promise The Best” Since 1992

Ingredients: oat, sugar, vegetable oil, cocoa mass, whole milk powder, lactose, corn syrup, corn flour, wheat flour, honey, egg calcium, rice flour, corn starch, sodium bicarbonate, soy lecithin, salt, vanilla flavor, ferric citrate, chocolate flavor, nicotinamide, tocopherol, vitamin B2, vitamin B1.

English label as sticker on back of hangul-covered box:

Product name: Cereal Choco
Nutrition Facts: Serving Size 1/2 pouch (21 grams)
Amount per Serving: 109 calories, 29 from fat
5 grams total fat = 4 g saturated fat, no trans fat
No cholesterol. 14 milligrams of sodium
13 g of total carbohydrates = 1g dietary fiber, 7g sugars
2 grams of protein
No vitamin A or vitamin C. 1% DV of calcium. 1% DV of iron.

Allergy Information: contains milk, soy bean, wheat, egg

Manufactured by Lotte Confectionery Co., Ltd. Seoul, Korea.
Net weight: 42 grams (1.48 ounces).
Tel: USA 213-688-8806. Korea 2-2635-8722
UPC Bar Code Number: 8 801062 242364

Retail price at California Market: 2 boxes for 99 cents (on sale!)
Korean box says the price in South Korea is 700 won.

The hangul label also seems to emphasize the oats’ calcium content, which is given as 56.2 milligrams per pouch (8% DV). Appears to be a discrepancy with the information in English.

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Crown Sando Cookies – Chocolate Flavor

Monday, June 15th, 2009

크라운 산도 초코 61

Crown Sando Choco Cookies

Crown Sando Choco Cookies – Chocolate Flavor

8 individual packs in a box, which costs 2,000 won. Usually on sale for 99 cents (American) at the Koreatown grocery store HK Super, which also has the strawberry variant. These cookies are addictive! Once you start chomping, you can’t stop.

Guessing that 61 refers to Crown Confectionery being founded in 1961.

INGREDIENTS: Wheat Flour, Shortening, Powder Sugar, Glucose Dextrin, Coconut Oil, Whole Milk Preparation, Egg

Nutrition Facts: Each serving of one individual pack (20 grams) contains 105 calories, 45 from fat. Total Fat 5 grams — 3.1 g saturated fat, no trans fat. No cholesterol. 50 milligrams of sodium. 14g total carbohydrates — no fiber, 5g sugar. 1 gram of protein.

Allergy Information: contains wheat, soybean, egg, milk

Net Weight: 5.68 ounces/ 161 grams
*This unit is not labeled for individual sales.

UPC Bar Code Number 8 801111 614436

KNPS Korean Net Promoter Score. Product of Korea.

Manufactured by Crown Confectionery Co., Ltd. 131-1 Namyoung-dong, Yongsan-gu, Seoul, South Korea.

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Korean Chaltteok Cookie – Chocolate Flavor

Wednesday, June 10th, 2009
Chaltteok Cookie - Cacao Flavor
The chocolate version of the CW’s chaltteok cookie, this gwaja is Invention Patent No. 0626971 — sticky rice encased in a soft, hollow cookie. What a way to combine traditional Korean and modern Western in a baked goodie! CW translates their product into English as Korean Biscuit.

Chaltteok Cookie - Cocoa Flavor The picture on the wrapper shows the filling as white, but actually the chaltteok inside is dark brown in color.

Ingredients list as given in English: sugar, cocoa, wheat flour, corn syrup, corn starch, salt, glutinous rice. The label on another part of the box says it contains 2% “cacao.”

Six of these individually wrapped cookies are contained in a box which states that its price is 2,000 won (Korean currency). The box bears a sticker containing nutrition facts and other information in English.

Chaltteok Cookie - Chocolate Flavor

국내산 찹쌀이 함유된 청우 찰떡 쿠키

Each cookie weighs 20 grams, which equals one serving. Each serving contains: 74 calories, 13 from fat. One gram of total fat — no saturated or trans fat. Two milligrams of cholesterol, 55 milligrams of sodium. Fifiteen grams of total carbohydrates — no dietary fiber, 6 grams of sugars. One gram of protein. No vitamin A, vitamin C, calcium or iron.

Net weight: 120 grams (4.23 ounces). UPC 8 801204 202335. Made by the Korean confectionery company Cheong Woo known in hangeul as 청우식품. Product of Korea. Available at HK Super for 99 cents when on sale.

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Korean Chal-Tteok Cookie Original

Friday, May 8th, 2009

Chaltteok Cookie from Cheong Woo This gwaja was intriguing, what with Invention Patent No. 0626971 on the label. It’s chal tteok (glutinous rice) encased in a soft, hollow butter cookie — it combines a traditional Korean delicacy with a modern, Western pastry!

It didn’t taste as weird as you might think. It’s like a butter cookie with a rubbery filling. Enjoyed eating it actually. Not healthful though.

Made by the Korean confectionery company Cheong Woo known in hangeul as 청우식품. As you can see, the tteok in the cookie is not as white as it looks on the packet’s photo.

The box is printed entirely in Korean (costs 2,000 won!) with an English label tacked on as a sticker with nutrition facts. They translate their product as Korean Biscuit — that makes sense in Britain where an American cookie is called a biscuit.
Chaltteok Cookie - Original Flavor

국내산 찹쌀이 함유된 청우 찰떡 쿠키

A box contains 6 individually wrapped cookies, each 20 grams. Each serving of one piece is 78 calories, 19 from fat. 2 grams total fat — no saturated or trans fat. 2 milligrams of cholesterol, 63 milligrams of sodium. 15 grams of total carbohydrates — no dietary fiber, 6 grams of sugars. 1g of protein. No vitamin A, vitamin C, calcium or iron.

Ingredients: sugar, wheat flour, fructose, salt (really? nothing else?)
Allergy information: contains wheat

Net weight: 120 grams (4.23 ounces). UPC 8 801204 201369

Product of Korea. Retail Price at HK Super: 99 cents (sale!)

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