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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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Haitai Oh Yes Choco Cake from Korea

Friday, September 18th, 2009

I love Oh Yes! Fond memories from Korea. The box says “Brand New” and there does seem to be an updating of the design but the taste and texture are as I remember them.

Haitai Oh Yes Choco Cake Box

One box contains a dozen individually wrapped square cakes. Each square cake is a sandwich of chocolatey filling between two slices of sponge cake, and the whole thing is enrobed in chocolate and then decorated with a drizzle of even darker chocolate. I’ll take this over chocopie any day!

“Presents for your delicious taste. Enjoy your happy times. World Best Quality.” Not very healthful, needless to say.

Ingredients: white sugar, wheat flour, egg, HYRDOGENATED VEGETABLE OIL, cocoa preparation, shortening, glucose, corn syrup, fructose, margarine. cocoa powder.

Allergy information: contains soybeans, wheat, milk.

Nutrition Facts: 1 piece (28 grams) is 140 calories, 72 from fat. Total Fat 8 grams, 4.6 g saturated, 0.16 g trans fat. Total Carbohydrate 15 grams, 2.8 g dietary fiber, 9 g sugars. Protein 2 grams. Cholesterol 12 milligrams. Sodium 80 milligrams. No vitamin A, vitamin C, calcium or iron.

Lethal. Imagine what it would do to your heart’s blood vessels if you ate a whole box of 12 in one sitting. No one would do such a thing!

UPC Code 0 20914 80621 5. Product of Korea. Batch Number 0481. Imported and Distributed by USA Haitai Inc. 7227 Telegraph Road, Montebello, California 90640.

Label also has a lot of information in other languages — Russian Cyrillic, Traditional Chinese, Vietnamese… Box also says it’s imported into the Philippines and Canada. The only Hangul I spotted was 오예스 (Oh Yes).

Aside from the desire to taste once again the yumminess of these snacks, what convinced me to buy it despite my knowing that it’s the least nutritious thing you could possibly eat was the fact that it was on sale at Gaju Market for just $1.99 — that’s quite a steal.

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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 Rice Crackers

Friday, May 22nd, 2009

오색찹쌀유과 Le Biscuit Sec Coréen de Riz. Yukwa! 油菓

Colorful Korean Rice Crackers

That’s what the English label says — Korean Rice Cracker. It’s a hangwa (한과, traditional Korean snack) called yoogwa (유과). To make it, Koreans use rice flour to form a dough into these stubby fingerlings, which are then deep fried in oil. Airy and crunchy inside.

The hangeul label identifies the product as 오색유과 (osaek yugwa). O-saek means five colors. The flavors or variants listed on the package are 백년초 (cactus), 쑥 (mugwort), 콩 (bean), 유자 (yuja, a citrus fruit) and 연유과 (lotus).

Surasang (수라상) is the brand. Net Weight: 170 grams (6 ounces). Available at HK Supermarket on Western Avenue.

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