Hina Iwai

A box full of assorted candies in different shapes and flavors to celebrate “Hinamatsuri” which is one of the five seasonal festivals in Japan.

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Families would celebrate Hinamatsuri by decorating their room with elaborate traditional dolls, which we used for inspiration when designing the box lid of this candy.

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Best-before date: 2 weeks

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Availability: February - March, all stores.

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Allergen: egg, soy, yamaimo (yam)

About food allergy-labelling system in Japan (outside link)

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Ingredients:

• Sugar

• Yam starch

• Kanbaiko (mochi flour)

• Mijinko (mochi flour)

• Wasanbon sugar

• Suhama (soy) flour

• Mizuame (sweetener made from rice and wheat)

• Yam

• Honkudzu flour

• Kanten (seaweed jelly)

• Nori (dried seaweed sheet)

• Egg

• Sorbitol (sweetener)

• Gold leaf