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The only English amid the florid Kanji on the iridescent-lime-green Ziploc foil-plastic container says:
“SUGAR CANDY
KASUGAI (KONPEITO)
Ingredients SUGAR LAC COLOR FD&C YELLOW NO.5 (TARTRAZINE), YELLOW NO.6 (SUNSET YELLOW FCF) BLUE NO. 1 BRILLIANT BLUE FCF. DISTRIBUTED BY PAXS GARDENA, CA 90248 PRODUCT OF JAPAN”
Then there’s the usual nutritional table: 7 of them weigh 28 grams and contain 110 calories, and 0g of total fat, sat. fat, cholest., sodium, fiber and protein, and 27g of sugar including 28g. of carbs, or 9% of the daily values based on a 2000-calorie diet.” These are about the size of your fingertips, like tiny naval mines cast in solid sugar.