Japanese "American" Products

One thing that I have noticed is that there are a lot of imported American brands, but they have been changed to be more Japanese. Here are a few examples. The first picture shows Doritos and Cheetos. The Doritos look very similar to the American ones, but the flavor is actually taco flavor, which is a flavor that we don’t have in the US. The Cheetos are barbeque flavored. The next picture is of a product called “Pepsi White”. It is Mikan, or mandarin flavored, a very popular seasonal winter flavor. The next picture is of fried chicken flavored Doritos. This was probably the strangest for me. I can’t imagine having a flavor like that in the United States. But I tried it and it was pretty good. The next two pictures are probably the most interesting. Similarly to Starbucks, which was mentioned in the previous post, another American chain restaurant, McDonalds, also caters to the Japanese consumer. McDonalds also has many seasonal flavored foods such as the sakura teritama (cherry blossom teriyaki egg) burger in the spring. The second to the last picture shows fries with soy sauce flavoring and the last picture shows wasabi dipping sauce for chicken nuggets. These are two of the most obviously Japanese flavors.