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Ezaki Glico is recalling about six million units of Pocky and other chocolate products in Japan. The reason: the cacao beans ...

Pocky manages to occupy a pretty enviable spot in the pantheon of Japanese snack foods. The chocolate-covered sticks are sweet enough to be loved by kids, but they also have an elegantly understated ...

Glico has released numerous variations of its famous Pocky snack, though the special blueberry-flavored edition (¥162) on convenience store shelves now is one of the more simple efforts it has ...

Ever had a box of Pocky — the chocolate-covered pretzel sticks packaged in slim red boxes, found at every Asian grocery story and some American ones too? This is the snack you spent your allowance ...

OSAKA, JAPAN — Ezaki Glico Co., Ltd., the Japanese maker of Pocky snacks, has agreed to acquire TCHO Ventures, Inc., a Berkeley, Calif.-based premium chocolate manufacturer. Financial terms were not ...

Pocky, the leader in the emerging trend of Asian confections and snack foods, will celebrate its 50 th Anniversary with a visit to the Sweets & Snacks Expo at Chicago's McCormick Place May 24-26.

We have great news, whiskey-lovers. One of our favorite Japanese treats is all grown up, and we're ready to dunk whiskey-flavored Pocky head first into our drinks! The Pocky, called "Otona no Kohaku," ...

Last week’s experiment in trying to eat something delicious and exotic didn’t work out exactly as I’d planned. It wasn’t disgusting, but it was far from a treat that I’ll find myself scouring the ...

The current cross-band promotion between Glico and Kirin puts the spotlight on romance. By placing a bottle of the latter's "teagurt" beverage next to a package of the former's new Lemon-flavored ...

SINGAPORE – Japanese food manufacturing company Ezaki Glico Co has been expanding its range of offerings over the years, but a new flavour of its famed Pocky snack appears to have sparked a thorny ...