K-Trend and New Item Newsletter [Vol.01]

⭐⭐THE HOTTEST 5️⃣ RETAIL TREND⭐⭐

1️⃣ MILK CLASSIC RICE CRACKER (CHEESE FLAVOR)

ミルククラシックライスクラッカー 240g

A new cheese flavor🧀of "Milk Classic Rice Cracker", which was released in the Korean market a year ago and has been a million-seller in all retails. It has been reported that the importer ships more than 200 containers a month. From launching, there has been a continuous shortage of suppy in Korean market, influenced by the social media marketing and a viral from the Internet community.

❓ Milk Classic Rice Cracker Cheese Flavor

💸 4,000 - 4,500 KRW

📅 12 months

✈️ China (HENAN HAOYI FOOD CO.,LTD)

🔥 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (Very Good!)

The most successful item for South Korean Retails in Y24

If you ask what is the most-loved product in Korea recently, everyone will say, "Milk classic rice crackers." It is a product that changes the perception of Chinese snacks 👲. I highly recommend this product, which has many influences such as celebrities, influencer, and the Internet community.

2️⃣ PRINGLES SPICY ROSÉ TTEOKBOKKI FLAVOR

プリングルズ辛いロゼトッポッキ味 (134g)

In Korea, the 'Rosé Sauce🌶️' has recently been a huge trend regardless of the food industry. By this wave, the global maker Kellogg's Pringles has launched the Rosé flavor inspired by Tteokbokki, which was only limited edition in Korea. Focus on developing new products using Korean style 'Rosé Sauce🌶️' rather than the product itself.

❓ Pringles Spicy Rosé Tteokbokki Flavor

💸 3,500 - 3,800 KRW

📅 12 months

✈️ Malaysia (Kellog Asia)

🔥 ⭐⭐⭐ (You need to know!)

Korean Rosé is the sauce with red pepper paste & cream sauce

Originally Rosé Sauce was named as a combination of cream sauce + tomato sauce by its pink color(or rose, Italian for pink), but in Korea it is a mixture of red pepper paste(고추장🌶️) and cream sauce. Korean rosé sauce is also popular among the Japanese tourists, so it will be helpful to develop products using the sauce🌶️.

3️⃣ The Washing Bowl Cold Noodles

GS25 Washing Bowl Cold Noodle (冷麪 | Naengmyeon)

The Washing Bowl Cold Noodles🍜 released by GS25 is gaining huge popularity. Motivated by the Japanese Peyoung Jumbo Yakisoba(ペヤングやきそば), the one package includes cold noodles for eight people and sauces, even the dried vegetables so it can be shared by many people.(The re-usable bowl is also included!) It is also very popular on shortform platforms such as YouTube and TikTok, so 100,000 of its first production have just sold out in a week, a record broken.

❓ Washing Bowl Cold Noodle 8 servings

💸 17,500 KRW

📅 12 months

✈️ China (QINGDAO QINGFU FOOD., LTD)

🔥 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (Very Good!)

GS25 Jumbo Ramen Series (3 million sales in 24 years, KRW 50 billion in sales)

Recently, the Jumbo line-up is popular among domestic retailers, started by GS25. the Korean Cold Noodle is becoming a must-have food for Japanese people to travel to Korea, and it would be good to contact a Chinese manufacturer and develop it under the Japanese taste and preferrance🍜.

4️⃣ CLASIC BUCKWHEAT CHIPS

クラシックソバチップス 280g

Have you ever heard about the term "Human Feed🍚"? It means that snacks having a savory taste and crispy texture, so it is very addictive and people cannot stop once they open it. (Like animals eating feed) The rice snacks made of buckwheat recently gained sensational popularity. Buckwhat means そば 🥔 and also reminds us with the Bucket.

❓ Buckwheat Chips 480G

💸 4,500 KRW

📅 12 months

✈️ China (HENAN HAOYI FOOD CO.,LTD)

🔥 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (Very Good!)

人間飼料 means that it is so unstoppable that we can't finish eating like animals eat feed.

"Human feed" is a large sized product around 500G or more that doesn't make our taste tired and bored. If you want to know more about human feed products famous in Korea, please feel free to contact me!

5️⃣ DELIGHT PROJECT: MYEONG-IN VEGGIE CHIPS

名人野菜&海苔スナック (30g - 50g)

Olive Young's PB brand Delight Project has launched the veggie snacks with 4SKUs of squid strips🦑 lotus root🥔 Korean sea weed🍃 and bean mayo🫛. It is crispier and more aromatic with sticky rice and has been developed in a collaboration with the Korean food artisan "Oh Hee-sook" to enrich the taste even more. This healthy snack, which has become a bestseller right after its launch at Olive Young, looks to be very promising in the Japanese market.

❓ Delight Project Veggie Chips

💸 3,200 KRW

📅 12 months

✈️ Korea ((주)하늘바이오 농업회사법인)

🔥 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (Very Good!)

Olive Young's PB Brand "Delight Project" is becoming a leading snack category in South Korea.

Delight Project has gained a lot of trust from customers for supplying good quality products through carefully selected manufacturers in Korea. If you have any questions about the product or manufacturer of the brand, please feel free to contact us.

⭐⭐THE WEEKLY NEW PRODUCTS⭐⭐

Sablé Choco Krem 204g (12P)

Waving chocolate on top 🤎 Savory almond powder inside and soft chocolate cream combination / KRW 4,000

YOUUS (GS25) TAKOYAKI BALL SNACK 60g

The best selling Takoyaki ball 🧆 snack has returned with a new flavor! Crunchy taste and real takoyaki aroma / KRW 1,800

Oh!Yes! Pistachio 306g (12P)

Pistachio nuts are inside the pie

Now the most trending nut in Korea is definitely Pistachio. A trenditional pie brand Oh!Yes has just launched its Pistachio variation. / KRW 6,000 (12p)

Butter & Shelter Caramel Cream Pie

It's a sandwich cookie with buttercream, caramel, and salt, and it comes from a famous cafe that sells 100,000 of them a month.

📍Website: @butterandshelter (Instagram)

Beer-infused teabags, FilGOOD BAG, are one of the hot fashion among Gen-Z in Korea. The package design is inspired by amulets and features five different versions of fun and cute wishes. The youngster says that this teabags make lager beer taste twice as good when you add them to it. The flavors available include;

- Chamomile Blend 🌼

- Yuzu Highball 🍊

- Lemon 🍋

- Rooibos Blend ☕

- Watermelon 🍉