Calbee Potato Chips Nori Shio

Nori Shio has been on Calbee’s lineup since 1976. Nearly five decades of continuous production is not a record that needs embellishment. It is simply a fact about a chip that found its form early and has not needed to revise it since.  Nori shio — seaweed and salt — is the flavor that turned a seasoning into a genre. Where consommé punch brought Western flavors to the Japanese chip, and where plain salted asked the potato to carry everything alone, nori shio occupied a third position entirely: distinctly Japanese, oceanic and mineral, and possessed of an aroma that announces itself from the moment the bag opens. The seasoning is built around aonori and aosa — two distinct seaweeds, each contributing its own character. Aonori delivers the vivid, fragrant marine quality that defines nori shio as a flavor category: bright, green, and immediately recognizable. Aosa provides a softer, fresher note alongside it, adding depth without weight. Together they produce a seaweed presence that is layered rather than singular. Scallop extract powder — hotate ekisu — works beneath both, contributing a sweetness and umami that amplifies the nori’s character without announcing itself directly. Sesame oil completes the seasoning with a faint, toasty warmth that rounds the finish in a way that is easy to miss and difficult to imagine the chip without. The potato underneath is what Calbee has always used as its foundation: thinly sliced, fried to a clean and consistent crunch, and carrying enough natural sweetness to meet the seaweed halfway. Simple in concept. Irreplaceable in practice. The bag has been the same green since before most of its current fans were born. About this item Item Name : Potato Chips Nori Shio Brand : Calbee Item Form : Potato Chips Number of Items : 55g　(Pack of 1)