Hoshi no Kakera" (pieces of stars) from "Atsumare: Animal Crossing" are now available as kompeito (sugar candy)! Hoshi no Kompeito" will be on sale at Seven-Eleven from December 16.

Ltd. and "Atsumare Animal Crossing" for Switch will release a collaboration kompeito on December 16, 2021.

Kasugai Confectionery has created three flavors of sweet and tasty kompeito, representing the item "Hoshi no Kakera" that appears in "Atsumare Animal Crossing".
Hoshi no Kompeito" will be available at Seven-Eleven stores nationwide in limited quantities from December 16, 2021 (Thursday).

■The thoughts behind the flavor
1) Ookina Hoshi-no-Kakera: Sugar flavored (white)
To let you taste the simple sweetness of traditional kompeito sugar.
2) Yagiza no Kakera: Grape flavor (red)
To enjoy the most popular flavor of the confectionery.
(3) Hoshi-no-Kakera: Apple flavor (yellow)
To allow visitors to compare the refreshing flavors that go well with grapes.

Kompeito (kompeito) sugar is said to have been introduced from Portugal in the Muromachi period (1336-1573). Kasugai Seika launched the product in 1957 with the hiragana product name "Kompeito" in reference to its simple and gentle sweetness. This year marks 64 years since then.
Its unique shape has often been described as "star-like," but the collaboration with "Atsumare Animal Crossing" has resulted in a truly sweet and delicious "Hoshi no Kompeito.

Product Information
Atsumare Animal Crossing Hoshi no Kompeito
Contents: 32g
Taste: 3 assorted flavors: sugar candy, grape, and apple.
(We take care not to mix the three flavors, but there may be cases where all flavors are not included.)
Shelf life: 24 months
Release date: December 16, 2021 (Thursday) (limited quantities)
Handling stores: 21,218 Seven-Eleven stores nationwide (as of the end of November 2021)
Price: 138 yen without tax (149 yen with tax)

*Release date may differ depending on the retailer.
*Some stores may not carry the product.

■Kimpeito production takes about one month! The mystery behind the formation of horns (antlers)
It takes as long as a month for the sugar crystals, which are as fine as powder, to become a small grain with an adorable horn.
The sugar crystals are placed at the core of a rotary kettle on an incline, and as the kettle is heated and the molten sugar is poured over the crystals layer by layer in small quantities, horns naturally appear due to the stickiness of the sugar nectar. In order to create these beautiful corners, the temperature inside the factory, the temperature, tilt angle, and rotation speed of the rotary kettle, as well as the amount of molasses to be spun, and the intuition of the skilled craftsmen who constantly and successfully control these conditions are the key factors.
The craftsmen's intuition and skills, cultivated over many years, are used to create a beautifully transparent kompeito.

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＜Kasugai Confectionery Co.
Founded in Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture in 1928, Kasugai Seika is now a confectionery manufacturer that produces candy, gummies, ramune, kompeito, bean confections, and other confections that are popular with people of all ages. Its main products include "Kuro-Ame", "Shio-Ame", "Xicily Crystal", "Tsubu-Gumi", and "Green Beans". The company has a system and work style that allows all employees, regardless of age or department, to proactively participate in product ideas and business improvements.
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