Calpis

Calpis (Japaneseカルピス, karupisu ) is the trade name of a popular Japanese soft drink of the eponymous company. It is produced milk and the taste is best compared with dissolved water in yogurt. The name is a combination of " calcium " and " Sarpi " (butter), one of the five Buddhist flavors for dairy products.

In the West, Calpis is often offered because of the negative sanctions Lang's name under the name Calpico.

Varieties

There are some types of fruit. This ( non-limited ) variants are:

• Strawberry
• Grape
• Matcha (green tea)
• Guava ( guava )
• Mango
• Pineapple - available only in Okinawa
• Orange
• Mikan (Japanese tangerine )
• Melon
• Peach
• Lemon
• Aloe Vera
• Lychee

Similarly, there are a variety with cream. Available since recently are also a variety with apple flavor ( "morning blend" ), a low-calorie version with 70% calcium and "The Premium Calpis ," an extra -condensed mixed version of the original Calpiswassers. In Japan and Taiwan can also purchase alcoholic varieties of many Calpisgetränke like " Calpis Sour" and " Calpis Bartime " (a man-made fruit cocktail ).

The company further provides a variety of other beverages here, from canned coffee to yogurt drinks like " Gun Belt ". In addition, there are products such as butter or vinegar of Calpis exist. Calpis Co. Ltd.. is the Japanese seller of " Welch's juice products" and Evian. The Nestlé provides Calpis Soda kit kats ago in Japan. The beverage ingredients are fat, sodium, carbohydrates, sugar, protein, vitamins A / C, calcium and iron, and two important tripeptides ( valine -proline -proline, and isoleucine -proline- proline).