Continuing its 40th-anniversary celebration, FamilyMart has now teamed up with Calbee on the release of Famichiki chips. The chips are part of the Japanese convenience store chain’s “40 Good Things” ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Major Japanese snack maker Calbee Inc. began selling its Kappa Ebisen shrimp crackers in black-and-white packaging this week in Tokyo, a move in response to uncertainty over supplies ...

Known for their unique flavors and vibrant designs, Japanese snacks are coveted around the world. But thanks to geopolitical tensions, one of Japan’s biggest snack makers has decided to dial back its ...

In a surprise move that could have industrywide repercussions, worries about a naphtha shortage due to the Iran war and a possible impact on ink production have led food manufacturer Calbee to switch ...

This undated supplied photo shows three flavors of Calbee potato chips in black-and-white packaging, front, and their respective conventional packaging. (Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's leading potato ...

Japanese snack brand Calbee will switch its flagship potato chip packaging to black-and-white due to Middle East tensions disrupting supplies of printing ink and other raw materials. Expected to ...

Calbee to switch its brightly coloured packaging to black and white because war has disrupted supply of certain raw materials used in ink Japan’s biggest snack maker has been forced to use ...

Calbee says supply instability linked to Middle East tensions forced packaging changes Calbee snacks says it will temporarily simplify packaging designs due to supply instability linked to tensions in ...

Japanese snack giant Calbee will temporarily switch to black-and-white packaging for some of its products in its native Japan, due to a shortage of naphtha. - CALBEE via ST/ANN TOKYO: The vibrant, ...

One of Japan’s best-loved snack brands is switching to monochrome packaging for a number of its products due to a shortage of naphtha – a crude-oil derivative used in petrochemicals and printing inks ...

This image made from video provided by Japan's NNN-NTV shows Calbee snack packages in color and black and white in Tokyo on May 13, 2026. (Image: AP/NNN-NTV) Japan's top maker of snacks has landed on ...

TOKYO – The vibrant, glossy packaging of Calbee potato chips on Japanese store shelves will soon fade into greyscale as the snack giant temporarily switches to black-and-white printing, becoming the ...