Apr 20, 2020 22:45:00

I tried to compare how refreshing `` Kirin lemon '' changed with renewal for 3 consecutive years

Kirin Beverage's carbonated drink ' Kirin Lemon ' will be renewed on April 21, 2020 (Tuesday). Kirin Lemon was first released in 1928, and has been renewed several times since then, but since 2018, it has been renewed every April. This time, I received two types of 2019 version and 2020 version, so I tried to compare what kind of changes were made before the release.

'Kirin lemon' renewal release on Tuesday, April 21
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https://www.kirin.co.jp/company/news/2020/0316_01.pdf

Of the PET bottles arranged, the left is the 2020 version and the right is the 2019 version. The feature of the 2020 edition is that the color of the lemon on the label is light and the edges are framed.

Familiar Katakana logo is back.

Ingredients are named 'sugars (fructose-glucose liquid sugar (manufactured domestically), sugar), lemon extract (lemon (made in Seto)) / carbonic acid, acidulant, fragrance, sodium hydrogen carbonate'.

This is the same as the 2019 version.

The nutritional component is 34 kcal per 100 ml, protein / lipid 0 g, carbohydrate 8.6 g, salt equivalent 0.06 g.

This is also the same as the 2019 version.

The cap is the same. There is almost no difference other than the label.

So I poured it into a glass. Obviously, it looks like a clear carbonated drink, so there is almost no difference here.

However, I feel that the carbon dioxide bubbles are slightly looser in the 2019 version.

Compared to drinking, the difference in carbonic acid was smaller than it looked, and the impression that the tongue was stronger in 2020 was slightly smaller. The 2020 version feels sweeter. The 2019 version has bitterness and sourness that seems to be derived from lemons, so sweetness is more noticeable compared to it, but on the other hand, it is also a minor correction that you can not notice if you compare it side by side, how renewed you were careful Can be felt.

The new Kirin Lemon will be released from April 21, 2020 (Tuesday). The price is 450 yen for a 450 ml plastic bottle, 140 yen for a 1.5 liter plastic bottle, 115 yen for a 350 ml can, and 80 yen for a 190 ml can.