People everywhere have their own childhood memories, and the components of their memories, all kinds of small snacks are indispensable. Just like in China, many post-80s children have Mimi shrimp strips, big bubble gum and big white rabbit milk candy and other domestic snacks that have affected a generation. In the hearts of Emiratis, there are still many irreplaceable local snacks in their hearts.
These classic snacks and drinks that dominated the UAE's Local childhood, although they have long changed packaging and even taste, but most of them are still on sale, interested friends can still see them in some local supermarkets, but it is more recommended to find these old tastes in the remaining old grocery stores on Jumeirah Road or Al Wasl Road.
( In no particular order )
01
Emirates cream puffs
Emirates Pofaki
Emirates Pofaki is from NFI, a veteran food company founded in 1977 in the United Arab Emirates, and is the king of puffed food in the UAE when it was a child. This "puff" has nothing to do with real puffs, essentially tacos wrapped in cheese, crispy, for children can not refuse. On the official website, this product is now labeled as color-free and additive-free, no trans fat and gluten-free, and it is inexplicably healthy?
02
Oman chilli flavored potato chips
Chips Oman
As the name suggests, Chips Oman originated in Oman and began production as early as 1989, with chili-flavored potato chips being the most popular product. As a neighbor of the UAE, this excellent potato chip is also widely spread in the UAE and the Gulf region, becoming the most popular Arabic potato chip in the region. At the same time, a bag of 100g Chips Oman only costs more than 3 dirhams, which is almost half the price of Leshi potato chips, and the price is very good. In 2019, Chips Oman set up a point in the UK and officially entered Europe
03
Choki Choki chocolate sauce
Choki Choki Chocolate Paste
Probably one of the oldest snacks in UAE Local memory, it's native to Indonesia and features a flamboyant rustic style of small mice on the outer packaging. This chocolate sauce is not in a jar, but in a tube, bite off the top of the tube, squeeze it and you can eat delicious chocolate. Tubular packaging is very suitable for carrying and sharing with friends, just look at this shape to know that this is definitely a sought-after commodity for children in school.
04
Areej juice
Areej Juice
Areej Juice comes from Unikai, a veteran food company founded in 1977 in Dubai, and is a classic juice drink in the UAE, which can be said to accompany the growth of the UAE people. Wrapped in small boxes in the shape of milk cartons, plus illustrations in retro colors, it is full of nostalgia. Compared with the mainstream big-name juice on the market today, this juice is not so thick and sweet in taste, quite like the taste of the carton juice that the Chinese people drank when they were children. In addition to mainstream orange juice, Areej now has 8 flavors.
05
Unikai strawberry milk
Unikai Strawberry Milk
Unikai Strawberry Milk and Areej Juice belong to different production lines of the same food company. This boxed strawberry milk can be said to have accompanied many UAE Local childhoods, and even children who do not like to drink milk should not refuse strawberry-flavored milk. What is impressive is that the outer packaging design of Unikai strawberry milk is very cute, and I want to buy a box to try.
06
Mr Krisps cheese ball
Mr Krisps Cheez Balls
Mr Krisps and the previously introduced Emirates Pofaki belong to the same family, belonging to the UAE's established food company NFI in 1977, with deep-rooted geographical advantages. However, the image of the corn villain on the packaging now looks quite eerie. In the world of puffed foods, no one but potato chips can refuse the sweet taste of Cheese Ball, a small snack that is easily addictive and finger-sucking, which is what makes it a big fire. This can be compared to the domestic childhood Bu Bu Xing cheese ball.
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07
Super Ring cheese ring
Oriental Super Ring
Because of the three Chinese characters of "cheese ring" on the packaging, I once thought that this Super Ring was imported from the Arab region of China, and later found out that it came from a malaysian food company called Orient. It is a cheese-type puffed food with the shape of an onion ring. In the UAE, the Super Ring and the local competitor Mr Krisps cheese ball are comparable, and they are the cheese double males in the hearts of the UAE Local children.
08
Oronamin C drink
Oronamin C Drink
ORONAMIN C is an energy drink launched by the Japanese company Otsuka, as early as 1985 the company launched an overseas distribution model, the first overseas market is the Gulf six countries, making it the first Japanese energy drink to enter the United Arab Emirates, and then became a hit, leading more Japanese energy drinks to the Middle East.
Vitalene C energy drinks, which are more commonly seen in the UAE, followed by the Japanese company Pokka, which entered the UAE market in the early 1990s. Perhaps based on strong marketing, positioning and channels, this drink, which is jokingly called "pesticide bottle" by the Chinese in the United Arab Emirates, has come to the fore, and the current market has fully surpassed Oronamin C.
In terms of taste, ORONAMIN C will be higher and sweeter than Vitale C. In terms of positioning, Vitale C not only launched a large bottle in the Middle East, but even launched a sugar-free version, and the price of the same volume is slightly lower than that of ORONAMIN C. However, what really accompanied the childhood of the UAE Local may be the Oronamin C that entered earlier.
09
Batook chewing gum
Batook chewing gum
Batook chewing gum originated from a Saudi gum company founded in 1981 and is now the largest chewing gum company in the Middle East, and the UAE's Local must have chewed this gum in his mouth as a child. The family even had a rare coffee-flavored gum (though it seems to be missing it now). At present, Batook chewing gum has 10 flavors, including the more Middle Eastern characteristics of cardamom flavor, if you can buy it can try it.
10
Pik-One chocolate wafer
Pik-One Chocolate Wafers
Pik-One Chocolate Wafer is produced in Gandour, a longtime confectionery factory in Saudi Arabia, and has produced many blockbuster snacks in the Middle East. Under the dominance of KitKat, Pik-One raised the banner of chocolate waferization in the Middle East and became a childhood memory for many Emiratis.
11
Dixi Coke
Dixi Cola
( Can't buy anymore)
Before Coca-Cola and Pepsi officially moved into the UAE, there was a cola called Dixi that accompanied many UAE Locals through their childhood. Dixi Cola is a cola produced in Dubai that was first released in 1986, while Coca-Cola did not cooperate in the United Arab Emirates until 1988 to build a bottling plant for distribution. Despite a time lag, Dixi Cola died in 2007 as a memory of a generation of Emiratis in the face of a powerful food industry giant, which can only be found on the Coke Bottle Collection website. This is reminiscent of the former national brand Coke - Fenhuang Coke and Very Coke, and it is inevitable to sigh.
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