"Calpico (called Calpis in Japan) is a popular Japanese fermented drink with a light, refreshing sweetness. The cultured milk beverage was created more than a century ago by businessman Kaiun Mishima, who discovered a similar drink while traveling in Mongolia. Plagued with digestive issues, he was given the local drink to help soothe his stomach. Upon returning to Japan, he created his version and, in 1919, launched Calpico as Japan's first lactic acid beverage, touting its hydration and digestive benefits."
"Today, Calpico is sold in various forms: a non-carbonated beverage, a soda, and a make-at-home concentrate. I've been a fan of the brand's non-carbonated beverage for years, though I've stuck to one flavor (when I find something I like, I stick with it). So it's high time I give Calpico's other non-carbonated beverage a taste, too. Currently, there are seven flavors available."
"I love white peaches, so I had high hopes before even taking a sip of Calpico's take on white peach. I expected a fragrant, delicately sweet, floral taste - like biting into a juicy, sun-ripened summer peach. Unfortunately, that didn't happen. White Peach Calpico was a disappointment. The first sip was refreshing, but it quickly turned into an artificial sweetness"
Calpico (Calpis in Japan) is a fermented cultured milk beverage created over a century ago by Kaiun Mishima after encountering a similar Mongolian drink; it launched in 1919 as Japan's first lactic acid beverage promoted for hydration and digestive benefits. Calpico is sold as a non-carbonated beverage, a soda, and a make-at-home concentrate. All seven current non-carbonated flavors were sampled and ranked, with taste prioritized and balance of tanginess and sweetness considered. A long-standing preference for a single flavor existed previously. White Peach failed to deliver the expected delicate, floral sweetness and instead registered as artificially sweet.
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