Melona

Melona
Type Ice milk
Place of origin Korea
Region or state Asia
Cookbook: Melona  Media: Melona
Melona
Hangul 메로나
Hanja n/a
Revised Romanization Merona
McCune–Reischauer Merona

Melona is a South Korean melon-flavored ice pop, manufactured by the Binggrae Co. Ltd. Although the product is called "Melona" and is identified by its melon flavor, the ice pop also comes in other fruit flavors. Each 80 ml/2.7 fl oz bar contains 130 kcal of energy as of 2009.[1]

Popularity and availability

Melona broke many sales records after its 1992 introduction.[2] The product set the best selling record in the domestic ice pop market, selling 280 million bars in 1994, and has remained one of the steadiest sellers.[3]

Melona is generally sold in convenience stores in South Korea. According to data from Family Mart, Melona was its eighth most popular product sold in 2007.[4]

It can also be found in increasing numbers of stores around the world, including the United States, Canada, Australia, Brazil, Singapore, Paraguay, Philippines, China, Argentina, Chile, Germany and New Zealand, usually in Asian markets or Korean retail outlets only.

Flavors

See also

References

  1. ↑ 忡 Ű ȯմϴ~ (in Korean). Herb-world.net. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
  2. ↑ "Overview / Business Division". Binggrae Co. Ltd. Archived from the original on 2010-08-08. Retrieved 27 September 2006.
  3. ↑ "Bing website" (in Korean). Bing.co.kr. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
  4. ↑ 바나나우유, 훼미리마트 판매 1위 재탈환 (in Korean). 아시아경제. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
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