MINTIA Flavors: All 28 Varieties of Japan’s No.1 Tablet Candy

MINTIA is the tablet candy you see in every Japanese convenience store, in a flat card-shaped case that slides into a shirt pocket. Asahi Group Foods lists 28 varieties in the current lineup across five product lines, and the useful part for anyone shopping from outside Japan is that the brand rates almost all of them on its own coolness scale, from level 1 to level 6.

That scale is what this guide is built around. Below is every current MINTIA variety with its pack size and its official refreshing level, so you can tell the gentle fruit tablets from the ones that will make your eyes water before you order anything.

How Many MINTIA Varieties Are There?

Twenty-eight, spread over five lines. MINTIA Regular is the flat 50-tablet card case, BREEZE is the larger 30-tablet case, MEGA is a 50g bottle, and +VOiCE, +FOCUS and e-MINTIA are single products built around a specific use. Asahi states that MINTIA is the top seller in Japan’s tablet candy market, citing Intage SRI+ cumulative sales value for the candy (tablet) category from May 2024 to April 2025.

The refreshing level runs from 1 to 6. Level 1 is a fruit tablet with a faint cool finish, level 6 exists only in the MEGA bottles, and the fruit and drink flavours in the Regular line carry no rating at all. Here is the full lineup sorted by how strong it is.

MINTIA Regular: 50 Tablets in a 7g Card Case

The Regular line is the original format, described by Asahi as a card-type slim case for instant refreshment anywhere. Eleven varieties, and only five of them are mints. Asahi also notes that this case was made thinner than the 2022 version, cutting plastic by 10%.

Wild & Cool — Level 4

The standard mint of the range and the one to buy first if you want a baseline. Clear mint flavour with a fairly strong kick, and it contains what Asahi calls super fresh mint capsules. At level 4 it’s already stronger than most Western pocket mints.

Cold Smash — Level 5

Built for the cold sensation rather than the flavour: Asahi describes a nose-clearing hit the moment it goes in, with super cool menthol capsules. Level 5 in a 7g case, which makes it the strongest thing you can carry in a shirt pocket without moving up to the MEGA bottle.

Dry Hard — Level 5

Asahi calls this the strongest stimulation in the Regular series, and it’s the one variety here with caffeine capsules in it. Worth knowing before you hand one to a child or take one late at night. It’s the MINTIA people reach for to stay awake rather than to freshen breath.

Catechin Mint — Level 4

A green tea mint, with tea catechin capsules inside and a green tea flavour layered over the mint. Level 4. This is the sort of flavour that shows up in Japanese confectionery constantly and almost never in an overseas mint range.

Clear Plus Peppermint — Level 2

The breath-care option, with peppermint capsules and a deliberately easy level 2 so you can take them through the day without the burn. If the level 4 and 5 mints are too much, start here.

Grape — Not Rated

Made with Kyoho grape juice, the large dark grape Japan treats as its benchmark variety, and packed as a straightforward grape tablet with no coolness rating at all. It’s sweet candy in a mint case, which is the clearest sign that MINTIA isn’t only a mint brand.

Aqua Spark — Not Rated

A clear cider flavour with a light refreshing finish. Cider in Japan means a clear carbonated soft drink rather than an apple drink, so expect something closer to lemonade than to anything alcoholic.

Calpis × MINTIA — Not Rated

Calpis is Japan’s lactic acid drink, sweet and slightly sour, and this is the tablet version. Asahi notes three lucky relief designs pressed into the tablets, so there’s a find-them element as well. Calpis is an Asahi brand, which is why this collaboration keeps coming back.

Marude Torotto Mango — Not Rated

Marude means “as if”, and this series aims at the texture of real fruit rather than a mint hit. Asahi describes it as a proper fruit tablet you can enjoy as if it were thick, syrupy fruit. No coolness rating, because there’s no cooling intent.

Marude Torotto La France — Not Rated

The same idea with La France, the pear variety Japan grows in Yamagata and treats as a premium autumn fruit. Between this and the mango, the Marude pair is the furthest MINTIA gets from being a breath mint.

Sakura

A cherry blossom flavour that appears in the brand’s current lineup listing, though Asahi hasn’t published a spec page for it, so we can’t confirm its pack size or level. Sakura flavours in Japan are typically tied to spring, so treat availability as uncertain.

MINTIA BREEZE: 30 Larger Tablets in a 22g Case

BREEZE is the bigger tablet in a slimmer, wider case. Asahi’s pitch is a comfortable cooling sensation that lasts, rather than a sharp hit, and the tablets dissolve more slowly than the Regular ones. Twelve varieties, and half of them are fruit.

Ultra Black — Level 5

The strongest BREEZE, with menthol capsules and a tagline about waking your breathing up. Level 5 in the large-tablet format means the cold lasts considerably longer than a Cold Smash does.

Crystal Silver — Level 3

The only level 3 in the entire lineup, which makes it the middle of the BREEZE mint range. Long-lasting mint without the aggression of Ultra Black.

Refresh Blue — Level 2

The original BREEZE mint, built around a cooling sensation that keeps going rather than one that spikes. Level 2 makes it an easy everyday choice.

Shiny Pink — Level 2

Same level and the same long-lasting mint concept as Refresh Blue, in a different flavour register. The BREEZE mints are largely identified by colour name rather than by the mint variety.

Clear Plus Mild — Level 2

The BREEZE version of the breath-care product, with what Asahi calls a triple formulation for cleaning up your breath. Level 2.

Lemon Lime Dress — Level 2

Lemon lime capsules over a mint base, pitched as dressing your breath in fragrance. It sits at level 2, so it reads more as a citrus mint than as a fruit tablet.

Fresh Grape, Fresh Lemon and Fresh Peach — Level 1

The three core BREEZE fruit tablets all use freeze-dried juice powder and sit at level 1, which is the lowest coolness rating in the lineup. Asahi describes them as large-tablet fruit mint tablets: the fruit leads and the cool finish is a background note.

Koi Ichigo — Level 1

Koi means concentrated, and this one is made with freeze-dried Amaou strawberry powder. Amaou is Fukuoka’s premium strawberry variety, the same one Japanese confectioners name on the package when they want the fruit to do the selling. Level 1, so it’s effectively a strawberry candy.

Shine Muscat — Level 1

Made with Shine Muscat juice powder, the green seedless grape that has become Japan’s expensive gift fruit. Asahi’s description is juicy with a clean finish. Along with Koi Ichigo, this is the pair that shows how far the fruit side of the lineup has gone.

Calpis × MINTIA BREEZE — Level 1

The BREEZE version of the Calpis collaboration, made with freeze-dried Calpis powder and candy chips. Level 1, described as sweet-sour happiness with a cooling edge.

MINTIA MEGA: The Only Level 6

MEGA is a 50g bottle holding 50 tablets, which Asahi positions as the keep-it-on-your-desk format rather than the pocket one. Both products are rated level 6, and they’re the only two in the lineup at that level.

MEGA Hard — Level 6

Asahi calls this the strongest stimulation in MINTIA’s range, with menthol and caffeine beads. If Dry Hard is the pocket version of staying awake, this is the desk version.

MEGA Cold — Level 6

The same level with the emphasis on cold rather than sting, using super cool menthol capsules. Asahi describes it as the strongest cooling sensation in the brand.

The Function Lines

Three single-product lines round out the lineup, and each exists for a use rather than a flavour. There is no direct equivalent to any of them in a typical overseas mint range.

+VOiCE Lemon Ginger — Level 1

A throat tablet rather than a breath mint, with throat-lozenge chips, bellflower root extract and vitamin C. Asahi describes it as a throat tablet endorsed by voice actors, which tells you who it was designed for. Level 1, in a 30-tablet 20g case.

+FOCUS Clear Ramune — Level 1

A concentration tablet containing 92% glucose, with a gentle cooling finish, in a 30-tablet 20g case. Ramune flavour is the Japanese soda taste you’ll recognise from the marble-stoppered bottles. This is closer to a study aid than to a mint.

e-MINTIA Burst Mint — Level 4

The energy entry, a 26g pack containing Zynamite, a mango leaf extract used as an energy ingredient. Asahi pitches it as a booster for the moment you need one. It’s rated level 4, so the mint is real, and it’s the only variety sold by weight alone rather than by tablet count.

How to Buy MINTIA From Outside Japan

Order From the kachicollect Catalog

kachicollect is a Japan-based shop that only carries products made for the Japanese market. The catalog covers Japanese candy, gummies, KitKat, tea and beauty products, and it’s the simplest starting point because everything listed is already sourced and priced.

You pay the listed price plus shipping, with no proxy fees, and the total including duties is shown at checkout before you pay. Payment is in your local currency by Visa, Mastercard or JCB, so you don’t need a Japanese address or card, and orders ship worldwide with tracking in about 7 to 14 days. Our comparison of where to buy Japanese snacks online covers the alternatives.

Request a Specific Variety

We looked for an official MINTIA lineup sold outside Japan and couldn’t find one. What’s available abroad is Japanese stock moved by cross-border sellers, which means the selection is whatever someone chose to export rather than the full 28. If you want a specific variety, send us the product link from a Japanese site and you’ll get an instant quote, then buy it directly on kachicollect with no service fees.

eBay

MINTIA is easy to find on eBay, usually as multi-pack lots of the mint varieties at a reseller markup. The fruit and function lines appear far less often. Check the seller’s feedback and ask for a photo of the date on the pack.

Amazon

Amazon listings are generally from third-party sellers importing from Japan rather than from Asahi, so prices vary and the range is narrow. Expect Dry Hard and the standard mints rather than Shine Muscat or +FOCUS.

Tips Before You Buy

The pack tells you the line. 50 tablets in 7g is Regular, 30 tablets in 22g is BREEZE, 50 tablets in 50g is MEGA, 30 tablets in 20g is +VOiCE or +FOCUS, and 26g with no tablet count is e-MINTIA. You can identify what you’re looking at from the numbers alone.

Two varieties contain caffeine. Dry Hard has caffeine capsules and MEGA Hard has caffeine beads. If you’re buying for a child or as a bedtime mint, avoid both.

Read the level, not the name. Level 1 fruit tablets are sweets with a faint cool finish. Level 5 and 6 are genuinely sharp, and MEGA Hard is described by Asahi as the strongest in the brand. Anyone used to European or American pocket mints should start at level 2.

Tablets travel better than most Japanese sweets. Unlike soft candy or chocolate, MINTIA doesn’t soften or stick together in a hot shipment, which makes it one of the easier Japanese snacks to order in summer.

Fruit varieties rotate. The mint core stays on the shelf for years, but the fruit and seasonal varieties come and go, so don’t assume a flavour will still be listed next season.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many MINTIA flavours are there?

Asahi’s current lineup lists 28 varieties across five lines: 11 in Regular, 12 in BREEZE, two in MEGA, and one each in +VOiCE, +FOCUS and e-MINTIA.

Which MINTIA is the strongest?

MEGA Hard and MEGA Cold, both rated level 6 on Asahi’s own refreshing scale, and they’re the only two products at that level. In the pocket-sized format, Cold Smash and Dry Hard share the top spot at level 5.

Does MINTIA contain caffeine?

Two varieties do. Dry Hard contains caffeine capsules and MEGA Hard contains caffeine beads. The rest of the lineup doesn’t list caffeine.

What’s the difference between MINTIA and MINTIA BREEZE?

Regular is 50 small tablets in a 7g card case built for a quick hit. BREEZE is 30 larger tablets in a 22g case that dissolve more slowly for a longer, gentler cooling sensation. BREEZE also carries more fruit varieties.

Is MINTIA sold outside Japan?

We couldn’t find an official overseas lineup. MINTIA does reach other countries, but through sellers exporting Japanese stock rather than through a local range, so the selection abroad is a fraction of the 28 varieties.

Conclusion

Twenty-eight varieties, five lines and a coolness scale that runs to 6. The quickest way to navigate it is to decide the level first: 1 and 2 for something you can eat all day, 4 and 5 for an actual mint hit, and 6 only if you want the MEGA bottle sitting on your desk.

Since there’s no official overseas range, the practical route is to pick the varieties you want and send us the links. You pay the item price plus shipping with no proxy fees, see the total including duties before checkout, and first-time customers can use the code WELCOME20 for 20% off.