Published 2023-01-18 by Seth Michael Larson
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I love the idea of having "personal Pokédexes", a set of known things out there in the world that you want to collect. My current personal Pokédex is Hi-Chew flavors. Below I've listed ones I've either tried or aspire to try one day. What's your personal Pokédex?
There are over 200 unique flavors of Hi-Chew, so this list is hopelessly incomplete. Even the website only lists 21 flavors. I'll keep the list up-to-date as I find and try new flavors. If I'm missing a flavor or something is incorrect please open an issue or send a pull request.
| Flavor | Mix | Needs USA import? | Acquired? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Cherry | Berry | No | Yes |
| Blueberry | Berry | No | Yes |
| Raspberry | Berry | No | Yes |
| Blue Hawaii | Fantasy | No | No |
| Blue Raspberry | Fantasy | No | No |
| Rainbow Sherbet | Fantasy | No | No |
| Orange Soda | Fizzies | No | No |
| Cola | Fizzies, Soda Pop | No | Yes |
| Pina Colada | Fruit Combos | No | No |
| Strawberry Lemonade | Fruit Combos | No | No |
| Tropical Smoothie | Fruit Combos | No | No |
| Juicy Blood Orange | Infrusions | No | No |
| Juicy Peach | Infrusions | No | No |
| Juicy Strawberry | Infrusions | No | No |
| Green Apple | Original | No | Yes |
| Strawberry | Original | No | Yes |
| Grape | Original, Taiwanese Fruit | No | Yes |
| Orange & Tangerine | RealFruit | No | No |
| Red Apple & Strawberry | RealFruit | No | No |
| Ramune | Soda Pop | No | Yes |
| Acai | Superfruit | No | Yes |
| Dragonfruit | Superfruit | No | Yes |
| Kiwi | Superfruit, Tropical (US) | No | Yes |
| Grapefruit | Sweet and Sour | No | Yes |
| Lemon | Sweet and Sour | No | Yes |
| Watermelon | Sweet and Sour | No | Yes |
| Lychee | Taiwanese Fruit | Yes | Yes |
| Peach | Taiwanese Fruit | Yes | Yes |
| Banana | Tropical (JP) | No | No |
| Melon | Tropical (JP) | Yes | No |
| Mango | Tropical (US and JP) | No | Yes |
| Pineapple | Tropical (US) | No | Yes |
| Orange Yakult | Yakult | Yes | Yes |
| Original Yakult | Yakult | Yes | Yes |
| Strawberry Yakult | Yakult | Yes | Yes |
| Blueberry Yogurt | Yogurt | No | Yes |
| Plain Yogurt | Yogurt | No | Yes |
| Strawberry Yogurt | Yogurt | No | Yes |
| Lilikoi (Passion fruit) | No | No | |
| Aloe Yogurt | Yes | No | |
| Camu Camu | Yes | No | |
| Durian | Yes | No | |
| Valencia Orange | Yes | No | |
| Yubari Melon | Yes | No | |
| Yuzu | Yes | No |
The only real rule I have is I'm not allowed to import the flavors myself, they have to be somewhere local to me (at the time). I also try to avoid ordering things online, too easy that way!
Hi-Chew are typically sold in "Sticks" of a single flavor, however they are also sold in "Mixes" of 2-3 flavors. Whenever a flavor is offered as a mix I list it in the table. Mix names sometimes are the same between the US and Japan, so I have to disambiguate with US and JP.
Some flavors are slight variants of each other (ie "Lemon" versus "New Sour Lemon"). I'll make a judgement call whether a flavor is unique enough for its own entry.
I don't list any of the "Premium" flavor of Hi-Chew as the texture is apparently more like mochi? I haven't tried one to be sure myself. I also don't list the "Reduced Sugar" because they also change the texture.