Koala's March

nihongo|Koala's March|コアラのマーチ|Koara no Māchi is a bite-sized cookie snack with a sweet filling inside. It is made by the Lotte Group of Tokyo, Japan and was released in March 1984 as "Koala Yummies" in the United States. It is in the shape of a koala with a picture of a koala on the outside of the cookie doing various activities. There are various flavors available for the filling, such as honey, cafe latte, and banana. The two most common flavors are strawberry and chocolate, and are the only flavors available in the US along with white chocolate creme filled chocolate cookies. While the snack does come in pineapple flavor, it is considered much rarer than other flavors. Koala's March has been criticized for being high in saturated fat and trans fat. Koala's March supports the Australian conservation group Australian Koala Foundation.It was created in the 90's

Relations to the Melamine-Tainted Milk Scandal

In September 2008, the Koala's March cookies were recalled in both Macau and Hong Hong after Macau's Health Bureau found unsafe levels of the industrial chemical melamine in the product. Both major supermarket chains in Hong Kong, Wellcome and PARKnSHOP, promptly removed the cookies off their store shelves as a precautionary measure [cite news|url=http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/09/26/asia/AS-Hong-Kong-Tainted-Milk.php|title=Cookies in Macau found with unsafe melamine levels |date=2009-09-25|accessdate=2009-09-25] .

References

External links

* [http://www.lotte.co.jp/products/brand/koala/index.html Koara no Māchi section on Lotte's website]
* [http://www.lotteusainc.com/productspagekoala.html Koala's March page at Lotte USA]