Nerunerunerune Flavors: All Six We Stock, Compared
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Nerunerunerune is one idea — powder, water, stir, watch it change colour and puff up — sold in more flavours than most people outside Japan ever see. 2026 is the brand's 40th year, and Kracie marked it with a revival, a brand-new flavour and anniversary packaging. These are the six we stock, and how they actually differ.
The Six Flavours, Side by Side
Grape (ぶどうあじ)
The one most people picture. Grape flavour, with candy chips to scatter on top. In 40th-anniversary packaging this year. See the Grape pack.
Soda (ソーダあじ)
Japanese "soda" is the pale-blue ramune taste, not cola. Colourful ramune pieces go in with it, and Kracie says each anniversary pack carries a sparkling sticker. See the Soda pack.
Melon (ふっこくメロンのあじ)
The flavour Nerunerunerune launched with, brought back for the 40th year. It adds a "40-nen da soda" powder that shifts the melon towards melon soda part-way through. See the Melon pack.
Space Fruit (うちゅうのフルーツ味)
Two flavours in one pack — mixed berry and pineapple. Kracie describes the colour as moving from a vivid blue to purple. See the Space Fruit pack.
DX Grape & Cola
Enough for four or five people. You start with grape, then a cola powder turns the same batch into cola. Four toppings, one large spoon and five paper spoons. See the DX box.
Otona no Nerunerunerune — Shine Muscat
Otona means "grown-up". Real Shine Muscat grape juice in the mix, a jelly layer and a crystal sparkling topping. See the Shine Muscat pack.
What Is the Same in Every Pack
Whatever the flavour, the method does not change. You tip the first powder into the tray, add water and stir; add the second powder and the paste changes colour and swells as you work it; then you dip it in the topping. It is a quick kit, and it needs nothing but water. We have the full method in our English instructions, and the reason for the colour change in this explainer.
So choosing a flavour is not choosing a difficulty. It is choosing a taste, a topping and — with the DX box — how many people get a spoon.
How to Choose
Pick by what you want from it
- Your first Nerunerunerune: Grape. It is the reference point every other flavour is compared with.
- You want the "Japanese" taste: Soda or Melon. Ramune-style soda and melon soda are flavours Japanese sweets use constantly and Western ones rarely do. We explain the soda family in this piece on ramune, soda and cider.
- You care about the history: Melon. It is the 1986 original, and it is a limited revival rather than a permanent line.
- Two children, one pack: Space Fruit, because it carries two flavours.
- A party or a classroom table: the DX box. One batch, a flavour change half-way and a spoon each.
- You are an adult buying for yourself: Shine Muscat. The appeal is the flavour rather than the trick.
This is the part that is easy to miss. On the packs we ship, Grape, Soda and Space Fruit declare egg. Melon declares egg and milk — the milk comes from cheese whey powder. Shine Muscat declares egg and milk. The DX Grape & Cola box declares egg, milk and squid. Do not assume one flavour's label applies to another. The printed pack is the definitive source; our product pages carry what each pack says.
Common Questions
How many Nerunerunerune flavours are there?
It changes. Kracie runs a small permanent range and rotates limited editions around it, and 2026 has more than usual because of the 40th anniversary. The six above are the ones we have in stock, not a list of every flavour ever made.
What was the original flavour?
Melon, in 1986. Kracie's 2026 revival is sold as a "nostalgic melon" edition.
Which flavour changes colour the most?
They all change — that is the point of the product. Kracie describes Space Fruit as going from a vivid blue to purple.
Is the DX box just a bigger Grape?
No. It starts as grape and becomes cola when you add the second powder, and it has four toppings: sour, popping, fizzy and a "mysterious powder" that the pack says may turn your tongue black.
Does any flavour need a microwave?
No. Every Nerunerunerune we stock is water only.
Is Nerunerunerune the same thing as Popin' Cookin'?
Same maker, different product. Popin' Cookin' kits build miniature food; Nerunerunerune is a single stir-and-eat candy. We compare the two in Popin' Cookin' vs Nerunerunerune.
Try more than one
All six are posted from our shop in Tokyo, and they are light enough to add several to one order.
See every Nerunerunerune flavour →