The fashion for unusual taste-combos preferred by some young Japanese consumers has spurred a range of food products with unconventional taste mixes.

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Crisps coated in chocolate and hot savoury noodles with chocolate or mayonnaise are proving a hit. Dubbed ‘parasite’ foods, they are named after a generation that prefers to remain unmarried, and living with their parents.