Vanilla was the most popular flavor for Western-style sweets sold at convenience stores and supermarkets in Japan, as revealed in a survey conducted in November 2024. Milk followed closely as a favorite for desserts like cakes, pudding, and pastry, with **** percent of respondents.
 Supermarkets and convenience stores are a major sales channel in the Japanese snack foods market. Retail stores commonly carry private brand sweets, which are colloquially known as "supermarket sweets" and "kobini sweets".
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