CalorieMate

CalorieMate
Product type	Energy bar
Produced by	Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co.
Country	Japan
Introduced	1983
Related brands	Nutritional energy food; meal replacements
Markets	Japan
Tagline	"Balanced Food"; "Balanced Nutritional Food"
Website	Official CalorieMate website

CalorieMate (カロリーメイト karorīmeito) is a brand of nutritional energy bar and energy gel foods produced by Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co. in Japan. It was first released in 1983 debuting with a cheese-flavored block. CalorieMate comes in several forms: CalorieMate Block resembles a bar-shaped cookie (somewhat like a shortbread), sold in packs of either two or four; CalorieMate Jelly is a gelatin sold in a pouch with a spout; and CalorieMate Can is a canned drink.

Flavors

Block

Cheese (Black Label) (1983)
Fruit (Green Label) (1984)
Chocolate (Red Label) (1993)
Maple (Pink Label) (2009)
Vanilla (Light Blue Label) (2022)

Jelly

Apple (Pink Label)
Fruity Milk (Blue Label)
Lime & Grapefruit (Green Label)
100kcal (Black Label)

Can

Corn Soup
Café au lait (Red Label)
Coffee
Cocoa
Fruit Mix (Green Label)
Yogurt (Blue Label)

Former Flavors

Block

Vegetable (2000–2007)
Potato (2007–2014)
Plain (White Label) (2014–2022)

In popular culture

During the early 2000s, CalorieMate released a series of TV commercials starring Kiefer Sutherland as a parody of his Jack Bauer character from 24.

CalorieMate is featured as a consumable item in Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater and all subsequent remakes and remasters such as the 3DS Port and Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater.

CalorieMate is eaten by Hirotaka Nifuji in the anime adaptation of Wotakoi: Love Is Hard for Otaku, as well as by bassist Umiri Yahata in BanG Dream! Ave Mujica.

CalorieMate appears in a scene in Drifting Home (a 2022 film). It is part of an assortment of food acquired by one of the characters in an emergency food kit.

CalorieMate appears as 'KoCalorie' in the second volume of Blue Period (manga). It is used by a couple of the characters as a way to stay sustained during the stress of exams.