Pickle-flavoured tart, anyone? Japanese convenience stores turn to AI for novelty sweets

Lawson is launching three new food items created using AI around the theme: ‘What on earth is this? But it’s delicious’

Lawson, one of the country’s biggest convenience store operators, said on Tuesday it would roll out three new food items, including a pickle-flavoured lemon tart and a bread roll filled with red bean paste, margarine and yogurt cream.

These products, to be launched this month in Tokyo and neighbouring regions, were created using AI around the theme: “What on earth is this? But it’s delicious.”