How Lekbesy is reimagining lapsi

A Nepali startup is turning the traditional hog plum into chocolate truffles and snacks, aiming to take a familiar local taste to international markets.

There is a fruit that almost every Nepali child has grown up with, tart, chewy, and unmistakably familiar. Lapsi, the Nepali hog plum, has long been a staple of snacking culture across the country—its sharp sourness transformed into candies, pickles, and chatpate street bites.