is a
Japanese confectionery company headquartered in
Nishiyodogawa-ku,
Osaka. The company manufactures the traditional Glico
caramel candy, as well as
Pocky (also known as Mikado in Europe) and many others. The company name, Glico, is derived from a shortening of the word
glycogen. The first candy produced by the company was known as Glico-Caramel. The Glico 300 meter running man
trademark is also derived from the original caramel candy: the candy is 15.4
kcal, which is enough energy to run exactly 300 meters. (Calculated from a formula stating that a person 165 centimeters in height and weighing 55 kilograms will burn 8.21 kcal running 160 metres in one minute. Over a period of 1.88 minutes, such a person would burn 15.4 kcal running 300 metres.)