Natto – a integral part of Japanese cuisine – was once only known abroad by hardcore foodies. But Japanese food makers are creating new forms of the fermented soybeans and gaining global fans ...

Natto is a traditional Japanese fermented food with a unique smell and stickiness. In 2020, the National Cancer Center announced that high consumption of natto lowers mortality risk.

HIGASHI-OSAKA, Osaka Prefecture--Long ago, many residents of this Osaka area loathed natto, or fermented soybeans, which they derided as “rotten food.” With such an aversion now a thing of the ...

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Much like Italian gorgonzola, German sauerkraut and Norwegian rakfisk (fermented trout), Japanese natto falls into the category of foods people tend to either love or hate. This particular traditional ...

A start-up firm affiliated with Keio University developed a new food source made of a powdered form of a bacterium used for natto fermented soybeans. The bacterium can be mixed into bread and ...

TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Japan Natto Cooperative Society Federation (Arakawa-ku, Tokyo / Chairman: Yoshiro Noro / hereinafter, “JNCSF”) launched the “Natto Power: Japanese Fermented Food ...

Natto fulfills the protein requirement of Japanese ... or seaweed. Coffee, tea, and juice are common to have with Japanese breakfasts, but if you want to go the extra mile, try sencha, the most ...