Food Science Japan

There is an article at Japan Today about the effect of a potential ban on tuna exports on Japanese consumers. That leads to the subject of ...

I bought an onigiri at Family Mart yesterday and it had a label touting the use of "musen rice" (無洗米加工). Musen rice is produced by...

We tried a new local beer (地ビール) last night - Coedo. It was on sale at the local supermarket and it was not as outrageous price of some loca...

One food related holiday tradition in Japan is Kagamimochi (pictured left). These are set in the entrance of homes and work places from New ...

This is a bento I bought the other day at Seven Eleven. This bento had Korean style karubi pork strips, green onions and salt from Okina...

Here is an article about a donut chain, called " miel " which started in the Kansai area and is now opening a shop in Ginza, Tokyo...

Here is an article about new flavors for Kibun's soy milk - melon and yakiimo (grilled sweet potato). That is not too interesting, but ...

There is a product renewal article on Nikkei Trendy. Not overly interesting, just a new flavor - peach - but it mentions in the article that...

McDonald's will sell the tsukimi burger again next month. For a long time after coming to Japan, I kept seeing the tsukimi burger offere...

With a name that long it has to be good, I suppose. Sapporo Classic 2008 Furano Vintage Beer is a limited production (30,000 cases) beer. T...