Food Science Japan

This week's Science is a special issu e on Food Security. The weekly podcast also focuses on the same subject. Among the topics address...

This is from a few months ago, but it relates to my recent tendency to eat nikuman for breakfast. Sunkus Circle K convenience stores introdu...

When I was young, very few people ate yogurt in the US. It was considered to be something for vegetarians or tree-huggers. Yogurt eventually...

Periodically, Mister Donut in Japan runs 100 yen sales where most of the donuts are on sale for that price. That ends up being a pretty goo...

I tried Sapporo's "Luxurious Off" (オフの贅沢) near-beer the other day. Its main selling point is 70% cut in carbohydrates. It fall...

Sapporo Breweries Ltd. and Royce' Confect Co. Ltd (a Sapporo based small chocolate maker) have collaborated on a chocolate flavored b...

Last night, we ate at Bikkuri Donkey , which is a"hamburger" restaurant chain. When you say hamburger in Japan, you mean chopped ...

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...