Organic Barley & Brown Rice Miso Paste for Umami Flavor, Made in Japan

Purity in Food: The Story of Eden Foods

Established in 1968, Eden Foods is the oldest natural food company in the United States. Their mission is to create and maintain purity in food. The EDEN brand is the authentic alternative to commercial food, offering the purest and best-tasting fruits, grains, beans, and vegetables on the planet, sourced from trusted growers.

One of Eden Foods' flagship products is their Organic Barley & Brown Rice Miso, also known as Mugi & Genmai. This live culture, unpasteurized miso is the result of koji-fermented, non-GMO organic soybeans, organic barley, and organic brown rice, produced by a 170-year-old Japanese miso maker since 1854. Impressively umami-delicious, this miso is excellent for year-round, everyday use.

The abundance of beneficial bacteria, enzymes, protective isoflavones, easy-to-assimilate protein, essential fatty acids, vitamins, and minerals in this miso create a potent food for the maintenance and recovery of good health. Miso is rapidly gaining recognition in the West as a protective and delicious superfood.

Miso contains a wealth of enzymes and microorganisms that aid digestion and help to build healthy intestinal flora while keeping undesirable flora in check. It is excellent for miso soup, bean, vegetable and noodle soups, as a seasoning in cooking, as a dip for vegetables (diluted to taste), in creamy salad dressing, or as a marinade.

The organic EDEN Barley & Brown Rice Miso is non-GMO, made from whole soybeans, barley, and short-grain brown rice, koji-fermented the ancient way by miso masters. This fermentation process breaks down the soy's proteins into amino acids and its starches into simple sugars, creating a predigested, easy-to-assimilate, nutrient-dense food. Miso of this nature is five times higher in protective isoflavones than other soyfoods.

The miso-making process begins with steaming barley and brown rice separately, inoculating them with koji seed Aspergillus oryzae, and incubating for two days. The resulting koji grain is then mixed with whole cooked soybeans, sea salt, and pure water in large vats to ferment for approximately six months at ambient temperatures. When the miso is ready, it is filled into one-way vented cube packages that allow gas to escape but not to enter.

This non-GMO whole soybean, barley, and short-grain brown rice miso carries forward generations of perfected miso-making skill at a family company that has made miso through eight generations. The maker's dedication to superlative miso provides us with a patiently crafted, pleasing superfood that rejuvenates and sustains health.

Perfect and full of umami, this Organic Eden Barley & Brown Rice Miso is an essential ingredient in any Japanese pantry, ideal for miso soups, stews, sauces, marinades, and more. Refrigerate after opening.

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