ORGANIC MISO, Traditional Red

Ingredients: Organic whole soybeans, organic rice koji (organic rice koji spores, sea salt, water). See nutrition facts below (disregard number of servings per container)Origin: USAProduction: This miso is aged naturally without temperature control for 12 months in four-ton, hand-crafted Cypress, Redwood, or Fir barrels. The high soybean content in relation to the rice koji (grain inoculated with aspergillus spores) makes it necessary to age this variety through four full seasons because soybeans are more difficult to ferment, with their high protein and fat content, than the high-carbohydrate grains. This gives the aspergillus spores and lactobacillus bacteria sufficient time to completely break down the complex protein and fat molecules into their more digestible constituents.Qualities: Miso has been a staple ingredient in the Japanese diet for thousands of years. Miso is a healthy, fermented source of soy that provides a large set of available nutrients. Due to the fermentation, it