flavor	coarsely ground
Product weight	49.6 grams
brand	SUGIMOTO
Package information	bag
package weight	0.05 kilogram
place of origin	Kyushu region

Shiitake mushroom powder introduced on TBS TV N Star [Geki Oshi-san]. Dried genuine Kyushu shiitake mushrooms cultivated from sawtooth oak trees with sweet sap are made into a powder that is easy to use as a versatile soup stock. Selected for its deliciousness, it has received the Hattori Nutrition College recommendation mark. Received the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Sustainability Award 2020 Grand Prize.
It will be less salty! If you add 1 tablespoon of shiitake mushroom powder to a dish for 4 people, the guanylic acid that is unique to dried shiitake mushrooms will enhance the flavor of other ingredients. It is truly a magical powder (Uma powder) that deepens the umami. At the same time, you will feel the saltiness strongly, so it will naturally be less salty than usual. If you soak the shiitake mushroom powder in water for 10 minutes before using it, the umami will increase significantly, so you can save 1 tablespoon to 1 teaspoon.
[Unique process that is very different from similar products from other companies] Before pulverizing, each piece is brushed to remove dust, the hard part at the tip of the shaft is cut off, and the umbrella is broken to make sure there are no insects inside. Kosher certified by OU Kosher and audited annually. Kosher certification is considered an allergen-free certification as it does not allow the inclusion of any other foods, including allergens. In the case of dried shiitake mushrooms, contamination with insect eggs is not allowed at all.
Low moisture content & vitamin D enhancement! In order to maintain the good flavor for a long time, we further dry the dried shiitake mushrooms with far infrared rays so that the moisture content is less than 9%. At the same time, UV irradiation increased vitamin D to 5,440 IU (136mcg)/100g (1st place in all foods). One tablespoon of shiitake mushroom powder will meet approximately one adult's vitamin D requirement per day.
A secret secret ingredient! Even people who don't like shiitake mushrooms can eat healthy dried shiitake mushrooms without realizing it. In addition, the 100% natural umami enhancing effect will improve your cooking skills. Give your child a memory of mom's delicious taste. About 200 types of QR codes are attached to the back of the product to make full use of shiitake powder and dried shiitake mushrooms. Cookpad > Advanced Search > Member Search "ShiitakeJP"
Easy-to-use roughing! If you like coarsely ground pepper, you should also like coarsely ground shiitake mushroom powder! Due to the high degree of dryness, fine powder is also mixed. For this reason, you can enjoy the deliciousness in three stages. 1. The fine powder works immediately and becomes delicious. 2. The coarse grains work slowly, and the umami increases even more over about 10 minutes. 3. It remains on the tongue as umami grains and is deeply delicious.

Raw materials/ingredients

Shiitake (Log)

how to use

If you add 1 tablespoon of shiitake mushroom powder to a dish for 4 people, the guanylic acid that is unique to dried shiitake mushrooms will enhance the flavor of other ingredients. At the same time, you will feel the saltiness strongly, so it will naturally be less salty than usual. If you soak the shiitake mushroom powder in water for 10 minutes before using it, the umami will increase significantly, so you can save 1 tablespoon to 1 teaspoon. The appropriate amount is 2 teaspoons of water for 1 teaspoon of shiitake mushroom powder. Please heat and enjoy.

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brand	SUGIMOTO
product size	20 x 1 x 11cm; 49.6g
Production area (region)	Kyushu region
Production area (prefecture)	Oita Prefecture, Miyazaki Prefecture, Kumamoto Prefecture
Preservation method	If it absorbs moisture, the flavor will deteriorate. Avoid direct sunlight and store in a place with low humidity. The black grains are part of the shiitake mushroom, such as the cap.
Container type	bag
Maker	Sugimoto Shoten Co., Ltd.
Country of Origin	Japan
Product weight	49.6 grams

Deepens the natural umami of cooking!

Sprinkle it on the meat and bake it for 30 minutes. A magic powder that deepens umami!

1) Add shiitake mushroom powder 10 minutes before cooking.

2) 1 tablespoon of shiitake mushroom powder or 1 teaspoon of shiitake mushroom powder soaked in water is the appropriate amount for a dish for 4 people.

3) Without adding shiitake mushroom flavor, the unique umami of each ingredient (meat, fish, vegetables) is enhanced.

100% shiitake mushroom powder grown on logs grown in Kyushu. Nothing else is mixed. It is cultivated from sawtooth oak trees (about 95%) that produce sweet sap, so it has a rich flavor.

If you use a small amount of authentic shiitake mushroom powder in your usual dishes, the gentle natural flavor that is not chemical seasoning will be deepened. You will feel the salty taste strongly, so you can naturally reduce the salt.

Delicious dried shiitake mushrooms cultivated using old-fashioned methods are made into coarse powder that is easy to use as a versatile soup stock and does not scatter. Because it is rough, umami grains remain on the tongue.

1 tablespoon of "authentic shiitake mushroom powder" is the appropriate amount for cooking for 4 people. If you soak it in water for 10 minutes before using it, the umami will increase significantly, so you can save 1 tsp for 4 servings.

The trick is to add a small amount of shiitake mushrooms as a hidden flavor to the extent that it doesn't taste like shiitake mushrooms. Of course, if you like shiitake mushrooms, use a lot of them. However, adding shiitake mushroom powder to a dish that already contains umami seasoning will not make it any more delicious. This is because the umami seasoning contains a small amount of guanylic acid, a component of dried shiitake mushrooms.

Umami seasoning adds a uniform umami to the entire dish, but the guanylic acid in authentic shiitake mushroom powder works on the umami receptors on the tongue, making the umami of each ingredient stronger and longer. For this reason, the unique umami flavors of vegetables, fish, and meat stand out.

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The sweet sap of sawtooth oak is the secret of deliciousness

The secret to its deliciousness is that it is grown from sawtooth oak trees that produce a sweet sap that is famous for attracting beetles (95% sawtooth oak ratio).

Before pulverizing, each piece is carefully brushed to remove dust, the hard part at the tip of the shaft is cut off, and finally it is broken to make sure there are no wormholes inside, and impurities are zero. We ask a nearby support facility for people with disabilities to do this work. With the increase in shipments of shiitake mushroom powder, the number of facilities where workers can work at the same wages as those without disabilities has increased to six, and smiles are spreading.

When a sawtooth oak tree is cut down, sunlight will enter that part of the forest, and the sawtooth oak stump will sprout new growth, undergrowth and new trees. In this way, the water retention capacity of the mountain and the sediment runoff prevention function are enhanced. Young, growing trees also absorb more carbon dioxide than older trees. By cultivating shiitake mushrooms, the mountains will rejuvenate in a cycle of about 15 years without planting trees.

If you use authentic shiitake mushroom powder as a secret ingredient, your usual dishes will be even more delicious!

With recipe collection link QR code A QR code that links to about 50 recipes and how to use shiitake powder is attached to the back of the product. Furthermore, recipes are increasing one after another!	Proprietary process to eliminate miscellaneous taste Before pulverization, each piece is brushed to remove dust, the hard part at the tip of the shaft is cut off, and the cap is broken to make sure there are no insects inside. Kosher certified by OU Kosher and audited annually. Kosher certification is considered an allergen-free certification as it does not allow the inclusion of any other food, including allergens. In the case of dried shiitake mushrooms, contamination with insect eggs is not allowed at all.	Less than 9% Moisture & Plenty of Vitamin D To ensure that the good flavor lasts for a long time, the shiitake mushrooms are dried by the producer and then dried by far infrared rays at our company so that the moisture content is 9% or less (usually 12% or less). At the same time, UV irradiation increased vitamin D to 5,440 IU (136mcg)/100g (#1 in all foods).	Eat and compare! Mix 1/2 teaspoon of shiitake mushroom powder with 1 tablespoon of mayonnaise (or ketchup) and compare it with regular mayonnaise. Instead of adding shiitake mushroom flavor, you should notice that the original natural flavor of mayonnaise has become richer and the sourness has softened. In about 10 more minutes, the coarsely ground grains will have a deep umami flavor, making it even more delicious.

Why Dried Shiitake Mushrooms Make Everyday Food Delicious

Guanylic acid enhances the flavor of other ingredients, and shiitake powder was featured on NHK Gatten! as "grated dried shiitake mushrooms." NHK Gatten! The main contents of "30 times the taste in 0 minutes of reconstitution! Ultimate use of true and dried shiitake mushrooms" were as follows. ◎ Surprising guanylic acid effect ◎ Zero return time! Grated and dried shiitake mushrooms can transform various dishes ◎ The taste of a Japanese restaurant at home! Really delicious cold water reconstitution technique

When glutamate enters the umami receptors on the tongue, we feel umami. (Left figure)

And the guanylic acid in dried shiitake mushrooms has the effect of closing the mouth of the receptor and making the umami taste stronger and longer. (Right figure)

And NHK Gatten! The following is an excerpt from a paper by Professor Ole Mouritsen of the University of Copenhagen introduced in .

“Humans perceive umami as an indicator of easily ingested protein in food, and taste is triggered by the binding of free amino acids, particularly l-glutamate ions, to umami receptors on the tongue. Glutamate (Glu) ) is the most abundant amino acid in breast milk, suggesting that newborns are prematurely satisfied with the umami sensation.” “Using molecular dynamics simulations, we found that GMP ( guanylate) can stabilize the closed (active) state of T1R1 by binding to the outer vestibule of the so-called Venus flytrap region of the umami receptor."

From "Molecular mechanism of the allosteric enhancement of the umami taste sensation"

The two steps of 1) drying and 2) rehydration create the natural umami-enhancing ingredient guanylic acid.

Shiitake mushrooms produce guanylic acid in two steps: drying and rehydration. This is why it is not included in raw shiitake mushrooms. If you add a small amount of water to the authentic shiitake mushroom powder in advance and let it rehydrate for 10 minutes before adding it to the dish, the umami will be about three times stronger (2 teaspoons of water is the appropriate amount for 1 teaspoon of shiitake mushroom powder). At the same time as the usual dishes become rich in umami, you will also feel the saltiness strongly, so you will naturally reduce the amount of salt.

(1) Drying fresh shiitake mushrooms to make dried shiitake mushrooms will break the nuclei of the shiitake mushrooms.

(2) When the dried shiitake mushrooms are rehydrated, RNA dissolves in the water from the broken cell nucleus.

③ RNA meets an enzyme outside the cell nucleus to produce guanylate.

For this reason, if you soak the shiitake mushroom powder in water in advance, the umami power will increase significantly!

The guanylic acid in dried shiitake mushrooms makes your usual dishes even more delicious!

According to the Umami Information Center's "List of Foods Rich in Umami", the synergistic effects of umami are introduced in the following two ways.

Glutamic acid (all ingredients) × Inosinic acid (meat & fish)

Glutamic acid (all ingredients) × guanylic acid (dried shiitake mushroom)

We have a feeling that adding meat or fish makes food more delicious, but there are still not many people who feel that dried shiitake mushrooms make food more delicious.

If you rub the meat with "genuine shiitake mushroom powder" and leave it for about 30 minutes before cooking, it will have a luxurious taste. Even if the natural dashi made from kombu and bonito flakes isn't enough, just add a little bit of "authentic shiitake mushroom powder" to create a rich flavor.

Authentic shiitake mushroom powder deepens the unique umami of each ingredient.

Common umami seasonings add simple, flat, factory-made umami to foods to make them all taste the same.

Shiitake mushroom powder, on the other hand, elegantly deepens the natural umami of each ingredient.

The guanylic acid in shiitake mushroom powder does not add flavor, but rather acts on the umami receptors on our tongues, making the umami of each of the other ingredients stronger and longer.

This allows the natural umami characteristics of meat, fish and vegetables to stand out, creating a wonderful harmony of flavors.

It is truly a magical powder (Uma powder) that deepens the umami.