Re:Common counterfeit foods and how to identify them (2014)
by metaphor on Saturday June 04, 2022 @12:11AM
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> Most Japanese people have a green tube of grated wasabi in their house. (https://www.sbfoods.co.jp/products/detail/16343.html)
>> 原材料名: 本わさび、西洋わさび、...
...except the everyday stuff shown in your link indeed contains substantial 本わさび as a first ingredient, whereas the typical stuff sold in the US[1] is effectively just 西洋わさび and happens to be explicitly labeled "For external Japan" (despite also being manufactured in Japan) for reasons.
In other words, a consumer in Japan who settles on "close enough" isn't really making an equivalent compromise as a consumer in the US.
[1] https://www.sbfoods-worldwide.com/products/search/001.html
Re:Common counterfeit foods and how to identify them (2014)
by wirthjason on Saturday June 04, 2022 @12:31AM
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Excellent points. It makes me wonder… I love yuzukosho. I don’t taste the difference but I wonder if the ingredients are significantly different from between the JP and the US one.
Re:Common counterfeit foods and how to identify them (2014)
by wolverine876 on Saturday June 04, 2022 @12:44PM
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Then they can label it something else and let people make their own decisions about it.
There’s definitely filler (more than 50% is real)but I don’t think people care, especially the average busy wife trying to get dinner on the table every day.
Most of the time I’ve had real wasabi its at a super nice place, like eating kaiseki, and it’s presented as the root with a small shark skin grater.