Natto – a integral part of Japanese cuisine – was once only known abroad by hardcore foodies. But Japanese food makers are creating new forms of the fermented soybeans and gaining global fans ...

Each natto pack comes with two sauce packets: tare (a sweetened soy-based sauce) and karashi (a spicy, wasabi-like mustard). I removed the sauce packets from the container and took the film off ...

A start-up firm affiliated with Keio University developed a new food source made of a powdered form of a bacterium used for natto fermented soybeans. The bacterium can be mixed into bread and ...