swap_horiz Wasabi Powder Alternatives

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Dried Kombu Powder

Dried kombu powder is made from kelp such as Saccharina japonica; Kikunae Ikeda identified umami from kombu dashi in Jap...

Japanese Savory Seaweed Umami

8.6 Great

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Dried Shiitake Powder

Dried shiitake powder is Lentinula edodes, an East Asian hardwood mushroom long cultivated on logs and used for its guan...

Japanese Mushroom Savory Umami

8.5 Great

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Turmeric

Ground rhizome of Curcuma longa, native to South Asia and colored by the compound curcumin, one of the most widely used...

Indian Color Earthy Root

8.4 Great

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Ground Ginger

Powdered rhizome of Zingiber officinale, cultivated in tropical Asia for over 3,000 years and one of the earliest Asian...

Universal Baking Pungent Root

8.2 Great

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Dried Yuzu Peel

Dried yuzu peel is the peel of Citrus junos, a Japanese citrus prized for its intense aroma and used in seasonings such...

Japanese Gourmet Citrusy Peel

8.2 Great

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Dried Nori Powder

Dried nori powder is made from edible red algae such as Pyropia, cultivated in Japan and processed into sheets for sushi...

Japanese Savory Seaweed Umami

8.2 Great

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Greater Galangal

Alpinia galanga, a large rhizome native to Java, Indonesia, foundational to Thai, Indonesian, and Malaysian cuisines and...

Savory Indonesian Piney Root

8.1 Great

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Black Mustard Seed

Black mustard seed is the small, highly pungent seed of Brassica nigra, historically the dominant mustard of European cu...

Indian Seed Savory Sharp

7.8 Good

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Dried Wakame Powder

Dried wakame powder is Undaria pinnatifida, an edible kelp native to the northwest Pacific and cultivated in Japan since...

Japanese Savory Seaweed Umami

7.7 Good

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Dried Galangal

Dried sliced rhizome of galangal species (Alpinia), used in Southeast Asian cooking and medieval European medicine, with...

Savory Southeast Asian Piney Root

7.3 Good

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Fingerroot

Rhizome of Boesenbergia rotunda from Southeast Asia, named for its finger-like projections and used in Thai and Indonesi...

Savory Peppery Thai Root

7.2 Good

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Dried Shiso Leaf

Dried shiso leaf (Perilla frutescens var. crispa) is a Japanese herb in the mint family with a complex anise-basil flavo...

Japanese Herb Savory Minty

7.2 Good

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Dried Sansho Leaf

Dried sansho leaf (Zanthoxylum piperitum) is a Japanese spice from the prickly ash family, prized for its citrusy aroma...

Japanese Numbing Savory Leaf

7.2 Good

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Dried Gentian Root

Dried gentian root (Gentiana lutea) is a alpine plant native to central and southern Europe whose intensely bitter compo...

European Bitters Root Very Bitter

7.1 Good

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Lesser Galangal

Alpinia officinarum from southern China, smaller and more pungent than greater galangal, and historically traded to medi...

Spicy Medicinal Asian Root

7.0 Good

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Licorice Root

Licorice root from Glycyrrhiza glabra, native to the Mediterranean and Southwest Asia, contains glycyrrhizin, a compound...

European Medicinal Sweet Root

7.0 Good

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Horseradish Powder

Horseradish powder is the dehydrated, ground root of Armoracia rusticana, a Brassicaceae family plant native to southeas...

European Savory Sharp Root

7.0 Good

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Burdock Root Powder

Burdock root powder is derived from Arctium lappa, a biennial plant native to Eurasia widely consumed in Japanese cuisin...

Medicinal Asian Earthy Root

6.9 Fair

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Dried Angelica Root

Dried angelica root (Angelica archangelica) is a Scandinavian and northern European biennial herb traditionally used to...

European Bitter Savory Root

6.7 Fair

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Dried Dandelion Root

Dried dandelion root (Taraxacum officinale) has been used in traditional European and Native American herbal practice fo...

European Bitter Medicinal Root

6.6 Fair