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Meju
Meju is a traditional Korean food product consisting of dried, fermented blocks of cooked soybeans. The blocks are naturally inoculated with wild molds and bacteria, such as Aspergillus oryzae, during an outdoor drying process. Serving as the essential starter culture for many Korean staples, meju is fermented in brine to produce doenjang (soybean paste) and ganjang (soy sauce). It forms the found...
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Miso
Miso is a traditional Japanese seasoning produced by fermenting soybeans with salt and koji mold (Aspergillus oryzae), often combined with rice, barley, or other grains. The earliest written records of miso in Japan date to the Nara period (710–794 CE), though related fermented soybean products existed earlier in East Asia. Miso varies in color, flavor, and texture depending on ingredients, fermen...
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