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Soy and legumes from Japan — Kagawa

Sanuki shiro miso (Kagawa white miso, GI)讃岐味噌

low-salt, high-sugar sweet cream-coloured white miso; used in an-mochi zōni, fish misozuke, teppai, oden karashi-miso [GI-124]. Made in 4 steps over 7.3 days. The longest step, short ripening, takes up to 7 days (MAFF Geographical Indication register No. 124…). Salt is up to 6 % (MAFF Geographical Indication register No. 124…). Aspergillus oryzae does most of the fermenting.

Key numbers
Main stepup to 7 daysSet[GI-124]Short ripening
Saltup to 6 %Set[GI-124][JA-WIKI-讃岐味噌]Hot packing ('netsu-jikomi')
DocumentedSoy and legumes7.3 daysMore soy and legumesMore from Japan

Recipe

No fixed amounts recordedWhat goes in. No source gives amounts for this ferment.
rice (koji) at 2× soybean weight
dehulled soybeans
salt
Starter: koji/qu/mold-starter

Total time across the recorded steps: 7.3 days

Start
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What changes: Dehulled soybeans soak and boil in changes of water to stay white

Step 1 of 4
Dehull, soak and boil soybeans
Time
at least 8 h
Set
Temperature
~100
Unconfirmed
Salt
None given
Acidity
Not documented
Which microbes the steps name, step by step
Moulds
Aspergillus oryzae

Output: white boiled soybeans.

Flavour
water changes remove colour
Texture
soft
Colour
Not documented

Microbes at work in this step

killed

Method

Measured measured in a studySet fixed by a specification or tested recipeReported one source reports itTypical a general value, not sourced for this fermentUnconfirmed not yet checked against a source

Safety

low salt; keep cool

History and sources

Every number is labelled with how it is known. How this atlas is made

Legend ties white miso to 11th–12th c. Kyoto court links (Emperor Sutoku's exile 1156, or temple estates 1053–58); commercialisation from Taishō; prefectural co-op 1950 unified the brand 'Sanuki shiro miso'; top grade at the 1st national miso show (1958); GI registered 2023-01-31 (No. 124); 4 makers today [GI-124, JA-WIKI-讃岐味噌]. Kagawa made 6,300 t in 1971 and 926 t in 2009 [JA-WIKI-讃岐味噌].

  1. [GI-124] MAFF Geographical Indication register No. 124, サヌキ白みそ (Sanuki white miso) specification, updated 2024-05-21spec
  2. [JA-WIKI-讃岐味噌] Japanese Wikipedia, 讃岐味噌wiki
  3. [KAWANO-1999] Kawano K., Kishino H. 1999. 米甘味噌 白甘味噌・江戸甘味噌. 日本醸造協会誌 94(2):102–108. doi:10.6013/jbrewsocjapan1988.94.102paper