Instant dashi granules built on kombu (kelp), balanced with seasonings and a little katsuobushi (bonito flakes). They come in ten 4 g sticks lined with aluminium foil, so a part-used stick can be folded over and kept.
At a glance
- 40 g — 10 sticks × 4 g
- Granules in foil-lined sticks
- Made in Japan (Toyama)
- Contains: fish, milk
About Kaneshichi
Kaneshichi (かね七株式会社) is a food maker in Mizuhashi, Toyama City, founded in 1884 and incorporated in 1961. It makes niboshi dried sardines, katsuobushi, dashi packs, kombu rolls, instant dashi seasonings and firefly-squid delicacies.
How to use & enjoy
One stick makes about four bowls of miso soup — dashi is the stock miso soup is made with. Kaneshichi also suggests it for clear soups, yudofu, simmered dishes and oden, and stirred into bottled noodle soup base for a mellower kelp flavour. It can even be sprinkled over tempura.
Ingredients
Salt (made in Japan), lactose, flavour ingredients (kombu powder, kombu extract powder, bonito flake powder), starch, seasoning (amino acids, etc.).
Allergens
Contains: fish, milk.
Nutrition information
Per stick (4 g), as printed on Kaneshichi's Japanese nutrition panel:
- Energy: 8.6 kcal
- Protein: 0.8 g
- Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrate: 1.4 g
- Salt equivalent: 1.7 g
Important — please check the package label
Manufacturers may change ingredients, allergens and packaging without notice. Always check the product packaging before use, and contact us before purchase if you have a specific allergen concern.
