Marumiya Shiso no Ka Furikake (しその香) is a dry Japanese rice sprinkle built almost entirely around red shiso (perilla) — seasoned shiso leaf with salt, glucose and plum vinegar, and very little else. The plum vinegar gives it a clean, tart edge, and Marumiya's own line for the pack is simply 「しその風味を生かした味付け」: seasoned to bring out the flavour of shiso. Deep-purple flakes in a 30 g resealable zip pouch.
About Marumiya
Marumiya Foods Industry Co., Ltd. (丸美屋食品工業) is a Tokyo food maker founded in April 1951. Furikake heads the company's own description of what it makes, alongside mapo tofu and kamameshi seasoning bases, ochazuke and retort curry — and its furikake shelf runs to the Noritama, Soft Furikake and Mazekomi Wakame ranges.
What's furikake & shiso
Furikake (ふりかけ) is a dry Japanese rice seasoning — a savoury blend sprinkled over hot rice, mixed through for onigiri, or scattered across a bento. Shiso (しそ / 紫蘇), sold in English as perilla or beefsteak plant, is a Japanese herb of the mint family; the red-leaf variety used here is the one that colours umeboshi plums, and it gives this style of furikake its purple flakes and bright, herbal-tart flavour.
How to use & enjoy
Marumiya's guidance on the pack is for mixing it right through the rice: roughly 5–6 g — about a tablespoon — stirred thoroughly into one gō, around 320 g cooked. The same panel goes on to cover onigiri, with a reminder to wash your hands well before shaping them. Beyond rice, the pack suggests it through okayu (rice porridge), in aemono (dressed vegetable salads), and tossed with pasta.
Ingredients
Seasoned shiso (shiso, salt, glucose, plum vinegar) (made in Japan) / seasoning (amino acids), acidulant.
Allergens
No allergens are declared on this product — neither on Marumiya's Japanese label nor on the Australian import label. Please refer to the product packaging before consuming.
Nutrition
Serving size 3 g · 10 servings per package. Per serving, then per 100 g — Energy 28 kJ / 920 kJ · Protein less than 1 g / 12 g · Fat, total less than 1 g / 2.7 g (saturated 0 g / 0 g) · Carbohydrate 1.1 g / 38 g (sugars 1 g / 34.7 g) · Sodium 480 mg / 16,000 mg.
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Authentic Japanese red-shiso furikake · ふりかけ しその香 · Marumiya (丸美屋) range.
