Like many fermented foods, including cheese, natto's invention is often attributed to accidental discoveries, with numerous stories crediting its creation to chance. One such story connects natto ...

Natto is a traditional Japanese fermented food with a unique smell and stickiness. In 2020, the National Cancer Center announced that high consumption of natto lowers mortality risk.

Natto – a integral part of Japanese cuisine – was once only known abroad by hardcore foodies. But Japanese food makers are creating new forms of the fermented soybeans and gaining global fans.

A start-up firm affiliated with Keio University developed a new food source made of a powdered form of a bacterium used for natto fermented soybeans. The bacterium can be mixed into bread and ...

They are called shokuhin sampuru, or “sample food products ... For example, a Japanese breakfast dish of fermented soybeans called natto appeared to spiral in the air, resembling a powerful ...