When natto is mashed to a paste and simmered with ingredients such as finely chopped mushrooms, 04:33 mountain vegetables and taro, it becomes a thick soup that warms the body from the inside.

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.

HIGASHI-OSAKA, Osaka Prefecture--Long ago, many residents of this Osaka area loathed natto, or fermented soybeans, which they derided as “rotten food.” With such an aversion now a thing of the ...

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 ...

Often, at its heart is natto, fermented soybeans enveloped in a stringy coating that can be enjoyed in many ways, including on its own, over rice, or stirred into miso soup. Celebrated as a ...