Organic Brown Rice Koji Powder, 2.47 oz

Rice koji, generally called malted rice, breaks down proteins and starch into sugar and amino acids, and because of this, it can extract the sweetness from any ingredient while tenderizing it at the same time.

Made with organically grown rice, Marukura’s Organic Brown Rice Koji Powder not only helps you make shio koji (fermented salty rice seasoning) and amazake (a non-alcoholic fermented rice drink), it can also be used directly for marinating meat, fish, and vegetables or even mixed into baked items.

Since it’s made of brown rice, it contains more nutrition, such as vitamin E and fiber, when compared to white rice. It also has more active enzymes than the rice koji from other brands because it is made without a boiling pasteurization step. What’s more amazing is that this rice koji comes in powdered form! This allows you to use the product much more easily than regular rice koji.

Also, amazake made with this powdered rice koji exhibits a smoother texture without rice chunks. No additives are used.