Embrace
Umami withFood Diversity
Meet diverse dietary needs at your restaurants and hotels.
We’re here to support you with the rich taste of Umami.
This bottle solves both Umami and food diversity challenges.

HOKUSAI UMAMI DASHI
Bringing together people
from diverse backgrounds
to enjoy the same mealat one table.

Vegan

Alcohol free

Gluten freeJapanese VegetarianHOKUSAI UMAMI DASHI

Certiﬁed by the Vegan Society
Gluten-free and alcohol-free *Plant-based authentic
Japanese shiitake dashi sauce

Experience the natural ﬂavor and richness ofshiitake mushrooms. Dilute with water for sobasauce, use undiluted as a soy sauce substitute, oradd as a signature touch to Japanese dishes.
Ingredients : Tamari soy sauce, beet sugar,
processed shiitake mushrooms, yeast extract*Contains less than 0.1% alcohol derived from tamari soy sauce.

No Animal-Derived No Five Pungent
Ingredients
Vegetables
in Buddhism

No White Sugar

No Wheat

No Alcohol

Perfect for JapaneseCuisine and Beyond

Simplify Vegan and Halal
Japanese Cuisine with
HOKUSAI UMAMI DASHITransform plant-based dishes like soba, udon, vegetable tempura,and takikomi gohan into culinary masterpieces with just one bottleof HOKUSAI UMAMI DASHI. Even in the face of staﬃng shortages in
the food industry, anyone, regardless of experience, can easily add
depth and ﬂavor to any dish. This versatile dashi is especiallyvaluable for restaurants and hotel buﬀets, providing an eﬀortlesssolution for creating dedicated vegetarian sections. Additionally,
it can be used directly as a ﬂavorful soy sauce.

Collaboration with a Long-Established
Brewery since the 19th Century
Nakamura Brewery Co., Ltd., the co-developer of our UmamiDashi, is a soy sauce brewery with over 150 years of history inFujisaki, Aomori. They were the ﬁrst to introduce "Kombu SoySauce," now beloved throughout Japan. Skilled craftsmen, experts
in handling dashi, focused on the umami components of shiitake
mushrooms. Through their inherited techniques and knowledge,
the exceptional HOKUSAI UMAMI DASHI was brought to life.

The Key to Flavor: Shiitake Mushrooms
An exquisite umami made exclusively from shiitake
mushrooms, with no animal-derived ingredients or ﬁve
pungent vegetables. HOKUSAI UMAMI DASHI maximizes
shiitake umami through proprietary techniques.

Welcome to the World of Dashi, the Pinnacle of Japanese Cuisine
After countless trials and relentless pursuit of ﬂavor perfection, we
discovered the extraordinary potential of shiitake mushrooms.
Unlike kombu and bonito dashi, shiitake dashi often loses its
delicate ﬂavor. However, with our proprietary processing
technology, we have achieved the extraction of approximately 20
times more guanylic acid (umami component) than regular dried
shiitake mushrooms. This rich, full-bodied ﬂavor brings a uniqueand thrilling depth to your dishes, dramatically enhancing the allureof Japanese cuisine. The shiitake mushrooms used to create thisunparalleled dashi gleam with a brilliance akin to gold leaf, hence
the name 'Kimpaku Shiitake (Gold Leaf Shiitake)'.
(*Jointly developed with the Aomori
Prefecture Industrial Technology
Research Center / Patent Pending)In our factory, we carefully extract
dashi from these processed shiitake

The Secret of Umami:
Kimpaku Shiitake

mushrooms, creating a unique andunparalleled taste. Please enjoy theﬂavor praised by renowned(Gold Leaf Shiitake)Japanese chef Hiromitsu Nozaki.

Equal amountof umamicomponents.

HOKUSAI UMAMI DASHI (500ml) contains
the equivalent umami components of
200g of dried shiitake mushrooms.

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Options upon your needs.

Gluten Free &No alcohol
Gluten freeVegan

No Alcohol Added

No Alcohol Added

Standard &Gluten Free

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HOKUSAI UMAMI DASHI's Commitment to Sustainability
Embrace Umami
with Food Diversity

Championing Sustainable
Employment for All"Food Diversity" celebrates the rich tapestry ofThe shiitake mushrooms in HOKUSAI UMAMI

global food cultures and dietary practices

DASHI are lovingly cultivated by a dedicatedshaped by diﬀerent religions and traditions. Bygroup of people with disabilities. They handle

oﬀering vegan and vegetarian options, we honor

every step, from cultivation to processing. Our

this diversity and pave the way for a world

goal is to support independence, employment

where everyone, irrespective of their cultural,

opportunities, and decent work for everyone,

religious, or dietary background, can share

regardless of disability.

meals in harmony and leave no one behind.

1 in 12 People Worldwide Are Vegetarian or Vegan(630 million out of 7.6 billion people in 2018)

Certiﬁed by the Japan Vegan
Certiﬁcation AssociationAt the Japan Vegan Society's tasting
competition in 2023, our Umami Dashi
garnered unanimous acclaim from theboard members. They lauded it as "a revolutionary taste
sensation" and "an unparalleled plant-based Japanese dashi
sauce that delivers exceptional satisfaction." With this Umami
Dashi, we are poised to showcase the brilliance of Japanese vegan
cuisine to both Japan and the world.

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