What is all the fuss about Natto?
Many of our customers will remember the natto we used to sell that disappeared when our long-time supplier returned to Japan a few years ago. We were sad to loose her. But in saying that she has gone on to create what looks like a luxurious and amazing hotel back in her homeland. Get in touch if you would like the details.
We are so happy about this 
Natto has some very interesting and super-useful properties. Our natto maker is working to produce a natto with really good levels of the enzyme nattokinase that is the subject of so much research at the moment due its apparent ability to bust through clots in the blood stream amongst its many other benefits, including being a source of vitamin K2, so important in our nutritional regime, and so much better from a food than a supplement.
You will find it in our fridge in our Alsager shop and here on line:
Check out that picture!
Natto is not particularly appealing to our British idea of food - the more you stir it the more sticky strands are produced. Believe it or not, his is a good thing. Natto is a little odd to many of us who haven't been exposed to Japanese foods.
Nutritionally though, it is wonderful, bursting with beneficial microbes, enzymes, minerals and especially the Vitamin K. This is a reason some would recommend it to people with bone density issues, as it has been shown to have a positive effect.
This traditional unusual Japanese Superfood is catching on in the UK for very good reasons.....
Natto is a traditional fermented food with a unique smell and unusual sticky texture when stirred. Regardless of the challenges that some people find eating it, it is worth the effort and many find this unusual food grows on them and they love to eat it regularly.
Natto confers a range of useful benefits to the heart, brain health, and more. In 2020, the National Cancer Center of Japan announced that high consumption of natto lowers mortality risk. Natto not only activates the immune system, but also contains a significant amount of the vitamin K2, which amongst its range of benefits can suppress brain inflammation, while the substance responsible for its stickiness also seems to lower blood sugar levels. The health benefits of natto are beginning to drawn people's attention worldwide, not least because it is the source of the much talked about enzyme nattokinase. See this research paper --->
Maybe it's time to give natto a try.
A small amount each day is all you need 
Suggested ways to eat it:
a) mix with a salad dressing
b) mix with soy sauce, chopped spring onion, mustard and sesame seeds and et with rice, noodles or pasta.
d) mix with eggs, seasoning and make into an omelette
e) just eat it off a spoon :-)