Welcome to 2017! In order to keep bringing you the hippest, hottest and newest in the food world, we thought it would be fun to highlight something consumers have increasingly become attached to on their smartphones and computers: YouTube. If you haven’t taken a lunch break and checked out the video service lately, you might…

It’s our favorite time of year…the trend prediction season. The big reveal of food trend predictions is Christmas for food industry professionals and here at Nikken, we are always inspired and sometimes surprised by what is expected in the coming year. We could wait but these lists are so good and chock full of macro…

Welcome back fat! The often-maligned ingredient appears to be returning to the good graces of consumers and food professionals alike. Could the days of buttering bread, sautéing vegetables or meats in oil, and tossing salads with creamy dressings become the stuff of reality and not teenage dreams? Not so fast. All consumers aren’t convinced as…

There’s nothing more social than food. It is a daily unifier for families, friends, co-workers and even strangers. Both connector and barrier breaker, food has broken into the biggest social circle of all: social media. Today, consumers can’t help themselves from snapping, tweeting, tumbling and posting about food and many of their food choices are…

If you were in Las Vegas for Supply Side West ’16, you are probably still full—just like we are. Between bites of our back-to-reality kale salad, our mouths are still watering and our taste buds have been elevated no doubt. We thought it only fair to share the tastes that we simply can’t get over…

Finely dice sweet potatoes and roast in a 475 degree oven for 25 minutes until the edges are browned. In a soup pot, melt the butter and sauté the shallots until tender, roughly 3 minutes. Add coconut milk, syrup, and sriracha. In a separate bowl, whisk 6100 Red Miso Powder into the vegetable stock. Once…

Add all ingredients to a mixing bowl and whisk to combine. Transfer to a pot and heat over medium heat until sauce comes to a boil. Boil for 1 minute or until the sauce thickens. Serve warm or cool and enjoy! Functional Benefits Nikken’s 6100 Red Miso Powder achieves that same flavor intensity as yeast…

Melt butter in a saucepan over medium-low heat. In a bowl, combine all other ingredients except Parmesan cheese with a whisk until everything is dissolved. Once butter is melted, add liquid mixture to the pan and cook over medium heat, stirring frequently. Once the mixture is close to a boil, slowly add in the Parmesan…

With natural umami benefits, many of Nikken ingredients are perfect for yeast extract replacement. Consider Nikken’s 6100 Red Miso Powder – it does everything yeast extract can and more. Another powerhouse option to remove yeast extract and I+G is Nikken’s 5390 Fermented Rice Extract Powder. Below are just two examples of recipes where we successfully…

Consumers are obsessed with food; they watch cooking shows and scour Pinterest and websites with visions of being the next contestant on Chopped. They’re hungry all the time but don’t have the time to shop and cook the meals they want at home. Add to this the fact that the unique, fresh sourced ingredients they…