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Ever had a friend come over and unexpectedly open your fridge? We’re not talking when you are having a gathering and it’s “party-ready” but more like Thursday, when leftover containers and foil-wrapped mystery packages consume most of the real estate. For a change of pace, we thought it would be fun to give you a…

Part of the fun of working at an ingredient company is culinary experimentation and we love that the food times we are living in allow for quite a bit of it. Who would of thought, for example, that sriracha would be used in just about every application imaginable, like peanut butter cookies or strawberry margaritas? Further…

Add water to sauce pan. In a separate bowl, mix together dry ingredients (sugar, Perma Flo starch, chicken broth powder, 5301 Traditional Soy Sauce Powder, 6100 Red Miso Powder, 1805 Oyster Extract Powder, 7400 Komi™ Powder, 2355 Roasted Garlic Extract Powder, 1620 Fish Sauce Powder and Salt). Slowly add dry ingredients into the water while…

Heat olive oil in pot over medium-high heat, then add onion and sauté until soft and lightly browned, about 5 minutes. Add garlic and continue heating and additional 2 minutes. Mix olives and capers into pureed tomatoes and pulse lightly with immersion blender. Add 1101 Anchovy Extract Powder, 5301 Traditional Soy Sauce Powder, 6100 Red…

Add water to sauce pan and then add 6100 Red Miso Powder, 5360 Wheat Free Soy Sauce Powder, 5401 Rice Vinegar Flavored Powder and salt and mix until dissolved/dispersed. Add remaining ingredients to sauce pan and mix well. Heat on medium-low heat until glaze has thinned and all ingredients are well-combined. Process using immersion blender…

In a small food processor bowl, add drained and blotted sun-dried tomato pieces, olive oil (or reserved oil from tomatoes), bread crumbs, 2355 Roasted Garlic Extract Powder, 6100 Red Miso Powder, lemon zest, 7400 Komi™ Powder, 2310 Roasted Chinese Cabbage Extract Powder, Salt and Black Pepper. Pulse mixture until combined and coarse textured. Add eggs…

Heat olive oil in sauce pan over medium heat. Add tomatoes, sugar, 5301 Traditional Soy Sauce Powder, 6100 Red Miso Powder, 7400 Komi™ Powder, 2355 Roasted Garlic Extract Powder, Onion Powder, basil, salt, oregano and black pepper and mix well. Increase heat to medium high and bring to a boil.  Allow to cook for several…

A new year…it represents freshness, the opportunity for change, the anticipation of something new. Being foodies who also work in the food industry, the beginning of a new year signifies many things but nothing more exciting than what’s trending on menus, television, in grocery markets and on the streets. We here at Nikken Foods spend…

At Nikken, we like the holidays as much as the next foodie. Especially Thanksgiving because when you are a food ingredient company what is better than a holiday that had its origins honoring a historic dinner?  There are no gifts to be bought, just the glorious planning and researching on what to serve and how…

Did you know that 75% of women and 95% of men in the US exceed the recommended daily tolerable upper intake of sodium1?  Shocking, yes.  Surprising? Not really when you stop to think about the speed at which our society moves which directly corresponds to the amount of fast food, convenience food and snacks that…