Natto, the Japanese fermented soybean, may just be the most important food you have never heard of. Its distinctive pungent ...

Natto is a traditional Japanese fermented food with a unique smell and stickiness. In 2020, the National Cancer Center announced that high consumption of natto lowers mortality risk.

Japan has one of the world's highest life expectancies, and it's no surprise that this is due largely to the staple foods in ...

Like many fermented foods, including cheese, natto's invention is often attributed to accidental discoveries, with numerous stories crediting its creation to chance. One such story connects natto ...

A start-up firm affiliated with Keio University developed a new food source made of a powdered form of a bacterium used for natto fermented soybeans. The bacterium can be mixed into bread and ...

HIGASHI-OSAKA, Osaka Prefecture--Long ago, many residents of this Osaka area loathed natto, or fermented soybeans, which they derided as “rotten food.” With such an aversion now a thing of the ...