Do you like wasabi? Chances are, you’ve never had it. What?!? 😯 Wasabi is a Japanese 🇯🇵 plant that is a member of the cabbage family. Wasabi plants grow in mountain ⛰ water streams; their stems (which look like roots) are underwater. Their cultivation requires unique conditions, including no direct sunlight, a consistent moderate temperature, and high humidity. To meet worldwide demand, most wasabi paste (the spicy green stuff that goes great with sushi) producers use HORSERADISH instead. Wasabi is not related to the horseradish despite sometimes inaccurately being referred to as “Japanese horseradish.” Throughout the world, even in Japan, wasabi paste served in restaurants also rarely contains actual wasabi. Real wasabi has a more intense flavor, and it’s effective against bacteria (like E.Coli), which enables you to eat raw foods without concern of getting sick. The rest of us don’t get that added protection. (Myth buster: Sushi does NOT mean raw fish. It means prepared vinegar rice with other ingredients, like veggies, cooked meat, or raw meat.) Japanese homes often grate their own fresh wasabi. Lucky them! Both wasabi and horseradish are nutritious vegetables with anti-inflammatory properties, so wasabi paste has the potential to part of a healthy diet if it contains only its basic ingredients. Unfortunately, most commercial wasabi pastes contain oil, milk, and artificial flavors & colors. The ingredients in the popular brand S&B are “Horseradish, Lactose (Milk), Corn Oil, Sorbitol, Salt, Water, Artificial Flavor, Turmeric, Xanthan Gum, Citric Acid, Artificial Color (Fd&c Yellow No. 5, Fd&c Blue No. 1).” If you want to enjoy a healthy wasabi paste that contains actual wasabi, @Edenfoods wasabi powder has only 3 ingredients: “Horseradish, Mustard, Wasabi.” If you want the full flavor, nutrition, and anti-microbial effects, you can buy 100% freeze-dried authentic wasabi from Sushi Sonic. #realwasabi #SharingisCaring #wasabi #foodfacts #foodforthought #wasabipowder #edenwasabipowder #wasabipaste #wfpb #healthyeating #cleaneating #eatrealfood #keto #vegan #vegetarian #japanesefood #sushi #wfpbnosos #foodoftheday #foodfact #foodie #foodstagram (at Houston, Texas) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEMdUd5Bwc2/?igshid=7u94av6y1lqe