There is no need to keep your miso soup pastes in the fridge. You can store your product in a grocery cupboard, in as cool a place as is practical. The Japanese boast that, apart from the colour, miso paste lasts a hundred years! But to be careful and comply with UK regulations, there is a best before date located on the box. Regarding our organic cooking pastes, we recommend that once opened, you keep these in the fridge and use within 3 months. As above, miso can darken as it is exposed to air and over time.

If you see any mould growing on top of the miso, we advise that you throw it away, although we have heard about people who simply scoop off the mould and carry on and we praise the brave who do! As this is an unpasteurised miso, we recommend that you store the miso in the fridge once you have bought it from Miso Tasty!

Our miso soups and cooking pastes contain no wheat. The only cereal is rice which does not contain gluten.

Miso is incredibly good for your body and in Japan, enjoying a miso soup every morning is part of a wellbeing routine for many. Eating fermented foods regularly, especially if the miso is unpasteurised like ours means that your stomach will enjoy the healthy bacteria and live enzymes that are great for maintaining good digestion and a healthy gut. The high levels of protein (up to 20% protein in pure soybean miso, same as Chicken!) and natural vitamin B12 in miso is also a fantastic addition to any diet and especially beneficial for vegetarians and vegans.

Read more about miso and nutrition here.

Our miso soups are not certified organic, but they are GMO-free as well as free of MSG and preservatives. It is an entirely natural product. We hope to make our miso soups organic in the future. Our cooking pastes are organic, and certified.

No, our miso does not contain MSG or any other preservatives or artificial flavours.

Miso is a fermented food made from natural ingredients. To varying degrees, depending on the type of miso, and the conditions you keep your miso in, miso is still ‘live’ and continues to ferment and develop in its pack, even once it’s out of its fermentation vessel. Because of this, the colour of our miso paste varies from batch to batch and the flavour may be slightly different too, to a small degree, and that’s the beauty of eating food that is live and natural; each batch is unique.

Yes. As with all foods just make sure that it is not too hot before serving. The savoury flavours are often a hit with our smaller fans!

All our miso paste is made in small batches by artisans in the Central Japanese Alps, in the Nagano region of Japan. We import it directly from Japan.