Food & Nutrition Database

2,771 foods, built from Japan's official food composition tables (MEXT) and Wikidata. Each page shows what the food is, its Japanese name and, for ingredients, nutrition per 100 g from Japan's official tables.

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Japanese dishes & foods

Tendon (天丼): What It Is, Ingredients & Origin

Tendon (天丼) is a Japanese food classified as donburi. Ingredients listed for it include rice, tempura.

Japanese dishes & foods

Maesawa beef (前沢牛): What It Is, Ingredients & Origin

Maesawa beef (前沢牛) is a Japanese food classified as beef. It is associated with Oshu.

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Daigaku imo (大学芋): What It Is, Ingredients & Origin

Daigaku imo (大学芋) is a Japanese food classified as potato dish, snack, sweet potato fries. Ingredients listed for it include Sweet potato.

Japanese dishes & foods

Kenoshiru (けの汁): What It Is, Ingredients & Origin

Kenoshiru (けの汁) is a Japanese food classified as soup. Ingredients listed for it include Arctium lappa, Koya-dofu, Pteridium aquilinum, carrot, dashi.

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Kankoromochi (かんころもち): What It Is, Ingredients & Origin

Kankoromochi (かんころもち) is a Japanese food classified as mochi, saogashi. Ingredients listed for it include Sweet potato.

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Tenshindon (天津飯): What It Is, Ingredients & Origin

Tenshindon (天津飯) is a Japanese food classified as dish, donburi, omelette. Ingredients listed for it include crab meat, egg as food, rice.

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Nikake Udon (にかけうどん): What It Is, Ingredients & Origin

Nikake Udon (にかけうどん) is a Japanese food classified as udon. Ingredients listed for it include kamaboko, kezuribushi.

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Honey toast (ハニートースト): What It Is, Ingredients & Origin

Honey toast (ハニートースト) is a Japanese food classified as toast. Ingredients listed for it include cream, honey, ice cream, pain de mie, pan loaf.

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Kuri kinton (Osechi) (栗金団): What It Is, Ingredients & Origin

Kuri kinton (Osechi) (栗金団) is a Japanese food classified as dish. Ingredients listed for it include Sweet potato, chestnut, mirin.

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Gyūkatsu (牛カツ): What It Is, Ingredients & Origin

Gyūkatsu (牛カツ) is a Japanese food classified as beef dish, katsu, yōshoku. Ingredients listed for it include beef.

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Korokke (コロッケ): What It Is, Ingredients & Origin

Korokke (コロッケ) is a Japanese food classified as Agemono, potato dish. Ingredients listed for it include potato.

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Hayashi rice (ハヤシライス): What It Is, Ingredients & Origin

Hayashi rice (ハヤシライス) is a Japanese food classified as Japanese rice dish, beef dish. Ingredients listed for it include beef, cooked rice, demi-glace, edib

Japanese dishes & foods

Crab stick (カニカマ): What It Is, Ingredients & Origin

Crab stick (カニカマ) is a Japanese food classified as imitation food, seafood dish. Ingredients listed for it include egg as food, fish surimi, soy bean, star

Japanese dishes & foods

Ganmodoki (がんもどき): What It Is, Ingredients & Origin

Ganmodoki (がんもどき) is a Japanese food classified as Agemono. Ingredients listed for it include tofu.

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Kamaboko (蒲鉾): What It Is, Ingredients & Origin

Kamaboko (蒲鉾) is a Japanese food classified as fish dish, fishcake. Ingredients listed for it include fish surimi.

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Yuzukoshō (柚子胡椒): What It Is, Ingredients & Origin

Yuzukoshō (柚子胡椒) is a Japanese food classified as condiment, fermented food, food paste. Ingredients listed for it include Capsicum annuum, table salt, yuz

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Gane (Kyushu food) (がね): What It Is, Ingredients & Origin

Gane (Kyushu food) (がね) is a Japanese food classified as Agemono.

Japanese dishes & foods

Gyūdon (牛丼): What It Is, Ingredients & Origin

Gyūdon (牛丼) is a Japanese food classified as beef dish, donburi, rice dish. Ingredients listed for it include beef, onion, rice.

Japanese dishes & foods

Soy sauce (醤油): What It Is, Ingredients & Origin

Soy sauce (醤油) is a Japanese food classified as fermented food, sauce, soy food. Ingredients listed for it include soy bean.

Japanese dishes & foods

Taiyaki (たい焼き): What It Is, Ingredients & Origin

Taiyaki (たい焼き) is a Japanese food classified as wagashi. Ingredients listed for it include Vigna angularis, batter, waffle.

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Satsuma-age (薩摩揚げ): What It Is, Ingredients & Origin

Satsuma-age (薩摩揚げ) is a Japanese food classified as agekamaboko. Ingredients listed for it include fish surimi.

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Miso (味噌): What It Is, Ingredients & Origin

Miso (味噌) is a Japanese food classified as condiment, fermented bean paste, soy food. Ingredients listed for it include Aspergillus flavus var. oryzae, soy

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Nattō (納豆): What It Is, Ingredients & Origin

Nattō (納豆) is a Japanese food classified as fermented food, soy food. Ingredients listed for it include soy bean.

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Asazuke (浅漬け): What It Is, Ingredients & Origin

Asazuke (浅漬け) is a Japanese food classified as tsukemono. Ingredients listed for it include table salt, vegetable, vinegar.

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Cream stew (クリームシチュー): What It Is, Ingredients & Origin

Cream stew (クリームシチュー) is a Japanese food classified as soup. Ingredients listed for it include cabbage, carrot, meat, onion, potato.

Japanese dishes & foods

Naporitan (ナポリタン): What It Is, Ingredients & Origin

Naporitan (ナポリタン) is a Japanese food classified as pasta dish. Ingredients listed for it include Agaricus bisporus, Tabasco sauce, bacon, green pepper, ket

Japanese dishes & foods

Kenpi (芋ケンピ): What It Is, Ingredients & Origin

Kenpi (芋ケンピ) is a Japanese food classified as snack, sweet potato fries, wagashi. Ingredients listed for it include Sweet potato.

Japanese dishes & foods

Menchi-katsu (メンチカツ): What It Is, Ingredients & Origin

Menchi-katsu (メンチカツ) is a Japanese food classified as katsu, meat dish. Ingredients listed for it include meat, panko.

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Imo yokan (芋羊羹): What It Is, Ingredients & Origin

Imo yokan (芋羊羹) is a Japanese food classified as Yōkan. Ingredients listed for it include Sweet potato.

Japanese dishes & foods

Katsudon (カツ丼): What It Is, Ingredients & Origin

Katsudon (カツ丼) is a Japanese food classified as donburi, pork chop rice, rice dish. Ingredients listed for it include Japanese rice, bread crumbs, egg as f

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