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Kuchiko (くちこ): What It Is, Ingredients & Origin

Last updated: 2026-09-17

Kuchiko (くちこ) is a Japanese food classified as dried food, sea cucumber as food, shiokara. Ingredients listed for it include gonad.

Name in Japaneseくちこ
Typedried food, sea cucumber as food, shiokara
Main ingredientsgonad

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