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Sake kasu (日本酒の酒粕): What It Is, Ingredients & Origin

Last updated: 2026-09-17

Sake kasu (日本酒の酒粕) is a Japanese food classified as lees. Ingredients listed for it include lees.

Name in Japanese日本酒の酒粕
Typelees
Main ingredientslees
Background readingWikipedia (English)

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