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

Last updated: 2026-09-17

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, yuzu.

Name in Japanese柚子胡椒
Typecondiment, fermented food, food paste
Main ingredientsCapsicum annuum, table salt, yuzu
Background readingWikipedia (English)

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