We Prototyped "Dried Wakegi and Wakegi Powder" Using Domestically Grown Wakegi

Agriture prototyped a "dried wakegi" made from domestically grown wakegi. Wakegi (a bunching-onion cross) is a cross between leek and onion, and its feature is a texture softer and flavor milder than ordinary leeks.

Even after drying, wakegi's characteristic gentle aroma remains, and with little pungency it finishes easy to use as a condiment. By cutting it into small rounds before drying, we've finished it in a form that can be used as is for toppings on soups or okonomiyaki.

Wakegi is a food material grown mainly in western Japan, with Hiroshima known as one of the country's leading producing areas. Familiar as a condiment and as an ingredient in okonomiyaki and soups, making it a dried product enables year-round use. It could also be used as a commercial dried condiment or an ingredient for instant miso soup.

Agriture offers OEM manufacturing of dried vegetables and powders and proposals as commercial raw materials. You can consult us about regionally distinctive vegetables like wakegi from the prototype stage too.

Dried turnip can be expected to attract commercial interest as a material for soups, simmered dishes, and pickles, and if processed into powder, it can also be used as a raw material for baby food and nursing-care food. Turnip's characteristic gentle flavor is a material well compatible with children's foods and products for the elderly.

Features of dried wakegi and material insights

Wakegi is a leek-onion cross (a bunching-onion cross), and its feature is gently combining the flavors of both. With milder pungency than ordinary leeks and a good balance of sweetness and richness, it can be used widely—not just as a condiment but as an ingredient in soups and okonomiyaki. Drying concentrates this mild flavor, making it a handy commercial material you can use straight from rehydration.Wakegi product page, where you can check the details of the dried chip.

Comparing wakegi with other leeks and onions

There are several leeks and onions for condiments and ingredients, and wakegi sits in an intermediate position among them. Here's a comparison for when you're considering it as a dried material.

Because wakegi combines the aroma of leek and the sweetness of onion, it suits blends that call for a "not too pungent, not too sweet" balance. For the powder form, seethe wakegi powder product page.

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Dried wakegi can be blended into a wide range of food categories, drawing on its mild flavor. Here are ideas by application.

Instant foods, soup ingredients

Because dried wakegi restores its flavor and texture simply by rehydrating in hot water, it's ideal as an ingredient for miso soup, clear soup, and instant soup.

• Ingredient for cup miso soup and instant clear soup
• Blending material for freeze-dried soups
• Topping for ochazuke and rice porridge

Okonomiyaki, flour-based dishes

Wakegi is a classic combination as an okonomiyaki ingredient. A dried product has high shelf stability, and it can also be mixed into commercial okonomiyaki mix.

• Blending dried wakegi into okonomiyaki mix
• Dried ingredient for takoyaki and chijimi
• Commercial dried wakegi for negiyaki

Condiment, topping

With its mild pungency, wakegi also suits use as a condiment for ramen and udon. It has a flavor even those who dislike raw leek can eat.

• Dried condiment for ramen, udon, and soba
• Freeze-dried topping for chilled tofu and natto
• Blending material for furikake and instant ochazuke

Senmai-zuke-style dried turnip pickles

Wakegi powder can be used as a leek-flavor seasoning, as a raw material for dressings and seasoning salt.Vegetable powder listPlease also consider combinations with other materials at

• Powder material for negi-shio dare and negi-miso
• Seasoning for potato chips and senbei
• Blending into furikake and rice condiments

A base raw material for vegetable bouillon and dashi powder

Here are the representative specifications for commercial lots of dried wakegi.

A vegetable base powder for baby food

Customization support

• Form: small round cut (for condiment), minced (for ingredient), powder
• Blending: pre-blending available with other dried leeks/onions and seasonings
• Specification sheet, certificate of raw material origin, microbiological test report
• Shape: slice (for pickles), dice cut (for ingredients), powder

Blending: pre-blend support with other dried vegetables

Because wakegi's pungency can differ by growing region and harvest season, we recommend confirming the flavor in a prototype.

1. dried vegetable / powder OEM inquiry formLabel: besides unbranded delivery, PB filling under the OEM client's brand supported
2. The flow for consulting about OEM prototyping
3. Since turnip's sweetness intensity differs by variety and harvest time, we recommend confirming flavor through prototyping.
4. Contact us with the prototyping content, desired shape, and assumed application via
5. Share the requirements of the blending destination in a concept hearing (Zoom or email)

Tell us your application—"we want to put it in okonomiyaki mix," "we want to use it as a miso-soup ingredient," and so on—and we'll propose the optimal cut form.

Product catalog showing the items we handle

Flexible support from small lots to large lots

• Sold in small lots from 100g
• Handling heirloom vegetables from across Japan
• Dried fruits and herbs also supported

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Frequently asked questions

Q. What's the difference between wakegi and ordinary leek?

A. Wakegi is a leek-onion cross, with milder pungency and more sweetness and richness than ordinary leeks. Even eaten raw it isn't too pungent, and its feature is wide-ranging use from condiment to ingredient.

Q. Doesn't the flavor fade after drying?

A. Drying concentrates wakegi's characteristic mild flavor. Rehydrated in hot water, it restores an aroma and texture close to when it's fresh, so it works well as an instant-food ingredient too.

A. Turnip has less fiber than daikon and takes on a smooth, melting texture when rehydrated. Daikon keeps a crisp bite. Please use them differently according to the application.

Q. Can it be used in baby food?the wakegi powder product page, where you can check the details.

Q. Can you do powder processing too?

A. It can be combined with the 60-plus dried vegetables and herb powders Agriture handles.Vegetable powder listPlease check the specifications on

Q. Can it be blended with other dried vegetables?

A. It can be combined with the 60-plus dried vegetables handled by Agriture. Please check the items handled on

Related pages and further reading

• Dried wakegi product page (domestic, commercial)
• the wakegi powder product page
• Agriture's dried vegetable and powder product list
• See the vegetable powder list page
• For consultations on dried vegetable and powder OEM here

Additional powder prototype: vivid green retained

In addition to the dried-wakegi prototype, this time we also ran an additional prototype through to powdering. Grinding the dried wakegi as is, we were able to finish it as a fine powder that retains a vivid green. Leeks and onions tend to shift toward brown as chlorophyll degrades, but by tuning the processing temperature control and grinding timing, we achieved a finish that curbs color loss from heating and grinding.

Powdered wakegi suits uses where you want to add color and flavor at once—kneading into confectionery dough, okonomiyaki flour, and noodles, or coloring dressings. The mild flavor unique to the fine leaves spreads evenly into liquids as well, giving it usability as a commercial material. For details, seethe wakegi powder product page.

• Kneading into confectionery and bread dough (for bakery products drawing on the vivid green)
• Color-adding material for okonomiyaki flour, takoyaki flour, and mix flour
• Aromatic base for Japanese-style dressings and emulsified sauces
• Topping powder for instant noodles and instant soups
• Flavoring material for flavored salt and furikake

OEM consultations are possible in both dried-wakegi and powder specifications.dried vegetable / powder OEM inquiry formTell us your application and desired specifications from