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Dried taro is a commercial material made from this traditional Japanese root vegetable—with its distinctive sticky texture and rich, savory flavor—in two forms, slice and dice. It is low-temperature dried in shapes easy to use as ingredients in simmered dishes, soups, wagashi, and side dishes, and when rehydrated, taro's signature stickiness and smooth mouthfeel rise up...

Satoimo powder is a raw material made by drying and then finely powdering satoimo (taro), which contains galactan (a water-soluble dietary fiber) that is the source of its sticky texture. It is intended for uses such as Japanese-style potage, thickening for baby food and care food, and kenchinjiru bases, blending satoimo's gentle sweetness and mellowness as a powder...