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- Sold in small lots from 100g<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Handling heirloom vegetables from across Japan<\/li>\n\n\n\n
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Features of commercial dried bitter melon<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Among dried raw materials in the gourd (Cucurbitaceae) family, bitter melon holds a distinctive position for its bitterness, appearance, and suitability for health tea. Here we organize its strengths, based on the ring shape, from six perspectives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\nMomordicin-derived bitterness<\/p>\n
We make the most of momordicin, the bitter compound unique to bitter melon, through low-temperature drying. Because the bitterness itself can become a product's character, it suits designs that want to feature bitterness, such as goya tea, health teas, and snacks for adults.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\nThe look of the ring shape<\/p>\n
The ring-shaped rounds with a hollow center are a striking form instantly recognizable as bitter melon. They come into their own in uses such as champuru side dishes, tempura, and toppings, where you want the appearance to convey a sense of goya.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\nSuitability for goya tea and health teas<\/p>\n
Dried bitter melon can be used as the main ingredient in goya tea, brewed on its own or in blends. Finished so as to retain bitterness and a roasted aroma, it can be developed as a core ingredient for health teas and blended teas.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\nLow-temperature drying that preserves green color<\/p>\n
High-temperature drying tends to dull the green of bitter melon's skin, so we dry it slowly in a low-temperature range to preserve the color. The green remains even after rehydration, adding to the color of champuru side dishes and toppings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\nPairing with Okinawan cuisine and champuru<\/p>\n
It is an ingredient that can take the leading role in Okinawan cuisine, starting with goya champuru. It can be used as a raw material that supplies pre-prepped bitter melon reliably for retort and frozen champuru side dishes and meal kits.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\nUse in combination with powder<\/p>\n
Used together with finely milled bitter melon powder (available to order), it enables recipe design that achieves both a sense of substance as an ingredient (dried product) and even dispersion of bitterness into beverages and powders (powder).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
Product specifications (commercial)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Basic specifications at the prototype stage are as follows. Purchase lot, lead time, and packaging format are worked out through individual consultation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n