All My Recipes

Miso categorizing is sometimes confusing. They are labeled by different features, like color, taste and origin. However, the ingredients is the key to understand them.  Miso is made from koji, soy bean, salt and water. Among them, Koji is the key ingredient that affects the color and taste of miso. Traditionally, there are 3 koji options: rice koji, barley koji or soybean koji. Correspondingly, there are 3 basic types of miso: rice koji miso which tends to be light and sweet,