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Tag: #Microbial Culture

Browse our collection of food history articles exploring the legacy, heritage, and stories behind Microbial Culture.

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Rice grains covered in white koji mold beside miso and sake brewing tools
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Koji

How people learned to cultivate Aspergillus on grain and built a microbial technology central to Japanese fermentation

East Asian mold-fermentation traditions, with highly specialized Japanese koji culture7 min read
Thick Finnish viili cultured milk stretching from a spoon in a ceramic bowl
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Viili

How household starter transfer, cool fermentation, surface mold, dairy science, and Finnish identity preserved a uniquely elastic milk culture

Finland and neighboring Nordic dairy regions7 min read