Why is fructose of concern? First, it is sweeter than either glucose or sucrose. In fruit, it serves as a marker for foods that are nutritionally rich. However, in soft drinks and other âsweets,â fructose serves to reward sweet taste that provides âcalories,â often without much else in the way of nutrition.
Osechi-ryori is a dish that is cooked before New Year's Eve to eat on New Years Day. On New Years Day, the God of the Year, named Toshigami comes to the world and the world starts a new year. The god came through a special gate, a Kadomatsu, into our world.He is god of agriculture.t is one of the most important annual events in Japan. Osechi food is packed in colorful lacquer boxes called jubako. Each dish and ingredient in osechi has a meaning, such as good health, fertility, good harvest, happiness, long life, and so on.
Akamiso is made from a light coloured miso â one with a relatively high proportion of rice or barley to the amount of soy beans. Akamiso has been aged for up to three years, which is what gives it its dark red colour (as in pictures 1, 3 and 4, which are all examples of akamiso).HAT TO DO WITH MISO. Traditionally miso was aged in wooden casks for a minimum of six months, but in many commercial varieties the process is accelerated. Other grains such as rice, barley, and buckwheat may be added and each of these provides different flavour characteristics.