Mizkan, Honteri Mirin

Compared to mirin, Honteri contains less than 0.5% alcohol. Mirin is usually boiled during cooking to evaporate the alcohol. With Honteri, this step is not necessary: ​​you can get the same great flavor with less effort and smaller quantities.

To sweeten dishes, Honteri adds a complex and rounded sweetness that accentuates and balances the flavor compared to sugar. Obtained from a fermented rice seasoning, Honteri contains glucose, maltose and other sugars, as well as glutamic acid, which, when heated together with the amino acids present in the food, reacts to create a sweet and complex umami and a toasted aroma.

Being liquid, it combines easily with other ingredients, caramelizes more quickly than sugar, and burns less easily.

Honteri can be used as a sugar substitute in a 1:1 ratio, and once you try it, it will become your secret weapon for achieving more complex sweetness more quickly and easily.