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Yacon
Yacon is an Asteraceae perennial plant that was traditionally
grown by the aborigines in the Andes. Its root is used for
eating. As stored nutrients, the tuberous root keeps not only
starch, but a lot of fructo?oligosaccharide. Storing them
for one to two months after harvest makes it possible to@decompose
it into oligosaccharige, which makes it sweeter. It is sweet
and crispy, and its texture is like a pear. When it is baked,
boiled or fried, its texture becomes like a cooked Chinese
yam.
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| (Main productive area in Okhotsk) Oketo town |
(Time of shipment) Mid October - December
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The yacon grown in Oketo |
” The characteristics of yacon from Okhotsk
In Okhotsk district, people started experimental cultivation
in Oketo around 1978. They formed Yacon Producerfs Association
in 1997 and started to grow yacon. There are four farms that
produce it today. In Oketo, they started The Special Product
Development Committee to make yacon their specialty and thus
far have developed and sold Yacon Draft, Yacon Tea and Yacon
Cider (soda pop). |
The processed foods of yacon
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(Oketo cho Shokokai (Commercial and Industrial Association))...Oketo
town |
Yacon Draft 330ml 399yen
Yacon Cider 200ml 180yen |
This is a low-malt beer in which malt (over 5%) and
hops are used with yacon (grown in Oketo, without agricultural
chemicals). Yacon looks like a sweet potato,
but is sweet like a pear. You can taste the bitterness
of the hops and the sweetness of the yacon when you drink
it. It also has a pleasant fruity smell. This is an alcoholic
drink that we should drink when we want to relax, like
on a holiday. The percentage of alcohol is 5%. Yacon is
also used in the Yacon Cider (soda pop), which is now
on sale. |
Oketo cho Shokokai (Commercial and Industrial
Association)
1 456banchi Oketo
Oketo town
TEL: 0157-52-3520
FAX: 0157-52-3523 |
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