Costs continue to drive the market price of Wasabia japonica up. This coupled with growing requirements and a degrading environment means costs will continue to increase. Decreased number of growers and increased production costs are not helping either.
First report of phytophthora rot on Wasabia japonica caused by Phytophthora drechsleri in Japan
98% of crops destroyed. Read more here and how to reduce risk.
What is wasabi?
Most wasabi is not true to label. Food manufacturers deliberately mislead and defraud the consumer. Find out what is really in your wasabi served with sushi.
Wasabi in Northern Ireland
A couple of newspapers in Northern Ireland have announced that a wasabi farm has been set up in County Armagh.There is no indication from the reports how many wasabi plants are on the farm and there are several statements in the reports that do not make any sense. Below is one of the photos that appeared with […]
Wasabi List v1.3.2 Now available
A new version of the Wasabi List has been released.Now has 72 brands on this list. 3 only are true to label. All the rest are fakes with misleading labelling and wording. 95.8% of all checked “Wasabi” products are FAKES.You are paying premium prices for a mixture of mustard, horseradish and various colouring, flavouring and stabilising […]