Organic Japanese Kuzu (Kudzu) – Gluten Free Starch Thickener Clearspring

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• Product Info
• Nutritional Info
• How to Use

• Ingredients: Wild harvested Kuzu* (Pueraria lobata). *organically grown.

  Product weight: 125g

  Clearspring Organic Kuzu (also known as Kudzu) is a superior quality starch thickener with a smooth texture and neutral flavour that is naturally extracted from the roots of one of Japan’s most vigorous mountain plants. Its quality was commended in the 2012 Free From Awards.

  How to use

  Ideal thickener for soups and stews, sweet and savoury sauces, glazes and pie fillings, it is easy to us

  • Crush the chunks
  • Dissolve in a small amount of cold water
  • Add the mix to to your cooking liquid
  • Heat, stirring continuously until thick and translucent.

  A half to one tablespoon of kuzu will thicken one cup of liquid. Please note: 1 ¾ tbsp. of Kuzu can replace 1 tbsp of corn flour.

  Kuzu production

  Clearspring’s kuzu producer has been making kuzu for five generations, and follows a 45-day process of washing, settling, filtering and drying the pure organic kuzu root starch that it supplies to Clearspring. Located in southern Kyushu, where the volcanic soils produce exceptionally vigorous kuzu plants, they are one of the few remaining producers of pure kuzu starch in Japan.

  A Superior gluten free thickener

  Kuzu has been a valued ingredient in Japanese cuisine and confectionery for more than two thousand years. Its high content of complex starch molecules makes it a powerful thickening agent. While standard thickeners like cornflour can do much the same job, they tend to be highly processed and treated with chemical bleaches and extracting agents, whereas Clearspring pure organic kuzu is a completely natural gluten free starch.

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  Product Code: CS769
• • Fat Free
  • Sugar Free

  • Saturated Fat Free
  • Low Salt

  Nutritional Information

  Typical values	g per 100g
  Energy kJ:	1500
  Energy kCal:	353
  Fat:	0
  of which saturates:	0
  Carbohydrate:	88
  of which sugars:	0
  Protein:	0
  Salt:	0.13

  Dietary Status

  Gluten Free

  Raw Food

  Kosher

  Free of Added Alcohol

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• A superior thickening agent with a delightfully smooth texture and no starchy or interfering taste. Use Kuzu to thicken soups and stews, both sweet and savoury sauces, glazes, desserts and pie fillings. Dissolve in cold water before adding to hot liquids.