Kobayashi Pharmaceutical’s website says its beni koji products use a strain of bacteria in fermentation that does not produce citrinin. The firm has delegated several universities to conduct ...

In France, people are cautioned to consult a doctor before consuming beni-koji products, and in Switzerland, the sale of foods and medicines containing them is banned. On the other hand ...

Sato hopes to connect brewers of high-quality koji products with foreign customers who have an interest in fermentation ― and innovation. ''Sharing the background of Japanese fermentation food ...

Kobayashi Pharmaceutical says it has supplied beni-koji to 52 other firms around the world, some of them wholesalers. Such companies have started to recall products that contain the ingredient ...