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Yellow fungi for Miso and Soy sauce brewing
These are widly used as Koji for Miso, soy sauce and commercial-Koji.
Rice Koji Miso
(Red, salty type)
Barley Koji Miso
(Tint, sweet type)
Beans Koji Miso
(Dark brown, full-body type)
Rice-Koji fungi
Yamabuki fungi
Medium aerialmycelium type. Slow growth in the beginning of Koji incubation period, having good penetration and scent. Used for Miso.

Yamabuki fungi No.2
Medium aerialmycelium type. This has high enzymatic activity. Used for tinted Miso.

Yamabuki fungi No.3
Medium aerialmycelium type. This is good for mechanical production of Koji because of its fast progress. Easily used because of its strong neutral protease.

For tint saccharification
Medium-short aerialmycelium type. This has strong saccharification enzymes. Making Koji is easy. Good for sweet Miso.

Gekko
Long aerialmycelium type. Non-dark and non-black pigment of Koji fungus. Plain taste and scent.

For Miso
Medium aerialmycelium type. Rapid growth in the beginning of Koji incubation period. This has good scent and become white Koji. Used for red type Miso.

Aglycon
This has high β-glycosidase activity (7.14/g Koji) which transforms glucoside type isoflavone into aglycon type.

High amino
This contains Asperatine which gives more particular amino acids than other Tane-Koji (starter) appered on the market. (Concession no. 3113959, FERM AP-20647).

AOK139
This has more free fatty acid than commercial Koji for Miso by 16 times which plays important role in scent of Miso (1.6g/100g Miso) (Concession no .4049220, FERM AP-20562).

GABA
This has high γ-amino butyric acid. Its no.77 have dark and black pigment (44mg/100g Koji) and no.20 dose not have (39.8mg/100g Koji).

Barley-Koji fungi
For barley Miso
Short aerialmycelium type. Strong enzymatic activity. Early decomposing. Early nurturing spore.
Beans-Koji fungi
For beans Miso
This has strong protease and early propagation. This Tane-Koji draws out taste of beans.
Soy sauce Koji fungi
Soy sauce No.1
Tane-Koji (starter) used A. sojae. Short aerialmycelium type. Making time of Koji is short. High using rate of nitrogen.

Soy sauce No.2
A. oryzae type. This has high protease activity and good scent. Easy to use.

Soy sauce No.3
A. oryzae type. For tint color of soy sauce. High amylase activity.