Eden Foods Buckwheat Soba Pasta 227g

Energizing 100% whole grain organic noodles with a rich, warming flavor. Buckwheat protein is superior to other cereal grain as it has all essential amino acids, and is the best source of the important flavonoid rutin. It is traditionally made and patiently two-step dried. Despite the name, buckwheat is not wheat and is not related to wheat. A delicious, versatile, strengthening food, enjoy it hot or chilled in dashi - a shoyu soy sauce kombu broth and in salads and stir-fries. Wrap it in toasted nori to make delicious noodle sushi. It provides fiber and protein with no salt added.

EDEN 100% Buckwheat Soba is 100% whole grain noodles with a rich, warming flavor. It is traditionally made in Japan and patiently two-step dried into a delicious and easy way to enjoy the flavor and exceptional health benefit of buckwheat. Soba is Japanese for buckwheat. In Japan, 100% pure Buckwheat Soba is called 'kiko uchi'.

Eden 100% Buckwheat Soba is a bracing food made in Japan. It is made from only two ingredients – 100% whole grain organic buckwheat and purified water. Buckwheat is naturally gluten free, a special method was developed to prepare ‘pre-gelatinized’ flour that increases the binding power of buckwheat. Pre-gelatinized flour is made by puffing whole grain buckwheat with the hull on, similar to the process used for making puffed cereal, then grinding the puffed buckwheat into fine flour. The pre-gelatinized flour is then blended with regular buckwheat flour forming a 60/40 percent ratio. Water is added to form dough, which is then kneaded, rolled, and cut. The noodles are then dried and cut to length. Eden 100% Buckwheat Soba is gluten free and skillfully made in a wheat, gluten, and egg free facility that is dedicated only to buckwheat production.

Buckwheat Fagopyrum esculentum is a hardy wild, broad leaf plant crop, and not a grass. It belongs to the Polygonaceae or buckwheat family and is not a member of the cereal grain or Gramineae family. The fruit seed of the buckwheat plant has long been valued as important food in the East and West. It originated in the Lake Baikal area of Siberia, in the Himalayas, and Manchuria. Buckwheat was cultivated and eaten in China before being adopted throughout Asia and Europe. It has been a staple food in Russia and central Europe for centuries where it's best known as 'kasha.'

The art of making noodles is believed to have originated among farmers in China, were introduced to Buddhist temples, and taken to Japan by monks. The first reference to soba or buckwheat in Japan appears in records from the Heian period AD 794 to 1185. Soba noodles or 'soba kiri' are mentioned in documents from the early 1600s.