What does the 'stock rice ball' that can be stored for 5 years taste like? We actually tried it to find out
' Stockpile rice balls ' can be stored for five years and can be eaten immediately after opening the bag without having to prepare boiling water. It seems very convenient, but I was curious about the taste, so I actually tried it.
New 'stock rice balls' for disaster prevention are now available. Can be stored for up to 5 years. Can be eaten as is without adding water, hot water or heating. | News Release | KOKUBO PRESS
There are two types of rice balls for stockpiling: 'Salt rice ball' and 'Shoyu rice ball.' Both can be stored for five years and can be eaten immediately after opening the bag.
First, I'll try the soy sauce rice ball.
The ingredients include non-glutinous rice, salt, soy sauce, sugar, concentrated chicken stock, concentrated stock, protein hydrolysate, kelp extract, coarsely crushed bonito flakes, and coarsely crushed bonito flakes.
Each piece contains 175.7kcal.
The package contains one soy sauce rice ball.
The soy sauce rice ball was wrapped in a transparent film.
When the transparent film is unfolded, it looks like this. The triangular soy sauce rice ball is wrapped perfectly in triangular film.
If you hold it through the transparent film, you can eat it without getting your hands dirty.
This is what the surface of the soy sauce rice ball looks like. The rice is not crushed and keeps its shape.
When you eat it, you'll notice that it has a sweeter flavor than the saltiness of soy sauce. The surface is a little dry, but the overall texture is chewy. It's a flavor that would be great to eat during a disaster when soft rice is hard to come by. It's also great that you don't need water or boiling water, so you can eat it right after opening the bag.
Next I'll try the salted rice ball.
The ingredients are four types: domestic rice, salt, rice oil, and enzymes.
Each piece contains 170kcal.
There was one salted rice ball in the package.
In the case of the soy sauce rice ball, the outside of the transparent film was dry and my hands didn't get dirty, but in the case of the salt rice ball, the liquid had leaked onto the outside of the transparent film and was slimy. When I contacted the manufacturer, they said, 'Because the inner film used is not a sealed system, it is possible that the moisture from the rice oil and rice ball leaked out and condensed.' They also said, 'It's not a problem because it's in a sealed container that has been pressurized and heated and sterilized.'
When you remove the transparent film and look at the surface, it looks like this. In the soy sauce rice ball, each grain of rice is separate, but in the salt rice ball, the grains are stuck together and look flat.
The taste is sweet and salty. It's sweet even without chewing, so you'll feel like you're getting nutrition the moment you put it in your mouth. However, the slimy texture on the surface is a bit of a concern. The manufacturer said, 'We use rice oil in our Stockpile Salt Rice Balls to prevent them from drying out. That's why you may feel the texture is slimy. (We don't use rice oil in our Shoyu Rice Balls.) We hope you understand that because rice balls are not industrial products, there will be variations in hardness and softness.' It's easy to feel strange because we're used to the luxury of 'eating freshly cooked rice,' but if you eat Stockpile Rice Balls after a long period of time on dry bread, you'll feel grateful.
On Rakuten Market, stockpiling rice balls are being sold for 1,500 yen (tax included) for a set of three, and 9,800 yen (tax included) for a set of 20.
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