Food ingredients
Ingredients used in Japanese food and beverage applications, including traditional foodstuffs, teas, and umami sources. Entries note culinary use, regulatory treatment under Japanese food law, and any corresponding cosmetic-grade versions.
Food · Hydrocolloids
Agar
寒天 (Kanten) · INCI: Agar (cosmetic use)
Food · Fermented seasonings
Black Vinegar (Kurozu)
黒酢 (Kurozu) · INCI: Not applicable (food use)
Food · Umami seasonings
Bonito Extract (Katsuobushi)
鰹節エキス (Katsuobushi ekisu) · INCI: Not applicable (food use)
Food · Tea
Genmaicha (Brown Rice Tea)
玄米茶 (Genmaicha) · INCI: Not applicable (food use primarily)
Food · Tea
Hojicha (Roasted Green Tea)
ほうじ茶 (Hōjicha) · INCI: Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract (for cosmetic use)
Food · Traditional Japanese foodstuffs
Kinako (Roasted Soybean Flour)
きな粉 (Kinako) · INCI: Glycine Soja (Soybean) Flour (cosmetic use)
Food · Traditional starches
Kudzu Starch
葛粉 (Kuzuko) · INCI: Pueraria Lobata Root Extract (for cosmetic uses, distinct from starch)
Food · Tea
Matcha Powder
抹茶 (Matcha) · INCI: Camellia Sinensis Leaf Powder (for cosmetic grade) / not applicable for food grade
Food · Fermented seasonings
Mirin
みりん (Mirin) · INCI: Not applicable (food use)
Food · Infusions
Mugicha (Barley Tea)
麦茶 (Mugicha) · INCI: Not applicable (food use primarily)
Food · Culinary oils
Perilla Seed Oil
えごま油 (Egoma abura) · INCI: Perilla Ocymoides Seed Oil (cosmetic uses)
Food · Culinary oils
Rice Bran Oil
米油 (Komeyu) · INCI: Oryza Sativa Bran Oil (for cosmetic use)
Food · Fermented seasonings
Rice Vinegar
米酢 (Komezu) · INCI: Not applicable (food use)
Food · Tea
Sencha Extract
煎茶エキス (Sencha ekisu) · INCI: Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract (for cosmetic use)
Food · Culinary oils
Sesame Oil
ごま油 (Goma abura) · INCI: Sesamum Indicum Seed Oil (for cosmetic use)