奈良漬 (奈良漬)

Nara has 1,200+ year nara-zuke heritage; Imanishi Honke and other small-scale producers maintain multi-year sake-kasu rotation.
Alcohol 5-7%; salt 5-10%; multi-year aging produces characteristic amber-brown color and concentrated flavour.
Premium gift retail, fine-dining tsukemono accent, hospitality export.
Sake-lees (sake kasu) pickled vegetables — a Nara Prefecture specialty with 1,200+ year documented history. Most commonly applied to uri (Japanese melon), white melon, watermelon, ginger, and cucumber. The pickling process uses recycled sake-kasu in 5+ rotations spanning 6 months to several years. Imanishi Honke and Shoutoku-no-mori are reference Nara producers; the long aging produces alcohol carryover ~5-7% in finished pickles, complicating halal and child-product labelling. Distinct from existing fermented food entries.
| 日本 | Food product; alcohol-content labelling for sake-kasu pickle |
|---|---|
| 欧盟 | Food import; alcohol-content labelling |
| 美国 | GRAS; FDA Prior Notice |
| 中国 | GACC; alcohol-content labelling |