K-Herb Soybean Natto Powder 100% Natural Nattokinase Freeze-Dried Fermented Food Vitamin K2 10.6 oz(300g) (1 Pack)

I am relatively new to natto - just started eating it in powdered form, and have not tried it fresh. The "string-y" slimy textures simply are repulsive to me - so, I ordered it in powder. I have to say, I love the taste of it, and have been adding about a teaspoon to a tablespoon of it to whatever I am eating for dinner - my one meal of the day. So far, it has been added to wild rice, pizza, vegetables, dips - just whatever I am eating. I am consuming it for my health, and don't know what effect it is having on THAT, but I have noticed that my hair and fingernails are growing at a phenomenal rate. Have to trim my bangs - on my almost 67-yr. old head - once or twice a week, and trim my fingernails at least once a week. It must be doing my body good!

Very happy I found this product. As others have noted, the taste is actually quite pleasant, if you use it correctly. What works best for me is to mix it with preferably thick, strong-flavored sauces (tomato sauces, mustards, cheese/vegan cheese sauces, soy/coconut aminos) or dry seasonings (eg furikake with nori and sesame). Condiments that have umami flavored components seem to work the best. The condiments don't just mask the natto taste, this natto powder actually improves and amplifies the flavor. It's especially great over rice. I think if you use a little bit with every meal, it will equal to a medicinal daily dose, which I believe is 1 - 2 tsp a day. If you rely on this product or are thinking about getting it, and are curious about real natto.... I would recommend you curb your curiousity and stay away, because it might make using this difficult to use by association. The "problem" with natto, unless you grew up with it, is not so much the flavor, but that it's accompanied by a wet dish rag smell, and a very challenging texture. If you start to associate the flavor of this product with real natto, you might have a harder time using this. Otherwise it's kind of amazing and delicious. Will update if I notice specific health effects.

The taste of natto is labelled unpleasant in the West and unfairly. Like a good fermented cheese from France it is somewhat pungent but very pleasant once you set your cultural bias aside. The thing is, if you want to get medicinal levels of Vitamin K2 in your diet you are going to have to resort to natto. The good reseach coming out of Japan use 5mg to 45mg to get the beneficial results. In the USA the average pill size is 100 microgram. You have to take 10 pills to get 1 mg. You have to take 50 pills to get 5mg and 450 pills to get 45mg! Natto is nature's most concentrated source of Vit. K2. This brand is particularly pleasant. I would encouage the manufacturer to attach an English label to the product to give a rough estimate of the Vit K2 level per teaspoon. I've been taking 2 tsp. per day with much improved sleep.

I bought it thinking it had live culture. It had been sterilized. It is a food supplement for vitamins and minerals? No English translation. Website in total Korean. I really don't know what I bought.

I bought this 8 times from Amazon and twice I had to return it. I have been using Natto for years and know the taste, smell and the right consistency that it must possess. Day before yesterday I got another packet delivered and instantly knew something was wrong with it. Soybeans when fermented with Bacillus subtilis to make authentic Natto makes it slimy with a typical smell. If you put a small pinch in your mouth, it should feel slimy. If it doesn't and just tastes like mud/earth, it's not authentic or they did not let it ferment long enough. That's what happened to the last batch which is why I asked Amazon for a refund and they thankfully obliged. I will be placing another order today. Overall, the product is good but took off a star for lack of manufacturing QC.