mannanhikari Diet Dry Shirataki Rice, 75 gram (7 Pieces)

I love rice and have it daily as part of a balanced diet. Unfortunately as I've gotten older I haven't been able to enjoy carbs as freely as I once did. I've tried substitutions like cauliflower rice, quinoa and the other Konjac rice products (the ones packed in liquid). None of them have been very satisfying in terms of taste and texture which is a big factor for me. Cauliflower rice gives everything a cauliflower like taste no matter what you pair it with and the wet Konjac rice has a weird slippery texture and takes awhile to dry pan frying it for regular use (sometimes gives off an odd smell too). I guess it really boils down to texture, if I'm going to eat rice I'd prefer a close rice like mouth feel as possible. With this dry Mannanhikari rice it was a total game changer- I can still eat rice but not all the calories! At first I was skeptical, I was worried the rice wouldn't 'cook' like regular rice. I was pleasantly surprised when I tried it, it didn't have any weird taste or texture. In fact, it was so well incorporated into the regular rice I had a hard time telling the grains apart. I even served it to my picky husband, didn't tell him it had diet rice in it and he couldn't even tell the difference either! All the instructions are in Japanese but I was able to find a source online that translated it. I rinsed one cup of Jasmine rice and then added one packet of Mannanhikari rice unrinsed and added 1.5 cups of water. It came out perfectly! The serving size after cooking was a little over 4 cups of cooked rice. I served it with a Japanese curry and it was amazing! I wish it wasn't so expensive, but at least I know I have better options now.

Super yummy rice especially when mixed with jasmine rice. I love to do 1 cup jasmine rice with 1 package of this with 3 cups water in the rice cooker. So delicious. Especially when you add mixed grain rice for extra nutrition which gives so much flavor to the mix. This rice takes the guilt out of eating rice for me and the texture and taste is identical to any other rice you're eating. If you want it more firm then add less water but the flavor is super delicious.

The taste is awesome ... just like rice. Was happy about that!!! But I thought all the while since its SHIRATAKI it was low carb or zero carb like the wet ones I've tried. I am on a Keto diet hoping to get out of insulin. After having this rice, I was wondering why my blood sugar was up when I've gotten it consistently below 130 for the last 2 weeks. So i searched to see what the nutritional fact is on this and just found an answer from the seller right here about Nutritional Info. It has 44.4 g carb !!! Not sure what the serving portion was cause it didn't say .... but that is a LOT!!! I felt like I just ate reg rice. :-( and i thought i found a good low carb alternative....

I'm impressed with the ease of cooking and the great taste, Lo Carbs and fiber. There is no english on the packaging so follow these instructions: Rinse several times in cold water and boil like pasta for a few minutes. Strain through a fine sieve, give it a quick heating in a hot dry pan to dry it a bit and serve. Good with salt and butter or olive oil.

The description is not clear enough because it’s 99% in Japanese. It IS about half the calories and half the carbs of regular rice, and the taste is fine, while the texture falls somewhere between rice and white wheat pasta. I *would* buy this regularly if it weren’t so freaking expensive. At nearly 2 dollars for a small serving, it just seems a little ridiculous. A 1 cup serving with Curry costs $3.56 just for the ”rice.” I’ll go back to forbidden rice and just eat less.

It's the best almost no-calorie pasta/rice substitute I've ever run into. Texture is perfect (imo), but it has no taste or flavor. I microwave a 1:2.5 (pasta:water) mix for 3 min, wait 2min minutes, microwave 2 min, and wait 10min. If you're a foodie or gourmet you'll hate it, otherwise it's the best substitute so far invented. However, it is way too expensive to eat on a regular basis. Thus, I buy it and store it for those times when I run out of sirataki noodles making dinner.

I was skeptical at first but when I cooked it and tried, oh wow, it taste like real rice. I’ve been eating the konjac shiratake rice and it’s not the same. This rice is way way different from the taste and texture. I will definitely buy again this product. The only request I have is to have an English equivalent of the nutrients and instructions. And maybe to lower the price.

The best I can tell, this stuff is not meant to be cooked alone and is not low carb, just reduced carb. Even with a 50-50 mix with white rice you still get 17.5g of carbohydrates. Because it is all in Japanese, I cannot tell the true carb (carb-fiber) count. With a 20g daily carb diet restriction even up to 50% reduction to white rice is not sufficient. Especially at this price. We wanted a dry version of Miracle rice. As far as I can tell, this is not that.

見た目は米の半分もない粒の大きさですが、米と一緒に炊くと本物の米と同様の大きさとなり、混ぜてしまえば見た目は全く見分けがつかないほどとなります。 味も食感も本物のご飯のようです。 臭いもクセもなく、食べやすいです。 私は米3合に対して1合のマンナンを混ぜて4合で炊いています。

我が家は、夫婦揃ってゴワットっとした食感の固めのご飯が好きなので 普段から水を少なめに炊飯しています。 ですので、この製品を混ぜたご飯を炊く時もいつものように 水少なめで炊きましたが、明らかにいつもより柔らかい食感になりました。 ２回目の炊飯時、さらに水を少なめにしましたが やはり柔らか目という印象の食感でした。 おそらく、成分的に固めにはなり難いのだと思います。 我が家好みの固めにはならなかったとは言え、 まともに食べられる硬さは持っています。 もともとそんなに高級なお米を食べてきた訳ではないからか、 この製品を混ぜたご飯は香りも味も決して悪くはなく、 普通に美味しく頂けました。 普通に炊いたものに違和感を覚える方は 水を少なめにすれば解消されるかもしれません。 ちなみに私が炊く時は、 内釜に刻まれた水量線の水少なめの目盛りより さらに若干少なめにしています。 試しに、我が家の水の量で炊いたこのご飯で 塩むすびを握ってみましたが（画像参照）、 握る感触がいつもと少し違う気がしたものの、 握っている最中にご飯粒がまとまらずに ボロボロこぼれ落ちるようなことはありませんでした。 ただし、手に付く量が多いような印象が有ったのも事実で、 握ったものは、普通の米のものより若干崩れ易いようです。 小さなお子さんに持たせるお弁当には不向きかもしれません。 あと、ムギを足して炊くことも試していますが、 これも特に問題はありませんでした。 このレベルで30％のカロリーを抑えられるのであれば、ほぼ満足です。 値段が少し高めなので、せめて中堅どころの米と同じくらいの価格になると有りがたいですね。 しばらくはこの製品を継続して利用させて頂くつもりです。 【捕捉】 冷たくなると粘り気も減り 少々ポロポロする印象があります。 が、味は悪くならず、それほど違和感なく食べられますので お弁当にも使えそうです。 【捕捉２】 チャーハンにも使ってみましたが 特筆するほどの問題は見つかりませんでした。 普通のお米より若干多いポロポロ感は 逆にチャーハンに向いていると言えるのかもしれません。

I liked this. Actually you’re supposed to mix it with regular rice but I found it also ok without mixing and instead covered in curry sauce etc. Obviously it does not taste the same as actual rice however if you eat it on its own.

糖質制限のためにリピート利用しているが、もう少し味を何とかできないものだろうか。 もう何年も使用しているが未だに慣れない。（白いメシが食べたい‥）

糖尿予備軍の夫の為に以前からこちらの商品を愛用しています。 しかし、この７本パックは我が家の近所のドラッグストアではタイミングが良くないと手に入らず困っていました。 「amazon定期便」対象商品として丁度あったので 買い忘れなく、しかもかなり安く購入できて助かってます。 コレ一包が米１合の計算になります。 商品にはもっとお得な大袋サイズもあるのですが 小分け包装されていません。 いちいち米とは別に測るのが面倒に感じるズボラな私には こっちのほうが楽でありがたいです。 白米２合＋マンナンスティック１袋＝3合炊ける計算。 これで３３パーセントカット。 カロリーカットの希望によりマンナン度合を増やしたり減らしたりできます。 我が家の炊飯ペースでいくと この７袋入りをひと月で消費します。 通常の炊飯器の水加減ですと柔らかめに炊き上がります。 お弁当にも使ってますが 冷めても気になる臭みもないし、冷めて食べるお弁当には程良い柔らかさです。 問題のカロリーカットはどうなのか？ですが。 我が家は「これ以上太らないである程度、米をいっぱい食べたい」という趣旨でコレを食べてます。 まいにちご飯をたっぷり食べてますけど 「とりあえず痩せてはいない。しかし太ってもいない。」 現状維持できてます。 お腹いっぱい米を食べなければ ちゃんと体重は減ってきます。