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Default Can you Freeze Miso Paste ?

On Jul 11, 1:50 pm, Jason > wrote:
> Hi,
>
> As the tittle says can you freeze Miso paste ?
>
> I have a whole chunk that i won't be using but seems to have an expiry
> date of tomorrow and I was wondering how and if I could store it.
>
> Unfortunately all the packaging is in Japanese.
>
> Thanks
>
> Jason


There's yeast in the miso. It's used to ferment the miso and they're
alive, which is party why miso keeps for so long (it's technically
already rotten to begin with). If you freeze the miso, you'll kill all
the friendly bacteria. It probably won't keep as long after freezing.