Fermented Foods
There are various kinds of food around us. Among them, miso, soy sauce, cheese, yogurt, etc. are classified in the same category, and these are called fermented foods. I will introduce fermented foods from now on. Fermented foods are foods whose taste and nutritional value are enhanced by the action of microorganisms. The function of microorganisms can be divided into two types: putrefaction, which is harmful to humans, and fermentation, which is beneficial to humans. Among them, fermented foods have many positive effects on humans. The world's first fermented food was made around 5,000 BC, and it is said that yogurt was accidentally made from milk. The oldest record of fermented foods in Japan is salted melon in the Nara period, but it is believed that fermented foods already existed in the Jomon and Yayoi periods. Fermented foods have various effects such as the effect of regulating and activating immunity, the effect of suppressing allergies, the effect of normali