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

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.

Good nutrients, easy cook, good taste

Spikes your blood sugar faster and higher than bread or rice. Not recommended if you're diabetic or prediabetic. Expensive too. Not recommended.

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.

the best dry shiratake rice I ever ordered. I am regularly ordering for my consumption.

I like the texture of this rice. Looks like regular Japanese rice. My only concerns are:1. The package is in Japanese language. No English translation so you just rely on the pictures.2. Is this really low carb?UPDATE: I looked it up and found out that it has 44.4 g of carbs. That’s a lot of carbs and i an on low carb diet. I can’t eat this anymore!

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 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.