Non-standard vegetables with nowhere to go

OYAOYA is a dried vegetable brand made from non-standard vegetables

The cucumber, who cares for his family, has become bent because he shared with his siblings the water and nutrients necessary for his own growth. The radish, who is a sleepyhead, sleeps in its soft soil bed until its fruit splits open.

Where do non-standard vegetables go?

These non-standard vegetables, which are not sold in supermarkets or department stores and are not seen in everyday life on the street, have their own stories that no one knows about.If they were like people, they would be born without the proper appearance due to various reasons such as family structure, home environment, or the child's personality, and so on.

Farmers take the same amount of care and effort to grow non-standard vegetables. When it comes time to harvest, the vegetables may be irregular in shape or size, but the taste remains the same, and most of them are still delicious.

Discarded non-standard vegetables

The percentage of non-standard vegetables is about 30% of the total harvest per farm. Some farmers have their own unique methods for upcycling vegetables that would otherwise be discarded or sold cheaply, such as processing them into dried vegetables.

Upcycled dried vegetables

However, even though they have taken the trouble to give value to vegetables that have nowhere to go, the general public still thinks of dried vegetables as something a little plain, such as kiriboshi daikon (dried strips of daikon radish) or traditional preserved foods. In reality, dried vegetables have a tightly condensed flavor, and the taste varies depending on the farmer's attention to detail, such as the soil, compost, and cultivation methods, making them a new treat from the fields that allows us to rediscover the deliciousness of vegetables.

The classic daikon radish has a very strong flavor. The cucumber is chewy and sweet, with a delicious texture that you'll never taste before. The radish has a subtle sweetness and retains the color of an embarrassed blush from oversleeping.

Non-standard vegetables suitable for drying

In fact, non-standard vegetables are worthy of being the main ingredient in dried vegetables.

A happy ending like the fairy tale "The Ugly Duckling" would be fitting.

They may be the ones cultivating the deliciousness of agriculture and the delicious food on the dinner table.

Sustainability at Agriture Inc.