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Revolutionary Meat Flakes are a Scrumptious Addition to Any Meal

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Eating raw beef might scare you, but it is such a delicacy in Japan.  Only super high quality meat can satisfy fastidious Japanese consumers.

The Japanese are well known as food innovators, and the groundbreaking offering “Gyu Toro Flakes” from Hokkaido-based Tokachi Slow Foods, further adds to this tradition.  This product is top-level, specially processed meat flakes that melt in your mouth.   They can be eaten raw on top of rice, pasta or sushi to make a delicious treat and be frozen for up to a month.  This is only possible due to the superior quality of meat from the Born Free Farm brand produced by Tokachi Slow Foods.

Born Free Farm meat takes utmost pride in the way its cows are raised, feeding them “physiologically optimal feed” for cows.  Also, the company uses as little chemical fertilizer as possible and no agricultural chemicals.  Due to a recent rash of food safety issues in Japan, this is a product that customers can be comfortable with.  This sense of security is evident by the fact that there is a waiting list for these flakes due to popular demand.

However, in addition to the confidence customers can have in the product’s purity, it is receiving rave reviews for its ingenuity.  Some customers have compared its consistency to that of fatty tuna (toro) and say its taste is similar to that of the Japanese dish of tuna and scallions.  Just looking at pictures of Gyu Toro flakes sprinkled on top of various dishes will make your mouth water, so here’s hoping they make it stateside soon.

Info: Tokachi Slow Foods
www.gyutoro.com (Japanese only)
bornfree@gyutoro.com