[roshmi]

Hi!
I'm a newbie and I'm seeking help with choosing a miso product. I found several choices for Mitoku traditional aged miso from Simply Natural Foods online. I'm not actually following a macro diet, but my husband recently had surgery (successful as far as we know) to remove a cancerous tumor in his lung. He has read Kushi and we've both made some dramatic changes in our diets - cutting out red meats and highly processed foods, cutting back radically on sugar intake, using organic products as much as possible.

One of our favorite things is to make a large pot of soup with organic beans, brown rice, and vegetables. We use no salt or other seasonings during the cooking except for sea veggies. Then we add miso and/or shoyu to each bowl according to our own individual tastes.

We've tried both mellow (light) and aged (dark) and we like both but prefer the darker variety. I've been getting the miso at Whole Foods Supermarket, but I looked online to see if I could find a less expensive and higher quality source. I'd like to try the Mitoku yaemon soybean miso (formerly called Mansan soybean miso) because it seems like the best value (a 14oz pkg is about the same price as the 8oz or 10.5oz of the other kinds) and it's aged for 36 mos thus producing a product with a highly regarded medicinal value.

But I'm concerned that it might be too strong tasting. We both really love the stronger tasting flavor of a more aged miso, but I never heard of this type before and when I called the tollfree # at Simply Natural to get further info before ordering, the woman who answered said she's never used that type and didn't know of anyone else who had either. She wasn't very helpful.

So I'm hoping someone out there has tried the yaemon soybean miso and can reassure me that it's got a good flavor for those who enjoy a full-bodied miso. Also, am I correct to assume that the Mitoku misos are higher quality products than the Miso Master ones I've been getting at Whole Foods?

Thanks! :o)