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• Ingredients

  Chinese leaf, spring onion, carrot, gochugaru (chilli flakes), aka miso [soybean, rice, salt, ethyl alcohol, koji, yeast], ginger, garlic, salt, sugar

• Made in

  Made in: London, England

  Producer: Kim Kong Kimchi

  Locally produced: any product which is made, produced, modified or finished in the UK. 

• Packaging

  Glass, aluminium. 

  *Plastic-free product: any product that has completely avoided the use of unnecessary plastic.

• Why does Fressco promote this producer ?

  Kim Kong kimchi ticks lots of health food boxes (it’s unpasteurised, vegan, gluten-free and loaded with vitamins), but most importantly (to me anyway) it’s addictively, incredibly delicious! 

  Kim Kong Kimchi is based on baechu-style kimchi, made with hand-cut chinese leaf cabbage, carrots and spring onions. What makes our kimchi special is that we wanted to make something that tasted totally authentic and delicious, but was suitable for everyone (thus vegan & gluten-free). In order to keep the traditional flavour and rich, deep colour we source sweet, slightly smoky ‘gochugaru’ chilli flakes. While we omit fish products (as would often be found in kimchi) to keep my product vegan, we’ve found that aged ‘aka’ miso provides an excellent umami kick. Once it’s mixed it’s left in huge barrels to ferment. Some kimchis are jarred after just 3 or 4 days, but we wanted Kim Kong Kimchi to have a richer, more developed flavour, so we ferment ours for much longer. It’s left unpasteurised (unlike most imported kimchi). That means that even when you get it home it will slowly develop, ripening and becoming more sour (which is great for recipes like jjigae!).