{"product_id":"sb-mentaiko-spaghetti-sauce","title":"S\u0026B Mentaiko Spaghetti Sauce Spicy Cod Roe Pasta 52.4g","description":"\u003cp\u003eTwo sachets of roe sauce with chilli that turn plain boiled spaghetti into Japanese mentaiko pasta, stirred through the hot drained noodles with nothing to cook. It tastes salty and savoury with chilli through it, and there is no butter in it. Buy it if you want roe pasta with some heat; if you want no heat at all, this is the wrong sachet, and the tarako one (plain roe, no chilli) is the one to take.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eからし明太子, karashi mentaiko (men-TIE-ko); karashi here means chilli. The pack's English says \"spicy cod roe\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat you're getting\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWhat it does to the pasta\u003c\/strong\u003e: it coats every strand in a salty roe sauce with chilli through it, and a sachet of chopped chives goes on top. It is the finished dish, not a base you cook further.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHow hot it is\u003c\/strong\u003e: chilli pepper is in the sauce itself, so every mouthful carries some heat, more than the plain tarako. Some young children find it too hot, so try them on a small taste first.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCod roe, or pollock?\u003c\/strong\u003e: mentaiko is the Japanese name for Alaska pollock roe seasoned with chilli. Pollock is a smaller relative of cod, and the English on the pack calls it cod roe. \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/guides\/mentaiko-japanese-pollock-roe\"\u003eOur guide to mentaiko\u003c\/a\u003e has the whole story.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHow much pasta\u003c\/strong\u003e: one sachet for 100 g of dry spaghetti, which is one serve, and the pack makes two.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNot the pack sold in Japan\u003c\/strong\u003e: this is the export edition. It comes with chives instead of the dried seaweed of the Japanese pack, and its ingredient list is different, so a pack you bought in Japan will not match it line for line.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAllergens\u003c\/strong\u003e: contains fish, wheat and soy. Read the pack's own label before you rely on ours.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAlso on the label\u003c\/strong\u003e: there is fish in it. Besides the roe, the seasoning uses a protein partly made from fish, and it is coloured with cochineal, a dye made from insects.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe instructions on the back of the pack are in English.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"S\u0026B","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67560090697954,"sku":"SH-SCE-0002","price":4.98,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0824\/1312\/5858\/files\/sb-mentaiko-spaghetti-sauce-front.webp?v=1790762395","url":"https:\/\/shintop.com.au\/products\/sb-mentaiko-spaghetti-sauce","provider":"Shintop Trading Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}