WADAMAN
A Traditional Sesame Specialist since 1883
Wadaman is an Osaka based sesame specialist that has been selling high quality sesame products since 1883. The company was founded in Tenma, Osaka, where dried foods specialists have gathered and flourished since the Edo period.
Although sesame is an important ingredient in the Japanese kitchen and used in a lot of staple dishes, 99.9% of all the sesame eaten in Japan is imported from overseas! Growing and cultivating sesame is a complex and very labor-intensive process, and due to the aging population, there are not enough farmers in Japan to handle the demand. WADAMAN sources the best quality sesame and carefully selects the type of seeds per product – some of their products are made with sesame from Bolivia and Turkey, others from Ethiopia and Egypt.
Organic Sesame
Sesame produced by WADAMAN or their contracted farmers is JAS organic certified and made without pesticides or chemical fertilizers – which they emphasize is better not only for our health, but also that of the fields.
They furthermore suggest that as organic farming results in better flavor, as more attention, love and effort is required in the farming process. Their USDA organic and HALAL certifications are also recognized in the USA and EU.
WADAMAN's organic products are named accordingly in our shop
Fourth generation of the family, Etsuji Wada is a true artisan with over 40 years of experience in handling sesame: working with them every day from 8am to 9pm. Since 2001 WADAMAN was committed to grow sesame seeds themselves, in Japan. They contracted over 200 farmers from all over Japan to start growing sesame, even on small scale, and are continuously growing in numbers.
From 2009 they furthermore started growing sesame themselves on a farm in Nara. They keep an online blog for customers to follow to show the many steps and heavy work involved in this, and have set up a donation system where customers can donate about￥2000JPY to become co-owner of part of the field and receive updates, small gifts and discounts, and the opportunity to come help in the farm.
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