Because of its price the "wasabi" you're used to is probably just a mixture of horseradish, coloring, and sweetener. These products often only have 1-5% of the real thing in. Wasabi is known for ...

Some restaurants serve a green paste that looks like wasabi. But the truth is, this wasabi isn't quite the real deal. Here's ...

It is said that 95-99% of the wasabi sold in restaurants is just a cheaper, less authentic version of the famous green paste... Real wasabi, in fact, is much rarer and more expensive to produce ...

but wasabi paste also has a short shelf life. For these reasons, most wasabi served in sushi restaurants in the United States does not contain real wasabi. Instead, producers combine ...