Fermented foods

Miso (みそ or 味噌) is a traditional Japanese seasoning produced by fermenting soybeans with salt and koji (the fungus Aspergillus oryzae) and sometimes rice, barley, or other ingredients.

Nattō (なっとう or 納豆) is a traditional Japanese food made from soybeans fermented with Bacillus subtilis var.

Sauerkraut (/ˈsaʊərkraʊt/; German pronunciation: [ˈzaʊ.ɐˌkʁaʊt] ) is finely cut cabbage that has been fermented by various lactic acid bacteria, including Leuconostoc, Lactobacillus, and Pediococcus.

Vinegar is a liquid consisting of about 5–20% acetic acid (CH3COOH), water, and other trace chemicals, which may include flavorings.

Pepsin is an enzyme that breaks down proteins into smaller peptides (that is, a protease).

Katsuobushi (Japanese: 鰹節) or okaka (おかか) is dried, fermented, and smoked skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis).

Tsukemono (漬物, literally "pickled things") are Japanese preserved vegetables (usually pickled in salt, brine, or a bed of rice bran).

Salting is the preservation of food with dry edible salt.

Salami is a type of cured sausage consisting of fermented and air-dried meat, typically beef or pork.

Tempeh (/ˈtɛmpeɪ/; Javanese: témpé, IPA: [tempe]) is a traditional soy product originating from Indonesia.

Worcestershire sauce (/ˈwʊstərʃər/), (Merriam-Webster: \ˈwu̇s-tə(r)-ˌshir-, -shər- also -ˌshī(-ə)r-\ ) sometimes shortened to Worcester sauce (/ˈwʊstər/), is a fermented liquid condiment of complex mixture, first created by the Worcester chemists John Wheeley Lea and William Henry Perrins, who later went on to form the company Lea & Perrins.

Sweet bean sauce (Chinese: tianmianjiang; also known as sweet bean paste, sweet soybean paste, sweet flour sauce, or sweet noodle sauce) is a thick, dark brown- or black-colored Chinese sauce made from wheat flour, sugar, salt, mantou flour, and fermented yellow soybeans (the lees left over from the fermentation of soybeans to make soy sauce).

This is a list of fermented foods, which are foods produced or preserved by the action of microorganisms.

This is a list of fermented soy products.