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Kinako

Kinako is a soy flour made from roasted soybeans. Cooks use it as a garnish and seasoning.

  • Plant-based
  • Gluten-free
  • Allergen: soy

About the plain ingredient, not packaged products; general information, not medical advice. Details

Made from
Soy bean
Cooked most in
Asia
Top country
Japan
Kinako, whole

Photo: Fumikas Sagisavas · CC0 1.0 · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use kinako

Typical ways to cook or use it

  • Garnish
  • Season

On the table

Dishes made with kinako

1 dish in the catalogue uses it.

  • Abekawamochi

    Japan

Dish lists come from Wikidata; a dish counts when its recorded ingredients include kinako.

Good to know

Diet and allergens: kinako in detail

These notes describe the plain ingredient. Packaged and prepared products vary, so read the label; for allergies and medical diets ask a doctor or dietitian.
Allergens
Contains: soyChecked and not found: eggs, fish, milk, lupin, wheat, celery, sesame, mustard, peanuts, molluscs, sulphites, tree nuts, crustaceans, gluten cereals.
Animal origin
No animal ingredients foundChecked and not found: egg, fish, meat, dairy, honey, insect, gelatin, poultry, bone char, shellfish, other animal, animal fining, animal rennet.
Gluten
None
Alcohol
None
Caffeine
None
Pork
None

Family

Related forms

Made from
soy bean (roasted)
A kind of
soy flour

Around the world

What kinako is called

Names in 23 languages, from Wikidata.

  • Spanish

    harina de soja · Kinnoko · Kinako

  • French

    Kinako

  • Italian

    farina di soia

  • Portuguese

    kinako

  • German

    Kinako

  • Dutch

    Kinako

  • Turkish

    Kinako

  • Russian

    Кинако

  • Arabic

    كيناكو

  • Persian

    کیناکو

  • Chinese

    黄豆粉

  • Japanese

    きな粉 · 黄な粉 · 黄粉 · きなこ

Show all 23 languages

  • Basque

    Soja-irin

  • Cantonese

    豆粉

  • Catalan

    Kinako · Farina de soia · Farina de soja

  • Czech

    kinako

  • Danish

    Kinako

  • Esperanto

    Kinako

  • Korean

    키나코

  • Norwegian Bokmål

    kinako

  • Norwegian Nynorsk

    kinako

  • Simplified Chinese

    黄豆粉

  • Thai

    คินาโกะ

  • Traditional Chinese

    黃豆粉

  • Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China)

    黃豆粉

  • Vietnamese

    Kinako

Sources and credits

Data

  • GlobeCooks editorial: descriptions, kitchen notes and classification, written by GlobeCooks from checked sources
  • Wikidata: names, classification and dishes (CC0 1.0)
  • Wikimedia Commons: photos

Wikidata item: Q1463001

Photos

Photo: Fumikas Sagisavas · CC0 1.0 · Wikimedia Commons