Konnyaku ‘diet-friendly superfood’ craze in Japan sees theme park, more exports


Visitors to Konnyaku Park in Japan can tuck into a buffet of konnyaku dishes and try their hand at making konnyaku products. - NAVITIME JAPAN

TOKYO (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): Some may find Konnyaku, a jelly-like zero-calorie food made from a starchy root vegetable, boring and tasteless, but a theme park in Japan is hoping to change that.

Konnyaku Park, located in Gunma prefecture, north-west of Tokyo, is a veritable trove of all things konjac, as the diet-friendly superfood is also known as.

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