Konnyaku Powder

[GlorifiedRice]

Hi, Now that I have a place to order stuff from Japanese online stores, can anyone help me find a Japanese Online store that sells Red Man Konnyaku Powder or any other brand of Konnyaku Powder that DOES NOT CONTAIN SUGAR in the mix?

Thank VERY VERY much in advance

[helenjp]

I think you may be better off buying non-Japanese brands if your main aim is to make jelly. Red Man is not a Japanese brand.

I use a product by Kanten-papa called "Ina-aga A", but that produces a gelatin-like texture that sets at room temperature, not a chewy kanten jelly texture.

Plain konnyaku starch is not that easy to buy even in Japan, and rather expensive because it's a popular diet aid. I don't know about other areas of Japan, but I don't think I could get it in just any supermarket where I live. People buy it from sites like konnyaku-mura (e.g. you can buy 10-count boxes of 50 gram sachets, totalling about 1 lb of konnyaku powder for about $US25), but they don't have an English website, and I don't know how widely they distribute their products elsewhere.

People don't usually make dessert konnyaku jellies at home, they use the powder as a low-calorie bulking agent, or they make the ultra-chewy kneaded-style gel that is used for noodles or the grayish slabs of konnyaku.