AIDA rice Sado Koshihikari (2 kg)

A brand of rice grown with great love by the Aida family on the lush natural land of Sado Island. Oyster shells and cattle manure from the island are used as natural fertiliser and are certified by Global Gap (international standards for safe and high quality agricultural products). The Niigata Prefecture’s “Special Cultivation” certification (pesticides and chemical fertilisers used less than half of the region’s agricultural standards), and the “Ibis Friendly Environment” certification (healthy and delicious Sado rice grown using farming methods that reduce the use of pesticides and chemical fertilisers, while creating a suitable habitat for living creatures in and around the rice paddies) are also guarantees of quality.

This rice can be washed very lightly (1 to 2 rinses are sufficient) before cooking.

About Sado Aida Rice Farming

The Aida family started its official rice farming business in 1993. The rice is grown in accordance with the “Ibis-friendly environment” certification, a system that certifies that Sado’s rice is healthy and delicious and that it is grown using “farming methods that nourish living beings”. These methods include oyster shell farming, which was developed after the discovery of the water purification and sterilisation effects and the fertilisation of the land with oyster shells: by passing the water drawn from the rice fields through oyster shells rich in sea minerals, the strength of the micro-organisms present is added to the water. This method, which is covered by newspapers and television, is gradually spreading throughout the country and impressed the three-star French chef Christopher Coutanceau when he visited the island in 2019.