Japanese Style Sweetened Red Bean Paste VEGAN & GLUTEN-FREE, NO PRESERVATIVE, NO-MSG, NON-GMO, Sweetened Adzuki Bean Paste Good For Desserts, Buns, Pastry Filling, Mochi 14oz (Pack of 2, 14, Ounce)

It just needs to cut back on the sugar content.

The pack of red bean paste weighs 14 oz. Red bean paste has been a common staple in some foods in Asia. In Japan it is used in dorayaki and taiyaki. These are like pancakes with red bean paste filling in the middle. In other parts of Asia it is used as fillings in buns (bao), bread, pastry, etc. Since I didn't have the ingredients and equipment to make any of the above, I paired the red bean paste with some western style pancakes. Spread a layer on the pancakes. The paste tasted sweet. Nice smooth and soft texture. Very fine not coarse. Very authentic red bean paste.Overall, a very good bag of red bean paste. Will recommend.

This Japanese Style Sweetened Red Bean Paste is smooth and very spreadable. There are only three listed ingredients on the pack. Works as expected as pastry filling.

The sweetened red bean paste is super versatile. I put it inside my riceball; with my ice cream; inside the bun which all very delicious and creaming.

This red bean paste is tasty. It has a fairly smooth but slightly grainy texture. The flavor is extremely sweet, but it lacks most of the bean flavor that you often get. It would be appropriate for filling desserts like mochi, tayaki, or rice cakes, but it could also be used for other sweet applications such as a topping for ice cream. The price is not bad, and the package comes with a fair amount inside.

This red bean paste tastes so good I could eat it straight out of the bag. It would be good with rice, but I took the time to make some steamed buns with it. I love making food from recipes all over the wold, and I particularly love Asian dishes.The red bean paste was a little soft and sticky at room temperature, so I put it in the freezer for about 15 minutes. That firmed it up and I was able to roll it into little balls. I made a basic bao dough to wrap the balls of red bean paste in. Half the package was enough to make 8 steamed buns.The buns ended up being delicous, and my family devoured them. The red beans are so sweet and flavorful. The texture is very creamy, and less grainy than a lot of the red bean paste I have had in treats I have gotten at my local asian market. This red bean paste is exceptional quality. It made making some of my favorite Asian treats at home so easy. It's so much more affordable to use this paste to make treats at home. One bag is enough to make 16 buns! There are so many other yummy things I want to use this paste to make. I will definitely be ordering this on a regular basis.

First time trying sweetened red bean paste - interesting item. Our household enjoyed the taste and general texture of the paste, but it was mostly a sweet taste. The paste worked well as an addition to muffins/toast, and would probably work well for a butter butter and read bean paste sandwich - will consider that use case next.Overall, the product was pleasant, but probably not something that would fit into our day to day diets. Definitely something out of the ordinary for us, so I'm glad we tried it.

I love red-bean mochi, and while making the mochi itself is fairly easy, preparing the red-bean paste can be a hassle if you make it from scratch. I actually just cut a corner off the bag and squeezed the paste into a flatted piece of mochi prior to closing it up, so the bag acts as a dispenser too. It's quite sweet, of course, but typically you would use it with mochi that is lightly-sweetened; so the overall product is just right.