A sample of miso paste that was fermented on the International Space Station Courtesy of Joshua D. Evans
An experiment on board the International Space Station (ISS) has produced miso paste in what is thought to be the first deliberate food fermentation ever conducted off Earth.
Miso is an umami-rich paste from Japan made from fermented soya beans, with origins stretching back thousands of years. at the Technical University of Denmark and his colleagues say it could 鈥渟atisfy astronauts鈥 need for flavour鈥 on long space missions.
