Wasabi is so expensive that what you're used to is probably just a mixture of horseradish, coloring, and sweetener, with only 1-5% of the real thing.

Wasabi is the spicy green condiment served with ginger and soy sauce at sushi restaurants. It's a paste made from the stalks of the Wasabi Japonica plant, which is challenging to grow owing to a ...

Fake wasabi paste looks like, well, a paste. Fresh wasabi tends to be grated on the spot, giving it a slightly looser appearance. Most of the wasabi you’ve eaten is probably not real wasabi, ...

Wasabi paste — or more simply, "wasabi" — is produced by grating the stem of the wasabi plant (the wasabi rhizome). When this stem is grated, the plant's components break down almost ...

For example, at Chicago’s Star Market recently, frozen wasabi was $7.95 for 7 ounces. Wasabi paste in a 1.4-ounce tube sells for $1.30 compared to the powder in a 2-ounce can for $3.35.