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Fermentation Atlas

Fish and seafood

Fish sauces, pastes, fermented whole fish and shellfish, from garum to surströmming.

260 entries listed here, page 1 of 4.

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FermentRegionMain stepTemperatureSaltpH
AdjuevanCôte d'Ivoire56 days4–30 °C20–35 %
Anchoas del Cantábrico (salt-ripened anchovies)Spain4–18 months20 °C3–5 %5.2–5.3
Bagoong alamangPhilippines28 days14–33 %
Bagoong isda (and monamon, terong, dilis)Philippines30 days – 3 months40 °C22–25 %5.9
BakasangIndonesia4.8 days32.9 °C20–30 %5.7–6.7
Balao-balaoPhilippines7–10 days28 °C20 %7.5 → 3.8
Barrel-salted herring (matured)Netherlands7–31 days2–4 °C10–22 %
BekasamIndonesia4–14 days28–34 °C3 %
BelacanMalaysia21 days – 2 monthsat least 15 %7.2–7.8
BottargaMediterranean5–7 days20 °C
Burong isdaPhilippines7 days26–29 °C2–10 %up to 4
Chamge jeotKorea, inland rivers and rice fields15 days – 5 months
Changnan-jeotKorea: the east coast3 months15 °C3 %
ChouguiyuChina7–12 days8–16 °C6 %6.8 → 6.58
CincalokMalaysia3–6 days4 %5.3
Dagaa (Uganda)Uganda3–5 days
Damin ngapiLower Myanmar3.5 days30–40 %
Dipori jeotKorea, south coastat least 6 months20–30 %
Djege and djadanMali3–7 days
Dwemi jeotKorea12 months6.4
Echizen shio-uniJapan12 months – 3 years
FessikhEgypt, Sudan, Gaza7 days – 12 months18–20 °C25 %6.1–8.1
Fish jiang (作魚醬法) and its variantsNorthern China14 days
Fugu no ko nukazukeJapan6–18 months30 %
FunazushiJapanat least 6 months2–5 %
Galchi saekki jeotKorea2–3 months15 °C
Galchi-sokjeotSouth Korea: Jeju, the main hairtail ground. The Encyclopedia of Korean Culture lists it for both Gyeongsang and Jeolla.30 days10 °C25 %5.7–6
Gejang (ganjang-gejang)Korea2–4 days
GeuujeotSouth Korea2 months10 °C13–25 %5.9–6
Gosai-zuke (Ibaraki salted saury and daikon)Japan14–30 days20 %
GuedjSenegal, the Gambia3–7 days6.8–7.5
Guinamos / ginamosPhilippines45 days20–25 °C17–20 %
GulbiSouth Korea3–25 days20–30 %
Gwangcheon togul saeujeot (cave-aged salted shrimp)South Korea2.3 months13–17 °C25 %6.4 → 6.73
Gyagawere / AdjonfaCôte d'Ivoire2–7 days7–19 %
HákarlIceland42 days – 2.8 months-3–20 °C6 → 8.9
Hatahata-zushiJapan10 days – 2 months5–10 °C4.4–4.9
HentakIndia14 days6.6
HeshikoJapan3–12 months25 °C13 %6.2 → 5.1
Hmyin ngapi (fine-net shrimp paste)Myanmar3–4 months20–25 %
Hoi-kraeng-dorngThailand4–5 days
Hoi-ma-laeng-poo-dorngThailand4–5 days12.5 %
Hoi-siap-dorngThailand2–3 days
Hoi-somThailand3 days25 %
Hongeo (fermented skate)Korea10–30 days4–20 °C
HwangseogeojeotSouth Korea3 months – 2 years10 °C20–25 %5.8
Ika no shiokaraJapan5–25 days5–20 %
InasuaIndonesia2.8 months26–29.8 °C20–30 %6.7 → 4.91
Izushi (Hokkaido)Japan18–20 days5 °C6.4 → 4.9
JaadiSri Lanka2–3 months14.8–24.6 %3.6–5.9
Jambal rotiIndonesia24 h – 2 days25–30 %
Jari-jeotKorea2 months20 %6.1–6.7
Jeongeori jeotKorea2–2.6 months26–32 °C8–20 %6
Jeotgal (Korean salted fermented seafood)Korea. A 1987 survey found 145 kinds, 99 of them in Nambuat least 6 months10 °C20–30 %5.7–6
Jogijeot (salted yellow croaker)Korea, west coast and Gyeonggiat least 3 months20 %
Ka-pi-plaaThailand15 days – 4 months28–30 °C27.3–37.7 %5.9–7
Kabura-zushiJapan40 days
Kæst skataIceland9–21 days6.6 → 9.27
KapiThailand4–6 months15–30 %6.8–7.6
Katsuobushi (karebushi, honkarebushi)Japan6 months27 °C
Khem-bak-natThailand3 months10–15 %up to 5.5
Koei-namThailand3–7 days10 %
Konka-iwashiJapan6 months10–15 %
Konowata (salted sea-cucumber gut)Japan2–3 daysat least 10 %
KoobiGhana2–4 daysat least 15 %
KurozukuriJapan24 h – 30 days10 °C6 %
KusayaJapan10–20 h2.7–11.1 %
LakerdaTürkiye10–20 days3–5 °C5 %6.9
Lona ilishBangladesh4–6 months0.2 % → 13.65 %5.9 → 5.28
Mắm (Vietnamese fermented fish family)Vietnam, especially the south3 months – 2 yearsup to 25 %
Mắm chua cá sặcVietnam30 days28–30 °C10 %6.3 → 4.2
Mắm ruốc (Huế)Vietnam6–9 months10–12 %
Mắm tôm chua (Huế)Vietnam12 monthsup to 10 %
MeonggejeotSouth Korea, south coast45–50 days4–6 °C5–20 %
Mesolithic pit-fermented fish (Norje Sunnansund)Norje Sunnansund, Blekinge, southern Sweden0 %
MomoneGhana24 h – 6 daysat least 6
Myeolchi-jeotKoreaup to 2 years10 °C20–25 %6
Myeongnan-jeotKorea15 days10 °C8 %
Myeongtae-sikhae and Bugeo-sikhaeSouth Korea and North Korea10 days20 °C0.8 %3.8–4.4
Narezushi (Mie, nama-nare)Japan20 days – 3 months23.2 %5.1 → 4.1

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