Itsu bean and hijiki lunch roll
SimonCox
November 8, 2005
This year I have been eating a lot more Japanese food - mainly because I really like it but also because its good quality food. Itsu who have a takeaway stall outside my office provide me with excellent miso soup and what they call a lunch roll nearly every working day.
The lunch roll is a tube of rice with different ingredients rolled up inside. Mostly I have ginger chicken - very spicy!
Since last week though I have purchased the Bean and Hijiki lunch roll and very satisfying it is. I was interested to know what hijiki is and looked it up on the web today and hijiki is a black seaweed finely sliced but I also to my horror read that hijiki contains inorganic arsenic that is known to add to the risk of people developing cancer.
I read this on the Food Standards Agency website - a UK government agency.
I have also pinged off a question to Itsu about the use of hijiki in their lunch rolls using the Itsu question form. Hopefully I will get a concise answer back as to the risks of eating Itsu's hijiki.
Update!
I got a quick email response from Glenn at Itsu :
Yes it does reassure me! I can continue to choose the Bean and Hijiki lunch roll for my lunch without any worries!
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