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  "canonicalUrl": "https://www.simoncox.com/short-articles/2005-11-08-itsu-bean-and-hijiki-lunch-roll/",
  "description": "This year I have been eating a lot more Japanese food - mainly because I really like it but also because its good quality food.",
  "path": "/short-articles/2005-11-08-itsu-bean-and-hijiki-lunch-roll/",
  "publishedAt": "2005-11-08T00:00:00.000Z",
  "site": "at://did:plc:tki7vwlanxbwrz2er67eaeqa/site.standard.publication/3mp4h4md7zv2y",
  "tags": [
    "Misc",
    "Life"
  ],
  "textContent": "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. \n\nThe lunch roll is a tube of rice with different ingredients rolled up inside. Mostly I have ginger chicken - very spicy!\n\nSince 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.\n\nI read this on the Food Standards Agency website - a UK government agency.\n\nI 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.\n\nUpdate!\nI got a quick email response from Glenn at Itsu :\n\nYes it does reassure me! I can continue to choose the Bean and Hijiki lunch roll for my lunch without any worries!",
  "title": "Itsu bean and hijiki lunch roll"
}