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FARGO - Soon after Bob Sinner started doing business in Japan in the early 1990s, he was introduced to a soy food called natto. It wasn’t necessarily a pleasant introduction. “It has a pretty ...

Ever had natto? The Japanese foodstuff is made of fermented soybeans that have a type of bacteria called bacillus subtilus added. The bacteria lends the beans a super-strong smell and also develops a ...