{"id":62685,"date":"2019-03-22T17:00:26","date_gmt":"2019-03-22T08:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cotoacademy.com\/japanese-food-label-vocabulary-guide\/"},"modified":"2025-06-09T10:05:26","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T01:05:26","slug":"japanese-food-label-vocabulary-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cotoacademy.com\/ja\/japanese-food-label-vocabulary-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Guide to Your Japanese Food Label Vocabulary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Here are 2 infographics that teach you the meaning of the Japanese food label! If you are a health-conscious person, you should definitely learn this!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shopping at the grocery store in Japan can be daunting if you don&#8217;t know what is in your food. 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