It is Miso....
You can buy miso paste to make miso soup at WEGMANS.
Miso paste
I think the answer could be MISO - check it in Wikipedia.
does all miso come from Japan, or is there a American alternative
"Traditional" Miso Soup that you would probably order in a restaurant is NOT actually vegan, because one of the ingredients is "dashi", which is made from fish. However, Miso Soup can easily be made to be vegan.
miso
no it is not. Miso is a veggi from the miso plant and tofu is soy bean paste made in to cube form. You may think that miso is from tofu because almost all miso soups are made with miso and tofu
There are 5 grams in one teaspoon of miso paste. There are 25 grams in 5 teaspoons and 50 grams in 10 teaspoons.
Soy Beans. Its a fermented paste made from soybeans. :]
Miso is an aged fermented soybean paste which may also have wheat, rice or barley. It contains no pork. Some pork dishes do have miso as a flavoring agent or broth base.
Miso soup is a Japanese soup that is served with nearly every meal in Japan. There are different varieties of miso soup depending on what kind of miso you use and what ingredients you mix it with. Miso soup is made from miso paste (itself made from fermented soy beans), dashi (Japanese fish stock) as well as assorted vegetables and tofu products. There are soups that use pork or chicken with miso but strictly speaking they would not be called miso soup.