



The best place to buy shirataki noodles is your local Japanese grocery, supermarket or specialist store.

They may be available as dry noodles and/or powdered glucomannan (basically, Japanese yam flour, which can be used as an alternative to cornflour).

But, the most common and easiest form to work with is shirataki noodles which have been packaged in water. They might also be packed in a slab form.

They might be kept in the fridge section of the store, although technically, non-tofu noodles shouldn't go off even without refrigeration. Noodles with tofu do need to be kept in the fridge and used within a few days.

Often they aren't labeled 'shirataki', although if the proprietors of the store are Japanese they will know what you want if you ask for them by name.

I've seen 'sirataki' and 'yam powder noodle' and they are also known as konjac or konnyaku noodles. Sometimes, especially online, the noodles are put under "vegetable products" rather than "noodles" although as they are becoming more popular they are being placed more prominently.

I've grouped sellers under different countries, but a lot of the major websites listed under the United States and the UK will ship overseas, so be sure to check them out.

USA and Canada Shirataki Sources

MiracleNoodle sells a very wide range of shirataki noodle products, including konjac flour and a rice size version. They also deliver in Australia and Canada. They will give you 40% off your order if you sign up to have a regular, monthly delivery of noodles through their Auto-ship member program.

Peapod sells them, and delivers to a few states in the USA.

Low Carb Connoisseur delivers worldwide, but their shipping outside the US and Canada seems to be very expensive. ($100 to send a $3 pack of noodles to New Zealand? No thanks!)

The Asian Food Grocer also sells the noodles and delivers to most of the USA. They have quite a wide range, including tofu noodles, and ready made noodle meals. Their prices are quite reasonable.

LoCarb-You Foods, in spite of their silly name, have a fairly wide range of noodles and some packs have free shipping (unfortunately, they ship within the US only).

Alternatively you can buy them from Amazon, or eBay as shown below.

UK Shirataki Sources

The Low Carb Megastore also has them, but are also often out of stock!

Japanese Kitchen is yet another online store that sells the noodles, and yet again is often sold out of them. However, they do usually have slabs in stock. Remember, the slabs are made of the same stuff as the noodles, they just aren't cut into strips (something you can do at home). These guys deliver to the UK and all European Union countries.

I'll continue to seek out places that UK'ers can get a regular noodle fix.

Australian Sources

Online

Ichiba Junction, an online Asian food store has them and will deliver within Australia. They have big packs of dried noodles, or the usual small wet packs.

Perth

Kongs in East Victoria Park sells shirataki noodles (thanks, Lee!)

Brisbane

I'm told the Formosa Asian Market , in Sunnybank sells the noodles.

New Zealand Sources

Online

The Asian Food Warehouse sells both noodles and the block form; they are based in Christchurch so the delivery fee is less there.

Update Currently this website is down, I suspect because the company was affected by the Christchurch earthquake. I'm going to leave the link here in case they get back on their feet and need the customers.

Edible Planet has one type of noodle, for $4 at a $9 shipping charge (seems to be less in the south island). The good news is that it looks like that $9 is a flat rate, so you can order by the boxful if you want.

Auckland

If you live in Auckland, I can confirm that JapanMart in Sylvia Park definitely has them, both the white noodles, the brown noodles, and both colors of 'block' which is like a block of tofu and can be sliced into pieces of whatever size you want. JapanMart is also in Newmarket, so they probably have them too. I think they were about $3 but I forgot to write that down.

Made in Nippon on Queen St also has them according to their website but I have not confirmed this.

Tauranga

I've also bought the noodles (white and brown) in Tauranga in an Asian food store, but forgot to write down the name. Sorry I can't be more specific!

New Plymouth

Never was able to find them in New Plymouth.

Wellington

Japan City in Cuba Mall has shirataki noodles and blocks! They are about $3.60 I think.

Asiana Metro on Tennyson Street, which is around the corner from Tory Street near Courtenay Place has them for the cheapest I've seen in NZ so far at $2.47 for a standard bag. Unfortunately, they are new so the website is still under construction. They had the standard range with noodles and slabs available.

I will continue to update this as I find places where they are available. I will only be able to directly confirm the places in New Zealand though, and mostly Wellington and surrounds at the moment.

If you know other places they are available anywhere in the world write it in the comments please! Thanks for all your help.