An explosion of flavours at the heart of your recipes

Culinary spheres are small pearls with a bursting outer film and a savoury liquid heart. They bring texture, taste, and an original aesthetic to all your sweet and savoury dishes. Made from seaweed extract, they offer a unique texture: imagine a small bead that pops under your teeth, releasing a flood of flavour.

From Yuzu-Ginger to Fig & Balsamic Vinegar or Ponzu, these culinary pearls reveal their full aromas in delicious recipes. Their spherical shape and translucent, lightly coloured appearance provide a guaranteed visual effect, delighting both the eyes and the palate.

Ponzu Yuzu Spheres: Let your creativity flow

Our Ponzu Yuzu culinary spheres have been specially developed to accompany your red meats, fish, or oysters. Ponzu is a Japanese sauce that combines soy sauce, dashi, vinegar, and citrus juice, making these pearls perfect for Asian-inspired dishes.

Tasting Suggestions:

• Seafood & Oysters: Yuzu takes centre stage in this recipe, blending harmoniously with briny flavours. Scatter a few pearls over fresh oysters and let the magic happen—after all, oysters and our seaweed-based pearls are a match made in heaven.
• Asian-Inspired Dishes: Sprinkled over a tuna tataki or a beef carpaccio, they add an instant burst of flavour and freshness to your plate.
• Verrines & Appetizers: Add a touch of freshness and crunch to your multi-layered appetizers. They work wonders in preparations made with fish, meat, seafood, or vegetables, giving your starters that missing twist.
• Poke Bowls & Salads: Love Poke Bowls? Integrate Ponzu Yuzu spheres into your bowls to season your creations. These bursting bubbles of flavour blend effortlessly into any mixed salad.

Culinary spheres developed and produced in France

Our culinary spheres are developed in France at our production unit in Guidel, Brittany. We attach particular importance to our ingredients, prioritising local sourcing whenever possible.

• Brittany Seaweed: Our alginate is produced from seaweed harvested in Brittany.
• Clean Label: Manufactured without artificial colours or flavours, and completely free of animal gelatin.
• Eco-friendly: Packaged in glass jars for better recyclability and preservation.

Molecular gastronomy on your plate

At Phileas Gourmet, we turn citrus juice, soy sauce, or syrups into spheres of bursting flavour. This is achieved through reverse spherification: an encapsulation technique resulting from the reaction between alginate (seaweed extract) and calcium. It’s not magic—it’s culinary science, mastered right here in Brittany.

Ingredients

Water, ponzu sauce (soy sauce [soy, wheat, salt], yuzu juice 5%*, water, vinegar, molasses, hon'mirin, salt, ma kombu seaweed, leek, shiitake, enoki, daikon radish), gelling agents: calcium lactate, calcium chloride, sodium alginate; thickener: xanthan gum; preservative: potassium sorbate. Contains: soy, gluten.

Ponzu sauce origin: Japan.

*Percentages are expressed based on the finished product.

Storage: Store in a dry place away from light. After opening, keep refrigerated.