This stuff is AMAZING! I used to make my own dashi with the bonito flakes and the konbu and the boiling and the straining. x.x Ugh! It was a headache. With this, you just measure it out, throw it in the water, add your miso paste, and BAM! Perfect miso soup. It is a rather small container, but after going through an entire container of awase miso paste, I still have over half of this container left. One thing to keep in mind though, is that a 1 tablespoon measuring spoon will not fit in the mouth of this thing. I have been using 3 teaspoons instead so that I don't have to pour it into my tablespoon and risk losing some of this deliciousness.