Bought a jar of this stuff because our usual brands were unavailable. Have been eating kimchi for decades and am quite fond of the garlicky potency of korean kimchi. But your product had the smell of tomato juice to my nose, not garlic. Noticed the label lists garlic and ginger at the end of the list, after sesame seeds -- if this label follows the usual practice it is no surprise that it is hard to detect any garlic at all. And the hotness was quite different from our usual, which are all make with gochugaru red chili pepper powder. Am happy that some people like your product, but I am not one of them. The open jar will sit in the fridge until I can find something to use it in.