Chinese sesame paste

Culinary sesame-seed paste in the Chinese zhimajiang tradition, made from deeply roasted sesame and characteristically darker and more robust than ordinary tahini.

Shelf-stable

What it is

How we read a bare request for this: An unqualified request resolves to the concept and exposes composition, because pure sesame paste and sesame-peanut blends sit under adjacent retail language.
Where it is used: Used in reganmian, cold sesame noodles, dan dan noodles and hot-pot dipping sauces.

Also called

Chinese sesame paste, 芝麻酱, zhīmajiàng, pure sesame paste, Chinese roasted sesame paste, zhi ma jiang

Ask whether pure sesame or a sesame-peanut blend is wanted; tahini is a different product and is never substituted.

Ask pure sesame versus sesame-peanut blend.

Forms that matter

Pure roasted sesame paste
Paste whose only ingredient is roasted sesame seed, with no peanut or other seed blended in.

Not interchangeable with: sesame oil; sesame dressing; sesame sauce; black sesame paste.
Sesame-peanut blended paste
Paste blending sesame with peanut. Sold under adjacent retail language but a different formula, and an allergen difference.

Not interchangeable with: sesame oil; sesame dressing; sesame sauce; black sesame paste.

When the dish decides

Reganmian / hot dry noodles
The loosened sesame paste is what makes the dish. Composition matters: confirm whether a product is pure sesame or a sesame-peanut blend.

Tahini, sesame oil and prepared sesame dressings are not this ingredient.

Easily confused with

Tahini — Both are ground sesame pastes, but Chinese zhimajiang is made from deeply roasted sesame and is darker and more robust, while tahini is normally milder and lighter. Sellers say so on their own product pages. Neither auto-resolves to the other and neither is offered as a silent substitute.

Where to look — by form

Each of these is recorded against one particular form or product, named on the card. None of them is a claim about Chinese sesame paste in general, and none is a claim about any other form. Search a form by name to source it as your actual request.

Online options

The Mala Market — online shop

Online

The Mala Market Chinese Stone-Ground Sesame Paste

Online listing · Observed Aug 31, 2026 · Currently listed on that date — not a live check. Confirm delivery availability and shipping charges; no local stock claim.

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Why we show this source

Why this source: Known source
What we know about stock: Currently listed (as recorded — Observed Aug 31, 2026; not a live check)
Where this evidence applies: Online-only
Typical availability: Unknown
Evidence date: 2026-08-31 (observation date)

Known source within the stated scope; this is not a guarantee of current stock. Currently listed on a first-party surface; a listing is not confirmed shelf presence. Evidence supports shipping/online ordering; it makes no local source claim. Evidence observation date 2026-08-31 (The Mala Market).

Evidence used for this claim

Exact seller product page for Chinese Stone-Ground Sesame Paste, $14, made for the seller in Shandong from single-origin Chinese sesame, stone-ground without chemicals or heat and with no additives or preservatives. Currently listed with an add-to-cart control. No Tennessee delivery or local availability is established.

The Mala Market · Aug 31, 2026 (observation date) · supports the relationship claim · source

About the product itself

This describes what the product is. It does not indicate that this store carries it.

On its own product page the seller states that while Chinese sesame paste is similar to tahini it is made from a different sesame variety and is deeply toasted, giving a much darker colour and more robust flavour, and that unlike tahini a little goes a long way. A seller distinguishing the two on its own listing is direct support for keeping the concepts separate. It is a commercial description, not a laboratory comparison, and it establishes nothing about any other brand's formula. The Mala Market · Aug 31, 2026

Record last re-checked 2026-08-31. That is when we revisited the record, not when the evidence above was observed.

Evidence & details

Why this source: Known source
What we know about stock: Currently listed (as recorded — Observed Aug 31, 2026; not a live check)
Where this evidence applies: Online-only
Typical availability: Unknown
Evidence date: 2026-08-31 (observation date)

Evidence used for this claim

Exact seller product page for Chinese Stone-Ground Sesame Paste, $14, made for the seller in Shandong from single-origin Chinese sesame, stone-ground without chemicals or heat and with no additives or preservatives. Currently listed with an add-to-cart control. No Tennessee delivery or local availability is established.

The Mala Market · Aug 31, 2026 (observation date) · supports the relationship claim · source

About the product itself

This describes what the product is. It does not indicate that this store carries it.

On its own product page the seller states that while Chinese sesame paste is similar to tahini it is made from a different sesame variety and is deeply toasted, giving a much darker colour and more robust flavour, and that unlike tahini a little goes a long way. A seller distinguishing the two on its own listing is direct support for keeping the concepts separate. It is a commercial description, not a laboratory comparison, and it establishes nothing about any other brand's formula. The Mala Market · Aug 31, 2026

Record last re-checked 2026-08-31. That is when we revisited the record, not when the evidence above was observed.

Yami — online store

Online Likely source

Liubiju Pure Sesame Paste

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Why we show this source

Why this source
Likely source

What we know about stock
Unknown

Where this evidence applies
Online-only

Typical availability
Unknown

Evidence date
2026-08-31 (observation date)

Likely source: multiple relevant facts support it, but exact item-level evidence is missing or broader than the claim. The available evidence does not support a current-stock statement. Evidence supports shipping/online ordering; it makes no local source claim. Evidence observation date 2026-08-31 (Yami).

Evidence used for this claim
- The seller's own product page resolved with the product title Liubiju Pure sesame paste 158g. Brand, product name and pack size are established from that title. The product body, ingredient panel, price and availability sit behind a cookie-consent gate that was not accepted, so composition rests on the product name alone and current availability is unknown.
  
  Yami · Aug 31, 2026 (observation date) · supports the relationship claim · source
Record last re-checked 2026-08-31. That is when we revisited the record, not when the evidence above was observed.
Evidence & details

Why this source
Likely source

What we know about stock
Unknown

Where this evidence applies
Online-only

Typical availability
Unknown

Evidence date
2026-08-31 (observation date)

Likely source: multiple relevant facts support it, but exact item-level evidence is missing or broader than the claim. The available evidence does not support a current-stock statement. Evidence supports shipping/online ordering; it makes no local source claim. Evidence observation date 2026-08-31 (Yami).

Evidence used for this claim
- The seller's own product page resolved with the product title Liubiju Pure sesame paste 158g. Brand, product name and pack size are established from that title. The product body, ingredient panel, price and availability sit behind a cookie-consent gate that was not accepted, so composition rests on the product name alone and current availability is unknown.
  
  Yami · Aug 31, 2026 (observation date) · supports the relationship claim · source
Record last re-checked 2026-08-31. That is when we revisited the record, not when the evidence above was observed.
Freshippo Stone Ground Sesame & Peanut Paste

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Why we show this source

Why this source
Likely source

What we know about stock
Unknown

Where this evidence applies
Online-only

Typical availability
Unknown

Evidence date
2026-08-31 (observation date)

Likely source: multiple relevant facts support it, but exact item-level evidence is missing or broader than the claim. The available evidence does not support a current-stock statement. Evidence supports shipping/online ordering; it makes no local source claim. Evidence observation date 2026-08-31 (Yami).

Evidence used for this claim
- The seller's own product page resolved with the product title FRESHIPPO Stone Grd Sesame & Peanut Paste, 7.05 oz. The seller's own naming establishes that this is a sesame AND peanut product sold alongside pure sesame pastes, which is why composition is a product-level fact and a peanut allergen question. The exact ratio, ingredient panel, price and availability were not retrievable and are not claimed.
  
  Yami · Aug 31, 2026 (observation date) · supports the relationship claim · source
Record last re-checked 2026-08-31. That is when we revisited the record, not when the evidence above was observed.
Evidence & details

Why this source
Likely source

What we know about stock
Unknown

Where this evidence applies
Online-only

Typical availability
Unknown

Evidence date
2026-08-31 (observation date)

Likely source: multiple relevant facts support it, but exact item-level evidence is missing or broader than the claim. The available evidence does not support a current-stock statement. Evidence supports shipping/online ordering; it makes no local source claim. Evidence observation date 2026-08-31 (Yami).

Evidence used for this claim
- The seller's own product page resolved with the product title FRESHIPPO Stone Grd Sesame & Peanut Paste, 7.05 oz. The seller's own naming establishes that this is a sesame AND peanut product sold alongside pure sesame pastes, which is why composition is a product-level fact and a peanut allergen question. The exact ratio, ingredient panel, price and availability were not retrievable and are not claimed.
  
  Yami · Aug 31, 2026 (observation date) · supports the relationship claim · source
Record last re-checked 2026-08-31. That is when we revisited the record, not when the evidence above was observed.

Online listing · Observed Aug 31, 2026 · Availability unknown. Confirm delivery availability and shipping charges; no local stock claim.