Fresh Ginger is a vegetable root. This is a very matured ginger not a young ginger. It provides more flavor as well as spicyness. It can be used for both cooking and making tea. Ginger is used in many Asian stir-fried dishes like mixed vegetable and chicken dishes. Ginger also has many health benefit beside using as spice for cooking. It is also eaten fresh with Thai sausage. Net weight 8 oz. Product of USA.