Sakura Advanced Fuzzy Logic Ceramic Rice Cooker
Sakura is a great all rounder β itβs ideal for the growing family or people who just love eating rice!
π²– supplied with detachable EU Schuko 2 pin plug and power cord
€154,90
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Cooking Capacity Guide
| Capacity | Uncooked White Rice | Cooked White Rice | Uncooked Brown Rice | Cooked Brown Rice | Multicook | Number Of People |
| 1 cup | 180ml | ~360ml | ~90ml | ~270ml | - | 1 |
| 2.5 cup | 450ml | ~1350ml | ~270ml | ~810ml | ~900ml | 1-2 |
| 3 cup | 540ml | ~1500ml | ~360ml | ~1080ml | ~1000ml | 1-3 |
| 3.5 cup | 630ml | ~1890ml | ~360ml | ~1260ml | ~1300ml | 1-3 |
| 4 cup | 720ml | ~2160ml | ~720ml | ~1440ml | ~1400ml | 1-4 |
| 5 cup | 900ml | ~2800ml | ~720ml | ~2000ml | ~2000ml | 1-6 |
| 5.5 cup | 1000ml | ~3000ml | ~720ml | ~2000ml | ~2100ml | 1-5 |
| 8 cup | 1500ml | ~4500ml | ~1000ml | ~3000ml | ~3300ml | 1-8 |
| 10 cup | 1800ml | ~5400ml | ~1500ml | ~3600ml | - | 1-10 |
FREE DELIVERY FOR ELECTRICAL ITEMS AND RICE
Belgium, Germany, Netherlands and Luxembourg
We use UPS (sometimes DPD) to get your order to you in good time, safely and with tracking.
β¬12 FLAT DELIVERY FEE FOR ELECTRICAL ITEMS AND RICE
Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France*, Hungary, Italy, Ireland**, Latvia, Lithuania, Monaco, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain***, Sweden
Low price UPS or DPD delivery to the above countries.
* deliveries to France are mainland France only (we have no delivery service to Corsica)
** customers fromΒ IrelandΒ please note that our products are supplied with only an EU Schuko plug, we cannot ship electrical items that have UK plugs from an EU address to Ireland
*** deliveries to Spain are mainland Spain and Balearic islands only (we have no delivery service to Canary Islands)
β¬37 DELIVERY FEE FOR ELECTRICAL ITEMS AND RICE
Bulgaria, Croatia, Finland and Greece
Low price UPS of DPD delivery to the above countries.
Shipped from Europe
All of the products on this EU website are sent from our warehouse in Amsterdam, Netherlands. This meansΒ you do not get charged any importΒ orΒ customs fees. Our warehouse is very efficient in the dispatch of your order. This is usually done during our operating hours which are Monday-Friday (except public holidays).
What happens after payment...
When you get your email order confirmation that means that your purchase is now on our warehouse system and will already be getting preparing your item/s for dispatch. Once UPS (or DPD) have collected your order from our warehouse you will then receive an email containing details of how you can track the location of your delivery.
Delivery transit times
LAST POST DATES
Please see the following dates which are the last post estimates for having a good chance of getting your order received in time for Christmas.
EASY SECURE PAYMENTS
Highly encrypted checkout system
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- Put the items you wish to order into your shopping cart and then proceed to checkout when you are ready to pay.
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WARRANTY INFORMATION
Confidence after the sale
Yum Asia purchases include a comprehensive 2 year warranty (some parts have a 6 month limited warranty).
You get a 30 day return period from when you receive your order for a change of mind on new and unused products. After this time our standard returns policy applies.
Bundle Together Deals
Achieving a great balance between affordability, function and design, this rice cooker excels with solid rice cooking and tailored add-on functions
Rice Cooking Made Easy
Sakura was the first premium rice cooker we launched into the UK in 2015. Whilst it was immediately a hit with our customers we didnβt stop there. We have since kept improving this mid rangeΒ rice cooker to be even more awesome. By working tirelessly with Japanese rice cooking technologies such as our in house calibrated advanced fuzzy logic (AI) multi phased cooking cycles we made this award winning cooker stand out from the crowd.
Multi Award Winning
THE INDEPENDENT - 'Best Buy / IndyBest (January, 2025) IDEAL HOME magazine - 'Approved Produc't / Best In Category 5/5 rating (March, 2021) THE TELEGRAPH - 'Top 5 Rice Cooker' (May, 2020) KBB magazine - 'Best Rice Cooker' (Sept, 2019) i-NEWS magazine - 'Awarded i-Buy Best Rice Cooker' (March 2023) ESQUIRE magazine - Top Rice Cooker, (February, 2021) T3 magazine - 'Best Rice Cooker' (2018) ETM Testmagazin - 'Best Rice Cooker' (2021)
MoTouch Function Control Panel
Sakura looks like something from the future. Thatβs because it is packed with tech and used materials that will last. With 6 rice cooking functions, 6 add-on functions, last 10 minute countdown for rice functions, touch sensitive Korean control panel (MoTouch), bright LED display, 3D heating technology and a smart logic menu system. 24 hours auto keep warm, 24 hours preset timer, 3D heating and easy clean parts and more...
The Small Things Make The Difference
Sakura's Ninja bowl has a 2mm thick ceramic coating for healthy cooking (BPA and PTFE free). The bowl has durable easy to read silk printed rice measurement lines for correct water measurements. The bowl has stay cool handles for easy carrying and lifting in and out of the cooker. The inner lid is made of high quality stainless steel for the more health conscious. Everything has been thought about β even including adding a wedge to the rice spatula so that when it lays on your worktop the food contact surface of it do not touch the worktop. Thatβs how much we are passionate about our rice cookers!
The Rice Cooker That Started It All
Sakura is the result of years of development. It is the cooker that really propelled Yum Asia to fame. Itβs not hard to see why when it ticks so many boxes for what our customers want in a rice cooker and this was done by design. It looks modern, sleek and fashionable in any kitchen. Sakura doesnβt just stop at perfect rice cooking (long short/sushi, brown rice), it also works as an excellent slow cooker, porridge, yoghurt maker, steamer and even makes tahdig (Persian rice)! If you are a keen rice lover with a good appetite then this is the cooker for you.
Explore Sakura Further
CERAMIC NINJA BOWL
BRUSHED STEEL EFFECT LID
PREHEATING PHASE
Tsuki starts to gently heat the rice and water in the inner bowl to between 50-60Β°C. This begins the cooking cycle and is key to the release of sugars into the water from the rice grains.
ABSORB WATER PHASE
The cooking temperature is further increased whilst the microprocessor makes small adjustments to obtain a range of between 50-80Β°C so the rice can optimally start absorbing the water depending on the function chosen.
HEATING PHASE
The temperature is increased again to between 75-85Β°C to start the actual cooking process. This varies depending on the function chosen.
BOILING PHASE
Tsuki then rapidly increases the temperature to 100ΛC boiling point to evaporate the majority of the water from the inner bowl and to further cook the rice to soften and optimise texture.
STEAM PHASE – sugar reabsorption
Deep steaming then enables the rice to continue cooking while reabsorbing the sugars from the remaining water back into the rice whilst simultaneously evaporating the remaining water. This part of the cycle makes the rice taste sweeter, more nutritious, have better aroma/texture and completes the final rice grain cooking.
COOL DOWN PHASEΒ
Water balancing then occurs using low temperature range cycling to ensure there is no remaining water left and that the rice has the correct moisture content.
KEEP WARM AND STEAM PHASEΒ
The temperature is then held at an optimal 70-76Β°C to continue to steam the rice and keep the rice safe from bacteria. This ensures the rice is perfectly cooked, fluffy and delicious and ready for when you need it.
Multi Phased Cooking
Sakura uses advanced fuzzy logic (AI) to ensure rice is cooked perfectly every time. This cooking profile graph shows how the advanced microprocessor adjusts the temperature using the weight, content type, water volume, internal temperatures along with pre-programmed conditions to cook perfect rice time after time.
Sakura uses at least 7 phases of cooking types which includes preheat, absorb water, heating, boiling, steam, cool down and keep warm with steam which are each calculated for time and temperature using Yum Asia's unique cooking profiles.
Watch Our Explainer
Sakura is the multi award winning rice cooker that launched the Yum Asia brand. A full all rounder that gives perfect rice at the touch of a button time after time but can do so much more. It's the perfect example of why we say βnothing cooks rice like a Yum Asia rice cookerβ.
- 8 cup / 1.5 litre capacity of uncooked rice – enough for 1-8 people
- Advanced fuzzy logic (AI) technology
- White/long grain, short grain (for sushi), brown rice and crust (tahdig) settings
- βQuickβ cook setting for faster white rice cooking
- Useful multi-cooker features – steam, porridge, slow cook, soup, cake baking, and yoghurt settings
- Stylish glossy black or glossy white exterior with a silver metallic effect lid
- High quality 5 layer 2mm thick ceramic coated Ninja inner bowl with easy lift handles
- 24 hours keep warm function and 24 hours timer feature
- 10 minute rice function countdown timer
- State of the art Korean designed ‘Motouch’ control panel
- Cool ice blue crisp and bright LED display
- 3D heating technology
- Power Off/On function
- Detachable stainless steel inner lid, outer steam cap and condensation collector for easy cleaning
- Steam basket, measuring cup, spatula and soup ladle included
- 220-240V, 50Hz. Factory made for European power. Detachable EU Schuko plug and cable
ITEM DIMENSIONS
| Item Depth (front to back) | 41cm |
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| Item Width (side to side) | 32cm |
| Item Height (base to top) | 26cm |
| Item Weight | 5.05kg |
PACKAGE DIMENSIONS
| Package Depth (front to back) | 41cm |
|---|---|
| Package Width (side to side) | 33cm |
| Package Height (base to top) | 26cm |
| Package Weight | 5.16kg |
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Yes. There isnβt any problem cooking one or two cups of rice in a bigger capacity rice cooker, we made sure that Sakura can do this successfully β one cup of rice comes out as perfectly as when you cook the full 8 cup capacity of rice.
In our years of selling Zojirushi rice cookers, we realised that all of rice cookers on the market in the UK, Europe or the USA only had teflon/similar non-stick material inner bowls.
Based on many customer queries and opinions, we took the decision to supply an inner bowl with a premium and durable 2mm thick ceramic coating.We call this type of bowl – Ninja.
The Ninja bowl is BPA, PTFE or PFAS (PFOA and PFOS) free and is hard wearing. The inner bowl also has a special honeycomb structure to help the heat disperse evenly across the bowlβs surface.
The level lines of the bowl are silk printed rather than stamped so they can be hard wearing but also easily read in low light conditions.Β
Yes! To turn Sakura OFF simply long hold the CANCEL button when a menu function is not selected.
To turn Sakura back on simply press the CANCEL button again.
COOKER NOT STARTING
Firstly check that you are long pressing hold on the START button. This cooker requires you to hold your finger on the START button for at least 3 seconds for it to begin cooking. This is a safety feature to prevent accidental turning on of the cooker when brushing the touch sensitive control panel.
COOKER WILL NOT STOP
In the same way as the START button you need to long press hold on the CANCEL button to stop a cooking cycle.Β
The small piece of plastic is actually the rice spatula holder. It clips onto the handle of Sakura and then you can insert the spatula into it for safe keeping.
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Test Winner in ETM TESTMAGAZINE
We are proud to announce that Sakura won test winner out of 9 rice cookers tested in Germany's rigorous ETM test magazine review comparison in August, 2021.
Carl (UK) –
Fantastic value with the tafu included for just Β£10 more with a Sakura Rice cooker. The inner bowl looks very strong and the rice is made to perfection. I used to use an old Tefal rice cooker but it was a waste of time as it overflowed with starchy rice water all over my kitchen worktop and made a mess. With this rice cooker it is no joke…there is zero mess and the rice tastes so much better. The Tafu is being used everyday by my son for his lunch breaks at work. I can only say good things about this.
Zoe (Finland) –
I love this rice cooker. It is very cute rounded shape and has a good look to it. The ceramic bowl is an excellent positive point. I looked for years for a rice cooker with this and now Yum Asia have made this available. Well worth the money – extremely good value!
Gert (Holland) –
An excellent deal! Good value for money and a big saving when buying this combination. I have Zojirushi products before and I like both this rice cooker and the Yum Asia vacuum jar the same if not better. I’m a happy customer!
Martin (Sweden) –
I got my sakura rice cooker today, i am super super happy. the ceramic bowl looks really sturdy and perfect. I made my first jasmine rice just about an hour ago and it was super fluffy and nothing stuck to the bottom. Cant wait to use other functions such as porridge, slow cook, and others. Thank you so much yum asia for making this rice cooker with ceramic bowl you guys are fantastic!!!!
Tim Landhollan (UK) –
Hi Yum Asia. I got my rice cooker last weekend. As promised it comes with a ceramic bowl which looks very sturdy and puts my mind at ease with safety/chemical issues (nonstick paints). I have already shown my friends and family my Sakura who also love rice and they will be buying soon from you. Wishing you every success going forward.
Richard (Belgium) –
I didn’t realise how much I needed a decent rice cooker until I got this Sakura device. I had been looking at the Zojirushi but they were out of my price range/budget. Then Yum Asia released this beauty and I bought one and have used it to cook Basmati and porridge with excellent results. The vacuum flask you get with this combination deal is also fantastic. Thank you and I canoot fault your service.
Super.kalou (France) –
Super appareil trΓ¨s design (j’adore l’effet argent striΓ© sur le dessus).
Au niveau fonction c’est complet et pour notre premier essai avec du riz long (les sushi seront pour un autre jour !!), tout le monde a adorΓ©
Vee (Germany) –
Nice combo deal. I like it a lot. Delivery took 4 days to get to me in Germany. Longer than the 3 days but this is Christmas and I know it is a busy time.
Flor (France) –
Beautiful design and cooks perfect rice like Yum Asia said it would. Very positive experience from me. I only used the Tafu thermal mug once so far and my drink was hot for at least 5 hours.
Brooksy (UK) –
Good looking cooker, has all the functions I need rather than lots I don’t need. It’s easy to use too – I’m getting more rice for my meals which must be good for my waistline. It has exceeded my expectations so far, the only issue being that the sticker is a tad oversized on the back but it’s not a big deal. Time to get my porridge cooking for later. Thank you Yum Asia.