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Illustration of a man using a long pole to stir a giant barrel of Japanese soy sauce

Issue No. 138: Japanese Soy Sauce

September 15, 2023 Val Neff-Rasmussen / by Val Neff-Rasmussen

What exactly is soy sauce? Soy sauce is a salty, umami liquid made from fermented soybeans. At a minimum, it is made with soybeans, salt, and fermented with a mold—typically Aspergillus oryzae—known in Japanese as koji. In the 20th century the production of soy sauce was modernized. Today most soy sauce is made in giant […]

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