Does Kikkoman taste different?

Both Japanese and Chinese light soy sauces are thinner and lighter in color (relatively speaking) but more intense in flavor than their dark counterparts. For example, Kikkoman’s regular Traditionally Brewed Soy Sauce is a dark soy sauce. In Chinese cooking, it’s the opposite: light soy sauce is more common.

Is Kikkoman good soy sauce?

1. Kikkoman Soy Sauce (0.4 gallon) – Japanese Soy Sauce. This is an US-brewed soy sauce and we consider it to be at the top of our choices due to its all-purpose use. It’s made from a traditional recipe, out of soybeans, wheat, water and salt and it’s a kosher soy sauce.

Is Kikkoman soy sauce real soy sauce?

Does Kikkoman contain synthetic additives? Kikkoman Soy Sauce only contains the four natural ingredients of soybeans, wheat, water and salt. These are combined in a natural fermentation process to create Kikkoman Naturally Brewed Soy Sauce. No additives whatsoever are used.

Why does packet soy sauce taste different?

It’s sad but true: Many soy sauce packets included with Chinese takeout nowadays are imposter sauces—’vegetable protein’ with ‘caramel’ food coloring. The resulting vegetable proteins contain, among other things, glutamic acid—the same component responsible for the umami or savory flavor of naturally-brewed soy sauce.

What does Kikkoman soy sauce taste like?

The flavor of Kikkoman Soy Sauce, naturally brewed over several months and for which great effort goes into producing, is not only salty, but is also a complex combination of sweet and sour flavors. When combined together with ingredients as a seasoning, this complex flavor enhances their deliciousness.

Why does my soy sauce taste different?

Light soy sauce is the saltier thinner sauce, where as dark soy sauce is the darker, thicker soy sauce with the full bodied flavour. These are the the Kikkoman range of soy sauces.