Inoue Honten - Igeta Usukuchi Shoyu (Light Soy Sauce)
Inoue Honten - Igeta Usukuchi Shoyu (Light Soy Sauce)
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Region: Nara / Japan
Size: 360ml
Founded in 1864, Inoue Honten are 6th generation Soy Sauce producers. Since 1970 they started shifting towards traditional methods, using only whole soy beans and not using any additives. Aged for 1.5 years.
FUN SOY SAUCE FACTS
Most Soy Sauce today is produced by automation. The base ingredient is Soybean meal (the leftover after oil production), which is much cheaper to buy than whole Soybeans. In Japan currently there are around 1400 producers of Soy Sauce, but only around 400 have production facilities of their own, the majority are blenders and packers. Five main companies are responsible for over half of all Soy Sauce production in Japan.
Of all Soy Sauce produced in Japan 80% is from Soybean meal and 20% from whole Soybean. Of that 20% whole Soybean, 80% is sourced from overseas (Canada, US) and 20% is sourced domestically in Japan. Thus only 4% of Soy Sauce is the classic product made from Japanese grown Soybean.
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