Perfect Pairings & Recipes forLight Soy Sauce

The perfect flavour pairings for light soy sauce according to data science.

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Flavour Analysis

At first, light soy sauce shows an emphatic salty character, and then kombu dashi, wheat and yeast come into focus. Savoury aroma and warm sweetness overlap beneath the surface, and onion and toast notes give the profile a broader sensory foundation.

Dominant Flavour Families

Maillard
Sharp
Vegetal
Carnal / Animalic
Earthy

Flavour profile of light soy sauce

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Briny

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Light soy sauce

BrinyEarthy

light soy sauce8.5

Clear, clean salty mineral-like character similar to brine or seawater. Strong in light soy sauce.

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