Tasting with all the senses

Do you see how the colours of the sauces in each bowl differ? Kikkoman naturally brewed soy sauce is reddish-brown and slightly transparent. The non-brewed soy sauce is dark, cloudy and looks like syrup.

This is how the professionals do it: stir the soy sauce briefly with a chopstick, then hold the chopstick under your nostrils and breathe in deeply. You can really smell the difference! Kikkoman naturally brewed soy sauce has a slightly sweet, spicy and appetising aroma. The other bowl containing non-brewed soy sauce has a pungent and synthetic aroma.

Do the chopstick test! Chemical soy sauce clings to the end of the chopstick as a thick, dark-coloured droplet. Naturally brewed Kikkoman soy sauce immediately runs off the chopstick in small droplets.

One small drop on the tongue is sufficient to discern the unique flavour of Kikkoman naturally brewed soy sauce. Spicy, aromatic and exquisite with a special sweetness. A versatile flavour that is full-bodied yet not overpowering. The other bowl on the left side, which contains non-brewed soy sauce, tastes salty, overpowering and artificial.